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Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Women With Breast Cancer That is Metastatic or Cannot be Treated With Surgery

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Breast Cancer
Registration Number
NCT00015886
Lead Sponsor
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy in treating women who have breast cancer that is metastatic or cannot be treated with surgery.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the response rate in women with locally unresectable or metastatic breast cancer treated with docetaxel, leucovorin calcium, and fluorouracil as second or third-line chemotherapy.

* Evaluate the toxic effects of this regimen in these patients.

* Determine the time to progression in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1 and leucovorin calcium IV over 1 hour followed by fluorouracil IV over 5 minutes on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for 2-8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 3 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 21-45 patients will be accrued for this study within 44 months.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
25
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To determine the response rate to this combination after two to four courses of Docetaxel (Taxotere) And 5-Fluorouracil28 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To evaluate toxicities of Docetaxel (Taxotere) And 5-Fluorouracil28 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (6)

Cancer Centers of the Carolinas

🇺🇸

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

East Carolina University School of Medicine

🇺🇸

Greenville, North Carolina, United States

Palmetto Hematology/Oncology Associates

🇺🇸

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Southeastern Medical Oncology Center

🇺🇸

Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States

Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University

🇺🇸

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Massey Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Richmond, Virginia, United States

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