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Clinical Trial: Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Women With Stage I Breast Cancer
This study is currently recruiting patients.
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Purpose
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen is more effective in treating early breast cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of different regimens of combination chemotherapy in treating women who have stage I breast cancer.
| Condition | Treatment or Intervention | Phase |
|---|---|---|
| stage I breast cancer | Drug: cyclophosphamide Drug: epirubicin Drug: fluorouracil Drug: tamoxifen Procedure: adjuvant therapy Procedure: antiestrogen therapy Procedure: chemotherapy Procedure: endocrine therapy Procedure: hormone therapy Procedure: radiation therapy | Phase III |
MedlinePlus related topics: Breast Cancer
Genetics Home Reference related topics: breast cancer
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment
Official Title: Phase III Randomized Study of Adjuvant Fluorouracil, Epirubicin, and Cyclophosphamide in Women With Stage I Breast Cancer
OBJECTIVES:
- Compare the efficacy of 4 vs 6 courses of adjuvant fluorouracil, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide, in terms of 5-year survival, in women with stage I breast cancer.
- Compare the toxicity of these regimens in these patients.
- Determine the correlation of length of survival with biological factors in patients treated with these regimens.
- Determine biological factors significant for prognosis and prediction of survival of patients treated with these regimens.
- Determine the overall survival of patients treated with these regimens.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, open-label, multicenter study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I: Patients receive fluorouracil IV, epirubicin IV, and cyclophosphamide IV on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
- Arm II: Patients receive the same regimen as in arm I for up to 4 courses. After completion of chemotherapy, patients undergo radiotherapy 5 days a week for 6 weeks. Patients who are estrogen or progesterone receptor positive also receive oral tamoxifen daily for 5 years, beginning after completion of chemotherapy.
Patients are followed every 6 months for 5 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 1,512 patients (756 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 3 years.
Eligibility
Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years - 65 Years, Genders Eligible for Study: Both
Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically confirmed nonmetastatic, unilateral adenocarcinoma of the breast
- Stage I
- No clinically or radiologically suspicious metastases
- No positive sentinel lymph nodes by immunohistochemistry for tumors less than 2 cm
- No clinically proven positive axillary lymph nodes
- Tumor cells found on immunohistochemistry only allowed
- No clinically or radiologically contralateral suspicious lesions
- No deeply adherent disease
- No cutaneous invasion
- No inflammatory disease
- Complete surgical resection within the past 42 days
- At least 8 lymph nodes removed
- Tumor at least 1 cm with no residual disease
- Presenting with at least 1 of the following factors of a poor prognosis:
- Tumor greater than 2 cm
- Hormone receptor negative tumor
- Grade II or III
- 35 years old or under
- Hormone receptor status:
- Positive or negative
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age
- 18 to 65
Sex
- Female
Menopausal status
- Not specified
Performance status
- WHO 0-1
Life expectancy
- Not specified
Hematopoietic
- WBC at least 2,000/mm^3
- Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
Hepatic
- Bilirubin no greater than 1.25 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- AST and ALT no greater than 1.25 times ULN
- Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2.5 times ULN
- No chronic hepatitis B
- No active hepatitis C
Renal
- Creatinine no greater than 1.25 times ULN
Pulmonary
- FEV normal
Other
- Not pregnant or nursing
- HIV negative
- No prior breast cancer or other malignancy
- No familial, social, or geographical reason that would preclude study participation
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy
- Not specified
Chemotherapy
- No prior chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy
- No prior anticancer hormone therapy
Radiotherapy
- No prior radiotherapy
Surgery
- See Disease Characteristics
Location and Contact Information
France
C.H.G. Beauvais, Beauvais, 60021, France; Recruiting
C.H.G. De Pau, Pau, 64046 Universite Cedex, France; Recruiting
Centre Alexis Vautrin, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, 54511, France; Recruiting
Centre Antoine Lacassagne, Nice, 06189, France; Recruiting
Centre Catherine de Sienne, Nantes, 02, France; Recruiting
Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer Georges-Francois Leclerc, Dijon, 21079, France; Recruiting
Centre de Radiotherapie et Oncologie Saint-Faron, Mareuil-les-Meaux, 77100, France; Recruiting
