Multicentric Phase II Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Toxicity of Weekly Paclitaxel in Locally Advanced or Metastatic Soft Tissue Angiosarcomas That Cannot be Treated by Surgery
Multicentric Phase II Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Toxicity of Weekly Paclitaxel in Locally Advanced or Metastatic Soft Tissue Angiosarcomas That Cannot be Treated by Surgery
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well paclitaxel works in treating patients with locally advanced or metastatic soft tissue angiosarcoma or lymphangiosarcoma that cannot be removed by surgery.
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
Secondary
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Patients receive paclitaxel IV on days 1, 8, and 15. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 6 courses.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 15-30 patients will be accrued for this study.
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Histologically confirmed soft tissue angiosarcoma or lymphangiosarcoma
Angiosarcomas in previously irradiated areas allowed provided disease is clearly progressive
Measurable disease
No Kaposi's sarcoma
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age
Performance status
Life expectancy
Hematopoietic
Hepatic
Renal
Cardiovascular
Other
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
Chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy
Radiotherapy
Surgery
Other
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