Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Male Patients With Germ Cell Tumors
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, vincristine, bleomycin,
carboplatin, and etoposide phosphate, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor
cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one
drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known which
combination chemotherapy regimen is more effective in treating germ cell tumors.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying two different combination chemotherapy
regimens to compare how well they work in treating male patients with germ cell tumors.