To Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Capecitabine Prior to Surgery in Women With Breast Cancer

July 25, 2016 updated by: Hoffmann-La Roche

An Open-Label, Multicenter, Randomized, Phase II Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Two Combination Dose Regimens: Capecitabine + Epirubicin + Cyclophosphamide (CEX) Versus 5-FU + Epirubicin + Cyclophosphamide (FEC 100) as Neoadjuvant Therapy in Females Presenting With Operable Breast Cancer

This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of treatment with oral capecitabine or intravenous (IV) 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), in combination with epirubicin and cyclophosphamide, prior to surgery in participants with breast cancer. The participants will receive 4 cycles of neoadjuvant Capecitabine + Epirubicin + Cyclophosphamide (CEX) or 5-FU + Epirubicin + Cyclophosphamide (FEC 100) chemotherapy during first treatment period (Period 1, Days 1-85). After 4-6 weeks of the fourth cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (Day 120 +/- 7 days), breast surgery with regional lymph node dissection will be performed, followed within a maximum of 6 weeks by the second treatment period (Period 2, Days 1 to 85) when participants in both study arms will receive 4 cycles of adjuvant docetaxel 100 milligrams per meter square (mg/m^2) by IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle. Upon completion of the second treatment period, participants will enter the post-treatment follow-up period which will last for 5 years from the initial date of participant randomization. During this period participants will be evaluated once a year on the anniversary date of randomization.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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182

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • France
      • Bayonne, France, 64100
      • Beziers, France, 34500
      • Bourg En Bresse, France, 01012
      • Colmar, France, 68024
      • Dijon, France, 21079
      • Hyeres, France, 83400
      • La Tronche, France, 38700
      • Le Mans, France, 72037
      • Limoges, France, 87042
      • Lyon, France, 69437
      • Marseille, France, 13385
      • Montbeliard, France, 25209
      • Montfermeil, France, 93370
      • Nice, France, 06189
      • Nimes, France, 30029
      • Paris, France, 75181
      • Pierre Benite, France, 69310
      • Saint Herblain, France, 44805
      • Strasbourg, France, 67010
      • Toulouse, France, 31059
      • Vannes, France, 56001

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Females with a unilateral, non-inflammatory, non-multicentric, non-metastatic breast adenocarcinoma, not considered candidates for conservative management, and whose diagnosis had been histologically confirmed as T2-3, N0-1, M0 according to the tumor-nodes-metastasis (TNM) classification
  • Clinically or radiologically measurable lesion (in 2 dimensions)
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance Status less than equal to (<=) 1

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Females presenting with brain metastases or a neurological or psychiatric disorder which could interfere with proper treatment compliance
  • Previous radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or hormonal therapy for breast cancer
  • Previous history of a malignancy in last 5 years other than cutaneous basal cell carcinoma or carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix
  • Serious concomitant infection
  • Pregnant or lactating females

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Active Comparator: 5-Fluorouracil + Epirubicin + Cyclophosphamide
Neoadjuvant treatment (Period 1): Participants will receive 4 cycles (cycle length = 21 days) of 5-FU + epirubicin + cyclophosphamide. Surgery will be performed 5 (+/- 1) weeks after the last cycle. Adjuvant treatment (Period 2): Participants will receive 4 cycles (cycle length = 21 days) of docetaxel.
Drug: 5-Fluorouracil
5-FU will be administered at 500 mg/m^2 by short IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle during neoadjuvant treatment period for 4 cycles.
Drug: Cyclophosphamide
Cyclophosphamide will be administered at 500 mg/m^2 by short IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for 4 cycles during neoadjuvant treatment period.
Drug: Docetaxel
Docetaxel will be administered at 100 mg/m^2 by IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for 4 cycles during adjuvant treatment period.
Drug: Epirubicin
Epirubicin will be administered at 100 mg/m^2 by short IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for 4 cycles during neoadjuvant treatment period.
Experimental: Capecitabine + Epirubicin + Cyclophosphamide
Neoadjuvant treatment (Period 1): Participants will receive 4 cycles (cycle length = 21 days) of capecitabine + epirubicin + cyclophosphamide. Surgery will be performed 5 (+/- 1) weeks after the last cycle. Adjuvant treatment (Period 2): Participants will receive 4 cycles (cycle length = 21 days) of docetaxel.
Drug: Cyclophosphamide
Cyclophosphamide will be administered at 500 mg/m^2 by short IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for 4 cycles during neoadjuvant treatment period.
Drug: Docetaxel
Docetaxel will be administered at 100 mg/m^2 by IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for 4 cycles during adjuvant treatment period.
Drug: Epirubicin
Epirubicin will be administered at 100 mg/m^2 by short IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for 4 cycles during neoadjuvant treatment period.
Drug: Capecitabine
Capecitabine will be administered at 900 mg/m^2 orally twice daily on Days 1-14 of each 21-day cycle for 4 cycles during neoadjuvant treatment period.
Other Names:
  • Xeloda

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Percentage of participants with pathological complete tumor response Assessed by Expert Blinded Independent Review according to the Sataloff classification\n
Time Frame: Day 120 +/- 7 days
Day 120 +/- 7 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Percentage of participants with pathological complete tumor response Assessed by Investigator according to the Sataloff classification
Time Frame: Day 120 +/- 7 days
Day 120 +/- 7 days
Percentage of participants with breast conserving surgery
Time Frame: Day 120 +/- 7 days
Day 120 +/- 7 days
Percentage of participants with objective clinical response, assessed by World Health Organization (WHO) criteria
Time Frame: Week 15
Week 15
Percentage of participants with clinical response, assessed by WHO criteria
Time Frame: Week 15
Week 15
Percentage of participants with disease progression, assessed by WHO criteria
Time Frame: Baseline up to 29 +/- 1 weeks
Baseline up to 29 +/- 1 weeks
Percentage of participants with abnormalities in bilateral mammography
Time Frame: Day 85
Day 85
Percentage of participants who died
Time Frame: Baseline up to 29 +/- 1 weeks
Baseline up to 29 +/- 1 weeks
Percentage of participants with abnormal left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)
Time Frame: Days 1-85
Days 1-85
Percentage of participants with abnormal liver ultrasound
Time Frame: Days 1-85
Days 1-85
Percentage of participants with abnormal Chest X-Ray
Time Frame: Days 1-85
Days 1-85
Overall survival
Time Frame: Baseline up to 5 years
Baseline up to 5 years
Disease free survival, according to WHO criteria
Time Frame: Baseline up to 5 years
Baseline up to 5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Hoffmann-La Roche

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

Study Start

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March 1, 2004

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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December 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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December 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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July 25, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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July 25, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

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July 27, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

Last Update Posted

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July 27, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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July 25, 2016

Last Verified

Last Verified

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July 1, 2016

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Other Study ID Numbers

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  • ML16986

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