Official Title: A Pilot Trial to Evaluate the Effects of Dextromethorphan in Patients Suffering From Cancer-Related Fatigue
Status: TERMINATED
Status Verified Date: 2011-05
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: slow accrual
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: RATIONALE Dextromethorphan may help relieve fatigue in patients with cancer
PURPOSE This clinical trial is studying how well dextromethorphan works in treating patients with fatigue caused by cancer
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES
Primary
Assess the effects of dextromethorphan hydrobromide in patients with cancer-related fatigue
Secondary
Correlate the changes in cancer-related fatigue with the levels of plasma homocysteine versus red blood cell folate
OUTLINE This is a multicenter open-label pilot study
Patients receive oral dextromethorphan hydrobromide 3 times a day on days 1-7 Treatment repeats weekly for up to 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
PROJECTED ACCRUAL A total of 30 patients will be accrued for this study