A randomized study of chemotherapy versus hormonal treatment in patients with ovarian cancer resistant or refractory to platinum and taxane.
Patients with platinum-resistant invasive epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer will be randomized 1:2 to either hormonal treatment with Tamoxifen 40 mg daily or chemotherapy of investigator's choice (weekly paclitaxel given as an 1 hour infusion of paclitaxel 80 mg/m2 or pegylated liposomal doxorubicin 40 mg/m2 given every 4 weeks).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
241
endocrine treatment
Paclitaxel or pegylated liposomal doxorubicin
Quality-adjusted survival
Time frame: through completion of study, on average 1 year
progression-free survival
time to progressive disease or death
Time frame: through completion of study, on average 3 months
overall survival
time to death of any cause
Time frame: through completion of study, on average 1 year
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