Docetaxel in Node Positive Adjuvant Breast Cancer

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Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare disease-free survival after treatment with docetaxel in combination with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide to 5-fluorouracil in combination with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide in operable breast cancer patients with positive axillary lymph nodes.
ConditionBreast Cancer
InterventionDrug: Docetaxel
Drug: 5-fluorouracil
Drug: Doxorubicin
Drug: Cyclophosphamide
PhasePhase 3
SponsorSanofi
Responsible PartySanofi
ClinicalTrials.gov IdentifierNCT00688740
First ReceivedMay 29, 2008
Last UpdatedFebruary 14, 2011
Last verifiedFebruary 2011

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First Received DateMay 29, 2008
Last Updated DateFebruary 14, 2011
Start DateJune 1997
Estimated Primary Completion DateJanuary 2010
Current Primary Outcome MeasuresNumber of Participants With Disease-Free Survival Events [Time Frame: up to 10 year follow-up] [Designated as safety issue: No]Disease-Free Survival (DFS)- are defined as local, regional or metastatic relapse or the date of second primary cancer or death from any cause whichever occurs first.
Current Secondary Outcome Measures
  • Number of Participants With Overall Survival Events [Time Frame: up to 10 year follow-up] [Designated as safety issue: No]Overall Survival - time from the date of randomization up to the date of death of any cause.
  • Number of Participants With Second Primary Malignancies (Toxicity) [Time Frame: up to 10 year follow-up] [Designated as safety issue: Yes]Toxicity (second primary malignancies)- defined as histopathologically proven cancer, excluding nonmelanomatous skin cancer, in situ carcinoma of the cervix, and in situ carcinoma of the breast.

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Brief TitleDocetaxel in Node Positive Adjuvant Breast Cancer
Official TitleA Multicenter Phase III Randomized Trial Comparing Docetaxel in Combination With Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide (TAC) Versus 5-fluorouracil in Combination With Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide (FAC) as Adjuvant Treatment of Operable Breast Cancer Patients With Positive Axillary Lymph Nodes.
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study was to compare disease-free survival after treatment with
docetaxel in combination with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide to 5-fluorouracil in
combination with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide in operable breast cancer patients with
positive axillary lymph nodes.
Detailed Description
In addition to the 5-year analysis conducted in September 2003, two other analyses were
planned when 590 and 700 Disease Free Survival events occurred. However, due to the lower
than predicted DFS event rate, and in agreement with FDA and EMA, a time-based final
analysis at 10 years was considered more appropriate than an event-based (700 Disease Free
Survival events) analysis.
Study TypeInterventional
Study PhasePhase 3
Study DesignAllocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
ConditionBreast Cancer
InterventionDrug: Docetaxel
intravenous
Other Names:
Taxotere®Drug: 5-fluorouracil
intravenous
Other Names:
5-FUDrug: Doxorubicin
intravenous
Drug: Cyclophosphamide
intravenous
Study Arm (s)
  • Experimental: TAC (Docetaxel)
    docetaxel (75 mg/m^2) in combination with doxorubicin (50 mg/m^2) and cyclophosphamide (500 mg/m^2) on day 1 every 3 weeks for 6 cycles of treatment
  • Active Comparator: FAC (5-fluorouracil)
    5-fluorouracil (500 mg/m^2) in combination with doxorubicin (50 mg/m^2) and cyclophosphamide (500 mg/m^2) on day 1 every 3 weeks for 6 cycles of treatment

Recruitment Information[ + expand ][ + ]

Recruitment StatusCompleted
Estimated Enrollment1491
Estimated Completion DateJanuary 2010
Estimated Primary Completion DateJanuary 2010
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Histologically proven breast cancer (invasive adenocarcinoma with at least one
axillary lymph node showing evidence of tumor among a minimum of six resected lymph
nodes).

- Definitive surgical treatment must be either mastectomy, or breast conserving surgery
with axillary lymph node dissection for operable breast cancer. Margins of resected
specimen from definitive surgery must be histologically free of invasive
adenocarcinoma and ductal carcinoma.

Exclusion criteria:

- Prior systemic anticancer therapy for breast cancer (immunotherapy, hormonotherapy,
chemotherapy).

- Prior anthracycline therapy or taxoids (paclitaxel, docetaxel) for any malignancy.
GenderFemale
Ages18 Years
Accepts Healthy VolunteersNo
ContactsNot Provided
Location CountriesUnited States, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Uruguay

Administrative Information[ + expand ][ + ]

NCT Number NCT00688740
Other Study ID NumbersEFC6041
Has Data Monitoring CommitteeYes
Information Provided BySanofi
Study SponsorSanofi
CollaboratorsCancer International Research Group
Investigators Study Director: ICD Sanofi
Verification DateFebruary 2011

Locations[ + expand ][ + ]

Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States, 08807
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Wien, Austria
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Laval, Canada
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Praha, Czech Republic
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Cairo, Egypt
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Paris, France
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Berlin, Germany
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Athens, Greece
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Budapest, Hungary
sanofi-aventis Administrative office
Natanya, Israel
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Warszawa, Poland
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Porto Salvo, Portugal
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Midrand, South Africa
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Barcelona, Spain
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Bromma, Sweden
Sanofi-aventis adminsitrative office
Guildford Surrey, United Kingdom
Sanofi-aventis administrative office
Montevideo, Uruguay