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Paclitaxel With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Breast Cancer
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT00028990
Lead Sponsor
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block cancer growth in different ways. Some block the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Others find cancer cells and help kill them or deliver cancer-killing substances to them. It is not yet known whether paclitaxel works better with or without bevacizumab in treating breast cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is to see if paclitaxel works better with or without bevacizumab in treating patients who have locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Compare the time to treatment failure in patients with locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer treated with paclitaxel with or without bevacizumab.

* Compare the objective response rate, duration of response, overall survival, and time to progression in patients treated with these regimens.

* Compare the toxicity of these regimens in these patients.

* Compare the quality of life of patients treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, open-label, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to disease-free interval (no more than 24 months vs more than 24 months), number of metastatic sites (less than 3 vs 3 or more), treatment with prior adjuvant chemotherapy (yes vs no), and estrogen receptor status (positive vs negative vs unknown). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 1 hour on days 1, 8, and 15 followed by bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes on days 1 and 15.

* Arm II: Patients receive paclitaxel as in arm I. In both arms, courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline and on day 1 of weeks 17 and 33.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 316-650 patients (158-325 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 31 months.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
722
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PaclitaxelPaclitaxel-
Paclitaxel + BevacizumabPaclitaxel-
Paclitaxel + Bevacizumabbevacizumab-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Progression-Free SurvivalAssessed every 3 months for 2 years, then every 6 months for 3 years
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (30)

MBCCOP - Gulf Coast

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Mobile, Alabama, United States

CCOP - Mayo Clinic Scottsdale Oncology Program

🇺🇸

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville

🇺🇸

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

CCOP - Atlanta Regional

🇺🇸

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association

🇺🇸

Peoria, Illinois, United States

CCOP - Carle Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Urbana, Illinois, United States

CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project

🇺🇸

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association

🇺🇸

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Siouxland Hematology-Oncology

🇺🇸

Sioux City, Iowa, United States

CCOP - Ochsner

🇺🇸

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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MBCCOP - Gulf Coast
🇺🇸Mobile, Alabama, United States

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