Status:

COMPLETED

Safely Stopping Pre-medications in Patients With Breast Cancer Who Are Receiving Paclitaxel

Lead Sponsor:

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Conditions:

Anatomic Stage 0 Breast Cancer AJCC v8

Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

This phase II/III trial investigates the difference in rates of infusion hypersensitivity reaction in patients with breast cancer who are receiving paclitaxel alone or in combination with other cancer...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To estimate the difference in rates of infusion hypersensitivity reaction (HSR) requiring parenteral rescue medications following the discontinuation of pre-medications after 2 ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients scheduled to receive at least 4 doses of paclitaxel as a single-agent or in combination with trastuzumab, pertuzumab, bevacizumab, pembrolizumab, lapatinib, gemcitabine or other drug combination (excluding cisplatin or carboplatin) for the treatment of any stage, histologically confirmed breast cancer
  • Ability to complete questionnaires by themselves or with assistance
  • Life expectancy \> 6 months
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2
  • Age \>= 18
  • Able to give informed consent
  • Patients must be scheduled to receive prophylactic HSR premedications (IV or oral) consisting of a histamine-1 (H1) antagonist (diphenhydramine) or cetirizine (a histamine-1 (H1) antagonists), dexamethasone (a steroid) and a either famotidine, ranitidine or cimetidine (histamine-2 (H2) antagonists), per institutional guidelines, prior to each of their first 2 doses of paclitaxel
  • Patients may enroll, or currently be enrolled in another concurrent clinical trial provided the other trial would not prohibit the discontinuation of paclitaxel premedications

Exclusion

  • Patients who have received at least 1 prior lifetime dose of paclitaxel or paclitaxel albumin-bound
  • Patients receiving paclitaxel in combination with carboplatin or cisplatin (due to risk of hypersensitivity with platinum compounds)
  • History of grade 3 hypersensitivity reaction to Cremophor EL containing medications (e.g. paclitaxel, cyclosporine, ixabepilone, teniposide)
  • Patients receiving therapeutic daily doses of systemic corticosteroids. Intermittent oral steroids for nausea or for acute inflammatory conditions (i.e. methylprednisolone dosepak) and inhaled, intranasal or topical corticosteroids are permitted
  • Patients who are pregnant or nursing. Paclitaxel is classified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as "pregnancy category D". Pregnancy testing (urine or blood human chorionic gonadotropin \[Hcg\]) will be done and documented prior to enrollment if pregnancy is clinically suspected

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 7 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 21 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

130 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04862585

Start Date

October 7 2021

End Date

June 21 2024

Last Update

August 20 2025

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Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210