Finding studies
Finding studies
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Lead
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Mifepristone is a drug that has been approved for use in the termination of pregnancy. It has been studied in women with breast and ovarian cancer. Before treatment starts, patients will have a complete checkup, blood tests, a CT scan, and a chest x-ray. Women able to have children must have a negative urine pregnancy test. Blood tests and a complete checkup will also be done within 3 days of starting each course of therapy and a month after treatment ends. Tumors will be measured by CT scans once every 2-3 months and at the end of treatment. Patients in this study will take Mifepristone in the form of a pill by mouth every day. Each course of therapy is 4 weeks long. Patients will see their doctor for an exam and blood tests before they begin each 4 week course of therapy. The dose of Mifepristone may be lowered if the patient has side effects. Patients who have a complete response (there is no evidence of cancer by physical exam or x-ray) will continue taking Mifepristone for 2 years after this response is documented. Other patients will take Mifepristone for as long as it benefits them. This is an investigational study. At least 12 and as many as 37 patients will take part in this study. Patients from MD Anderson Cancer Center and Gynecologic Oncology of Houston, P.A. will be enrolled.
Age
Any age
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
