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Neoadjuvant Docetaxel in Treating Women With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer

Phase 2
Terminated
Conditions
Breast Cancer
Interventions
Biological: pegfilgrastim
Procedure: conventional surgery
Procedure: neoadjuvant therapy
Registration Number
NCT00080626
Lead Sponsor
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving a chemotherapy drug before surgery may shrink the tumor so that it can be removed.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well neoadjuvant docetaxel works in treating women who are undergoing surgery for breast cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Correlate baseline and change in apoptosis and proliferation with clinical and pathological response to neoadjuvant docetaxel followed by surgery in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer.

Secondary

* Correlate baseline and change in fludeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography uptake with clinical and pathological response in patients treated with this regimen.

* Correlate baseline and change in gene expression profiles with clinical and pathological response in patients treated with this regimen.

* Correlate baseline and change in tumor and serum proteomic patterns with clinical and pathological response in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a pilot study.

* Neoadjuvant chemotherapy: Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1 and pegfilgrastim subcutaneously (SC) on day 2. Treatment repeats every 14 days for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

* Surgery: Within 2-4 weeks after the completion of 4 courses of docetaxel, patients undergo breast-conserving surgery or a mastectomy at the discretion of the treating surgeon. Patients may receive additional chemotherapy prior to surgery at the discretion of the treating physician.

* Adjuvant chemotherapy: Patients receive adjuvant chemotherapy at the discretion of the treating physician.

* Radiotherapy: Patients undergo radiotherapy after the completion of all chemotherapy at the discretion of the treating physician.

* Hormonal therapy: Patients with estrogen- and/or progesterone-positive tumors receive hormonal therapy after the completion of chemotherapy and all local therapies at the discretion of the treating physician.

Patients are followed every 6 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 40 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
19
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
DocetaxelpegfilgrastimNeoadjuvant therapy with docetaxel (IV, 100 mg/m2, every 14 days with growth factor support with pegfilgrastim) for a total of 4 cycles prior to conventional surgery for breast cancer.
Docetaxelconventional surgeryNeoadjuvant therapy with docetaxel (IV, 100 mg/m2, every 14 days with growth factor support with pegfilgrastim) for a total of 4 cycles prior to conventional surgery for breast cancer.
Docetaxelneoadjuvant therapyNeoadjuvant therapy with docetaxel (IV, 100 mg/m2, every 14 days with growth factor support with pegfilgrastim) for a total of 4 cycles prior to conventional surgery for breast cancer.
DocetaxeldocetaxelNeoadjuvant therapy with docetaxel (IV, 100 mg/m2, every 14 days with growth factor support with pegfilgrastim) for a total of 4 cycles prior to conventional surgery for breast cancer.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Correlation between change in apoptosis and proliferation with response after definitive surgeryDefinitive surgery
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Correlation between change in fludeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography uptake with response after definitive surgeryDefinitive surgery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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