Paclitaxel With or Without Carboplatin in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00025688

Last Updated: 2008-07-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2001-01-31

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. It is not yet known if paclitaxel is more effective with or without carboplatin in treating stage IV breast cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of paclitaxel with or without carboplatin in treating women who have stage IV breast cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Compare the objective response rate in women treated with paclitaxel with or without carboplatin as first-line chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer.
* Compare the overall survival, time to disease progression, and duration of response in these patients treated with these regimens.
* Compare the safety of these regimens in this patient population.
* Compare the quality of life of these patients treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to prior adjuvant chemotherapy (yes vs no) and ECOG performance status (0-1 vs 2). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 1 hour weekly for 3 weeks.
* Arm II:Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 1 hour and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes weekly for 3 weeks.

Treatment in both arms continues every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline, before each course during study, and then after completion of study.

Patients are followed every 3 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 220 patients 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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carboplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

paclitaxel

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Ineligible if currently experiencing a complete or partial response to prior hormonal therapy
* Patients with disease progression after prior response to hormonal therapy are eligible
* Disease progression without prior hormonal therapy is allowed
* Stable or asymptomatic brain metastasis allowed if:

* Other measurable disease exists
* Cranial irradiation completed and brain metastasis stable for at least 4 weeks before study
* Hormone receptor status:

* Not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 and over

Sex:

* Female

Menopausal status:

* Pre- or post-menopausal

Performance status:

* ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

* At least 3 months

Hematopoietic:

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

Hepatic:

* Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* AST and ALT no greater than 2 times ULN

Renal:

* Creatinine no greater than 2 times ULN
* Corrected calcium less than 12 mg/dL

Cardiovascular:

* No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease
* No documented myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
* No congestive heart failure
* No unstable angina
* No clinically significant pericardial effusion or arrhythmia

Other:

* No active serious infection
* No prior significant allergic reactions to drugs containing Cremophor, such as teniposide, cyclosporine, or vitamin K
* No clinically significant (greater than grade 1) peripheral neuropathy
* No other serious underlying medical condition that would preclude study participation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* More than 6 months since prior adjuvant bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
* More than 6 months since prior adjuvant monoclonal antibody therapy
* More than 6 months since prior adjuvant vaccine therapy
* No prior trastuzumab (Herceptin)
* No concurrent anticancer immunotherapy

Chemotherapy:

* No prior chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer
* More than 6 months since prior adjuvant high-dose chemotherapy
* More than 6 months since prior adjuvant taxanes or any other adjuvant chemotherapy
* Prior adjuvant taxanes allowed only if administered every 3 weeks

Endocrine therapy:

* See Disease Characteristics
* Any number of prior hormonal therapies for metastatic breast cancer allowed

* Patients with definite signs of progression may begin study therapy immediately after stopping hormonal therapy
* No concurrent anticancer hormonal agents (including megestrol)

Radiotherapy:

* At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy (4 weeks for cranial irradiation)
* No prior radiotherapy to 30% or more of bone marrow
* No concurrent radiotherapy except for palliation of painful bone metastasis or pathologic fractures to the area of known lytic disease

Surgery:

* At least 3 weeks since prior major surgery

Other:

* More than 6 months since prior neoadjuvant therapy
* No other concurrent anticancer drugs
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Theradex

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Edith A. Perez, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Mayo Clinic

Locations

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Highlands Oncology Group

Springdale, Arkansas, United States

Site Status

Monterey Bay Oncology

Monterey, California, United States

Site Status

Wilshire Oncology Medical Group, Inc.

Pomona, California, United States

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University of California Davis Cancer Center

Sacramento, California, United States

Site Status

New Britain General Hospital

New Britain, Connecticut, United States

Site Status

Center for Hematology and Oncology

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Site Status

Cancer Research Network, Inc.

Hollywood, Florida, United States

Site Status

Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Site Status

MacNeal Cancer Center

Berwyn, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Oncology Specialists, SC

Park Ridge, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Maine Center for Cancer Medicine and Blood Disorders

Scarborough, Maine, United States

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Maryland Hematology/Oncology Associates

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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St. John's Mercy Medical Center

St Louis, Missouri, United States

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St. Barnabas Medical Center

Livingston, New Jersey, United States

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Finger Lakes Community Cancer Center

Clifton Springs, New York, United States

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Clinical Hematology & Oncology Service, Inc.

Akron, Ohio, United States

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Scranton Hematology-Oncology

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States

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East Tennessee Oncology/Hematology, P.C.

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

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West Clinic

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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Texas Cancer Care

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

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Oncology Consultants

Houston, Texas, United States

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Scott and White Clinic

Temple, Texas, United States

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Northern Virginia Oncology Group, P.C.

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

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Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Seattle, Washington, United States

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Dean Medical Center

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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THERADEX-B00-1370

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

BMS-TAX/MEN.13

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000068992

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id