Docetaxel or Paclitaxel in Treating Women With Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00006120

Last Updated: 2008-07-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2000-05-31

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.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of two different regimens of docetaxel or paclitaxel in treating women who have unresectable locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Compare the response rate, progression free survival, and overall survival in women with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer treated with two different schedules of docetaxel or paclitaxel.
* Compare the toxicities and pharmacoeconomics of these four regimens in these patients.
* Compare the quality of life of patients treated with these four regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified by center, age, ECOG performance status, hormone receptor status (positive vs negative), metastasis to liver (yes vs no), and presence of disease progression following anthracyclines (yes vs no).

Patients are randomized to one of four treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1.
* Arm II: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 1.
* Arm III: Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and 36.
* Arm IV: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 1 hour on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and 36.

Courses repeat every 3 weeks (arms I and II) or every 8 weeks (arms III and IV) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Quality of life is assessed prior to treatment and then every 8 weeks.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 165 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Keywords

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stage IV breast cancer stage IIIA breast cancer recurrent breast cancer stage IIIB breast cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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docetaxel

Intervention Type DRUG

paclitaxel

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically proven unresectable locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer

* Refractory or relapsed disease after neoadjuvant or adjuvant anthracyclines
* At least one bidimensionally measurable lesion
* No brain metastasis
* No bone metastases, lymphangitis carcinomatous, ascites, or pleural effusion as sole site of metastatic disease
* Hormone receptor status:

* Known hormone receptor status

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 to 75

Sex:

* Female

Menopausal status:

* Not specified

Performance status:

* ECOG 0-2 OR
* Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy:

* At least 12 weeks

Hematopoietic:

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

Hepatic:

* AST and ALT no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2.5 times ULN
* Bilirubin normal

Renal:

* Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN

Cardiovascular:

* No uncontrolled angina or arrhythmia
* No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
* No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease

Other:

* No sensitive neuropathy worse than grade 2
* No other significant, uncontrolled medical or psychiatric condition
* No serious active infection
* Not pregnant or nursing
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception
* No other prior malignancy except treated nonmelanomatous skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* At least 4 weeks since prior specific antitumoral immunotherapy

Chemotherapy:

* See Disease Characteristics
* No prior taxanes
* At least 4 weeks since other prior specific antitumoral chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

* At least 4 weeks since prior specific antitumoral hormonal therapy

Radiotherapy:

* At least 4 weeks since prior specific antitumoral radiotherapy

Surgery:

* Not specified

Other:

* No other concurrent experimental medication
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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GERCOR - Multidisciplinary Oncology Cooperative Group

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Joseph Gligorov, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Hopital Tenon

Locations

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Centre Hospitalier d'Antibes

Antibes, , France

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Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy

Argenteuil, , France

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Institut Sainte Catherine

Avignon, , France

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Clinique Floreal

Bagnolet, , France

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Centre D'Oncologie Du Pays-Basque

Bayonne, , France

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C.H.G. Beauvais

Beauvais, , France

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Hopital Fontenoy

Chartres, , France

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Centre Jean Perrin

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

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Hopital Louis Mourier

Colombes, , France

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Centre Hospitalier Laennec

Creil, , France

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Hopital Intercommunal De Creteil

Créteil, , France

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Hopital Drevon

Dijon, , France

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Polyclinique Jeanne d'Arc - service de Radiotherapie Oncologie

Gien, , France

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Centre Jean Bernard

Le Mans, , France

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Hopital Desgenettes - Service de Medecine Interne

Lyon, , France

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Centre de Radiotherapie et Oncologie Saint-Faron

Mareuil-lès-Meaux, , France

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Hopital Saint Joseph

Marseille, , France

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Hopital Notre-Dame de Bon Secours

Metz, , France

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CH Meulan

Meulan-en-Yvelines, , France

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Intercommunal Hospital

Montfermeil, , France

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Centre Hospitalier de Mulhouse

Mulhouse, , France

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Clinique Hartmann

Neuilly-sur-Seine, , France

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American Hospital of Paris

Neuilly-sur-Seine, , France

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Clinique Geoffroy St. Hillaire

Paris, , France

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Hotel Dieu de Paris

Paris, , France

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Hopital Saint Antoine

Paris, , France

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Hopital Tenon

Paris, , France

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Clinique Ste - Marie

Pontoise, , France

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Polyclinique De Courlancy

Reims, , France

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Centre du Rouget

Sarcelles, , France

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C.H. Senlis

Senlis, , France

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Clinique de l'Orangerie

Strasbourg, , France

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Clinique Pasteur

Toulouse, , France

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Clinique Fleming

Tours, , France

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Hopital de la Ville D'Esch-sur-Alzette

Esch-sur-Alzette, , Luxembourg

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Countries

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France Luxembourg

Other Identifiers

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FRE-GERCOR-TAXMAX-SOO-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-20029

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000068134

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id