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Completed Phase 2 Interventional

Bexarotene in Treating Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00003752

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Official title

A Multicenter Phase II Evaluation of Targretin (Bexarotene) Capsules in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer

Brief summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to study the effectiveness of bexarotene in treating patients who have metastatic breast cancer.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00003752
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Lead sponsor
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
Industry
Enrollment
180 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Oct 1998 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Not listed
Completion
Mar 2003 (Actual)
Last update posted
May 30, 2013

1998 – 2003

United States locations

U.S. sites
30
U.S. states
21
U.S. cities
25
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center Birmingham Alabama 35294 —
Arizona Cancer Center Tucson Arizona 85724 —
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock Arkansas 72205 —
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Los Angeles California 90033-0800 —
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA Los Angeles California 90095-1781 —
Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope Los Angeles California 91010 —
Kaiser Permanente-Southern California Permanente Medical Group San Diego California 92120 —
UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute San Francisco California 94115-0128 —
Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center New Haven Connecticut 06520-8028 —
Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20007 —
Baptist Regional Cancer Institute - Jacksonville Jacksonville Florida 32207 —
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Jacksonville Florida 32224 —
Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami Miami Florida 33136 —
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii Honolulu Hawaii 96813 —
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Chicago Illinois 60611 —
Louisiana State University School of Medicine New Orleans Louisiana 70112-2822 —
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston Massachusetts 02115 —
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Massachusetts 02215 —
Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan 48824 —
University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota 55455 —
University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Nebraska 68198-3330 —
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York New York 10021 —
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University Columbus Ohio 43210 —
Hematology Oncology Consultants Inc Columbus Ohio 43235 —
Oregon Cancer Center at Oregon Health Sciences University Portland Oregon 97201-3098 —
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 —
Sarah Cannon-Minnie Pearl Cancer Center Nashville Tennessee 37203 —
University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas 77030 —
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio Texas 78284-7811 —
Cancer Center, University of Virginia HSC Charlottesville Virginia 22908 —

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What this page shows
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