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Low-dose Oral Cyclophosphamide and Methotrexate Maintenance for Hormone Receptor-negative Early Breast Cancer

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Breast Cancer
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT00022516
Lead Sponsor
ETOP IBCSG Partners Foundation
Brief Summary

This randomized, phase III trial was designed to test the efficacy of a low-dose chemotherapy-maintenance regimen, hypothesized to have anti-angiogenic activity, administered following standard chemotherapy in patients with early breast cancer whose tumors are hormone receptor negative.

Detailed Description

PURPOSE:

* Evaluate a low-dose cyclophosphamide and methotrexate chemotherapy-maintenance regimen in early breast cancer.

* Compare the disease-free survival, overall survival, and systemic disease-free survival of patients treated with these regimens.

* Compare the toxic effects of these regimens in these patients.

OUTLINE:

This is a randomized, open-label, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center, menopausal status (pre vs post), and approved induction chemotherapy (anthracycline and cyclophosphamide vs other agents). Treatment duration is 12 months of low-dose chemotherapy-maintenance regimen (CM-maintenance) vs no chemotherapy-maintenance regimen (no-CM) following standard adjuvant chemotherapy. Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms. Patients are followed every 6 months for 5 years, and yearly follow-up thereafter.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1086
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
CM-MaintenanceMethotrexate12-month CM-maintenance regimen (C, cyclophosphamide 50 mg/day orally continuously and M, methotrexate 2.5 mg twice/day orally days 1 and 2 of every week for 1 year)
CM-MaintenanceCyclophosphamide12-month CM-maintenance regimen (C, cyclophosphamide 50 mg/day orally continuously and M, methotrexate 2.5 mg twice/day orally days 1 and 2 of every week for 1 year)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Disease-free Survival5-year estimates, reported at a median follow-up of 6.9 years

Estimated percentage of patients alive and disease-free at 5 years from randomization, where disease-free survival is defined as the time from randomization to the first appearance of one of the following: invasive breast cancer recurrence at local, regional, or distant site, invasive contralateral breast cancer, second (non-breast) invasive cancer, or death without cancer event; or censored at date of last follow-up.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Breast Cancer-free Interval5-year estimates, reported at a median follow-up of 6.9 years

Estimated percentage of patients alive and disease-free at 5 years from randomization, where breast cancer-free interval is defined as the time from randomization to invasive breast cancer recurrence at local, regional, or distant site, or invasive contralateral breast cancer; or censored at date of last follow up.

Overall Survival5-year estimates, reported at a median follow-up of 6.9 years

Estimated percentage of patients alive and disease-free at 5 years from randomization, where overall survival is defined as the time from randomization to death from any cause; or censored at date last known alive.

Distant Recurrence-free Interval5-year estimates, reported at a median follow-up of 6.9 years

Estimated percentage of patients alive and disease-free at 5 years from randomization, where distant recurrence-free Interval is defined as the time from randomization to invasive breast cancer recurrence at distant site, or invasive contralateral breast cancer; or censored at date of last follow up.

Trial Locations

Locations (36)

Christchurch Hospital

🇦🇺

Christchurch, Australia

CHU Liege - Domaine Universitaire du Sart Tilman

🇧🇪

Liege, Belgium

Ospedale Sant' Eugenio

🇮🇹

Rome, Italy

Hospital Clinico Universidad de Chile

🇨🇱

Santiago, Chile

Centro de Estudios Oncologicos Santiago

🇨🇱

Santiago, Chile

Hospital Clinico San Borja Arriaran

🇨🇱

Santiago, Chile

University of Ibadan Health Center

🇳🇬

Ibadan, Nigeria

Institutul Oncologic - Universitatea de Medicina

🇷🇴

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana - Ospedale San Giovanni

🇨🇭

Bellinzona, Switzerland

Inselspital Bern

🇨🇭

Bern, Switzerland

Murray Valley Private Hospital and Cancer Treatment Centre

🇦🇺

Wodonga, Victoria, Australia

Hospital Carlos Van Buren

🇨🇱

Valparaiso, Chile

Kantonsspital Graubuenden

🇨🇭

Chur, Switzerland

Kantonsspital - St. Gallen

🇨🇭

St. Gallen, Switzerland

Box Hill Hospital

🇦🇺

Box Hill, Victoria, Australia

Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova

🇮🇹

Padova, Italy

Ospedale Civile Rimini

🇮🇹

Rimini, Italy

Tweed Heads Hospital

🇦🇺

Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

🇦🇺

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Maroondah Hospital

🇦🇺

East Ringwood, Victoria, Australia

European Institute of Oncology

🇮🇹

Milano, Italy

Fundacion Arturo Lopez Perez

🇨🇱

Santiago, Chile

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

🇧🇷

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo

🇮🇹

Bergamo, Italy

Ospedale degli Infermi - ASL 12

🇮🇹

Biella, Italy

Ospedale Alessandro Manzoni

🇮🇹

Lecco, Italy

Ospedale Civile Ramazzini

🇮🇹

Carpi, Italy

Ospedale San Paolo

🇮🇹

Milan, Italy

Policlinico Universitario Udine

🇮🇹

Udine, Italy

Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas

🇵🇪

Lima, Peru

Sandton Oncology Centre

🇿🇦

Johannesburg, South Africa

Kantonsspital Aarau

🇨🇭

Aarau, Switzerland

FMH Onkologie/Haematologie

🇨🇭

Rheinfelden, Switzerland

Regionalspital

🇨🇭

Thun, Switzerland

UniversitaetsSpital Zuerich

🇨🇭

Zurich, Switzerland

National Institute of Oncology - Budapest

🇭🇺

Budapest, Hungary

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