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Brief Title: Docetaxel in Treating Patients With Advanced Cancer of the Cervix
Official Title: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With Docetaxel in Advanced Cervical Carcinoma
Study ID: NCT00003445
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 docetaxel in treating patients with advanced cancer of the cervix.
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES: I. Assess the antitumor activity of docetaxel as neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix. II. Assess the tumor response, toxic effect, and survival rate of this regimen in these patients. OUTLINE: Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1. Treatment is repeated every 3 weeks for 3 courses. Patients are followed every 3 months posttreatment. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 16-35 patients will be accrued for this study.
Minimum Age:
Eligible Ages: CHILD, ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers: No
Unidad Oncologica Del Comahue, Neuquen, , Argentina
Name: Carlos Teodoro Vallejo, MD
Affiliation: Grupo Oncologico Cooperativo del Sur
Role: STUDY_CHAIR