Gemcitabine and Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Solid Tumors

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2002-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of gemcitabine and cisplatin in treating patients who have metastatic or recurrent solid tumors.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Northwestern University
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Cisplatin; Gemcitabine

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic or recurrent nonhematologic malignancy that is not amenable to or has failed standard therapy Measurable or evaluable disease No uncontrolled brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Over 18 Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: At least 8 weeks Hematopoietic: Neutrophil count at least 2,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL SGOT no greater than 5 times upper limit of normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min Pulmonary: No respiratory failure Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No active infection or other concurrent severe medical illness that would interfere with compliance

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks since nitrosoureas) and recovered No prior cisplatin or gemcitabine Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered No concurrent radiotherapy Surgery: Not specified