Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Persistent or Recurrent Cancer of the Cervix
Cervical Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Cervical Cancer focused on measuring recurrent cervical cancer, cervical adenocarcinoma, cervical adenosquamous cell carcinoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Diagnosis of persistent or recurrent nonsquamous cell carcinoma of the cervix that has failed local therapeutic measures and is considered incurable Eligible subtypes: Adenocarcinoma Adenosquamous carcinoma Undifferentiated carcinoma Must have documented disease progression Histologic confirmation of original primary tumor required Bidimensionally measurable disease Ineligible for higher priority GOG protocol PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: GOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3 Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm^3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times normal SGOT and alkaline phosphatase no greater than 3 times normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL Other: No significant infection Not pregnant Fertile patients must use effective contraception No other invasive malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanomatous skin cancer PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No concurrent filgrastim (G-CSF) Chemotherapy: No prior gemcitabine At least 3 weeks since other prior chemotherapy for cervical cancer and recovered No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen (single or combination cytotoxic therapy) Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy for cervical cancer and recovered Surgery: At least 3 weeks since prior surgery for cervical cancer and recovered Other: No prior cancer treatment that would preclude study
Sites / Locations
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
- Community Hospital of Los Gatos
- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
- Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Indiana University Cancer Center
- Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at The University of Iowa
- Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
- Tufts University School of Medicine
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
- Cancer Center of Albany Medical Center
- State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University
- Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital
- Ireland Cancer Center
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
- University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
- Abington Memorial Hospital
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Brookview Research, Inc.
- Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas
- Fletcher Allen Health Care - Medical Center Campus
- Cancer Center at the University of Virginia
- Tacoma General Hospital
- Tom Baker Cancer Center - Calgary