Combination Chemotherapy in Patients With Advanced Urinary Tract Cancer
Bladder Cancer, Urethral Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Bladder Cancer focused on measuring stage III bladder cancer, recurrent bladder cancer, stage IV bladder cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder, adenocarcinoma of the bladder, recurrent urethral cancer, distal urethral cancer, proximal urethral cancer, urethral cancer associated with invasive bladder cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven unresectable or metastatic urothelial cancer No transitional cell histologies Bidimensionally measurable disease PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: Karnofsky 60-100% Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,500/mm^3 Platelet count greater than 150,000/mm^3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 2.0 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance greater than 55 mL/min Cardiovascular: No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease Other: No other concurrent malignancy except basal cell skin cancer PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy Not specified Chemotherapy No prior systemic chemotherapy Endocrine therapy Not specified Radiotherapy At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy Surgery Not specified
Sites / Locations
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center