| Inclusion Criteria: | Patients must have advanced, persistent, or recurrent squamous or non-squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix with documented disease progression (disease not amenable to curative therapy). Histologic confirmation of the original primary tumor is required.
All patients must have measurable disease. Measurable disease is defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest dimension to be recorded). Each lesion must be equal to or greater than 20mm when measured by conventional techniques, including palpation, plain x-ray, CT, and MRI, or equal to or greater than 10mm when measured by spiral CT.
patients must have a least one "target lesion" to be used to assess response on this protocol as defined by RECIST (Section 8.1). Tumors within a previously irradiated field will be designated as "non-target" lesions unless progression is documented or a biopsy is obtained to confirm persistence at least 90 days following completion of radiation therapy.
Patients must have a GOG Performance Status of 0, 1, or 2.
Recovery from effective of recent surgery, radiotherapy or other therapy.
Patients should be free of active infection requiring antibiotics.
Any hormonal therapy directed at the malignant tumor must be discontinued at least one week prior to registration. Continuation of hormone replacement therapy is permitted.
Any prior radiotherapy must be discontinued at least 4 weeks prior to registration.
Patients must have adequate: Bone marrow function: Platelet count greater than or equal to 100,000/ul, and ANC count greater than or equal to 1,500/ul, equivalent to CTCAE v3.0 grade 1.
Patients must have adequate: Renal function: creatinine less than or equal to 1.5 x institutional ULN, CTCAE v3.0 grade 1.
Patients must have adequate: Hepatic function: Bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5 x ULN (CTCAE v3.0 grade 1). SGOT and alkaline phosphatase less than or equal to 2.5 x ULN (CTCAE v3.0 grade 1).
Patients must have adequate: Neurologic function: Neuropathy (sensory and motor) less than or equal to CTCAE v3.0 grade 1.
Patients must have signed an approved informed consent and authorization permitting the release of personal health information.
Patients must meet pre-entry requirements as specified in Section 7.0.
Patients of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test prior to study entry (within 72 hours prior to initiation of study treatment) and be practicing an effective form of contraception.
Patients must have unstained sections from primary tumor available for submission to GOG Tissue Bank for analysis to include EGFR status.
Patients must be at least 18 years of age.
Patients must not be receiving any other investigational agent. |