Cisplatin With or Without Pemetrexed Disodium in Treating Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma of the Pleura That Cannot be Removed by Surgery
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Official title
A Single-Blind Randomized Phase III Trial of MTA Plus Cisplatin Versus Cisplatin in Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
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. It is not yet known if cisplatin is more effective with or without pemetrexed disodium for malignant mesothelioma of the pleura. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of cisplatin with or without pemetrexed disodium in treating patients who have malignant mesothelioma of the pleura that cannot be removed by surgery.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00005636
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- Not listed
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Oct 31, 1999
- Primary completion
- Oct 31, 2000
- Completion
- Oct 31, 2000
- Last update posted
- Jun 18, 2013
1999 – 2000
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 3
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Institute of New Jersey | New Brunswick | New Jersey | 08901 | — |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York | New York | 10021 | — |
| Ireland Cancer Center | Cleveland | Ohio | 44106-5065 | — |
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- Last update posted Jun 18, 2013 · Synced Sep 10, 2026
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