Feasibility Study of Metronomic Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Her2- Positive Breast Cancer (TraQ-Me 01)

May 20, 2014 updated by: Instituto do Cancer do Estado de São Paulo

Phase II Feasibility Study of Weekly Paclitaxel Plus Weekly Trastuzumab Followed by Weekly Doxorubicin Plus Daily Oral Cyclophosphamide Plus Weekly Trastuzumab for Locally Advanced HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of metronomic chemotherapy combined with trastuzumab as neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced HER2-positive breast cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

9

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

  • Brazil
      • Sao Paulo, Brazil, 01246-000
        • Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo

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:

  • Diagnosis of locally advanced breast cancer
  • T > 2 cm (any N), or any T and positive node(needle biopsy is required if tumor size is less than 2cm)
  • Non-metastatic disease confirmed by computerized tomography and bone scan
  • HER2 positive by IHC (+++) and/or Fish (+) according to international definitions (ASCO 2007)
  • Normal left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)
  • Indication of preoperative chemotherapy
  • multifocal tumors acceptable provided that the largest tumor is Her2-positive
  • ECOG 0-1

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Another malignancy within the last 5 years (except curatively treated skin carcinoma, in situ cervix carcinoma, in situ ductal carcinoma of the breast, or in situ lobular carcinoma of the breast)
  • Clinically significant comorbidities such as cardiovascular diseases, COPD, renal or liver impairment, psychiatric disorders
  • LVEF value below institutional limits of normal range
  • Detected or suspected distant metastasis
  • Neutrophils lower than 1,500/µL, platelets lower than 100,000/µL, hemoglobin lower than 10 g/dL, AST higher than 2.5x upper limit of normal (ULN), total bilirubin higher than ULN, alkaline phosphatase more than 1.5x ULN

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: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Paclitaxel, trastuzumab, doxorrubicin, ciclophosphamide
Device: Drug: Paclitaxel; trastuzumab; doxorrubicin; cyclophosphamide
  1. Paclitaxel 100mg/m2 once a week for 8 weeks concomitant to trastuzumab 4mg/kg dose attack after 2mg/kg once a week for 8 weeks followed by;
  2. Doxorrubicin 24mg/m2 once a week concomitantly with oral cyclophosphamide 100mg/day (flat dose) concomitantly with trastuzumab 2mg/kg for 9 weeks
Other Names:
  • Metronomic chemotherapy with trastuzumab

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
INCIDENCE OF FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA
Time Frame: 18 weeks
INCIDENCE OF FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA WITH METRONOMIC SCHEDULE WILL BE NO HIGHER THAN 10%
18 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
TUMOR SIZE
Time Frame: From the beginning of treatment until surgery, disease progression or death

Efficacy will be assessed by:

  1. Tumor measurements using MRI of the Breast
  2. Pathologic complete response
  3. Progression-free survival
  4. Overall survival
From the beginning of treatment until surgery, disease progression or death

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Instituto do Cancer do Estado de São Paulo

Collaborators

Fundação Faculdade de Medicina

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

September 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 8, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 5, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

April 6, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 21, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 20, 2014

Last Verified

May 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NP 17/2010 TraQ-Me 01

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