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Breast CancerPhase 3NCT00004125

Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Women With Stage II or Stage IIIA Breast Cancer That Has Spread to the Lymph Nodes

A Phase 3 study testing cyclophosphamide, docetaxel and doxorubicin hydrochloride in people with Breast Cancer, run by Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group at 48 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known which regimen of chemotherapy is more effective for breast cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 120 years, women only
Conditions the study is for
Breast Cancer
What is being tested?
cyclophosphamide, docetaxel and doxorubicin hydrochloride
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
Not given
Where
48 sitesUnited States
Study dates
16 Nov 1999to Nov 2016
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 120 years
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed operable stage IIA, IIB, or IIIA adenocarcinoma of the breast with histologically involved lymph nodes (T1, 2, or 3; N1 or 2; M0) OR high-risk node-negative disease (T2 or 3; N0)
  • Primary tumor at least 2.1 cm in diameter for node-negative disease
  • Bilateral breast disease allowed if at least 1 primary tumor meets the criteria above
  • Must have had at least 6 axillary lymph nodes removed at dissection and at least one node positive for metastasis OR
  • Sentinel node biopsy negative for metastasis (sentinel node biopsy positive allowed if enrolled on American College of Surgery Trial Z0011 and have beenrandomized to receive no axillary dissection)
  • Additional axillary nodes may be obtained provided they are also negative for metastasis
  • Complete tumor removal by either a modified radical mastectomy or local excision plus axillary lymph node dissection (i.e., breast conservation therapy) or sentinel node biopsy
  • Tumor-free margins at least 1 mm for both invasive and noninvasive carcinoma except for lobular carcinoma in situ (less than 1 mm allowed)
  • Concurrent enrollment on American College of Surgery Trial Z0010, Z0011, or NSABP B-32 allowed
  • Hormone receptor status:
  • Estrogen receptor status positive, negative, or unknown

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Sex:

  • Female

Menopausal status:

  • Not specified

Performance status:

  • Not specified

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL
  • SGOT no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL

Cardiovascular:

  • No history of myocardial infarction
  • No congestive heart failure
  • No significant ischemic or valvular heart disease

Other:

  • No other prior invasive malignancies within the past 5 years except curatively treated basal or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • No hypersensitivity to paclitaxel or docetaxel or other similarly formulated drugs (with Cremophor or polysorbate)
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective barrier contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy for breast cancer

Endocrine therapy:

  • Prior tamoxifen of no more than 4 weeks duration for breast cancer allowed
  • Prior tamoxifen or other selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) for chemoprevention (e.g., Breast Cancer Prevention Trial) or for other indications (e.g., osteoporosis) allowed
  • No concurrent tamoxifen or other SERMs

Radiotherapy:

  • No prior radiotherapy for this malignancy
  • At least 2 weeks since prior radiotherapy to the breast for ductal carcinoma in situ

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Less than 84 days since prior surgical procedure to adequately treat primary tumor

Trial locations and contacts

48 sites in 1 country.

48 sites in 1 country

United States48 sites

  • Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201

  • Green Mountain Oncology Group

    Bennington, Vermont, 05201

  • Hematology Oncology Associates of the Quad Cities

    Bettendorf, Iowa, 52722

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233-1996

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Buffalo

    Buffalo, New York, 14215

  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

    Buffalo, New York, 14263-0001

  • Vermont Cancer Center

    Burlington, Vermont, 05401-3498

  • Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-7295

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612

  • University of Chicago Cancer Research Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60637-1470

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial)

    Columbia, Missouri, 65201

  • Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia

    Columbia, Missouri, 65203

  • Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1240

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham

    Durham, North Carolina, 27705

  • Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710

  • Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at The University of Iowa

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242-1009

  • University of California San Diego Cancer Center

    La Jolla, California, 92093-0658

  • CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89106

  • Norris Cotton Cancer Center

    Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756-0002

  • CCOP - North Shore University Hospital

    Manhasset, New York, 11030

  • Schneider Children's Hospital at North Shore

    Manhasset, New York, 11030

  • University of Tennessee, Memphis Cancer Center

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38103

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Memphis

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38104

  • CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center

    Miami Beach, Florida, 33140

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55417

  • University of Minnesota Cancer Center

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455

  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10021

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus

    New York, New York, 10021

  • Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY

    New York, New York, 10029

  • University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-3330

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02903

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Richmond

    Richmond, Virginia, 23249

  • MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center

    Richmond, Virginia, 23298-0037

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, 94121

  • UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

    San Francisco, California, 94143-0128

  • Barnes-Jewish Hospital

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110

  • State University of New York - Upstate Medical University

    Syracuse, New York, 13210

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Syracuse

    Syracuse, New York, 13210

  • CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.

