Status:

COMPLETED

Vinorelbine Versus Gemcitabine Plus Vinorelbine in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Spanish Breast Cancer Research Group

Collaborating Sponsors:

Eli Lilly and Company

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Neoplasm Metastasis

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

This is a multicenter, randomized, prospective, Phase III study in which patients with advanced breast carcinoma previously treated with anthracyclines and taxanes will be randomly assigned to receive...

Detailed Description

The investigators assume that progression-free survival mean time for patients treated with vinorelbine will be 3 months, and for patients treated with gemcitabine plus vinorelbine will be 5 months. T...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Histological or cytological diagnoses of breast cancer, with metastases.
  • Metastatic lesions should not be curable with surgery or radiotherapy.
  • Women of age \> 18.
  • To have received a previous treatment with anthracyclines and taxanes.
  • A maximum of 2 previous chemotherapy treatment lines for metastatic disease.
  • Previous radiotherapy is allowed, whenever the radiated area is not the only disease location.
  • At least 4 weeks since the last previous antineoplastic treatment; patient must have recovered from all previous toxicities.
  • Performance status \< 2 in World Health Organization (WHO) scale.
  • Clinically measurable, non measurable or really non measurable disease, as per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria.
  • Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks.
  • Patients able to comply and to receive an adequate follow-up.
  • Adequate bone marrow function: neutrophils ≥ 2 x 10\^9/L; platelets ≥ 100 x 10\^9/L; hemoglobin ≥ 100 g/L.
  • Calcium within normal limits.
  • Premenopausal women must adopt an adequate contraceptive method during the study and up to 3 months after treatment finalization.

Exclusion

  • Active infection or serious concomitant disease (investigator's criteria).
  • Clinical evidence of metastases in the central nervous system (CNS).
  • Blastic bone lesions as only disease.
  • Previous neurological toxicity grade 3-4 National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Toxicity Criteria (CTC) v.2.0.
  • Previous treatment with gemcitabine and/or vinorelbine.
  • More than 2 previous chemotherapy treatment lines for metastatic disease.
  • Abnormal liver function (bilirubin \> 2.0-fold upper normal limit (UNL); alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST) \>2.5-fold UNL). In patients with hepatic metastasis, a value of ALT and AST of up to 5-fold UNL is permitted.
  • Unpaired renal function (creatinine \> 2.0 mg/dL).
  • Pregnancy or lactating.
  • Treatment with any investigational agent in the previous 4 weeks.
  • Second malignancy (except for cervix carcinoma in situ or skin carcinoma - no melanoma- with an adequate treatment). Previous malignancies are allowed if disease-free survival is superior to 5 years, except for renal carcinoma or melanoma.
  • Males.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 18 2001

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 24 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

252 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00128310

Start Date

January 18 2001

End Date

January 24 2008

Last Update

May 31 2023

Active Locations (2)

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Spanish Breast Cancer Research Group (GEICAM)

San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain, 28700

2

Grupo Andino de Investigación en Oncología (GAICO)

Valencia, Venezuela