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Phase III Randomized Study of Adjuvant Trastuzumab (Herceptin®) Administered for 6 Months Versus 12 Months in Women With Nonmetastatic, Resectable Breast Cancer

Alternate Title
Basic Trial Information
Objectives
Entry Criteria
Expected Enrollment
Outcomes
Outline
Trial Contact Information
Registry Information

Alternate Title

Trastuzumab for 6 Months or 1 Year in Treating Women With Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer That Can Be Removed By Surgery

Basic Trial Information

PhaseTypeStatusAgeSponsorProtocol IDs
Phase IIITreatmentActive18 and overOtherINCA-PHARE
PHARE, INCA-RECF0146, EUDRACT-2006-000070-67, NCT00381901

Objectives

Primary

  1. Compare the disease-free survival of women with nonmetastatic, resectable breast cancer treated with adjuvant trastuzumab (Herceptin®) for 6 months vs 12 months.

Secondary

  1. Compare cardiotoxicity in patients receiving these regimens.
  2. Compare the cardiotoxicity and disease-free survival of patients receiving concurrent trastuzumab and chemotherapy vs sequential administration.
  3. Correlate HER-2 polymorphism with disease-free survival/cardiotoxicity in these patients.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

  • Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the breast


  • Nonmetastatic disease
    • Positive or negative axillary nodes
    • Tumor size ≥ 10 mm


  • Resectable disease


  • Must have received ≥ 4 courses of chemotherapy for this disease


  • A 12-month adjuvant treatment with trastuzumab (Herceptin®) has been initiated
    • Informed consent form must be signed between the third and sixth months of trastuzumab therapy


  • Overexpression of HER-2 in the invasive component of the primary tumor as indicated by 1 of the following:
    • 3+ by immunohistochemistry (IHC)
    • 2+ by IHC and confirmation by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) or chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH)


  • Hormone receptor status not specified


Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Other prior anti-HER-2 therapy allowed
  • No prior trastuzumab other than initiation of trastuzumab adjuvant therapy

Patient Characteristics:

  • Female
  • Menopausal status not specified
  • LVEF considered favorable for continuing trastuzumab treatment as measured by echocardiography or MUGA at 2-4 months after beginning adjuvant trastuzumab
  • No serious cardiac illness or medical condition precluding trastuzumab treatment, including any of the following:
    • History of documented congestive heart failure
    • High-risk uncontrolled arrhythmias
    • Angina pectoris requiring antianginal medication
    • Severe dyspnea at rest or oxygen-dependent
  • No known hypersensitivity to trastuzumab, murine proteins, or any of the excipients
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • No social, geographical, or psychological condition that would preclude study participation

Expected Enrollment

7000

A total of 7,000 patients will be accrued for this study.

Outcomes

Primary Outcome(s)

Time to recurrence

Secondary Outcome(s)

Cardiotoxicity as measured by LVEF
Distant metastasis-free survival
Overall survival

Outline

This is a randomized, controlled, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center, modality of adjuvant chemotherapy (concurrent vs sequential), and adjuvant hormonal therapy (yes vs no). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

  • Arm I (control arm, 12-month therapy): Patients continue to receive trastuzumab (Herceptin®) IV until a total of 12 months of therapy is completed in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.


  • Arm II (experimental arm, 6-month therapy): Patients continue to receive trastuzumab* IV until a total of 6 months of therapy is completed in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

     [Note: *Patients who have already finished 6 months of trastuzumab at randomization do not receive further trastuzumab.]



Some patients undergo blood collection for HER-2 polymorphism analysis.

After completion of study therapy, patients are followed periodically for approximately 5 years.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

Institut National du Cancer

Xavier Pivot, MD, PhD, Protocol chair
Ph: 33-3-8166-9386
Email: xpivot@chu-besancon.fr