    Syracuse, New York, 13217

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Togus

    Togus, Maine, 04330

  • Lombardi Cancer Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007

  • Walter Reed Army Medical Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20307-5000

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction

    White River Junction, Vermont, 05009

  • CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services

    Wilmington, Delaware, 19899

  • CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27104-4241

  • Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157-1082

  • University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center

    Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655

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About this study

Official title: A Phase III Study of Doxorubicin-Cyclophosphamide Therapy Followed by Paclitaxel or Docetaxel Given Weekly or Every 3 Weeks in Patients With Axillary Node-Positive Breast Cancer

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known which regimen of chemotherapy is more effective for breast cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of two different regimens of combination chemotherapy in treating women who have stage II or stage IIIA breast cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the disease-free survival and overall survival in patients with node-positive or high-risk node-negative operable stage II or IIIA breast cancer treated with docetaxel or paclitaxel after doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide.
  • Determine whether the weekly administration of paclitaxel or docetaxel for 12 weeks improves disease-free survival and overall survival when compared with the conventional schedule of every 3 weeks for 4 courses after doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide in this patient population.
  • Compare the toxic effects of docetaxel and paclitaxel when administered weekly for 12 weeks versus every 3 weeks for 4 courses in these patients.
  • Compare the toxicity of paclitaxel administered every 3 weeks for 4 courses or weekly for 12 weeks to that of docetaxel administered on the same schedules in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to estrogen receptor status (positive vs negative vs unknown), nodal status (0 positive nodes vs 1-3 positive nodes vs 4-9 positive nodes vs at least 10 positive nodes), tumor size (no more than 5 cm vs more than 5 cm vs unknown), and type of prior surgery (mastectomy vs breast conservation surgery). Patients are randomized to one of four treatment arms.

  • Arm I: Patients receive doxorubicin IV and cyclophosphamide IV every 3 weeks for 4 courses (weeks 1-12). Beginning at week 13, patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours every 3 weeks for 4 courses.
  • Arm II: Patients receive doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide as in arm I. Beginning at week 13, patients receive paclitaxel IV over 1 hour weekly for 12 weeks.
  • Arm III: Patients receive doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide as in arm I. Beginning at week 13, patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour every 3 weeks for 4 courses.
  • Arm IV: Patients receive doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide as in arm I. Beginning at week 13, patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour weekly for 12 weeks.

Within 4 weeks after completion of chemotherapy, patients with estrogen and/or progesterone receptor positive tumors receive oral tamoxifen daily for 5 years.

After completion of all chemotherapy, patients with prior segmental mastectomy receive radiotherapy once daily 5 days per week for 5-6 weeks. Patients with prior modified radical mastectomy may receive radiotherapy after chemotherapy completion at the investigator's discretion.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 5,000 patients will be accrued for this study within 1.27 years.

Conditions
Breast Cancer
Keywords
stage II breast cancer, stage IIIA breast cancer
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted25 Aug 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study start16 Nov 1999
  3. Primary completionMay 2007
  4. Study completionNov 2016

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00004125
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000067353
Other IDs
E1199, CLB-49906, NCCTG-E1199, SWOG-E1199
Status last verified
Jun 2023
First submitted
10 Dec 1999
Last updated
15 Jun 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Sparano JA, Wang M, Martino S, Jones V, Perez EA, Saphner T, Wolff AC, Sledge GW Jr, Wood WC, Davidson NE. Weekly paclitaxel in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer. N Engl J Med. 2008 Apr 17;358(16):1663-71. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0707056.

    PubMed 18420499

  • Sparano JA, Wang M, Martino S, et al.: Phase III study of doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel or docetaxel given every 3 weeks or weekly in patients with axillary node-positive or high-risk node-negative breast cancer: results of North American Breast Cancer Intergroup Trial E1199. [Abstract] Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 94 (Suppl 1): A-48, 2005.

  • Sparano JA, Zhao F, Martino S, Ligibel JA, Perez EA, Saphner T, Wolff AC, Sledge GW Jr, Wood WC, Davidson NE. Long-Term Follow-Up of the E1199 Phase III Trial Evaluating the Role of Taxane and Schedule in Operable Breast Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2015 Jul 20;33(21):2353-60. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.60.9271. Epub 2015 Jun 15.

    PubMed 26077235

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing cyclophosphamide, docetaxel and doxorubicin hydrochloride in people with Breast Cancer, run by Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group at 48 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Jun 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 48 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00004125, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Jun 2023.

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