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Breast CancerPhase 3NCT00289263

Maintenance Chemotherapy in Metastatic Breast Cancer

A Phase 3 study testing Paclitaxel in people with Breast Cancer, run by MANTA 1 Study Italian Collaborative Group at 7 sites in Italy.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

This is a randomized, prospective and multicenter phase III study. Two-hundred-sixty-two (262) patients on each arm will be recruited in the study. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 70 years, women only
Conditions the study is for
Breast Cancer
What is being tested?
Paclitaxel
How many people
524 participants
Where
7 sitesItaly
Study dates
Apr 1998to Oct 2003
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 70 years
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Written informed consent.
  • Patients with metastatic breast cancer in response or stable disease after six to eight courses of first line induction chemotherapy treatment
  • Measurable and/or evaluable disease
  • Performance status ECOG 0, 1, 2.
  • Normal cardiac function, confirmed by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).

Who cannot join

  • Presence of peripheral neuropathy > grade 2 by NCI Common Toxicity Criteria (NCI-CTC) following induction chemotherapy
  • Adjuvant taxane-based therapy

Trial locations and contacts

7 sites in 1 country.

7 sites in 1 country

Italy7 sites
  • Oncology Institute

    Bari, 70010

  • Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital

    Forlì, 47100

  • National Cancer Research Institute

    Genoa

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana

    Pisa, PI, 56100

  • S. Carlo Hospital

    Potenza

  • Santa Maria Nuova Hospital

    Reggio Emilia

  • University of Rome

    Rome

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About this study

Official title: Maintenance Paclitaxel Vs Control After Anthracycline/Paclitaxel Combined First-Line Chemotherapy in Metastatic Breast Cancer

This is a randomized, prospective and multicenter phase III study. Two-hundred-sixty-two (262) patients on each arm will be recruited in the study.

Read the detailed description

The primary objective is time to disease progression. All patients must be treated with first line chemotherapy, consisting of one of the following regimens: a) ET (epirubicin 90 mg/sqm day 1 plus paclitaxel 200 mg/sqm (3 hour infusion) day 1, or b) AT (doxorubicin 50 mg/sqm day 1 plus paclitaxel 200 mg/sqm (3 hour infusion) day 2, administered on a 3 weekly schedule.

Patients with complete response, partial response or stable disease are eligible for MANTA1 study.

The expected median progression free survival of metastatic breast cancer patients who achieve a disease control after first line chemotherapy was estimated to be 10 months. The minimal improvement, justifying the adoption of maintenance paclitaxel, was estimated to be at least 3 months. With 262 eligible patients on each arm, the trial will have a power of 80% to detect a 30% improvement in median progression free survival, testing at the two-sided .05 significance level.

Conditions
Breast Cancer
Being tested
Paclitaxel
Keywords
metastatic breast cancer, maintenance chemotherapy
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

What is being measured

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

  1. Time to disease progression with maintenance paclitaxel versus observation

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Overall survival

  2. Toxicity

  3. Quality of live

  4. Conversion to a better response

Timeline

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

  1. First posted9 Feb 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 1998
  3. Study completionOct 2003

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
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
524 participants
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00289263
Sponsor's protocol ID
MANTA1
Status last verified
Nov 2003
First submitted
8 Feb 2006
Last updated
9 Feb 2006
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Paclitaxel in people with Breast Cancer, run by MANTA 1 Study Italian Collaborative Group at 7 sites in Italy.

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

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Feb 2006. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 7 sites in Italy. 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?

Results are not available in the source record.

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 disease progression with maintenance paclitaxel versus observation. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 9 Feb 2006.

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