Status:

COMPLETED

Neoadjuvant Ifosfamide, Doxorubicin, Gemcitabine, and Cisplatin in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Radical Cystectomy for Locally Advanced Carcinoma (Cancer) of the Urothelium

Lead Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Bladder Cancer

Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as ifosfamide, doxorubicin, gemcitabine, and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the response rate and 4-year disease-free survival of patients with locally advanced carcinoma of the urothelium undergoing radical cystectomy treated with neoadjuvan...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed carcinoma of the urothelium, meeting 1 of the following criteria for locally advanced disease:
  • Clinical stage T3b disease, defined by presence of a mass on examination under anesthesia
  • Clinical stage T4a disease, defined by direct invasion of prostatic stroma, vagina, or rectum
  • Lymphovascular invasion on transurethral resection specimen
  • Upper tract disease or micropapillary histology allowed
  • No evidence of disease outside the pelvis
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • Any age
  • Performance status
  • 0-2
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • Bone marrow function adequate
  • Hepatic
  • Liver function adequate
  • Renal
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 45 mL/min
  • Cardiovascular
  • Ejection fraction ≥ 50%
  • Other
  • Not pregnant
  • No other malignancy likely to be life-threatening within the next 4 years
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • Not specified
  • Chemotherapy
  • Not specified
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Not specified
  • Radiotherapy
  • Not specified
  • Surgery
  • See Disease Characteristics

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 1 2001

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    May 1 2006

    Estimated Enrollment :

    65 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00080795

    Start Date

    July 1 2001

    End Date

    May 1 2006

    Last Update

    October 22 2012

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    M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas

    Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-4009