Status:

TERMINATED

Neoadjuvant Docetaxel in Treating Women With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving a chemotherapy drug before surgery may shrink the...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Correlate baseline and change in apoptosis and proliferation with clinical and pathological response to neoadjuvant docetaxel followed by surgery in women with newly diagnosed ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed infiltrating carcinoma of the breast
  • Unresected clinical stage T1c, T2, T3, or T4 lesion, any N
  • Newly diagnosed disease
  • Diagnostic mammogram and an ultrasound of the affected breast within 3 months before study entry
  • Mammogram of the contralateral breast within 6 months before study entry
  • Clinically measurable disease
  • Hormone receptor status:
  • Immunohistochemical staining for estrogen and progesterone and HER2/neu receptors must be obtained on initial diagnostic material
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 18 and over
  • Sex
  • Female
  • Menopausal status
  • Not specified
  • Performance status
  • ECOG 0-2
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm\^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm\^3
  • Hemoglobin at least 8 g/dL
  • Hepatic
  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times normal
  • Renal
  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times normal
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No medical condition that would put the patient at unnecessary risk of potentially serious complications during study participation
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • Not specified
  • Chemotherapy
  • No prior chemotherapy for current breast cancer
  • Endocrine therapy
  • At least 1 month since prior tamoxifen or raloxifene for breast cancer prevention
  • No prior endocrine therapy for current breast cancer
  • Radiotherapy
  • No prior radiotherapy for current breast cancer
  • Surgery
  • Not specified

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    August 11 2003

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    May 1 2006

    Estimated Enrollment :

    19 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00080626

    Start Date

    August 11 2003

    End Date

    May 1 2006

    Last Update

    March 21 2019

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    Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

    Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231-2410