Docetaxel + Doxorubicin as Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Breast Cancer

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Purpose Primary: To determine the pathological remission following the chemotherapy combination docetaxel and doxorubicin in large breast cancer Secondary: - Clinical response rate - To investigate the safety of docetaxel doxorubicin combination in the treatment for neoadjuvant chemotherapy of breast cancer - Type of surgery (radical/conservative)
ConditionDuctal Carcinoma
InterventionDrug: Docetaxel
Drug: Doxorubicin
PhasePhase 2
SponsorSanofi
Responsible PartySanofi
ClinicalTrials.gov IdentifierNCT00461344
First ReceivedApril 17, 2007
Last UpdatedApril 1, 2008
Last verifiedApril 2008

Tracking Information[ + expand ][ + ]

First Received DateApril 17, 2007
Last Updated DateApril 1, 2008
Start DateJuly 2004
Estimated Primary Completion DateAugust 2007
Current Primary Outcome MeasuresPrimary 1. to determine the pathological remission following the chemotherapy combination docetaxel and doxorubicin in large breast cancer
Current Secondary Outcome MeasuresSecondary: 1. Clinical response rate 2. to investigate the safety of docetaxel doxorubicin combination in the treatment for neoadjuvant chemotherapy of breast cancer 3. Type of surgery (radical/conservative) [Designated as safety issue: Yes]

Descriptive Information[ + expand ][ + ]

Brief TitleDocetaxel + Doxorubicin as Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Breast Cancer
Official TitleA Multicenter, Open Label, Phase II Trial Evaluating Docetaxel + Anthracycline x 4 Cycles Followed by Docetaxel Single Agent x 4 Cycles as First-Line Therapy in Patients With Her2 Negative Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer Who Have Relapsed ≥ 12 Months From Completion of Neoadjuvant/Adjuvant Taxotere®- Based Chemotherapy
Brief Summary
Primary: To determine the pathological remission following the chemotherapy combination
docetaxel and doxorubicin in large breast cancer

Secondary:

- Clinical response rate

- To investigate the safety of docetaxel doxorubicin combination in the treatment for
neoadjuvant chemotherapy of breast cancer

- Type of surgery (radical/conservative)
Detailed DescriptionNot Provided
Study TypeInterventional
Study PhasePhase 2
Study DesignAllocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
ConditionDuctal Carcinoma
InterventionDrug: Docetaxel
Drug: Doxorubicin
Study Arm (s)Not Provided

Recruitment Information[ + expand ][ + ]

Recruitment StatusTerminated
Estimated Enrollment20
Estimated Completion DateAugust 2007
Estimated Primary Completion DateJune 2005
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Histologically verified breast cancer

- Large (≥ 3 cm) breast cancer

- IIb-IIIa stage

- ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) status: 0-1-2

- Adequate bone marrow reserve: (Haemoglobin ≥ 12g/l, Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥
2.0x 10^9, Platelets ≥100 000)

- Laboratory results:

- Bilirubin ≤ Upper Limit Normal (ULN)

- Serum Glutamate Pyruvate Transaminase (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 ULN, Serum Glutamate Oxaloacetate
Transaminase (SGOT) ≤ 2.5 ULN,

- Alk.phosph. ≤ 5.0 ULN,

- Creatinin ≤ ULN, if borderline calculated at ≤ 60ml/min

- Normal cardiac function (the result of Left Ventricular Ejection Function (LVEF) must
be above the lower limit of normal for the institution)

- Negative pregnancy test

- Hormonal receptor status assessed

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnancy or lactation

- SGOT and/or SGPT > 1.5 upper limit normal, associated with Alk.phosph > 2.5 ULN

- Serious medical condition including but not limited to:

- Uncontrolled hypertension

- Active ulcus pepticum

- Non-stable diabetes mellitus

- Other contraindication of steroid treatment

- Myocardial infarction within the last 6 months prior study entry

- Significant neurologic/psychiatric disorders

- Active infection

- Peripheral neuropathy grade ≥ 2

- Unstable angina

- Severe arrhythmia

- Participation in other clinical trial

- Prior surgery, chemotherapy, hormonotherapy for breast cancer

- Past or current history of neoplasm other than breast cancer, except for: curatively
treated non-melanoma skin cancer, in situ carcinoma of the cervix, other cancer
curatively treated and with no evidence of disease for at least 7 years

- History of hypersensitivity to the investigational products or to drugs with similar
chemical structures

- Likelihood of requiring treatment during the study period with drugs not permitted by
the clinical study protocol

- Treatment with any investigational product in the last 1 month before study entry.

The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a
patient's potential participation in a clinical trial.
GenderFemale
Ages18 Years
Accepts Healthy VolunteersNo
ContactsNot Provided
Location CountriesHungary

Administrative Information[ + expand ][ + ]

NCT Number NCT00461344
Other Study ID NumbersXRP6976D_2504
Has Data Monitoring CommitteeNo
Information Provided BySanofi
Study SponsorSanofi
CollaboratorsNot Provided
Investigators Study Director: László Erős sanofi-aventis Hungary
Verification DateApril 2008