Tamoxifen Resistance in Women With Stage I, Stage II, Stage IIIA, or Stage IIIB Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00899197

Last Updated: 2017-08-01

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Total Enrollment

2 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-05-31

Study Completion Date

2012-06-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood from patients with breast cancer in the laboratory may help doctors identify and learn more about biomarkers related to tamoxifen resistance.

PURPOSE: This laboratory study is looking at tamoxifen resistance in women with stage I, stage II, stage IIIA, or stage IIIB breast cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Identify women who are resistant to tamoxifen citrate and other drugs for the treatment of breast cancer by testing their plasma for the presence of proteins (e.g., macrophage migration inhibition factor) encoded by resistance-inducing genes (RIGs).
* Provide retrospective data on the predictive value of RIGs to serve as the basis for a prospective clinical trial of these genes as predictors of drug resistance.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to response during tamoxifen citrate (TAM) therapy (resistant group \[i.e., those who develop recurrent breast cancer while being treated with TAM\] vs conditionally sensitive group \[i.e., those who have disease-free survival for over 3 years after initial diagnosis while being treated with TAM\]).

Patients undergo blood collection at baseline, within 3 weeks of initiation of TAM therapy, and then every 6 months for 3 years or until relapse, whichever comes first. Samples are analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for expression of protein biomarkers (i.e., kallikrein gene 10, macrophage migration inhibition factor, prolyl carboxypeptidase, queuine tRNA-ribosyltransferase, and kinesin) encoded by resistance-inducing genes. An additional blood sample is obtained from patients at the time of relapse, if available.

Patients also undergo assessment of medical history, personal habits, and characteristics of breast cancer (e.g., tumor histology, stage, and grade) at baseline.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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tamoxifen citrate

Intervention Type DRUG

gene expression analysis

Intervention Type GENETIC

protein expression analysis

Intervention Type GENETIC

immunoenzyme technique

Intervention Type OTHER

laboratory biomarker analysis

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Histologically confirmed invasive breast cancer

* Initial pathologic stage I-IIIB disease
* No stage IV disease
* Meets the following criteria for breast cancer therapy:

* Received prior primary local therapy for breast cancer
* Scheduled to begin tamoxifen citrate as adjuvant therapy for breast cancer within 3 weeks
* Hormone receptor status:

* Estrogen-receptor positive tumor
* Female
* Pre- or post-menopausal
* Must be able to donate 20 mL of blood

Exclusion Criteria

* Severe anemia, defined as hemoglobin \< 11 g/dL
* Psychiatric history that would preclude obtaining informed consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

120 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Steven A. Akman, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Locations

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Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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P30CA012197

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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CCCWFU-74B07

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CCCWFU-IRB00002657

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000547204

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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