Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Ovarian Epithelial Cancer

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2004-02-01
• 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 autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients who have ovarian epithelial cancer.

• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Carboplatin; Cyclophosphamide; Etoposide; Etoposide phosphate; Paclitaxel; Topotecan

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven stage IIIC ovarian epithelial cancer Chemosensitive to 6-8 courses of standard dose adjuvant chemotherapy (one regimen), such as cisplatin or carboplatin in combination with paclitaxel, or any other standard dose regimen Residual disease (no greater than 1 cm) following second look laparotomy Ineligible if no microscopic disease present following induction chemotherapy OR Histologically proven newly diagnosed stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer Achieved at least partial response (PR) (80% or greater reduction in tumor by CT scan) following six courses of standard dose chemotherapy (one regimen) OR Residual disease (no greater than 1 cm) or no disease determined at the time of second look laparotomy OR Histologically proven relapsed ovarian epithelial cancer Relapse following standard dose chemotherapy Chemosensitive Achieved at least PR after 4-6 courses of salvage chemotherapy (total of 2 regimens) No more than a six week interval between completion of standard dose chemotherapy and second look laparotomy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 65 Performance status: ECOG 0 or 1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL ALT or AST no greater than 2.5 times normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min Cardiovascular: Ejection fraction at least 50% by MUGA scan No severe cardiac dysfunction or major heart disease No angina pectoris No ventricular dysrhythmias Essential hypertension allowed if controlled with medication(s) Pulmonary: DLCO at least 50% predicted No symptomatic obstructive or restrictive pulmonary disease Other: No active infections HIV negative No uncontrolled insulin dependent diabetes mellitus No uncompensated major thyroid or adrenal dysfunction No other malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanomatous skin cancer Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics No prior topotecan Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: See Disease Characteristics Other: No concurrent nitroglycerin preparations or antiarrhythmic drugs