Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide in Treating Older Women With Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Breast Cancer That Has Been Removed By Surgery

NCT ID: NCT00424203

Last Updated: 2013-09-04

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-01-31

Study Completion Date

2011-11-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving combination chemotherapy after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving doxorubicin together with cyclophosphamide works in treating older women with stage I , stage II, or stage III breast cancer that has been removed by surgery.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Determine the independence of older women with resected stage I, II, or III breast cancer treated with adjuvant doxorubicin hydrochloride and cyclophosphamide.

Secondary

* Determine the impact of this regimen on other aspects of the patient's life, utilizing the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, the Mini-Nutritional Assessment, the Folstein Mini-Mental State Exam, the Geriatric Depression Scale, and the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale-Geriatrics.
* Determine the quality of life of patients treated with this regimen.
* Determine the acceptability of this regimen in these patients.
* Determine the toxicity of this regimen, in terms of cardiac issues and anemia, in these patients.
* Determine recurrence-free survival, event-free survival, and overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a pilot, nonrandomized, multicenter study.

Patients receive doxorubicin hydrochloride IV and cyclophosphamide IV on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients complete questionnaires at baseline and after completion of chemotherapy. Questionnaires include the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (malnutrition), the Folstein Mini-Mental State Exam (cognitive function), the Geriatric Depression Scale (depression), the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale - Geriatrics (comorbidities), and the EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (quality of life).

After completion of study therapy, patients are followed every 3 months for 4 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 40 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer Cognitive/Functional Effects Depression Malnutrition Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment

Keywords

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cognitive/functional effects depression malnutrition psychosocial effects of cancer and its treatment stage IA breast cancer stage IB breast cancer stage II breast cancer stage IIIA breast cancer stage IIIB breast cancer stage IIIC breast cancer estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer progesterone receptor-negative breast cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Myocet, Endoxan

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

AC regimen

Intervention Type DRUG

cyclophosphamide

Intervention Type DRUG

doxorubicin hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

adjuvant therapy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

cognitive assessment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

management of therapy complications

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

psychosocial assessment and care

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Interventions

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AC regimen

Intervention Type DRUG

cyclophosphamide

Intervention Type DRUG

doxorubicin hydrochloride

Intervention Type DRUG

adjuvant therapy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

cognitive assessment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

management of therapy complications

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

psychosocial assessment and care

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast

* Stage I, II or III disease

* pN+ or pN0 with grade III disease (tumor size ≥ 2 cm)
* No metastatic disease
* Must have undergone prior conservative or radical surgery that included axillary lymph node or sentinel node dissection

* No residual tumor
* Negative margins
* Hormone receptor status:

* Estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor negative

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Female
* Postmenopausal
* Absolute neutrophil count \> 1,500/mm³
* Platelet count \> 100,000/mm³
* Hemoglobin \> 10 g/dL
* Alkaline phosphatase \< 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* Bilirubin \< 1.25 times ULN
* AST and ALT \< 2.5 times ULN
* Creatinine clearance ≥ 40 mL/min
* No contraindication to receiving anthracyclines or alkalizing agents
* FEV normal
* Activities of Daily Living (ADL) score ≥ 5

* No decrease of ≥ 1 point within the past 3 months
* None of the following at baseline:

* Cognitive deficiency (Folstein Mini-Mental State \< 25)
* Severe depression (Geriatric Depression Scale ≥ 20)
* Severe malnutrition (Mini-Nutritional Assessment ≤ 17)
* No other serious comorbid condition (Cumulative Illness Rating Scale - Geriatrics grade 3-4), including any of the following:

* Cardiac insufficiency
* Unstable angina
* Myocardiopathy
* Myocardial infarction within the past year
* Uncontrolled hypertension
* Uncontrolled high-risk arrhythmia
* Severe medullary insufficiency
* Neurological or psychological condition that would preclude study consent
* Uncontrolled or active infection
* Severe urinary tract infection
* Preexisting hematuria
* Active ulcer
* Uncontrolled diabetes
* No other cancer within the past 5 years except for basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
* No familial, geographical, social, or psychological condition that would preclude study participation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Disease Characteristics
* At least 60 days since prior therapeutic surgery
* At least 4 weeks since prior investigational drugs
Minimum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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UNICANCER

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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E. G. C. Brain, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Institut Curie

Locations

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Centre Paul Papin

Angers, , France

Site Status

Institut Sainte Catherine

Avignon, , France

Site Status

Institut Bergonie

Bordeaux, , France

Site Status

Centre Jean Perrin

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

Site Status

Hopital Perpetuel Secours

Levallois-Perret, , France

Site Status

Centre Leon Berard

Lyon, , France

Site Status

Marseille Institute of Cancer - Institut J. Paoli and I. Calmettes

Marseille, , France

Site Status

Centre Regional Rene Gauducheau

Nantes-Saint Herblain, , France

Site Status

Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou

Paris, , France

Site Status

Institut Curie Hopital

Paris, , France

Site Status

Institut Jean Godinot

Reims, , France

Site Status

Centre Eugene Marquis

Rennes, , France

Site Status

Centre Henri Becquerel

Rouen, , France

Site Status

Centre Rene Huguenin

Saint-Cloud, , France

Site Status

C.H. Senlis

Senlis, , France

Site Status

Institut Claudius Regaud

Toulouse, , France

Site Status

Centre Alexis Vautrin

Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

Other Identifiers

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FRE-FNCLCC-GERICO-06-0502

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-20667

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EUDRACT-2005-000069-20

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000523419

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id