Capecitabine as NeoAdjuvant Therapy in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00347438

Last Updated: 2015-12-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: TERMINATED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 18 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2006-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2013-03-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of capecitabine before surgery.

The study will also help gain more information about the effects of the capecitabine on physical and emotional well-being and how well the participants on capecitabine follow the study drug plan.

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

breast cancer; neoadjuvant; locally advanced

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Capecitabine

Capecitabine will be given at 1000mg/m2 twice daily for 2 weeks x 8 cycles, with a one-week pause in-between cycles.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Capecitabine

Intervention Type: DRUG

Capecitabine twice daily for 14 days followed by 7 days without taking drug (1 cycle). This schedule is followed for 8 cycles (about 24 weeks).

Interventions

Capecitabine

Capecitabine twice daily for 14 days followed by 7 days without taking drug (1 cycle). This schedule is followed for 8 cycles (about 24 weeks).

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Xeloda

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with locally advanced, histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the female breast. Women with ulcerated breast lesions may be enrolled. Patients with asymptomatic metastases to the bone are eligible.
• Ability to provide written informed consent prior to study-specific screening procedures
• TNM Stage:T3-4, N0-3 M0; Patients with asymptomatic bone metastases may be enrolled. Patients with large T2 tumors whose surgeons believe their results with breast conserving surgery will be improved by neoadjuvant therapy may be enrolled.
• Age 18 years or older
• Negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 7 days prior to starting therapy (female patients of childbearing potential).
• Performance status 0-1
• Required Initial Laboratory Data:
• Granulocytes >=1,200/µl
• Platelet count >=100,000/µl
• Calculated Creatinine Clearance > 30 mL/min
• Total bilirubin <= Upper Limit Normal
• Alkaline Phosphatase <=Upper Limit Normal
• SGPT, SGOT <=Upper Limit Normal
• Normal chest x-ray

Exclusion Criteria

• HER2 positive breast cancer
• Pregnant or lactating woman
• Life expectancy < 3 months
• Serious, uncontrolled, concurrent infection(s)
• Any prior fluoropyrimidine therapy or other chemotherapy
• Prior unanticipated severe reaction to fluoropyrimidine therapy, or known hyper-sensitivity to 5-fluorouracil or known DPD deficiency.
• Patients who have received more than four weeks of tamoxifen therapy for this malignancy.
• Treatment for other carcinomas within the last five years, except cured non- melanoma skin and treated in-situ cervical cancer.
• Participation in any investigational drug study within 4 weeks preceding the start of study treatment.
• Evidence of metastatic disease to sites other than the bone or with symptomatic bone lesions.
• Other serious uncontrolled medical conditions that the investigator feels might compromise study participation.
• Lack of physical integrity of the upper gastrointestinal tract or malabsorption syndrome.
• Known, existing uncontrolled coagulopathy or concurrent treatment with Coumadin and Phenytoin
• Any of the following laboratory values:
• Abnormal hematologic values (neutrophils < 1.0 x 109/L, platelet count < 100 x 109/L)
• Impaired renal function (estimated creatinine clearance <30ml/min as calculated with Cockcroft-Gault equation)
• Serum bilirubin > upper normal limit.
• SGOT, SGPT > upper normal limit

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Breast Cancer Research Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Roche Pharma AG

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Chicago

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Olufunmilayo I Olopade, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Chicago

Locations

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States

University of Ibadan

Ibadan, , Nigeria

Obafemi Awolowo University

Ile-Ife, , Nigeria

Countries

United States; Nigeria

Other Identifiers

14201B

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id