Status:

COMPLETED

Paclitaxel and Carboplatin in Treating Women Who Are Undergoing Surgery for Newly Diagnosed, Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-120 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving chemotherapy before surgery may ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine the clinical and pathological response in women with newly diagnosed, locally advanced operable breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy comprising paclitaxel and c...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed invasive ductal carcinoma or invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast meeting the following stage criteria:
  • T2, T3, or T4a-c
  • N0-2
  • M0
  • Inflammatory breast cancer (stage IIIB) allowed
  • Measurable disease by mammogram or ultrasound
  • Hormone receptor status:
  • Not specified
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • 18 and over
  • Sex
  • Female
  • Menopausal status
  • Not specified
  • Performance status
  • ECOG 0-1
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL
  • Hepatic
  • AST and ALT ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Renal
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.2 times ULN OR
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min
  • Other
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No comorbid medical condition that would preclude study participation
  • No comorbid infection that would preclude study participation
  • No clinically significant peripheral neuropathy (\> grade 1)
  • No prior significant allergic reaction to drugs containing Cremophor, such as teniposide, cyclosporine, or vitamin K
  • No dementia or altered mental status that would prohibit understanding of informed consent
  • No other primary malignancy except non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • No concurrent prophylactic growth factors
  • Chemotherapy
  • No prior chemotherapy
  • Endocrine therapy
  • Not specified
  • Radiotherapy
  • Not specified
  • Surgery
  • At least 3 weeks since prior surgery
  • Other
  • No other concurrent anticancer drugs

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    October 1 2002

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    March 1 2005

    Estimated Enrollment :

    31 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00096343

    Start Date

    October 1 2002

    End Date

    March 1 2005

    Last Update

    December 4 2018

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    University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294-3300