Status:

COMPLETED

Assessing Impact of Loco-regional Treatment on Survival in Metastatic Breast Cancer at Presentation

Lead Sponsor:

Tata Memorial Hospital

Conditions:

Cancer of the Breast

Eligibility:

FEMALE

21-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Traditionally metastatic breast cancer patients are not offered loco-regional treatment except in cases of fungation or bleeding. However, scientific evidence for such omission of loco-regional treatm...

Detailed Description

PRESENT KNOWLEDGE: Loco-regional treatment should not be attempted in metastatic breast cancer patients is a traditional teaching, which lacks scientific basis. Omission of loco-regional treatment ca...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Metastatic breast cancer at first presentation with an expected survival of at least one year

Exclusion

  • Patients who are not fit to receive anthracycline based chemotherapy.
  • More than two visceral organ involvement.
  • Multiple liver metastases with deranged liver function tests (SGOT/SGPT more than four times the upper normal limit).
  • Locally static or progressive disease or systemically progressive disease as shown by repeat staging investigations guided by worsening symptoms.
  • Ulceration/ fungation/ bleeding after completion of chemotherapy, which mandates surgery.
  • Expected survival of less than six months after completion of chemotherapy.
  • Unfit for anaesthesia due to metastatic disease.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 30 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

350 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00193778

Start Date

February 1 2005

End Date

July 30 2020

Last Update

October 8 2020

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Tata Memorial Hospital

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 400 012