Cancer Stem Cell Biomarkers as a Predictor of Response to Trastuzumab in Samples From Patients With Breast Cancer Previously Treated in the NSABP-B-31 Trial

NCT ID: NCT01424865

Last Updated: 2015-05-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

1874 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-11-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Studying samples of tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.

PURPOSE: This research trial studies biomarkers as a predictor of response to trastuzumab in samples from patients with breast cancer previously treated in the NSABP-B-31 trial.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* To determine if stem cellness identifies a poor prognostic subgroup of women with early-stage breast cancer who have been uniformly treated with either adjuvant doxorubicin hydrochloride \& cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel (the "control arm" of B31), or the same chemotherapy plus trastuzumab.

Secondary

* To conduct exploratory analyses to assess, to the extent possible, if co-localization of stem cellness, as determined by ALDH1 positivity, and HER2 identifies a group of patients previously considered to have HER2-negative cancers (using classical definitions) who benefit from adjuvant trastuzumab.

OUTLINE: Archived breast cancer stem cells samples and terminally differentiated cells from tissue samples are analyzed for HER2 and ALDH1 expression by dual-staining quantitative immunofluorescence using Automated Quantitative Analysis (AQUA) , IHC, and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH).

Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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fluorescence in situ hybridization

Intervention Type GENETIC

immunohistochemistry staining method

Intervention Type OTHER

immunologic technique

Intervention Type OTHER

laboratory biomarker analysis

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Tissue samples from patients with node-positive breast cancer whose tumors overexpress HER2
* Primary tumor samples that are negative for HER2 using classically accepted cutoffs determined in the metastatic setting
* Treated with adjuvant therapy comprising doxorubicin hydrochloride, cyclophosphamide, and paclitaxel with or without trastuzumab in the NSABP-B-31 trial

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Disease Characteristics
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

NSABP Foundation Inc

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Daniel F. Hayes, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

Other Identifiers

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NSABP-B31-ICSC-A

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NSABP B-31 ICSCA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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