Irofulven in Treating Patients With Persistent or Recurrent, Refractory Endometrial Cancer

Exclusion Criteria

• •PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: GOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min Cardiovascular: No clinically uncontrolled dysrhythmia or signs of ischemia per ECG No congestive heart failure requiring medication No uncontrolled hypertension Other: No significant active infection No other prior or concurrent malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanomatous skin cancer
• •PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy and recovered No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen allowed (either single or combination cytotoxic drug therapy) No prior 6-hydroxymethylacylfulvene No prior chemotherapy for other malignancy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered No prior radiotherapy for other malignancy Surgery: At least 3 weeks since prior surgery and recovered