Perioperative Chemotherapy After Primary Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

March 9, 2006 updated by: European Institute of Oncology

Primary Chemotherapy Combined With Perioperative Chemotherapy In Operable Breast Cancer

The role of early timing of adjuvant chemotherapy was postulated to be particularly important for patients with endocrine non-responsive disease. The role of cytotoxicity during the period of breast surgery itself and immediately after (perioperative chemotherapy) remained unknown. We investigated in a randomized trial the role of perioperative chemotherapy in patients treated with a preoperative chemotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer and compare it to the preoperative chemotherapy without additional cytotoxic therapy during and immediately after definitive surgery. Patients with T2-3 N0-2 M0 breast cancer, with both estrogen receptors (ER) and progesterone receptors (PgR) expressed in less than 20% of tumor cells, or with absence of progesterone receptors, received up to 6 courses of primary systemic therapy with epirubicin 25 mg/m2 intravenously (i.v.) on days 1 and 2, cisplatin 60 mg/m2 i.v. on day 1, and 5-fluorouracil 200 mg/m2 i.v. daily as continuous infusion (ECF). Patients achieving a partial or complete remission were randomized to continue the infusion of fluorouracil until 2 weeks after surgery (perioperative treatment arm) or to stop fluorouracil infusion one week before surgery, on day 21 of the sixth cycle (control arm).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

172

Phase

  • Phase 2

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with breast cancer histologically proven > 2 cm, ER and PgR <20% or Any ER and PgR absent (T2,T3 N0-2, M0)
  • No treatment with previous chemotherapy/hormonotherapy
  • Performance status 0-2 (ECOG scale, Appendix 2)
  • Measurable or evaluable lesions
  • Age between 18-70 years
  • No significant intercurrent illness such as diabetes, cardiovascular, renal or neurologic impairments
  • Absence of psychiatric illness
  • WBC > 4,000/mm3; PLTS > 100,000/mm3
  • AST, ALT, LDH, gamma-GT < 2.5 x upper limit of normal and bilirubin < 3 mg/100 ml
  • Informed consent obtained
  • Pregnancy test (in fertile women). An effective contraceptive method must be utilized by fertile women.
  • Baseline examinations (chest X ray, CT scan, ECG etc) performed within one month prior initiation to therapy

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Uncontrolled infection and metabolite disease
  • Distant metastases
  • Active peripheric and/or central neurological disease
  • Active cardiac disease defined as CHF (NYHA III-IV) significant arrhytmias, bilateral bundle branch block or recent (less than 3 months) history of myocardial infarction
  • History of second malignancy (exception in situ carcinoma of the uterine cervix and basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Reduction in Ki-67 labeling index

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Disease-free survival
Toxicity and safety
Pathological complete remission rate

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

European Institute of Oncology

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Colleoni A Marco, MD, European Institute of Oncology

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

February 1, 2000

Study Completion

June 1, 2005

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 9, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 9, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

March 13, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 13, 2006

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 9, 2006

Last Verified

January 1, 2006

More Information

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • IEO S31/499

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