Status:

TERMINATED

Docetaxel Followed by Surgery in Treating Women With Stage II or Stage III Breast Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Dose-dense scheduling with (peg)filgrastim support may improve the clinical and pathologic complete response rate (pCR) and safety profile of single agent neoadjuvant docetaxel therapy. PU...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Pathologic complete response rate (pCR) of dose dense docetaxel in the neoadjuvant setting. Secondary * Safety and toxic effects of this regimen in these patients. * Tumor re...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Inclusion:
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed invasive carcinoma of the breast by core biopsy
  • Tumor ≥ 2 cm in greatest dimension(may be either node positive or node negative disease
  • Patients with non-metastatic breast cancer who are in the judgment of the treating medical oncologist considered to be of sufficiently high risk to warrant adjuvant chemotherapy
  • Patients with internal mammary, supraclavicular and/or axillary node involvement are eligible. Patients with inflammatory breast cancer are eligible
  • Patients with T0 disease but palpable and measurable adenopathy are eligible for this trial. All sites of disease should be noted and followed
  • Hormone receptor status:
  • Not specified
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • ECOG performance status 0-1
  • Menopausal status not specified
  • Female ≥ 18 years old
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/mm\^3
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 8 g/dL
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Bilirubin normal
  • Alkaline phosphatase (AP), AST, and ALT meeting 1 of the following criteria:
  • AP normal AND AST or ALT ≤ 5 times ULN
  • AP ≤ 2.5 times ULN AND AST or ALT ≤ 1.5 times ULN
  • AP ≤ 5 times ULN AND AST or ALT normal
  • Women of child-bearing potential, must have a negative serum pregnancy test and must use effective contraception for the duration of the study and for at least 6 months after completion of study treatment
  • Patients with prior malignancies are eligible if they have been disease free for ≥ 5 years. Patients with curative treatment of non-melanomatous skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, contralateral DCIS treated with mastectomy are eligible even if it is diagnosed in \< 5 years.
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • No prior anthracycline or taxane-based chemotherapy. Patients who received chemoprevention are eligible if the chemopreventive agent has been discontinued for at least one year prior to enrollment in the current study.
  • At least 1 year since prior tamoxifen for breast cancer prevention
  • Exclusion:
  • Prior radiotherapy to the ipsilateral breast
  • Patients who have had radiation to the contralateral breast are eligible
  • Evidence of distant metastatic disease (i.e., lung, liver, bone, brain)
  • Pregnant of breastfeeding
  • Patients who have congestive heart failure, angina pectoris, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, or other significant heart disease, or who have had a myocardial infarction within the past year
  • Patients with \> grade 1 peripheral neuropathy
  • Patients with a history of hypersensitivity reaction to products containing polysorbate 80 (Tween 80)
  • Patients receiving an investigational anticancer drug within 3 weeks of registration
  • Patients with serious medical illness that in the judgment of the treating physician, places the patient at risk.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    February 1 2004

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    March 1 2011

    Estimated Enrollment :

    34 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00343512

    Start Date

    February 1 2004

    End Date

    March 1 2011

    Last Update

    April 27 2012

    Active Locations (2)

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    Meharry Medical College

    Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37208

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    Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232-6838