Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Prednisone in Treating Patients With Recurrent and/or Metastatic Kidney Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2000-12-01
• 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. Prednisone may help to relieve symptoms in patients with recurrent and/or metastatic kidney cancer.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy consisting of vinorelbine and estramustine with or without prednisone in treating patients who have recurrent and/or metastatic kidney cancer.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of New Mexico
• Treatments: Estramustine; Prednisone; Vinorelbine

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven metastatic and/or recurrent renal cell carcinoma Bidimensionally measurable disease required (outside any prior radiation fields) No untreated brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Not specified Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No other serious illness No serious active infection requiring therapy HIV negative

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No concurrent biologic therapy Chemotherapy: No prior vinca alkaloid No other concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: No concurrent hormone therapy No concurrent corticosteroids (topical or inhaled corticosteroids allowed) Radiotherapy: At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy Less than 25% of bone marrow irradiated No concurrent radiotherapy Surgery: At least 3 weeks since prior surgery Other: No other concurrent investigational drugs