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Breast CancerPhase 2NCT00645866

Epirubicin, Docetaxel, and Capecitabine in Treating Women With Stage IIIA or Stage IIIB Breast Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing capecitabine, docetaxel and epirubicin hydrochloride in people with Breast Cancer, run by Mayo Clinic.

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, such as epirubicin, docetaxel, and capecitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. 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?
capecitabine, docetaxel and epirubicin hydrochloride
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
47 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Apr 2003to Mar 2006
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
  • Stage IIIA or IIIB disease (T3 N1 M0, T4 N1 M0, any T N2/N3 M0)
  • Bidimensionally measurable or evaluable disease
  • Hormone receptor status not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Menopausal status not specified
  • ECOG performance status 0-2
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000 cells/μL
  • Total bilirubin normal
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL
  • ANC ≥ 1,000 cells/μL
  • AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min and serum creatinine normal
  • Life expectancy ≥ 3 months
  • No uncontrolled infection
  • No chronic debilitating disease
  • No lack of physical integrity of the upper gastrointestinal tract
  • Able to swallow tablets
  • No malabsorption syndrome
  • No clinically significant cardiac disease not well controlled with medication (e.g., congestive heart failure, symptomatic coronary artery disease and cardiac arrhythmias [New York Heart Association class III-IV heart disease] or myocardial infarction within the last 12 months)
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or adequately treated other noninvasive carcinomas
  • No peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 1

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • More than 4 weeks since prior major surgery and recovered
  • No prior chemotherapy regimens including adjuvant therapy
  • No organ allograft
  • No concurrent sorivudine or bruvidine
  • No other concurrent cytostatic, cytotoxic, immunomodulating agents, or radiotherapy

About this study

Official title: A Neo-Adjuvant Study of Sequential Epirubicin and Docetaxel in Combination With Capecitabine in Patients With Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as epirubicin, docetaxel, and capecitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying the side effects of giving epirubicin together with docetaxel and capecitabine and to see how well it works in treating women with stage IIIA or stage IIIB breast cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Describe the pathologic response rate in chemotherapy-naive women with locally advanced breast cancer (stage IIIA or IIIB) after 6 courses of sequential neoadjuvant therapy with epirubicin hydrochloride and a combination of docetaxel with capecitabine .
  • Describe the adverse events of sequential epirubicin hydrochloride and a combination of docetaxel with capecitabine in this patient population.

Secondary

  • Identify by transcriptional profiling the differential expression of candidate gene products that confer chemosensitivity to epirubicin hydrochloride, docetaxel, and capecitabine.
  • Correlate the differential expression of known genetic polymorphisms of intracellular regulators involved in the metabolism of epirubicin hydrochloride, docetaxel, and capecitabine with adverse events and tumor response.
  • Assess individual patient variation in clinical (toxicity and/or activity), in pharmacologic (pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic parameters), and/or biologic (correlative laboratory study results) responses to epirubicin hydrochloride, docetaxel, and capecitabine due to genetic differences in proteins involved in drug response (transport, metabolism and/or mechanism of action).

OUTLINE: Patients receive epirubicin hydrochloride IV on day 1. Treatment repeats every 2 weeks for 3 courses. Beginning 2 weeks after last dose of epirubicin hydrochloride, patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1 and oral capecitabine twice daily on days 1-14. Treatment with docetaxel and capecitabine repeats every 3 weeks for 3 courses. Patients then undergo surgery.

Blood samples are collected at baseline for pharmacogenetic studies. Tumor tissue samples are collected at baseline and periodically during treatment for correlative laboratory studies.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months until disease progression and then every 6 months for up to 5 years.

Conditions
Breast Cancer
Being tested
capecitabine, docetaxel, epirubicin hydrochloride, laboratory biomarker analysis, pharmacogenomic studies
Keywords
stage IIIA breast cancer, stage IIIB breast cancer, stage IIIC 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.

  • capecitabineDrug

  • docetaxelDrug

  • epirubicin hydrochlorideDrug

  • laboratory biomarker analysisOther

  • pharmacogenomic studiesOther

  • biopsyProcedure or surgery

  • neoadjuvant therapyProcedure or surgery

  • therapeutic surgical procedureProcedure or surgery

What is being measured

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

  1. Pathologic response rate

  2. Toxicity patterns

Secondary outcomes (1)

  1. Overall survival

Timeline

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

  1. First posted28 Mar 2008 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2003
  3. Primary completionMar 2006
  4. Study completionMar 2006

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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
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
47 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00645866
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000582618
Other IDs
P30CA015083, MC0132, 595-02, 378-ONC-0030-241
Status last verified
May 2011
First submitted
27 Mar 2008
Last updated
16 May 2011
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing capecitabine, docetaxel and epirubicin hydrochloride in people with Breast Cancer, run by Mayo Clinic.

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 16 May 2011. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

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?

Pathologic response rate. The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT00645866.

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 16 May 2011.

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