Ixabepilone in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Persistent Uterine Cancer

Uterine Carcinosarcoma Clinical Trial

Official title: A Phase II Evaluation of Ixabepilone (NSC #710428) in the Treatment of Recurrent or Persistent Carcinosarcoma of the Uterus

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This phase II trial is studying the side effects and how well ixabepilone works in treating patients with persistent or recurrent uterine cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as ixabepilone, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells of by stopping them from dividing.

Clinical Trial Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the response rate of ixabepilone in patients with persistent or recurrent carcinosarcoma of the uterus.

II. To determine the nature and degree of toxicity of ixabepilone in this cohort of patients.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the duration of progression-free survival and overall survival.

TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To examine the expression of class III beta-tubulin in carcinosarcoma of the uterus.

II. To explore the association between class III beta-tubulin expression in carcinosarcoma of the uterus and response, progression-free and overall survival.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive ixabepilone IV over 3 hours on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study therapy, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 3 years. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Carcinosarcoma
• Mixed Tumor, Mullerian
• Recurrent Uterine Corpus Sarcoma
• Uterine Carcinosarcoma
• Uterine Neoplasms

• NCT number: NCT01168232
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: September 7, 2010
• Completion date: November 26, 2013