S9716: Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Merkel Cell Cancer
Completed
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. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil in treating patients with Merkel cell cancer.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
10/05/2012
Locations: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan +6 locations
Conditions: Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Skin
Chemotherapy and Bone Marrow Transplantation in Treating Patients Acute Myeloid With Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Completed
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with bone marrow transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy and kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of bone marrow transplantation following combination chemotherapy in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome .
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
60 years and below
Trial Updated:
08/06/2012
Locations: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan
Conditions: Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation With or Without Stromagen Following Chemotherapy in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
Completed
RATIONALE: Peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow doctors to give higher doses of chemotherapy and kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known whether Stromagen improves the success of stem cell transplantation in women with breast cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of Stromagen during stem cell transplantation following chemotherapy in treating women with metastatic breast cancer.
Gender:
FEMALE
Ages:
Between 18 years and 64 years
Trial Updated:
03/03/2011
Locations: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan
Conditions: Breast Cancer
Chemotherapy in Treating Women With Breast Cancer That Can Be Surgically Removed
Completed
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 chemotherapy given before surgery is more effective with or without docetaxel given before or after surgery for breast cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of chemotherapy using doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide with or without docetaxel in treating women who have stage II or stage III breast cancer.
Gender:
FEMALE
Ages:
All
Trial Updated:
02/02/2010
Locations: CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional, Ann Arbor, Michigan +5 locations
Conditions: Breast Cancer