Status:

TERMINATED

Genetic Testing in Predicting Response to Paclitaxel in Women With Breast Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Georgetown University

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Analyzing genes for changes before and after chemotherapy may help doctors predict a patient's response to treatment and help plan the most effective treatment. PURPOSE: This clinical tria...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the feasibility of accruing women with unresected infiltrating carcinoma of the breast to a clinical trial involving serial breast biopsies and administration of neoa...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion:
  • Histologically confirmed infiltrating carcinoma of the breast
  • Unresected disease
  • High-risk (\> 50% risk of relapse) disease, including any of the following high-risk markers:
  • Estrogen receptor- and progesterone receptor- negative
  • Palpable axillary lymph nodes
  • Grade 3 histology
  • S phase fraction \> 10%
  • Ki67 \> 30%
  • Disease that warrants combination therapy with doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, and paclitaxel
  • HER2/neu negative or positive
  • Hormone receptor status:
  • Not specified
  • Menopausal status
  • Known
  • Performance status
  • ECOG 0-2
  • Absolute neutrophil count \> 1,500/mm\^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1. 5 times normal (except for patients with known Gilbert's disease)
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times normal
  • Exclusion:
  • uncontrolled congestive heart failure
  • myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
  • unstable angina
  • uncontrolled hypertension
  • pregnant or nursing
  • serious bacterial, viral, or fungal infection requiring ongoing treatment
  • severe peripheral neuropathy
  • poor psychiatric risk
  • history of any other known serious co-morbid medical or psychiatric condition
  • prior cytotoxic therapy for breast cancer

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    April 1 2001

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 1 2012

    Estimated Enrollment :

    22 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00088829

    Start Date

    April 1 2001

    End Date

    December 1 2012

    Last Update

    July 11 2018

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    Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20007