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Brief Title: PS-341 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer
Official Title: Phase II Trial of PS341 (NSC 681239) in Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
Study ID: NCT00017329
Brief Summary: RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of PS-341 in treating patients who have metastatic kidney cancer.
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES: * Determine the efficacy of PS-341 in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. * Determine the safety of this drug in these patients. OUTLINE: This is an open-label study. Patients receive PS-341 IV over 3-5 seconds twice weekly for 2 weeks. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed at 2 weeks. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 12-37 patients will be accrued for this study within 6-19 months.
Minimum Age:
Eligible Ages: CHILD, ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Name: Beverly Drucker, MD
Affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Role: STUDY_CHAIR