Docetaxel, Gemcitabine, and Filgrastim (G-CSF) or Pegfilgrastim in Treating Patients With Advanced, Persistent, or Recurrent Uterine Leiomyosarcoma
Sarcoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Sarcoma focused on measuring recurrent uterine sarcoma, stage III uterine sarcoma, stage IV uterine sarcoma, uterine leiomyosarcoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed uterine leiomyosarcoma Advanced, persistent, or recurrent disease Documented disease progression Measurable disease At least 1 unidimensionally measurable lesion ≥ 20 mm by conventional techniques OR ≥ 10 mm by spiral CT scan At least 1 target lesion Tumors within a previously irradiated field are considered nontarget lesions Ineligible for higher priority GOG protocols (i.e., any active phase III GOG protocol for the same patient population) PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age Adult Performance status GOG 0-2 Life expectancy Not specified Hematopoietic Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3 Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3 Hepatic Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) AST ≤ 2.5 times ULN Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 times ULN Renal Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN Other Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception No neuropathy (sensory or motor) > grade 1 No other invasive malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer No active infection requiring antibiotics No known hypersensitivity to E. coli-derived proteins PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy Not specified Chemotherapy No prior cytotoxic chemotherapy for the malignancy Endocrine therapy At least 1 week since prior hormonal therapy for the malignancy Concurrent hormone replacement therapy allowed Radiotherapy See Disease Characteristics Recovered from prior radiotherapy Surgery Recovered from prior surgery Other Recovered from all other prior therapy No prior cancer treatment that would preclude study treatment No concurrent amifostine or other protective agents
Sites / Locations
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Los Angeles
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA
- Helen and Harry Gray Cancer Center at Hartford Hospital
- New Britain General Hospital
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- MBCCOP-Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center
- Medical Center of Central Georgia
- Curtis & Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial Health University Medical Center
- Rush-Copley Cancer Care Center
- Rush University Medical Center
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Hinsdale Hematology Oncology Associates
- Joliet Oncology-Hematology Associates, Limited - West
- Carle Cancer Center at Carle Foundation Hospital
- CCOP - Carle Cancer Center
- Saint Anthony Memorial Health Centers
- Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Iowa
- Woman's Hospital
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center at University of Missouri - Columbia
- CCOP - Kansas City
- CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
- St. John's Regional Health Center
- Hulston Cancer Center at Cox Medical Center South
- Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Methodist Cancer Center at Methodist Hospital - Omaha
- Fox Chase Virtua Health Cancer Program - Marlton
- UMDNJ University Hospital
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Cooper - Voorhees
- Fox Chase Virtua Health Cancer Program at Virtua West Jersey
- University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Center
- New York Oncology Hematology, PC at Albany Regional Cancer Care
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- Stony Brook University Cancer Center
- Hope A Women's Cancer Center
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Forsyth Regional Cancer Center at Forsyth Medical Center
- Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Charles M. Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center at Fairview Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- Riverside Methodist Hospital Cancer Care
- David L. Rike Cancer Center at Miami Valley Hospital
- Lake/University Ireland Cancer Center
- Oklahoma University Medical Center
- Cancer Care Associates - Midtown Tulsa
- Rosenfeld Cancer Center at Abington Memorial Hospital
- Penn State Cancer Institute at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- Drexel University College of Medicine - Center City Hahnemann Campus
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
- Hollings Cancer Center at Medical University of South Carolina
- Rapid City Regional Hospital
- Avera Cancer Institute
- Baptist Centers for Cancer Care
- University of Virginia Cancer Center
- Gundersen Lutheran Cancer Center at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center