ACCELERATE: Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide Followed by Paclitaxel With Pegfilgrastim and Darbepoetin Alfa Support for the Treatment of Women With Breast Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT00261313
- Lead Sponsor
- Amgen
- Brief Summary
- This is a study of dose dense doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide (AC) followed by paclitaxel (Taxol; T) with pegfilgrastim (Neulasta) and darbepoetin alfa support in the adjuvant breast cancer setting. 
- Detailed Description
- Not available 
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
- Breast cancer diagnosis node-positive or high risk node negative
- Estrogen receptor (ER) negative or ER positive (stage IIA, IIB or IIIA) disease.
Exclusion Criteria
- Metastatic breast cancer
- Clinically significant cardiac disease
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
- Group - Intervention - Description - Aranesp - Aranesp - - - Neulasta - Neulasta - - 
- Primary Outcome Measures
- Name - Time - Method - The proportion of subjects experiencing any delay in any cycle of chemotherapy over the course of the study - 3 months 
- Secondary Outcome Measures
- Name - Time - Method - Febrile neutropenic events and adverse event profile will be assessed - 4 months - To assess chemotherapy and subject dose delays and reductions which are specific and/or non specific to haematological toxicities - 3 months - Frequency of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions - 3 months 
