Comparison of Two Regimens of Liposomal Doxorubicin in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00005980

Last Updated: 2012-07-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

116 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2000-04-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known which regimen of liposomal doxorubicin is more effective for metastatic breast cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of two regimens of liposomal doxorubicin in treating women who have metastatic breast cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the response rate in women with metastatic breast cancer treated with two different dose schedules of doxorubicin HCL liposome.
* Assess the side effects of these treatment regimens in this patient population.
* Determine the duration of response in these patients treated with these regimens.
* Assess the concentration of doxorubicin in tumor tissue in patients with easily accessible metastases.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center, performance status (0-1 vs 2), visceral disease (yes vs no), available lesions for biopsy (yes vs no), prior adjuvant anthracyclines (yes vs no), and prior chemotherapy for advanced disease (yes vs no). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive doxorubicin HCL liposome IV over 1 hour every 6 weeks.
* Arm II: Patients receive doxorubicin HCL liposome IV over 1 hour every 4 weeks. Treatment continues for at least 36 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 3 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 64-100 patients (32-50 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Keywords

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stage IV breast cancer recurrent breast cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically proven progressive or recurrent metastatic breast cancer
* Bidimensionally measurable disease with at least one target lesion

* If previously irradiated lesions:

* No preirradiated only lesions
* Clear progression prior to study
* New lesions in a previously irradiated region allowed
* Refusal of or medical contraindication to standard anthracycline containing regimen
* Hormone receptor status:

* Not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* Any age

Sex:

* Female

Menopausal status:

* Not specified

Performance status:

* ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* Neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm\^3
* Platelet count at least 100,000/mm\^3

Hepatic:

* Bilirubin normal
* Transaminases less than 2 times upper limit of normal

Renal:

* Creatinine normal

Cardiovascular:

* Left ventricular ejection fraction normal by echocardiography or MUGA scan
* No significant cardiac history including:

* Clinically significant atrial or ventricular arrhythmias requiring treatment
* Medically controlled congestive heart failure
* Significant angina or clinically and/or electrocardiographically documented myocardial infarction within the past year
* Clinically significant valvular disease

Other:

* No other prior or concurrent malignancy within the past 5 years except contralateral breast cancer, or adequately treated basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
* No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition that would preclude study
* Not pregnant or nursing
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* Not specified

Chemotherapy:

* See Disease Characteristics
* Prior adjuvant chemotherapy allowed if total doxorubicin dose is no greater than 300 mg/m2, total epirubicin dose is no greater than 450 mg/m\^2, and total mitoxantrone dose is no greater than 75 mg/m\^2
* No greater than one regimen of prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease
* No prior anthracyclines for metastatic disease
* No other concurrent cytotoxic therapy

Endocrine therapy:

* No concurrent hormonal therapy
* At least 4 weeks since prior progestins, estrogens, or androgens

Radiotherapy:

* See Disease Characteristics
* Concurrent palliative radiotherapy allowed if sole target lesion is outside irradiated field

Surgery:

* Not specified

Other:

* Concurrent bisphosphonates for metastatic bone disease and hypercalcemia secondary to malignancy allowed if bony lesions not only target lesion
* No other concurrent investigational therapy
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Robert E. Coleman, MD, FRCP

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Cancer Research Centre at Weston Park Hospital

Maurizio D'Incalci, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research

Christian Dittrich, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Applied Cancer Research at Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital

Locations

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Ludwig Boltzmann - Institute for Applied Cancer Research

Vienna, , Austria

Site Status

Institut Bergonie

Bordeaux, , France

Site Status

Centre Jean Perrin

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

Site Status

Institut Curie - Section Medicale

Paris, , France

Site Status

Centre Henri Becquerel

Rouen, , France

Site Status

University of Ioannina

Ioannina, , Greece

Site Status

Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Campus

Petah Tikva, , Israel

Site Status

Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research

Milano (Milan), , Italy

Site Status

Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri - Roma

Rome, , Italy

Site Status

Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen

Groningen, , Netherlands

Site Status

University Medical Center Nijmegen

Nijmegen, , Netherlands

Site Status

Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status

Clinique De Genolier

Genolier, , Switzerland

Site Status

Royal Marsden NHS Trust

London, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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Austria France Greece Israel Italy Netherlands Spain Switzerland United Kingdom

References

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Biganzoli L, Coleman R, Minisini A, Hamilton A, Aapro M, Therasse P, Mottino G, Bogaerts J, Piccart M. A joined analysis of two European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) studies to evaluate the role of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (Caelyx) in the treatment of elderly patients with metastatic breast cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2007 Jan;61(1):84-9. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2006.07.008. Epub 2006 Nov 20.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17116400 (View on PubMed)

Coleman RE, Biganzoli L, Canney P, Dirix L, Mauriac L, Chollet P, Batter V, Ngalula-Kabanga E, Dittrich C, Piccart M. A randomised phase II study of two different schedules of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in metastatic breast cancer (EORTC-10993). Eur J Cancer. 2006 May;42(7):882-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.12.011. Epub 2006 Mar 7.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 16520033 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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EORTC-IDBBC-10993

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

ECSG-10993

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

PAMM-10993

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EORTC-10993-16998

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id