Homoharringtonine Compared With Hydroxyurea for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia That Has Not Responded to Interferon Alfa

NCT ID: NCT00004933

Last Updated: 2016-07-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

5 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2000-01-31

Study Completion Date

2001-05-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known if homoharringtonine is more effective than hydroxyurea for chronic myelogenous leukemia that has not responded to interferon alfa.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of homoharringtonine with that of hydroxyurea in treating patients who have chronic myelogenous leukemia that has not responded to interferon alfa.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES: I. Compare the overall survival of interferon alfa refractory chronic myelogenous leukemia patients treated with homoharringtonine to those treated with hydroxyurea. II. Compare the time to progression of these patients treated with these two drugs. III. Estimate the complete and major cytogenetic response and describe the serial cytogenetics of these patients treated with these two drugs.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are randomized to receive one of two treatments. Arm I: Induction: Patients receive homoharringtonine IV continuously over 24 hours daily for 14 days. Induction continues every 28 days for a maximum of 6 courses or until hematopoietic recovery. Maintenance: Patients receive homoharringtonine IV continuously over 24 hours daily for 5 days. Treatment repeats every 28 days. Arm II: Induction: Patients receive oral hydroxyurea daily for 28 days until acceptable blood counts are achieved. Maintenance: Patients receive oral hydroxyurea daily every 28 days to maintain acceptable blood counts. Treatment in both arms continues for a minimum of 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 6 months for a maximum of 10 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 480 patients (240 per arm) will be accrued for this study within 4 years.

Conditions

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Leukemia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Homoharringtonine

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Homoharringtonine

Intervention Type DRUG

2.5 mg/ sq m/ day CIVI for 14 days

Hydroxyurea

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

hydroxyurea

Intervention Type DRUG

0.5 to 5 grams PO per day

Interventions

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hydroxyurea

0.5 to 5 grams PO per day

Intervention Type DRUG

Homoharringtonine

2.5 mg/ sq m/ day CIVI for 14 days

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1.2 Patients in whom a Philadelphia chromosome \[t(9;22)\] is not detectable by cytogenetic studies are eligible if they meet one of the following criteria:
* BCR/ABL protein detectable by immunoblotting
* BCR/ABL rearrangement detectable by Southern blot analysis
* Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positive fusion transcripts for BCR/ABL
* BCR/ABL translocation present by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH).
2. Prior Treatment:

2.1 No previous therapy with homoharringtonine (HHT)

2.2 No more than six months cumulative (\<180 days) of prior hydroxyurea (HU) therapy. However, patients may not have received more than 60 days of HU treatment after failing interferon. Patients with previous intolerance or failure to respond to HU are not eligible.

2.3 Patients must have failed an adequate trial (5M units/m2/day) of alpha-Interferon (IFN) or IFN/ara-C to be eligible, as defined below (any ONE of the following):
* Failure to achieve a complete hematologic response after 6 months of IFN therapy.
* Failure to achieve any cytogenetic response (i.e., still 100% Ph+) after 12 months of IFN therapy.
* Intolerable adverse effects of IFN therapy after at least one month of IFN treatment. Significant documented toxicity of ≥ grade 3 (using NCI Common Toxicity Criteria guidelines) due to IFN is required.
* Loss of a prior hematologic remission or cytogenetic response to IFN.
* A two-fold increase in WBC count when compared to WBC count when IFN therapy was initiated.
3. Age ≥ 16 years
4. Patients with uncontrolled tachyarrhythmias (such as, atrial fibrillation, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, and ventricular tachycardias not adequately controlled) are not eligible.
5. Non-pregnant and non-nursing. Treatment under this protocol would expose an unborn child to significant risks. Women and men of reproductive potential should agree to use an effective means of birth control.
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Dan DeAngelo, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Locations

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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MBCCOP - University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama, United States

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CCOP - Greater Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Hayden)

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson

Tucson, Arizona, United States

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Arizona Cancer Center

Tucson, Arizona, United States

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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University of California San Diego Cancer Center

La Jolla, California, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach

Long Beach, California, United States

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USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez

Martinez, California, United States

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CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute

Oakland, California, United States

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Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Orange, California, United States

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University of California Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, California, United States

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UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

San Francisco, California, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States

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CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

Santa Rosa, California, United States

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David Grant Medical Center

Travis Air Force Base, California, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver

Denver, Colorado, United States

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University of Colorado Cancer Center

Denver, Colorado, United States

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CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

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Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center

Miami Beach, Florida, United States

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CCOP - Atlanta Regional

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center

Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States

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Cancer Research Center of Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

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University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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University of Chicago Cancer Research Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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CCOP - Central Illinois

Decatur, Illinois, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)

Hines, Illinois, United States

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Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood, Illinois, United States

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University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

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University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

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CCOP - Wichita

Wichita, Kansas, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita

Wichita, Kansas, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

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Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

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MBCCOP - LSU Medical Center

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Tulane University School of Medicine

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Togus

Togus, Maine, United States

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Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States

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University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit

Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Henry Ford Hospital

Detroit, Michigan, United States

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CCOP - Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

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Providence Hospital - Southfield

Southfield, Michigan, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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University of Minnesota Cancer Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi

Biloxi, Mississippi, United States

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University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

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Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB

Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial)

Columbia, Missouri, United States

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Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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CCOP - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks

Springfield, Missouri, United States

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St. Louis University Health Sciences Center

St Louis, Missouri, United States

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Barnes-Jewish Hospital

St Louis, Missouri, United States

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CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau

St Louis, Missouri, United States

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CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium

Billings, Montana, United States

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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Norris Cotton Cancer Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Buffalo

Buffalo, New York, United States

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Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo, New York, United States

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CCOP - North Shore University Hospital

Manhasset, New York, United States

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North Shore University Hospital

Manhasset, New York, United States

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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

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New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus

New York, New York, United States

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Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY

New York, New York, United States

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Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

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State University of New York - Upstate Medical University

Syracuse, New York, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Syracuse

Syracuse, New York, United States

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CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.

Syracuse, New York, United States

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Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham

Durham, North Carolina, United States

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Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

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CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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CCOP - Columbus

Columbus, Ohio, United States

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Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton

Dayton, Ohio, United States

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CCOP - Dayton

Kettering, Ohio, United States

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Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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Oregon Cancer Center at Oregon Health Sciences University

Portland, Oregon, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland

Portland, Oregon, United States

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CCOP - Columbia River Program

Portland, Oregon, United States

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Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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CCOP - Greenville

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

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CCOP - Upstate Carolina

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

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University of Tennessee, Memphis Cancer Center

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas

Dallas, Texas, United States

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Brooke Army Medical Center

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States

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University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, Texas, United States

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Texas Tech University Health Science Center

Lubbock, Texas, United States

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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)

San Antonio, Texas, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple

Temple, Texas, United States

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CCOP - Scott and White Hospital

Temple, Texas, United States

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Huntsman Cancer Institute

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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CCOP - Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center

Bennington, Vermont, United States

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Vermont Cancer Center

Burlington, Vermont, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction

White River Junction, Vermont, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Richmond

Richmond, Virginia, United States

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MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center

Richmond, Virginia, United States

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CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center

Seattle, Washington, United States

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Swedish Cancer Institute

Seattle, Washington, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle

Seattle, Washington, United States

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CCOP - Northwest

Tacoma, Washington, United States

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Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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U10CA031946

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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CDR0000067617

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CALGB-19807

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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