Official Title: Capecitabine Xeloda in Malignant Mesothelioma A Phase II Study
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2016-07
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: RATIONALE Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die
PURPOSE Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of capecitabine in treating patients who have malignant mesothelioma
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES I Determine the response rate overall survival and failure free survival of patients with malignant mesothelioma treated with capecitabine II Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients
OUTLINE This is a multicenter study Patients receive oral capecitabine twice daily on days 1-14 Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for a maximum of 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity Patients are followed every 2 months for 1 year every 3 months for 2 years and then annually thereafter
PROJECTED ACCRUAL A total of 25 patients will be accrued for this study within 7-9 months