Status:

TERMINATED

Lapatinib Plus Caelyx in Patients With Advanced Metastatic Breast Cancer Following Failure of Trastuzumab Therapy

Lead Sponsor:

Arbeitsgemeinschaft medikamentoese Tumortherapie

Collaborating Sponsors:

GlaxoSmithKline

Conditions:

Metastatic Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential of a Lapatinib plus Caelyx combination therapy as an effective and safe therapeutic regimen with a favourable cardiotoxicity profile, in the treatmen...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Female patients, age ≥ 18 years
  • Advanced or metastatic breast cancer, histologically confirmed
  • Documented HER2 overexpression (IHC 3+ and/or FISH positive)
  • At least one measurable lesion according to RECIST criteria. Patients with bone-only lesions are not eligible for study entry
  • Documented disease progression
  • Patients may have no more than 1 line of palliative treatment, however prior therapies must include trastuzumab in adjuvant or metastatic setting
  • Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks
  • Performance status 0-1
  • Cardiac ejection fraction \>= 50% as measured by echocardiogram or MUGA scan
  • Adequate hematology, liver and renal function

Exclusion

  • Pregnant or lactating women
  • Serious medical or psychiatric disorders that would interfere with the patient's safety or informed consent
  • Severe cardiac disease (uncontrolled angina, arrhythmia, chronic heart failure (CHF) or cardiac disease requiring a device)
  • Ejection fraction below the institutional normal limit
  • Maximum cumulative dose of 360 mg/m2 for doxorubicin and 720 mg/m2 for epirubicin
  • Active bacterial, viral or fungal infection
  • Patients with clinically apparent brain metastases
  • Positivity for HIV, Hepatitis B or C
  • History of other malignancy; patients who have been disease-free for 5 years
  • Concurrent cancer therapy (chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy) or concurrent treatment with an investigational drug or participation in another clinical trial
  • Known hypersensitivity to the study drugs Lapatinib and Caelyx or their excipients

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

24 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00903656

Start Date

May 1 2009

End Date

May 1 2012

Last Update

December 24 2013

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Uniklinik Salzburg

Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, 5020