Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Hyperthermia Therapy in Treating Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so
they stop growing or die. Hyperthermia therapy kills tumor cells by heating them to several
degrees above body temperature. It is not known whether receiving chemotherapy plus
hyperthermia is more effective than receiving chemotherapy alone in treating patients with
soft tissue sarcoma.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying combination chemotherapy alone to see
how well it works compared to combination chemotherapy and hyperthermia therapy in treating
patients with soft tissue sarcoma.
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC