Overview

Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Cancer

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2002-11-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combining R115777 with gemcitabine in treating patients with advanced cancer.
Phase:
Phase 1
Details
Lead Sponsor:
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Collaborator:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Treatments:
Gemcitabine
Tipifarnib