Trial Sites

France
  Angers
 Centre Paul Papin
 Sophie Abadie-Lacourtoisie, MD
Ph: 33-24-135-2734
  Annecy
 Centre Hospitalier d'Annecy
 Jocelyne Provencal, MD
Ph: 33-50-88-33-28
 Email: jprovencal@ch-annecy.fr
  Antibes
 Centre Hospitalier La Fontonne
 Jean-Francois Dor, MD
Ph: 33-4-9291-7735
  Argenteuil
 Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy
 Marine Gross-Goupil, MD
Ph: 33-1-3423-2425
  Aulnay Sous Bois
 Centre Hospital General Robert Ballanger
 Ghania Sadki-Benaoudia, MD
Ph: 33-1-4936-7141
  Avignon
 Institut Sainte Catherine
 Daniel Serin, MD
Ph: 33-490-276-263
 Email: d.serin@isc84.org
  Beauvais
 C.H.G. Beauvais
 Suzanne Nguyen, MD
Ph: 33-34-411-2309
 Email: s.nguyen@ch-beauvais.fr
  Besancon
 Centre Hospitalier Regional de Besancon - Hopital Jean Minjoz
 Xavier Pivot, MD, PhD
Ph: 33-3-8166-9386
 Email: xpivot@chu-besancon.fr
  Bobigny
 Hopital Avicenne
 Jean-Luc Breau, MD, PhD
Ph: 33-48-955-131
  Bordeaux
 Clinique Tivoli
 Dominique Jaubert, MD
Ph: 33-556-116-087
 Email: dominique.jaubert@wanadoo.fr
 Institut Bergonie
 Louis Mauriac, MD
Ph: 33-56-333-258
 Email: mauriac@bergonie.org
 Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine
 Nadine Dohollou, MD
Ph: 33-5-56-43-73-54
  Boulogne Sur Mer
 Centre Hospitalier Docteur Duchenne
 Zoher Merad-Boudia
Ph: 33-3-2199-3013
  Brest
 C.H.U. de Brest
 Nacr-Eddine Achour, MD
Ph: 33-2-9831-3200
  Brive
 Centre Hospitalier General
 Bernard Leduc, MD
Ph: 33-55-592-6000
 Email: oncologie@ch-brive.fr
  Chalon-sur-Saone
 Centre Hospitalier William Morey
 Bruno Salles, MD
Ph: 33-3-8544-6688
  Chartres
 Clinique Notre Dame du Bon Secours
 Marie Gasowski, MD
Ph: 33-2-3720-1515
 Hopital Louis Pasteur
 Elizabeth Angellier, MD, PhD
Ph: 33-2-3730-3077
  Clamart
 Hopital Antoine Beclere
 Francois Boue, MD, PhD
Ph: 33-1-45370160
 Email: francois.boue@abc.ap-hop-paris.fr
  Clermont-Ferrand
 Centre Jean Perrin
 Philippe Chollet, MD, PhD
Ph: 33-4-7327-8198
 Email: philippe.chollet@cjp.fr
  Colmar
 Hopital Louis Pasteur
 Bruno Audhuy, MD
Ph: 33-3-8912-4102
 Email: bruno.audhuy@ch-colmar.rss.fr
  Dax
 Centre Hospitalier de Dax
 Laure Gautier-Felizot
Ph: 33-6-8591-9735
  Dijon
 Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer Georges-Francois Leclerc
 Pierre Fumoleau, MD, PhD
Ph: 33-3-8073-7506
  Epinal
 Hopital Jean Monnet
 Stephane Ruck, MD
Ph: 33-3-2968-7020
  Fort de France Cedex
 Hopital Clarac
 Patrick Escarmant, MD
Ph: 33-5-9655-2200
  Grenoble
 Institut Prive de Cancerologie
 David Coeffic, MD
Ph: 33-4-7633-5550
 Email: dcoeffic@club-internet.fr
  Hyeres
 Clinique Sainte-Marguerite
 Jean-Louis Wendling, MD
Ph: 33-4-94-12-55-60
 Email: jlwendling@aol.com
  La Garenne Colombes
 Centre De Radiotherapie Charlebourg
 Gerard Auclerc, MD
Ph: 33-1-4782-4695
  La Roche Sur Yon
 Centre Hospitalier Departemental
 Franck Priou, MD
Ph: 33-2-5144-6161
 Email: frank.priou@chd-vendee.fr
  Lagny Sur Marne
 Centre Hospitalier de Lagny
 Caroline Toussaint-Batbedat, MD
Ph: 33-1-6430-7070
  Le Chesnay
 Hopital Andre Mignot
 Didier Mayeur, MD
Ph: 33-1-3963-8909
 Email: dmayeur@ch-versailles.fr
  Le Mans
 Clinique Victor Hugo
 Gerard Ganem, MD
Ph: 33-2-4339-1300
  Levallois-Perret
 Institut d'Oncologie Hartmann
 Jean Francois Llory, MD
Ph: 33-1-4759-0000
 Email: jfllory@i-o-h.org
  Libourne
 Hopital Robert Boulin
 Nathalie Trufflandier, MD
Ph: 33-5-5755-3434
  Limoges
 Centre Hospital Regional Universitaire de Limoges
