Dataset from A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Zoledronate (4 and 8 mg) Administered Intravenously as an Adjuvant to Anticancer Therapy to Patients With Any Cancer With Bone Metastases Other Than Breast Cancer, Multiple Myeloma or Prostate Cancer

RATIONALE: Zoledronate may help to relieve some of the symptoms caused by bone metastases. It is not yet known if zoledronate is more effective than no further therapy in relieving symptoms of bone metastases or preventing disease progression.PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of zoledronate in treating patients who have solid tumors that have spread to the bone.