A Phase II Study of Preoperative Dose-Dense Chemotherapy With Sequential Doxorubicin and Docetaxel for Initial Treatment of Operable and Inoperable Stage II-IIIB Breast Cancer
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Intervention
- doxorubicin hydrochloride
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Enrollment
- 39
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Determine the clinical response of these patients to treatment
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 13 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of doxorubicin and docetaxel followed by surgery in treating women who have stage II or stage III breast cancer.
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the clinical and pathological response of women with stage II-IIIB primary breast cancer to preoperative high dose chemotherapy with sequential doxorubicin and docetaxel. II. Determine the safety and toxicity of this regimen in these patients. III. Determine the rate of breast conservation surgery in these patients on this regimen. IV. Determine the clinical response of these patients to docetaxel after 3 courses of doxorubicin. V. Correlate any circulating tumor cells shed at time of surgery with clinical response and pathological findings in these patients. VI. Determine whether tumor response correlates with HER2/neu expression of the primary tumor. OUTLINE: Patients receive doxorubicin IV on days 1, 15, and 29, followed by docetaxel IV over 1 hour on days 43, 57, and 71. Filgrastim (G-CSF) is administered subcutaneously on days 3-10 of each 2 week course. Fourteen to 21 days following preoperative chemotherapy, patients undergo a radical, modified radical, or breast sparing surgery plus axillary lymph node dissection. Patients with disease progression or inoperable stage IIIB disease are removed from study. Following surgery, patients are stratified into one of three postoperative regimens: Stratum I: Patients with 0 lymph node metastases receive no further chemotherapy or receive cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil (CMF) for 4 courses. Stratum II: Patients with 1-3 lymph node metastases receive CMF for 4 courses. Stratum III: Patients with at least 4 lymph node metastases or stage IIIB may receive high dose chemotherapy with stem cell support. Two to 6 weeks after surgery, patients undergoing breast sparing procedure receive adjuvant radiotherapy. Patients undergoing mastectomy receive chest wall and supraclavicular radiotherapy if initial clinical stage is T3, T4, or N2. All other patients with N1 with greater than 4 lymph nodes and N3 should receive radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is administered 5 days a week for 5.5 weeks. Patients with positive estrogen or progesterone receptors receive oral tamoxifen daily for 5 years. Patients are followed every 3 months for 3 years, then every 6 months for 5 years, and then annually thereafter. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 27-35 patients will be accrued for this study.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients with a prior history of malignancy other than those mentioned in section 3.1.12 are ineligible.
- •Patients must not have severe concurrent medical or psychiatric illness (i.e. no severe diabetes mellitus, poorly controlled ischemic heart disease or congestive heart failure, or severe chronic obstructive or restrictive pulmonary disease).
- •The interval between initial diagnosis of breast cancer and the start of treatment must not be greater than 8 weeks.
- •Due to anticipated toxicities to an unborn fetus, and excretion of chemotherapy in breast milk, patients must not be pregnant or lactating and must use effective contraception during treatment.
- •No history of hypersensitivity reaction to preparation containing polysorbate 80, 3.2.6 Patients must not have peripheral neuropathy grade 2 or higher.
- •Patients must not have had prior radiation to \>25% of bone marrow
Arms & Interventions
Doxorubicin and Docetaxel
Intervention: doxorubicin hydrochloride
Doxorubicin and Docetaxel
Intervention: filgrastim
Doxorubicin and Docetaxel
Intervention: CMF regimen
Doxorubicin and Docetaxel
Intervention: docetaxel
Doxorubicin and Docetaxel
Intervention: tamoxifen citrate
Doxorubicin and Docetaxel
Intervention: autologous bone marrow transplantation
Doxorubicin and Docetaxel
Intervention: surgical procedure
Doxorubicin and Docetaxel
Intervention: radiation therapy
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Determine the clinical response of these patients to treatment
Time Frame: after 3 courses (12 weeks)
A clinical evaluation of tumor size includes repeat measurements of the palpable tumor in 2 dimensions, repeat mammography, if originally informative, of the affected breast with measurements of the palpable tumor in 2 or 3 dimensions and/or, evaluation of ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes with measurements, if palpable.
Pathological Response
Time Frame: after surgery at 15 weeks
Number of patients with a complete response (CR), partial response (PR), stable disease (SD) and progressive disease (PD). CR is defined as disappearance of lesions. PR is defined as at least a 50% reduction in the sum of lesions. SD is defined as no significant change and PD is defined as the increase in the size of lesions.
Secondary Outcomes
- Detection of circulating tumor cells(after surgery at 15 weeks)
- Tumor response correlates with HER2/neu expression of the primary tumor.(baseline)