Chemotherapy Followed by Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Persistent or Platinum Refractory Stage III or IV Ovarian Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2001-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy and kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of sequential chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients with persistent or platinum refractory stage III or stage IV ovarian cancer.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Melphalan; Mitoxantrone; Tamoxifen; Thiotepa

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven persistent or platinum refractory stage III/IV ovarian cancer

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 60 Performance status: Karnofsky 80-100% Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/mL, unless history of Gilbert's disease SGOT or SGPT no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal Renal: Creatinine clearance at least 50 mg/mL No history of hemorrhagic cystitis Cardiovascular: No history of coronary artery disease No poorly controlled arrhythmia or myocardial infarction Left ventricle ejection fraction at least 50% Pulmonary: Diffusion capacity at least 50% Other: Not pregnant HIV negative No second malignancy in the last 5 years except basal carcinoma of the skin

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No history of allergy to any chemotherapy drugs Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified