Status:

TERMINATED

Biomarkers in Women Receiving Chemotherapy & Celecoxib for Stage II or Stage III Breast Cancer Removable by Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

University of Nebraska

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

19-120 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood and tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer....

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * To determine the safety and efficacy of four courses of neoadjuvant chemotherapy comprising docetaxel, capecitabine, and celecoxib followed by doxorubicin hydrochloride, cyclophosphamid...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Pathologic evidence of invasive breast cancer
  • Stage II-III disease
  • Resectable disease
  • Must have a primary tumor estimated by mammogram, ultrasound or palpation to be ≥ 3 cm and/or palpable axillary nodes \> 1 cm for whom neoadjuvant chemotherapy is appropriate
  • ECOG performance status 0-1
  • Absolute granulocyte count \> 2,000/mm\^3
  • Platelet count \> 100,000/mm\^3
  • Serum bilirubin \< 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Serum creatinine \< 1.5 times ULN
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after completion of study therapy
  • At least 2 weeks since prior treatment with cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibitors

Exclusion

  • Not pregnant or nursing/negative pregnancy test
  • No allergies to sulfa medication, aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
  • No uncontrolled concurrent illness that might jeopardize the patient's ability to receive the chemotherapy program outlined in this protocol, including any of the following:
  • Active infection requiring intravenous antibiotics
  • Symptomatic congestive heart failure
  • Unstable angina pectoris
  • Serious, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia
  • No other prior malignancy except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, noninvasive carcinomas, or other cancers from which the patient has been disease-free for at least 5 years
  • No prior chemotherapy or radiation therapy for ipsilateral breast cancer
  • No concurrent sorivudine or brivudine to treat herpes simplex or herpes zoster viral infections
  • No concurrent participation in another therapeutic clinical trial

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 15 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 31 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

3 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00665457

Start Date

April 15 2004

End Date

July 31 2009

Last Update

September 13 2023

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Unversity of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198