Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Women With Breast Cancer
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT00003519
- Lead Sponsor
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
- 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. It is not yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen is more effective for breast cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of two combination chemotherapy regimens in treating women with breast cancer who have undergone surgery to remove the tumor.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine whether doxorubicin/docetaxel (DD) will improve disease-free survival and overall survival when compared to doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide (DC) in women with lymph node positive (1-3 positive nodes) or high risk lymph node negative breast cancer. II. Compare the toxicity of DD to DC in this patient population.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified by node status (positive vs negative), menopause status (pre- vs post), estrogen receptor (ER) status/progesterone receptor (PR) status (ER/PR unknown vs ER+/PR+ vs ER+/PR- vs ER-/PR+ vs ER-/PR-). Patients in arm I receive doxorubicin IV plus docetaxel IV over 1 hour every 3 weeks for 4 treatment courses. Patients in arm II receive doxorubicin IV plus cyclophosphamide IV every 3 weeks for 4 treatment courses. All patients who are estrogen receptor or progesterone receptor positive receive oral tamoxifen daily for 5 years following chemotherapy. Some patients may also receive radiotherapy following chemotherapy. Patients are followed every 3 months if patient is less than 2 years from study entry; every 6 months if patient is 2-5 years from study entry; and every 12 months if patient is greater than 5 years from study entry.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 2778 patients will be accrued for this study within 2.5 years.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 2778
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (134)
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States
Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez
🇺🇸Martinez, California, United States
University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States
Loyola University Medical Center
🇺🇸Maywood, Illinois, United States
Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland
🇺🇸Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Syracuse
🇺🇸Syracuse, New York, United States
University of Tennessee, Memphis Cancer Center
🇺🇸Memphis, Tennessee, United States
CCOP - Dayton
🇺🇸Kettering, Ohio, United States
CCOP - Upstate Carolina
🇺🇸Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
🇺🇸Columbus, Ohio, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton
🇺🇸Dayton, Ohio, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Memphis
🇺🇸Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Richmond
🇺🇸Richmond, Virginia, United States
CCOP - Greenville
🇺🇸Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Texas Tech University Health Science Center
🇺🇸Lubbock, Texas, United States
Brooke Army Medical Center
🇺🇸Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
🇺🇸Cleveland, Ohio, United States
CCOP - Columbus
🇺🇸Columbus, Ohio, United States
University of Texas Medical Branch
🇺🇸Galveston, Texas, United States
Medical University of South Carolina
🇺🇸Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple
🇺🇸Temple, Texas, United States
CCOP - Northwest
🇺🇸Tacoma, Washington, United States
CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center
🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle
🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States
Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital
🇺🇸Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati
🇺🇸Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
🇺🇸Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
MBCCOP - LSU Medical Center
🇺🇸New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco
🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis
🇺🇸Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Durham, North Carolina, United States
Huntsman Cancer Institute
🇺🇸Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City
🇺🇸Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
MBCCOP - University of South Alabama
🇺🇸Mobile, Alabama, United States
Arizona Cancer Center
🇺🇸Tucson, Arizona, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson
🇺🇸Tucson, Arizona, United States
Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
🇺🇸Duarte, California, United States
University of California San Diego Cancer Center
🇺🇸La Jolla, California, United States
CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute
🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Orange, California, United States
CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
🇺🇸Santa Rosa, California, United States
David Grant Medical Center
🇺🇸Travis Air Force Base, California, United States
Van Nuys Breast Center
🇺🇸Van Nuys, California, United States
CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
🇺🇸Wilmington, Delaware, United States
CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
🇺🇸Miami Beach, Florida, United States
CCOP - Atlanta Regional
🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center
🇺🇸Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
🇺🇸Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Center
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)
🇺🇸Hines, Illinois, United States
CCOP - Central Illinois
🇺🇸Springfield, Illinois, United States
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
🇺🇸Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington
🇺🇸Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
🇺🇸Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport
🇺🇸Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)
🇺🇸Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
🇺🇸Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
CCOP - Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program
🇺🇸Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Providence Hospital - Southfield
🇺🇸Southfield, Michigan, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi
🇺🇸Biloxi, Mississippi, United States
University of Mississippi Medical Center
🇺🇸Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB
🇺🇸Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson
🇺🇸Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial)
🇺🇸Columbia, Missouri, United States
CCOP - Kansas City
🇺🇸Kansas City, Missouri, United States
St. Louis University Health Sciences Center
🇺🇸Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
CCOP - Ozarks Regional
🇺🇸Springfield, Missouri, United States
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
🇺🇸Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau
🇺🇸Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque
🇺🇸Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Buffalo
🇺🇸Buffalo, New York, United States
University of New Mexico Cancer Research & Treatment Center
🇺🇸Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Brooklyn
🇺🇸Brooklyn, New York, United States
CCOP - North Shore University Hospital
🇺🇸Manhasset, New York, United States
Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.
🇺🇸Syracuse, New York, United States
State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
🇺🇸Syracuse, New York, United States
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
🇺🇸Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham
🇺🇸Durham, North Carolina, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City
🇺🇸Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham
🇺🇸Birmingham, Alabama, United States
CCOP - Greater Phoenix
🇺🇸Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Hayden)
🇺🇸Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver
🇺🇸Denver, Colorado, United States
University of Colorado Cancer Center
🇺🇸Denver, Colorado, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit
🇺🇸Detroit, Michigan, United States
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
🇺🇸Detroit, Michigan, United States
Henry Ford Hospital
🇺🇸Detroit, Michigan, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Omaha
🇺🇸Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
🇺🇸Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland
🇺🇸Portland, Oregon, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City
🇺🇸Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Oregon Cancer Center at Oregon Health Sciences University
🇺🇸Portland, Oregon, United States
CCOP - Columbia River Program
🇺🇸Portland, Oregon, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach
🇺🇸Long Beach, California, United States
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
🇺🇸San Antonio, Texas, United States
MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center
🇺🇸Richmond, Virginia, United States
CCOP - Scott and White Hospital
🇺🇸Temple, Texas, United States
Swedish Hospital Tumor Institute
🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States
University of Minnesota Cancer Center
🇺🇸Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
North Shore University Hospital
🇺🇸Manhasset, New York, United States
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
🇺🇸Buffalo, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of California Davis Medical Center
🇺🇸Sacramento, California, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor
🇺🇸Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
🇺🇸Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
🇺🇸Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)
🇺🇸San Antonio, Texas, United States
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States
Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia
🇺🇸Columbia, Missouri, United States
University of Nebraska Medical Center
🇺🇸Omaha, Nebraska, United States
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
🇺🇸Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
Louisiana State University Hospital - Shreveport
🇺🇸Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)
🇺🇸Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
🇺🇸Billings, Montana, United States
Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University
🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Tulane University School of Medicine
🇺🇸New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction
🇺🇸White River Junction, Vermont, United States
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Togus
🇺🇸Togus, Maine, United States
Boston Medical Center
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Vermont Cancer Center
🇺🇸Burlington, Vermont, United States
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
🇺🇸Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
CCOP - Wichita
🇺🇸Wichita, Kansas, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita
🇺🇸Wichita, Kansas, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New Orleans
🇺🇸New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
University of Kansas Medical Center
🇺🇸Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Rhode Island Hospital
🇺🇸Providence, Rhode Island, United States