Current Clinical Trials

Standard treatment options:

• Complete surgical removal of the tumor is the treatment of choice for patients with stage I adrenocortical carcinomas. The long-term survival of patients with nonfunctioning tumors is comparable to that of patients with functioning tumors. The removal of regional lymph nodes that are not clinically enlarged is not indicated.[1-5]

Treatment options under clinical evaluation:

• Adjuvant radiation or chemotherapy with mitotane has not been proven to be of value in improving survival.[5,6]

Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage I adrenocortical carcinoma. The list of clinical trials can be further narrowed by location, drug, intervention, and other criteria.

General information about clinical trials is also available from the NCI Web site.

References

1. Javadpour N, Woltering EA, Brennan MF: Adrenal neoplasms. Curr Probl Surg 17 (1): 1-52, 1980.  [PUBMED Abstract]
   
   
2. Brennan MF: Adrenocortical carcinoma. CA Cancer J Clin 37 (6): 348-65, 1987 Nov-Dec.  [PUBMED Abstract]
   
   
3. Cohn K, Gottesman L, Brennan M: Adrenocortical carcinoma. Surgery 100 (6): 1170-7, 1986.  [PUBMED Abstract]
   
   
4. Icard P, Chapuis Y, Andreassian B, et al.: Adrenocortical carcinoma in surgically treated patients: a retrospective study on 156 cases by the French Association of Endocrine Surgery. Surgery 112 (6): 972-9; discussion 979-80, 1992.  [PUBMED Abstract]
   
   
5. Luton JP, Cerdas S, Billaud L, et al.: Clinical features of adrenocortical carcinoma, prognostic factors, and the effect of mitotane therapy. N Engl J Med 322 (17): 1195-201, 1990.  [PUBMED Abstract]
   
   
6. Vassilopoulou-Sellin R, Guinee VF, Klein MJ, et al.: Impact of adjuvant mitotane on the clinical course of patients with adrenocortical cancer. Cancer 71 (10): 3119-23, 1993.  [PUBMED Abstract]
   
   

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