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Treatment of good prognosis germ cell cancer
ISRCTN ISRCTN35399995
DOI 10.1186/ISRCTN35399995
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
EudraCT number
Public title Treatment of good prognosis germ cell cancer
Scientific title
Acronym N/A
Serial number at source TE20
Study hypothesis To compare 3 x BEP and 3 x BEP + 1 x EP and the five day schedule versus three days per cycle in good prognosis germ cell cancer
Lay summary
Ethics approval Not provided at time of registration
Study design Randomised controlled trial
Countries of recruitment United Kingdom
Disease/condition/study domain Testicular cancer
Participants - inclusion criteria 1. Seminoma or non-seminoma - testis or retroperitoneal primary, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) ≤1000 iu/l human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) ≤5000 iu/l, lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) ≤1.5 x N
2. No liver, bone or brain mets seminoma - stage ≥2 C or relapse after radiotherapy and any primary site and LDH
3. No liver bone or brain mets
Participants - exclusion criteria Not provided at time of registration
Anticipated start date 01/05/1995
Anticipated end date 01/05/1998
Status of trial Completed
Patient information material
Target number of participants 800
Interventions There are four groups:
1. The first receives three cycles of BEP chemotherapy over a five day schedule
2. The second group receives three cycles of BEP + 1 cycle of EP chemotherapy over a 5 day schedule
3. The third group receives three cycles of BEP over a 3 day schedule
4. The fourth group receives three cycles of BEP over a 3 day schedule plus one cycle of EP
Primary outcome measure(s) 1. Time to progression
2. Quality of life
3. Morbidity
4. Survival time
Secondary outcome measure(s) Not provided at time of registration
Sources of funding Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Trial website
Publications 1. 2001 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11250991
2. 2003 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12637478
Contact name Mrs  Pat  Cook
  Address MRC Clinical Trials Unit
222 Euston Road
  City/town London
  Zip/Postcode NW1 2DA
  Country United Kingdom
  Email pat.cook@ctu.mrc.ac.uk
Sponsor Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
  Address 20 Park Crescent
  City/town London
  Zip/Postcode W1B 1AL
  Country United Kingdom
  Tel +44 (0)20 7636 5422
  Fax +44 (0)20 7436 6179
  Email clinical.trial@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
  Sponsor website: http://www.mrc.ac.uk
Date applied 28/02/2001
Last edited 03/08/2009
Date ISRCTN assigned 28/02/2001
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