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Brief Title: BMS-247550 in Treating Patients With Liver or Gallbladder Cancer
Official Title: A Phase II Trial Of The Epothilone B Analog BMS-247550 (NSC 710428D) In Patients With Hepatobiliary Cancer
Study ID: NCT00023946
Brief Summary: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of BMS-247550 in treating patients who have liver or gallbladder cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.
Detailed Description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the objective response rate of patients with hepatobiliary cancer treated with BMS-247550. II. Determine the toxicity of this drug in these patients. III. Determine the duration of response, median and overall survival, and time to progression in patients treated with this drug. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive BMS-247550 IV over 3 hours on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for at least 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 6 weeks until disease progression
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Name: Hedy Kindler
Affiliation: University of Chicago
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR