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Breast CancerNCT00965276

Relationship of pAKT to Survival in Patients With Node-Positive Breast Cancer

An observational study of Breast Cancer, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site 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

This study will examine the relationship of a protein called pAKT to survival of breast cancer patients with one or more positive axillary lymph nodes. Akt plays a role in cell survival, tumor formation, and the development of drug resistance. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
Conditions the study is for
Breast Cancer
How many people
2,500 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
13 Jan 2004to 14 Dec 2010
Phase
Observational
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 Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • The NSABP B-28 trial enrolled women from 1995 to 1998 with operable breast cancer with pathologically positive axillary lymph nodes.

Who cannot join

None listed.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892

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About this study

Official title: Levels of Phosphorylated AKT in Patients With Node-Positive Breast Cancer: Correlation With Disease-Free and Overall Survival

This study will examine the relationship of a protein called pAKT to survival of breast cancer patients with one or more positive axillary lymph nodes. Akt plays a role in cell survival, tumor formation, and the development of drug resistance.

The study will use tumor tissue obtained from 2,000 patients enrolled in a National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project study that is evaluating whether adding the drug paclitaxel (Taxol (Registered Trademark)) to a treatment regimen of doxorubicin (Adriamycin (Registered Trademark)) and cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan (Registered Trademark)) improves disease-free survival and overall survival in patients with node-positive breast cancer. The current study will measure levels of pAkt in the tissues and correlate the results with clinical outcome to see if pAkt levels are associated with improved patient survival.

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Read the detailed description

Taxanes (paclitaxel and docetaxel) have emerged as the most powerful chemotherapeutics in breast cancer over the past decades. The B-28 clinical trial from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) assesses the efficacy of adding paclitaxel to the doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide regimen in the treatment of patients with axillary node positive breast cancer. The primary aim of B-28 is to determine whether four cycles of paclitaxel (Taxol (Registered Trademark)) (T) following four cycles of postoperative Doxorubicin (adriamycin (Registered Trademark) (A) and cyclophosphamide (C) will more effectively prolong disease-free survival (DFS) and survival (S) than four cycles of AC alone in patients with operable breast cancer who have one or more histologically positive axillary lymph nodes. The B-28 clinical trial tissue microarray consists of specimens from 2,000 cases enrolled. The tissue microarray set is an ideal platform for evaluating predictive markers of doxorubicin and/or paclitaxel response or resistance.

Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase regulated by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), is of importance in cell survival, tumorigenesis, and recently shown, chemoresistance. It confers survival advantage to cells by transducing signals from growth factor receptors that activate PI3K. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate whether the levels of phosphorylated AKT are associated with disease-free and overall survival in patients with node-positive breast cancer treated with AC and/or AC followed by paclitaxel.

Conditions
Breast Cancer
Keywords
Adjuvant Therapy, Paclitaxel, Chemoresistance, Serine/Threonine Kinase, Cell Survival, Breast Cancer
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms

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 2009 (estimated)
  2. Study start13 Jan 2004
  3. Study completion14 Dec 2010

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Observational
Enrolment
2,500 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00965276
Sponsor's protocol ID
040088
Other IDs
04-C-0088
Status last verified
14 Dec 2010
First submitted
24 Aug 2009
Last updated
2 Jul 2017
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Yang SX, Costantino JP, Kim C, Mamounas EP, Nguyen D, Jeong JH, Wolmark N, Kidwell K, Paik S, Swain SM. Akt phosphorylation at Ser473 predicts benefit of paclitaxel chemotherapy in node-positive breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Jun 20;28(18):2974-81. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.26.1602. Epub 2010 May 17.

    PubMed 20479407

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Breast Cancer, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site 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?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 0 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Jul 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site 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.

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 NCT00965276, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 2 Jul 2017.

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