Centre Eugene Marquis, Rennes, 35042, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospital General Robert Ballanger, Aulnay-sous-Bois, 93602, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Bretagne Sud, Lorient, 56322, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier d'Annecy, Annecy, 74011 Cedex, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier d'Auxerre, Auxerre, 89011, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier de Cornouaille, Quimper, 29107, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier de Fleyriat, Bourg-en-Bresse, 01012, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier de la Cote Basque, Bayonne, 64100, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier de Lagny, Lagny Sur Marne, 77405, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier de Mulhouse, Mulhouse, 68051, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier de Rodez, Rodez, 12027, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Departemental, La Roche-sur-Yon, 85025, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Docteur Duchenne, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 62200, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Draguignan, Draguignan, 83300, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier General Andre Boulloche, Montbeliard, 25209, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier General, Belfort, 90000, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier General, Brive, 19101, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Jacques-Coeur, Bourges, 18016, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre-Benite, 69495, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Regional de Chambery, Chambery, 73011, France; Recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, 95107, France; Recruiting
Centre Jean Perrin, Clermont-Ferrand, 63011, France; Recruiting
Centre Leon Berard, Lyon, 69373, France; Recruiting
Centre Medico-Chirurgical Foch, Suresnes, 92151, France; Recruiting
Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, 59020, France; Recruiting
Centre Paul Papin, Angers, 49036, France; Recruiting
Centre Paul Strauss, Strasbourg, 67065, France; Recruiting
Centre Regional Francois Baclesse, Caen, 14076, France; Recruiting
Centre Regional Rene Gauducheau, Nantes-Saint Herblain, 44805, France; Recruiting
Centre Rene Huguenin, Saint Cloud, 92211, France; Recruiting
CHG Roanne, Roanne, F-42300, France; Recruiting
CHU de Grenoble - Hopital de la Tronche, Grenoble, 38043, France; Recruiting
CHU Hopital A. Morvan, Brest, 29609, France; Recruiting
CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, 86021, France; Recruiting
Clinique Armoricaine De Radiologie, Saint-Brieuc, F-22015, France; Recruiting
Clinique Claude Bernard, Albi, 81000, France; Recruiting
Clinique des Cedres, Cornebarrieu, 31700, France; Recruiting
Clinique D'Occitanie, Muret, 31600, France; Recruiting
Clinique du Chateau, Toulouse, 31080, France; Recruiting
Clinique Du Parc, Toulouse, 31078, France; Recruiting
Clinique Hartmann, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 92200, France; Recruiting
Clinique Les Genets, Narbonne, 11100, France; Recruiting
Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, 31076, France; Recruiting
Clinique Prive Paul d'Egine, Champigny-sur-Marne, 94500, France; Recruiting
Clinique Saint - Pierre, Perpignan, France; Recruiting
Clinique Tivoli, Bordeaux, F-33000, France; Recruiting
Hopital Andre Mignot, Le Chesnay, 78157, France; Recruiting
Hopital de la Croix Rousse, Lyon, 69317, France; Recruiting
Hopital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, 69437, France; Recruiting
Hopital Hotel Dieu, Lyon, 69288, France; Recruiting
Hopital J. Ducuing, Toulouse, France; Recruiting
Hopital Louis Pasteur, Colmar, 68024, France; Recruiting
Hopital Notre-Dame de Bon Secours, Metz, 57038, France; Recruiting
Hopital Saint Antoine, Paris, 75012, France; Recruiting
Hopital Tenon, Paris, 75970, France; Recruiting
Institut Bergonie, Bordeaux, 33076, France; Recruiting
Institut Claudius Regaud, Toulouse, 31052, France; Recruiting
Institut J. Paoli and I. Calmettes, Marseille, 13273, France; Recruiting
Institut Prive de Cancerologie, Grenoble, 38100, France; Recruiting
Institut Sainte Catherine, Avignon, 84082, France; Recruiting
Intercommunal Hospital, Montfermeil, 93370, France; Recruiting
Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine, Boucher, 33300, France; Recruiting
Polyclinique de L'Ormeau, Tarbes, 65000, France; Recruiting
Polyclinique Du Parc Centre Maurice Tubiana, Caen, 14052, France; Recruiting
Polyclinique Francheville, Perigueux, 24004, France; Recruiting
Pierre Kerbrat, MD, PhD, Study Chair, Centre Eugene Marquis
More Information
Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database
Record last reviewed: January 2005
Last Updated: April 4, 2005
Record first received: March 6, 2003
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00055679
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2005-04-08
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
Cache Date: April 9, 2005

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