Status:

UNKNOWN

Maintenance Chemotherapy in Metastatic Breast Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

MANTA 1 Study Italian Collaborative Group

Collaborating Sponsors:

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief 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.

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 pac...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 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).

Exclusion

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

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 1998

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

October 1 2003

Estimated Enrollment :

524 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00289263

Start Date

April 1 1998

End Date

October 1 2003

Last Update

February 9 2006

Active Locations (7)

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1

Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana

Pisa, PI, Italy, 56100

2

Oncology Institute

Bari, Italy, 70010

3

Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital

Forlì, Italy, 47100

4

National Cancer Research Institute

Genoa, Italy