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Brief Title: Carboplatin in Patients With Progressive Gliomas
Official Title: PHASE II STUDY OF CARBOPLATIN (CBDCA) IN THE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH PROGRESSIVE LOW GRADE GLIOMAS
Study ID: NCT00002749
Brief Summary: RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of carboplatin in patients with progressive glioma.
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES: I. Assess the response to carboplatin (CBDCA) in patients with progressive low-grade gliomas. II. Assess the activity of CBDCA in stabilizing the growth of these tumors. OUTLINE: Single-Agent Chemotherapy. Carboplatin, CBDCA, NSC-241240. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 25 evaluable patients will be entered if there is at least 1 response in the first 9 patients.
Minimum Age:
Eligible Ages: CHILD, ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Hopital Sainte Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Name: Henry S. Friedman, MD
Affiliation: Duke University
Role: STUDY_CHAIR