Xeloda (Capecitabine) and External Beam Radiation

June 27, 2018 updated by: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

A Phase II Study of Preoperative Capecitabine and Concomitant Radiation in Women With Advanced Inflammatory or Non-Inflammatory Breast Cancer

The goal of this clinical research study is to find out if Xeloda® (capecitabine) and radiation therapy can help to control breast cancer that did not respond well to chemotherapy.

The safety of this study treatment will also be studied.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The Study Treatment:

Radiation therapy and capecitabine are both designed to interfere with the growth of cancer cells.

Study Therapy:

If you are found to be eligible to take part in this study, you will receive radiation therapy once or twice a day, 5 days a week, for about 5 -7 weeks. The schedule and number of weeks will be the doctor's decision based on the type of breast cancer.

The radiation treatments will take about 15-30 minutes each time.

You will take the Capecitabine pills by mouth every day during the 5-7 weeks that you receive radiation therapy. The pills should be taken 2 times a day, about 12 hours apart, 30 minutes after eating food. On the radiation therapy days, you will take capecitabine about 2 hours before the radiation therapy.

You will be given a pill diary in which you should record what time you take each dose of capecitabine.

Study Visits:

Once a week while you are receiving study treatment, you will have a physical exam.

Length of Study:

You may remain on study treatment for up to 7 weeks. You will be taken off study treatment early if the disease gets worse or intolerable side effects occur.

Based on the status of the cancer, if you become eligible to have surgery after radiation, you will be referred to a surgeon to discuss that option.

Follow-Up Visits:

At Month 3 after finishing radiation therapy (or surgery, if applicable), you will have a positron emission tomography / computed tomography (PET/CT) scan or ultrasound to check the status of the disease.

At Months 9, 17, and 29 after finishing radiation therapy or surgery, you may have a PET/CT scan, ultrasound, and/or routine blood tests if your doctor thinks it is needed. The amount of blood drawn, if any, will be the doctor's decision based on routine care.

This is an investigational study. Capecitabine is commercially available and FDA approved to treat breast cancer that has spread. Radiation therapy is also commonly used to treat breast cancer. The combination of capecitabine and radiation therapy is commonly used to treat rectal cancer.

At this time, it is considered investigational to give the combination of capecitabine and radiation therapy to patients with breast cancer.

Up to 60 patients will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at M. D. Anderson.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

33

Phase

  • Phase 2

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
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • UT MD Anderson 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

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Histological confirmation of invasive breast cancer
  2. No contraindications to receiving a course of radiation treatment (pregnancy, prior radiation to the volume with disease, or systemic disease in which radiation therapy is an absolute contraindication)
  3. Patients who have chemo-refractory gross disease in the breast causing symptoms (pain, drainage, duress) OR gross disease in the breast (greater than or equal to T3) and/or lymph node(s) progressive, persistent, or minimally responsive to chemotherapy deemed inoperable or questionable inoperable OR Recurrent gross disease in a previously unirradiated breast or on the chest wall or in the regional lymphatics (core biopsy will not be offered to patients without gross disease in the breast).
  4. Are able to swallow and retain oral medication (intact pill)
  5. Age over 18
  6. Female gender

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Have an active or uncontrolled infection
  2. Have dementia, altered mental status, or any psychiatric condition that would prohibit the understanding or rendering of informed consent
  3. Have used an investigational drug within 21 days preceding the first dose of study medication
  4. Are receiving therapeutic anti-coagulation therapy (i.e. warfarin, heparin)
  5. Uncontrolled arrhythmia or congestive heart failure (CHF) based on clinical history or physical exam
  6. Patient cannot receive whole brain irradiation concurrently with Xeloda treatment.

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: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Radiation Therapy + Capecitabine

Capecitabine 825 mg/m2 twice a day. One of the two daily doses of capecitabine should be taken approximately 2 hours before receiving radiotherapy. The first day of Capecitabine is same day that radiotherapy is started, and last day that Capecitabine is given is last day of radiotherapy. Capecitabine administered only on days patient receives radiation therapy.

Radiation therapy dose 50-57 Gy to initial clinical target volume (CTV, gross disease + tissue at risk for micrometastatic disease including margin around gross disease and draining regional lymphatics).
Radiation: Radiation Therapy
50-57 Gy per faction once or twice a day, 5 days a week, for about 5 -7 weeks, about 15-30 minutes each time.
Other Names:
  • Radiotherapy
  • RT
Drug: Capecitabine
During 5-7 weeks of radiation therapy, 825 mg/m2 (pills) by mouth, 2 times a day, about 12 hours apart, 30 minutes after eating food and about 2 hours before radiation therapy.
Other Names:
  • Xeloda

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Response Rate of Patients Who Receive Pre-operative or Palliative Concurrent Radiation w/ Capecitabine to the Breast & at Risk or Involved Regional Lymph Nodes Basins.
Time Frame: Participants were monitored from 2009 to 2012.
The response by RECIST was assessed after 45 Gy of radiation for patients with breast cancer treated with concurrent capecitabine and radiation therapy.
Participants were monitored from 2009 to 2012.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Wendy Woodward, MD, PHD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 5, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 6, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

June 6, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 5, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 5, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

June 9, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 26, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 27, 2018

Last Verified

June 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2009-0087
  • NCI-2012-01266 (Registry Identifier: NCI CTRP)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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