Status:

COMPLETED

Primary Chemotherapy in Patients With HER2-positive Early Breast Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Prof Dirk Elling

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Open-label, multicenter phase I/II trial. Patients with HER2-positive (overexpressing or amplified), invasive breast cancer with T1c N1-2 or T2 N0-2 disease will be treated with * Non-pegylated lipos...

Detailed Description

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy affecting females in northern Europe and North America, corresponding to an age-corrected annual incidence of 100 to 120 per 100000 females. Approximately 3...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Histologically confirmed breast cancer
  • T1c N1-2 or T2 N0-2 disease
  • HER2-positive tumours with 3+ intensity on immunohistochemical staining for HER2 or amplification of the HER2 gene on fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)
  • No prior systemic treatment regimens for breast cancer
  • Adequate hematologic function (ANC 1500 cells/µl, platelet count 100000/µl, and hemoglobin 8g/dl).
  • Serum creatinine concentration \< 1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) and/or creatinine clearance \>60 ml/min
  • Bilirubin level \< 1.5 X ULN
  • Normal cardiac function with a left ventricular ejection fraction of at least 50% (as assessed by quantitative echocardiogram or MUGA scan)
  • Karnofsky performance status 80%
  • Age 18 years
  • If the patient is of childbearing potential, she agrees to: comply with effective contraceptive measures, has been using adequate contraception since the last menses, will use adequate contraception during the study, and has a negative pregnancy test within one week of study entry
  • Written informed consent prior to admission to this study

Exclusion

  • Male patients
  • Inflammatory or bilateral breast cancer
  • Evidence of distant metastases
  • Previous systemic or local treatment for breast cancer (including surgery, radiotherapy, cytotoxic and endocrine treatments)
  • Past or current history of other neoplasms, except for
  • Curatively treated non-melanoma skin cancer
  • Adequately treated in situ carcinoma of the cervix
  • Other cancer curatively treated and with no evidence of disease for at least 5 years
  • Significant cardiac disease, including angina pectoris, severe cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication, severe conduction abnormalities, clinically significant valvular disease, cardiomegaly, ventricular hypertrophy, poorly uncontrolled hypertension (resting diastolic blood pressure \>115 mmHg), prior myocardial infarction, CHF, or other cardiomyopathy
  • Preexisting sensoric or motor polyneuropathy Grade 2 according to NCI CTC
  • Serious intercurrent medical or psychiatric illness, including serious active infection
  • Concurrent treatment with other experimental drugs. Participation in another clinical trial with any investigational drug within 30 days prior to study entry.
  • Detained persons or prisoners
  • Pregnant or nursing women

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

81 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01172223

Start Date

September 1 2007

End Date

December 1 2013

Last Update

November 2 2016

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Sana Klinikum Lichtenberg

Berlin, Germany