Overview

Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Bone Marrow or Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Germ Cell Tumors

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2001-09-01

Target enrollment:

Participant gender:

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow doctors to give higher doses of chemotherapy and kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell transplantation or bone marrow transplantation in treating patients who have relapsed or recurrent germ cell cancer.

Phase:

Phase 1/Phase 2

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Temple University

Collaborator:

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Treatments:

Carboplatin
Etoposide
Etoposide phosphate