Status:

COMPLETED

Amonafide in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer That Has Progressed After Previous Chemotherapy

Lead Sponsor:

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as amonafide, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of a...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the time to progression in women with metastatic breast cancer who have progressed after prior chemotherapy and are now treated with amonafide. * Determine the overal...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed breast cancer
  • Metastatic (stage IV) disease
  • Relapsed after 1 of the following prior therapy regimens\*:
  • Adjuvant therapy containing an anthracycline and a taxane
  • Adjuvant anthracycline therapy followed by first-line metastatic treatment containing a taxane NOTE: \*No relapse within 12 months of initiation of prior therapy
  • Measurable disease by CT scan or MRI
  • No ascites, pleural effusions, or osteoblastic bone metastases as the only site of measurable disease
  • Refractory to hormonal anticancer therapy completed more than 4 weeks before study therapy
  • HER2/neu positive allowed provided patient received prior trastuzumab (Herceptin®)
  • MUGA or echocardiogram normal while on trastuzumab
  • No known history of or current brain or leptomeningeal metastases
  • Hormone receptor status:
  • Not specified
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • Over 18
  • Sex
  • Female
  • Menopausal status
  • Not specified
  • Performance status
  • ECOG 0-2
  • Life expectancy
  • At least 12 weeks
  • Hematopoietic
  • WBC at least 3,000/mm\^3
  • Neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm\^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm\^3
  • Hemoglobin at least 10.0 g/dL
  • No clinically significant abnormal hematological parameters
  • Hepatic
  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2.5 times ULN (5 times ULN in case of liver metastases)
  • AST or ALT no greater than 2.5 times ULN (5 times ULN in case of liver metastases)
  • Renal
  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN
  • Cardiovascular
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No myocardial infarction within the past 3 months
  • No unstable angina pectoris
  • No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease
  • No uncontrolled arrhythmia
  • No cardiac insufficiency
  • No uncontrolled hypertension
  • LVEF at least 50% OR at least lower limit of normal
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception 4 weeks before, during, and for at least 4 weeks after study participation
  • No preexisting neuropathy (motor or sensory) greater than grade 2
  • No clinically significant abnormal biochemical parameters
  • No clinically significant active infection
  • No other prior malignancy except cured nonmelanoma skin cancer or curatively treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • No other serious illness or medical condition
  • No psychological illness or condition that would preclude study participation
  • No other known condition that would preclude study participation
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • More than 3 months since prior trastuzumab
  • More than 2 weeks since prior growth factor therapy (i.e., filgrastim \[G-CSF\] or sargramostim \[GM-CSF\])
  • No concurrent systemic anticancer immune modulators
  • Chemotherapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Endocrine therapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • More than 4 weeks since prior hormonal therapy
  • No concurrent anticancer hormonal therapy
  • No concurrent chronic systemic steroids
  • Concurrent topical or inhaled steroids for dermatological or allergy/asthma conditions allowed provided therapy was initiated prior to study enrollment
  • Concurrent hormone replacement therapy allowed provided therapy was initiated prior to study enrollment
  • Radiotherapy
  • More than 30 days since prior radiotherapy
  • No concurrent radiotherapy directed at target lesions
  • Surgery
  • At least 4 weeks since prior major surgery and recovered
  • Other
  • More than 30 days since prior investigational new drug
  • More than 2 weeks since prior blood transfusion
  • No other concurrent systemic anticancer agents, including immunosuppressive agents
  • No other concurrent investigational agents
  • Concurrent bisphosphonates allowed provided therapy was initiated prior to study enrollment

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    August 1 2003

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    End Date :

    September 1 2004

    Estimated Enrollment :

    Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00074100

    Start Date

    August 1 2003

    End Date

    September 1 2004

    Last Update

    May 30 2013

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    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, United States, 10021