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Breast CancerPhase 2NCT00006007

LY231514 Plus Gemcitabine in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing gemcitabine hydrochloride and pemetrexed disodium in people with Breast Cancer, run by Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology at 24 sites in 2 countries.

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. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining LY231514 plus gemcitabine in treating women who have metastatic breast cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women only
Conditions the study is for
Breast Cancer
What is being tested?
gemcitabine hydrochloride and pemetrexed disodium
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
59 participants
Where
24 sitesin 2 countries
Study dates
Dec 2000to May 2008
Phase
Phase 2
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 years and older
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed breast cancer with clinical evidence of metastatic disease
  • Bidimensionally measurable disease
  • If bisphosphonates used, must have measurable disease site other than bone
  • No bone only disease
  • Must have received a prior anthracycline and taxane in the adjuvant and/or metastatic setting
  • No clinically significant pericardial effusions, pleural effusions, or ascites unless they can be drained
  • No active CNS metastases
  • Treated CNS metastasis that has ben stable for at least 8 weeks allowed
  • Hormone receptor status:
  • Not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Sex:

  • Female

Menopausal status:

  • Not specified

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • At least 3 months

Hematopoietic:

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

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST no greater than 3 times ULN (5 times ULN if liver metastases)
  • Albumin at least 3.0 g/dL

Renal:

  • Creatinine clearance at least 45 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

  • No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • Able to take folic acid and cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12) supplements
  • Body surface area less than 3 m^2
  • No uncontrolled infection
  • No chronic debilitating disease
  • No other prior malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or adequately treated noninvasive carcinomas

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • At least 4 weeks since prior immunotherapy
  • At least 4 weeks since prior genetic therapy
  • No concurrent immunomodulating agents

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No more than 3 prior chemotherapy regimens including adjuvant therapy
  • No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen for metastatic disease unless these were a taxane and anthracycline
  • At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy
  • No prior gemcitabine and/or pemetrexed disodium
  • No other concurrent cytostatic or cytotoxic chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy
  • No prior radiotherapy to greater than 25% of bone marrow
  • No prior strontium chloride Sr 89
  • No concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • At least 4 weeks since prior major surgery

Other:

  • No aspirin or nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agents 2 days before, the day of, and for 2 days after pemetrexed disodium administration (5 days before for long acting agents such as naproxen, piroxicam, diflunisal, or nabumetone)

Trial locations and contacts

24 sites in 2 countries.

24 sites in 2 countries

United States23 sites

  • CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48106

  • Medcenter One Health System

    Bismarck, North Dakota, 58501

  • CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project

    Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52403-1206

  • CCOP - Geisinger Clinic and Medical Center

    Danville, Pennsylvania, 17822-2001

  • CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association

    Des Moines, Iowa, 50309-1016

  • CCOP - Duluth

    Duluth, Minnesota, 55805

  • CCOP - Merit Care Hospital

    Fargo, North Dakota, 58122

  • Altru Health Systems

    Grand Forks, North Dakota, 58201

  • Mayo Clinic

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32224

  • CCOP - Ochsner

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70121

  • CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68106

  • CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association

    Peoria, Illinois, 61602

  • Illinois Oncology Research Association

    Peoria, Illinois, 61602

  • Rapid City Regional Hospital

    Rapid City, South Dakota, 57709

  • Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905

  • CentraCare Health Plaza

    Saint Cloud, Minnesota, 56303

  • CCOP - Metro-Minnesota

    Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, 55416

  • CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program

    Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259-5404

  • Siouxland Hematology-Oncology

    Sioux City, Iowa, 51101-1733

  • CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57104

  • CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program

    Toledo, Ohio, 43623-3456

  • CCOP - Carle Cancer Center

    Urbana, Illinois, 61801

  • CCOP - Wichita

    Wichita, Kansas, 67214-3882

Other trials in United States

Canada1 site

  • Allan Blair Cancer Centre

    Regina, Saskatchewan, S4T 7T1

Other trials in Canada

About this study

Official title: A Phase II Study of a Combination of MTA (LY231514) and Gemcitabine in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining LY231514 plus gemcitabine in treating women who have metastatic breast cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Assess the antitumor activity of pemetrexed disodium in combination with gemcitabine in the treatment of women with metastatic breast cancer who have received an anthracycline and a taxane in the adjuvant and/or metastatic setting and no more than 1 chemotherapy regimen for metastatic disease (unless these were a taxane and anthracycline).
  • Determine the toxicity of this regimen in this patient population.
  • Determine time to progression and overall survival of these patients receiving this regimen.

OUTLINE: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. pemetrexed disodium IV is administered over 10 minutes 90 minutes following gemcitabine on day 8. Treatment continues every 21 days for a minimum of 6 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression. Patients achieving a complete response receive 2 additional courses.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 5 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 60 patients will be accrued for this study within 1 year.

Conditions
Breast Cancer
Being tested
gemcitabine hydrochloride, pemetrexed disodium
Keywords
stage IV breast cancer, recurrent 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.

Study groups in NCT00006007
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
gemcitabine + pemetrexedExperimentalPatients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. pemetrexed disodium IV is administered over 10 minutes 90 minutes following gemcitabine on day 8. Treatment continues every 21 days for a minimum of 6 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression. Patients achieving a complete response receive 2 additional courses. Patients are followed every 3 months for 5 years.
Receives: Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride; Drug: pemetrexed disodium

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. time to progression

    Measured: Up to 5 years

Secondary outcomes (1)

  1. overall survival

    Measured: Up to 5 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startDec 2000
  3. Primary completionMar 2004
  4. Study completionMay 2008

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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
59 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00006007
Sponsor's protocol ID
NCCTG-983253
Other IDs
NCI-2012-02348, CDR0000068015
Status last verified
Dec 2016
First submitted
5 Jul 2000
Last updated
7 Dec 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Ma CX, Steen P, Rowland KM, Niedringhaus RD, Fitch TR, Kugler JW, Hillman DW, Perez EA, Ingle JN, Adjei AA. A phase II trial of a combination of pemetrexed and gemcitabine in patients with metastatic breast cancer: an NCCTG study. Ann Oncol. 2006 Feb;17(2):226-31. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdj054. Epub 2005 Nov 22.

    PubMed 16303865

  • Ma CX, Steen P, Rowland KM, et al.: A phase II study of a combination of pemetrexed (Pem) and gemcitabine (Gem) in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC): an NCCTG study. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 22 (Suppl 14): A-639, 36s, 2004.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing gemcitabine hydrochloride and pemetrexed disodium in people with Breast Cancer, run by Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology at 24 sites in 2 countries.

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 7 Dec 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 24 sites in United States, Canada. 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 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

time to progression (time frame: Up to 5 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00006007, which also lists 2 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 7 Dec 2016.

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