SCCA Breast Cancer Clinical Trials
| Status | Conditions | Phase | Study ID |
| Recruiting | Breast Cancer | Phase III |
CTSU C40601 NCT00770809 |
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as trastuzumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Lapatinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving paclitaxel together with trastuzumab and/or lapatinib before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. It is not yet known which regimen is more effective in treating patients with breast cancer.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying paclitaxel to see how well it works when given together with trastuzumab and/or lapatinib in treating patients with stage II or stage III breast cancer that can be removed by surgery.
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| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
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Pathologically confirmed invasive breast cancer by core needle or incisional biopsy
- Clinical stage II or III disease
- Resectable disease
- HER2-positive tumor, defined as 3+ overexpression by IHC or gene amplification by FISH with a ratio of ≥ 2 on invasive tumor
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Measurable disease, defined as target lesion in the breast ≥ 1 cm by physical examination or radiographic measurement
- No axillary disease only
- Multicentric or bilateral disease allowed provided the target lesion meets eligibility criteria
- Planning to undergo surgical resection after neoadjuvant therapy
- No inflammatory breast cancer
- No metastatic disease
- Concurrent enrollment in CALGB-150702 required
- Hormone receptor status known
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Menopausal status not specified
- ECOG (Zubrod) performance status 0-1
- ANC ≥ 1,000/mm³
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
- Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times ULN
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective non-hormonal contraception during and for ≥ 2 months after completion of study treatment
- Cardiac ejection fraction ≥ 50% by echocardiogram or MUGA scan
- Willing to undergo pretreatment biopsies and submit archival tissue obtained at the time of surgery
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
- No prior chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, biologic therapy, or radiotherapy for the treatment of breast cancer
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No other concurrent chemotherapy or hormonal therapy, except for the following:
- Steroids for adrenal failure
- Hormones for non-disease-related conditions (e.g., insulin for diabetes)
- Intermittent use of dexamethasone as an antiemetic
- No concurrent pegfilgrastim
See this trial at ClinicalTrials.gov
Access protocol and consent forms at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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