Phase III Comparison of Adjuvant Chemotherapy W/High-Dose Cyclophosphamide Plus Doxorubicin (AC) vs Sequential Doxorubicin Fol by Cyclophosphamide (A-C) in High Risk Breast Cancer Patients With 0-3 Positive Nodes (Intergroup, CALGB 9394)

August 24, 2017 updated by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
To compare disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (s), and toxicity of high-isk primary breast cancer patients with negative axillary lymph nodes or with one to three positive nodes treated with adjuvant high-dose chemotherapy with doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide (AC), versus high-dose sequential chemotherapy with doxorubicin followed by cyclophosphamide (A-->C).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

60

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10065
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

  • Patients must have been diagnosed with primary invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast. Those patients with the special types including pure tubular, mucinous and papillary carcinoma are not eligible. Patients must not have sarcoma, lymphoma, or apocrine, adenocystic or squamous cell cancer of the breast. Patients must not have recurrent invasive breast cancer. Metaplastic carcinomas are eligible as a variant form of adenocarcinoma.
  • Patients must have undergone an axillary dissection, and at least 6 nodes must have een removed and examined. Nodal involvement by tumor must be negative or must not xceed three positive nodes.

  • disease must be considered sufficiently high-risk by the investigator to justify the use of chemotherapy. To be eligible, disease must satisfy one of the following requirements:

    1. Tumor is both ER negative and PgR negative and greater than 1.0 cm in greatest diameter. Negative is defined as c 10 fmollmg cytosol protein if measured in these units; othennrise negative is defined according to institutional standards.
    2. Tumor that is greater than 2.0 cm in greatest diameter irrespective of hormone receptor status (including unknown).
    3. Tumor involves one to three axillary lymph nodes.
  • Breast cancer was not locally advanced at diagnosis. This is left to investigator judgement, but generally should exclude patients with fixed tumors, fixed nodes, peau d'orange skin changes, skin ulcerations or inflammatory changes (T4 disease).
  • Patient Is currently free of breast cancer (no evidence of disease). This is also left to investigator judgement, but generally should include no evidence of distant disease on chest x-ray or mgmmogram of the opposite breast prior to registration, within 3 months prior to surgery; and no gross or microscopically positive surgical margins noted in the final surgery or pathology reports. Patients with synchronous bilateral breast cancer may be considered, provided both breasts are treated with curative intent and that eligibility is based on the side with the most adverse prognostic features.
  • Registration must be within 84 days of mastectomy, or within 84 days of axillary dissection if the patient's most extensive breast surgery was a breast sparing procedure. Patients not having mastectomy or breast sparing surgery are ineligible. Patients must not have had prior chemotherapy for this breast cancer. Patients must not have had systemic therapy of any type for a previous breast cancer.
  • Patients must not have had external beam radiotherapy for this breast cancer prior to registration. Brachytherapy (interstitial radiation therapy) at the time of breast sparing procedure is acceptable and would not render the patient Ineligible. (If external beam radiotherapy is planned to be given with brachytherapy, it must be delayed until after chemotherapy is complete.) Patients whose most extensive breast surgery was a breast sparing procedure must be planning to receive radiotherapy after chemotherapy is complete.
  • Patients must have adequate hematologic, hepatic, renal and cardiac function for high dose chemotherapy and adequate health for long-term follow-up. This must Include normal WBC (2 4,0001pl). neutrophll count (2 1,50O/pl), platelet count (2 Institutional lower limit of normal), and LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction by institutional criteria); bilirubin within 1.5 times institutional upper limit of normal; creatinine within 1.5 times institutional upper limit of normal; and no serious disease other than breast cancer.
  • Pregnant or nursing women may not participate. Men are ineligible. Women of childbearing potential must be planning to use effective contraception.
  • All patients must be informed of the Investigational nature of this study and give written informed consent in accordance with institution and federal guidelines.
  • At the time of registration, the date of institutional review board approval for this study must be provided to the Statistical Center.

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)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 1
Drug: Doxorubicin
High-dose doxorubicin + cyclophosphamide (AC) x 6 cycles with G-CSF on Days 3 - 12 and followed in postmenopausal patients and hormone receptor-positive premenopausal patients by tamoxifen 20 mg daily for 5 years.
Drug: Cyclophosphamide
High-dose doxorubicin + cyclophosphamide (AC) x 6 cycles with G-CSF on Days 3 - 12 and followed in postmenopausal patients and hormone receptor-positive premenopausal patients by tamoxifen 20 mg daily for 5 years.
Drug: G-CSF
High-dose doxorubicin + cyclophosphamide (AC) x 6 cycles with G-CSF on Days 3 - 12 and followed in postmenopausal patients and hormone receptor-positive premenopausal patients by tamoxifen 20 mg daily for 5 years.
Other Names:
  • Filgrastim
Drug: tamoxifen
High-dose doxorubicin + cyclophosphamide (AC) x 6 cycles with G-CSF on Days 3 - 12 and followed in postmenopausal patients and hormone receptor-positive premenopausal patients by tamoxifen 20 mg daily for 5 years.
Experimental: 2
Drug: Doxorubicin
High-dose doxorubicin + cyclophosphamide (AC) x 6 cycles with G-CSF on Days 3 - 12 and followed in postmenopausal patients and hormone receptor-positive premenopausal patients by tamoxifen 20 mg daily for 5 years.
Drug: Cyclophosphamide
High-dose doxorubicin + cyclophosphamide (AC) x 6 cycles with G-CSF on Days 3 - 12 and followed in postmenopausal patients and hormone receptor-positive premenopausal patients by tamoxifen 20 mg daily for 5 years.
Drug: G-CSF
High-dose doxorubicin + cyclophosphamide (AC) x 6 cycles with G-CSF on Days 3 - 12 and followed in postmenopausal patients and hormone receptor-positive premenopausal patients by tamoxifen 20 mg daily for 5 years.
Other Names:
  • Filgrastim
Drug: ciprofloxacin
High-dose sequential doxorubicin x 4 given with G-CSF on Days 3 - 12+ and followed by high-dose cyclophosphamide x 3 (A+C) given with G-CSF and ciprofloxacin on Days 3-12, followed in postmenopausal patients and hormone receptor-positive premenopausal patients by tamxifen 20 mg daily for 5 years.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
To compare disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (s), and toxicity of high-isk primary breast cancer patients with negative axillary lymph nodes or with one to three positive nodes.
Time Frame: Conclusion of the study
Conclusion of the study

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
To obtain tumor tissue for biologic studies. The details of these biologic studies will be described in a companion protocol or protocols to be developed through the Intergroup mechanism.
Time Frame: Conclusion of study
Conclusion of study

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborators

Cancer and Leukemia Group B

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Clifford Hudis, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 13, 1996

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 10, 1997

Study Completion (Actual)

January 13, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 26, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 26, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

January 11, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 25, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 24, 2017

Last Verified

August 1, 2017

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 96-041
  • INT 0137
  • CALGB 9394

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