- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT00003013
Chemotherapy Plus Surgery in Treating Women With Breast Cancer
European Cooperative Study of Chemotherapy and Surgery Comparing Adjuvant Doxorubicin Followed by CMF vs. Adjuvant Doxorubicin/Paclitaxel Followed by CMF vs. Primary Doxorubicin/Paclitaxel Followed by CMF in Women With Operable Breast Cancer and T>2 cm
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining surgery with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known which treatment regimen is more effective for breast cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to study the effectiveness of chemotherapy plus surgery in treating women who have breast cancer.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES:
- Evaluate whether 8 courses of primary chemotherapy before adequate surgery of breast tumor and locoregional radiotherapy plus tamoxifen for 5 years improves the disease-free and overall survival in women with operable breast carcinoma and tumor at diagnosis greater than 2 cm in diameter.
- Assess whether, in the postoperative arms, the addition of paclitaxel to doxorubicin before CMF (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil) improves disease-free and overall survival in these patients.
- Define the incidence of pathologic complete response (CR) induced by 8 courses of primary chemotherapy containing paclitaxel.
- Assess whether a pathologic CR is an independent predictor of disease-free and overall survival.
- Evaluate the effects of primary chemotherapy on the rate and quality of breast conserving surgery.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified by center, tumor diameter at mammography, nuclear or histological grade, and estrogen/progesterone receptor status. Patients are randomized to one of three treatment arms.
- Arm I: Patients receive doxorubicin IV over 15 minutes once every 3 weeks for 4 courses. Beginning 21 days after the last administration of doxorubicin, patients receive cyclophosphamide IV, methotrexate IV, and fluorouracil IV on days 1 and 8. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
- Arms II and III: Patients receive doxorubicin IV over 15 minutes and paclitaxel IV over 3 hours once every 3 weeks for 4 courses. Beginning 21 days after the last administration of doxorubicin and paclitaxel, patients receive cyclophosphamide IV, methotrexate IV, and fluorouracil IV on days 1 and 8. Treatment repeats every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
All patients have either mastectomy or breast conserving surgery; patients with unclear surgical margins may have second surgery (re-resection or total mastectomy) or radiotherapy. Lymph node axillary dissection is performed up to at least the second level. For patients in the 2 adjuvant arms (arms I and II), adjuvant chemotherapy starts by day 21 after surgery. For patients in the primary chemotherapy arm (arm III), surgery is performed by day 28 after the last course of chemotherapy or at resolution of all possible hematological or infective complications.
At the end of the combined surgery plus chemotherapy approach (i.e., after the last course of CMF (arms I and II) or after surgery (arm III)), patients enrolled after June 30, 2000 with estrogen or progesterone receptor positive disease receive oral tamoxifen daily for 5 years.
All patients who have breast conserving surgery receive postoperative irradiation within 4 weeks after completing chemotherapy and surgery (i.e., within 4 weeks from last dose of adjuvant chemotherapy (arms I and II) or from surgery (arm III)). All patients who have mastectomy and have pT4 disease must receive irradiation to the chest wall.
Patients are followed at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months, and then annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 450 patients per arm will be accrued for this study within 5 years.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Vienna, Austria, A-1100
- Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital
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Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic, 70852
- Radiotherapy Institute
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Tartu, Estonia, 51003
- University of Tartu
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Munich, Germany, 80637
- Frauenklinik vom Roten Kreuz
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Budapest, Hungary, 1145
- Uzsoki Hospital
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Budapest, Hungary, 1082
- Semmelweis University
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Perugia, Italy, 06122
- Policlinico Monteluce
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Pisa, Italy, 56100
- Ospedale St. Santa Chiara
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Trento, Italy, 38100
- Centro di Riferimento Oncologico - Aviano
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Udine, Italy, 33100
- Università degli Studi di Udine
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Vicenza, Italy, 36100
- Ospedale San Bortolo
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Riga, Latvia, 1079
- Latvian Cancer Center
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Bydgoszcz, Poland, 85-796
- Regional Center of Oncology
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Krakow (Cracow), Poland, 31-826
- Jagiellonian University
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Poznan, Poland, PL-61-878
- Szpital Kliniczny nr 1
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Warsaw, Poland, 02-781
- Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology
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Moscow, Russian Federation, 115478
- Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Cancer Research Center
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Moscow, Russian Federation, 129128
- Moscow Clinical Dispenser
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Moscow, Russian Federation, 129128
- N. A. Semashko Central Clinical Hospital
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Murmansk, Russian Federation, 183047
- Regional Oncology Clinic
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Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197758
- Petrov Research Institute of Oncology
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Bratislava, Slovakia, SK-81250
- St. Elizabeth Cancer Institute Hospital
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Barcelona, Spain, 08025
- Hospital de la Santa Cruz i Sant Pau
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Barcelona, Spain, 08035
- Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron
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Madrid, Spain, 28041
- Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
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Malaga, Spain, 29010
- Hospital Clinico Universitario - Malaga
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Valencia, Spain, 46010
- Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia
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Valencia, Spain, 46009
- Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Unilateral carcinoma of the breast that has not been previously treated with standard therapies
Tumor greater than 2 cm in its maximum diameter as assessed by mammography, except:
- No locally advanced disease, i.e., no tumor with direct extension to the chest wall or skin
- No metastatic disease
Hormone receptor status:
- Not specified
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age:
- 18 to 70
Sex:
- Female
Menopausal status:
- Not specified
Performance status:
- Karnofsky 80-100%
Hematopoietic:
- Granulocyte count at least 2,000/mm^3
- Platelet count at least 150,000/mm^3
Hepatic:
- Bilirubin within upper limits of normal (ULN)
- Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 1.5 times ULN
- AST no greater than 1.5 times ULN
- No chronic active hepatitis
Renal:
- Creatinine within ULN
Cardiovascular:
- No prior atrial or ventricular arrhythmias
- No history of congestive heart failure
- No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
- No uncontrolled hypertension
Neurologic:
- No pre-existing motor or sensory neuropathy greater than grade 1
Other:
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No active infection
- No history of second malignancy except adequately treated basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy:
- No prior biologic therapy
Chemotherapy:
- No prior chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy:
- No prior endocrine therapy
Radiotherapy:
- No prior radiotherapy
Surgery:
- No prior surgery
- No prior surgical biopsy of breast nodule
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Study Chair: Gianni Bonadonna, MD, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Skin Diseases
- Neoplasms
- Neoplasms by Site
- Breast Diseases
- Breast Neoplasms
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Antirheumatic Agents
- Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
- Antimetabolites
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Immunologic Factors
- Tubulin Modulators
- Antimitotic Agents
- Mitosis Modulators
- Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
- Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
- Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
- Alkylating Agents
- Myeloablative Agonists
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
- Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
- Topoisomerase Inhibitors
- Dermatologic Agents
- Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
- Hormone Antagonists
- Bone Density Conservation Agents
- Estrogen Antagonists
- Reproductive Control Agents
- Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators
- Estrogen Receptor Modulators
- Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal
- Abortifacient Agents
- Folic Acid Antagonists
- Cyclophosphamide
- Paclitaxel
- Fluorouracil
- Doxorubicin
- Liposomal doxorubicin
- Methotrexate
- Tamoxifen
Other Study ID Numbers
- CDR0000065593
- INT-23/96
- EU-97001
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