 Nicole Tubiana-Mathieu, MD
Ph: 33-5-5505-6123
 Email: oncologie@chu-limoges.fr
 Clinique Chenieux
 Xavier-Francois Zasadny, MD
Ph: 33-5-5545-4040
  Lyon
 Centre Leon Berard
 Jean Paul Guastalla, MD, PhD
Ph: 33-478-782-644
 Email: guastall@lyon.fnclcc.fr
  LYON
 Centre Medical Parot
 Alain Voloch, MD
Ph: 33-4-7894-2474
  Lyon
 Hopital Edouard Herriot - Lyon
 Jean-Yves Blay, MD, PhD
Ph: 33-47-211-7398
 Email: jy.blay@chu-lyon.fr
  Mareuil Les Meaux
 Centre de Radiotherapie et Oncologie Saint-Faron
 Jacques Mandet, MD
Ph: 33-16-43-34-848
 Email: jacques.mandet@wanadoo.fr
  Marseille
 Marseille Institute of Cancer - Institut J. Paoli and I. Calmettes
 Carole Tarpin, MD
Ph: 33-49-122-3333
  Metz
 Hopital Clinique Claude Bernard
 Emmanuel Achille, MD
Ph: 33-3-8739-6735
  Meudon La Foret
 Centre de Radiologie et de Traitement des Tumeurs
 Eric Chirat, MD
Ph: 33-1-4632-0303
  Meulan
 CH Meulan
 Patricia Amsalhem, MD
Ph: 33-1-30-918-500
  Mont-de-Marsan
 Centre Hospitalier General de Mont de Marsan
 Jerome Dauba
Ph: 33-5-5805-1725
  Montelimar
 Centre Hospitalier de Montelimar
 Bertrand Mongodin, MD
Ph: 33-4-7553-4052
  Montlucon
 Centre Hospitalier de Montlucon
 Marie-Agnes Bichoffe, MD
Ph: 33-4-7008-3500
  Montpellier
 Centre Regional de Lutte Contre le Cancer - Centre Val d'Aurelle
 Gilles Romieu, MD
Ph: 33-4-67-613-151
 Clinique Clementville
 Stephane Jacquot, MD
Ph: 33-4-6706-7000
  Mougins
 Centre Azureen de Cancerologie
 Moise Namer, MD, PhD
Ph: 33-4-9292-3737
  Nantes
 Centre Catherine de Sienne
 Alain Lortholary, MD
Ph: 33-40-02-28-272-000
  Nantes-Saint-Herblain
 Centre Regional Rene Gauducheau
 Mario Campone, MD
Ph: 33-02-4067-9977
 Email: m-campone@nantes-fnclcc.fr
  Narbonne
 Clinique Les Genets
 Andre Mathieu, MD
Ph: 33-4-68-65-10-52
  Neuilly sur Seine
 Clinique Hartmann
 Eric-Charles Antoine, MD
Ph: 33-6-2203-1609
  Nice
 Centre Antoine Lacassagne
 Jean Marc Ferrero, MD
Ph: 33-4-9203-1114
 Email: jean-marc.ferrerero@nice.fnclcc.fr
 Clinique Belvedere
 Gerard Lesbats, MD
Ph: 33-4-9207-7575
 Clinique Saint George
 Michel Hoch
Ph: 33-49-362-6700
 Email: michel.hoch@wanadoo.fr
  Nimes
 C.H.U. de Nimes - Groupe Hospitals-Universitaire Caremeau
 Francois Bons, MD
Ph: 33-4-66-68-3163
 Clinique De Valdegour
 Jacques Cretin, MD
Ph: 33-46-662-58-02
  Paris
 CHU Pitie-Salpetriere
 David Khayat, MD, PhD
Ph: 33-1-42-160-476
 Email: david.khayat@psl.aphp.fr
 Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou
 Eric Levy, MD
Ph: 33-1-5609-3473
 Hopital Saint-Louis
 Marc Espie, MD
Ph: 33-1-4249-9293
 Institut Curie Hopital
 Jean-Yves Pierga, MD, PhD
Ph: 33-1-4432-4672
  Pau
 Centre Hospitalier - Pau
 Nathalie Quenel-Tueux, MD
Ph: 33-5-5992-4848
  Perigueux
 Polyclinique Francheville
 Laurent Cany, MD
Ph: 33-553-064-140
 Email: l.cany@oncoradio24.com
  Perpignan
 Clinique Saint - Pierre
 Stephanie Catala, MD
Ph: 33-4-6855-7496
  Pierre Benite
 Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud
 Veronique Trillet-Lenoir, MD
Ph: 33-78-863-324
 Email: veronique.trillet-lenoir@chu-lyon.fr
  Poissy
 Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy
 Philippe Soyer, MD
Ph: 33-1-3927-4050
  Poitiers
 Hopital Jean Bernard
 Jean-Marc Tourani, MD
Ph: 33-549-444-534
 Email: jm.tourani@chu.poitiers.frs.fr
  Reims
 Institut Jean Godinot
 Christelle Jouannaud, MD
Ph: 33-3-2650-4403
  Rennes
 Centre Eugene Marquis
 Pierre Kerbrat, MD, PhD
Ph: 33-299-253-280
 Email: kerbrat@rennes.fnclcc.fr
  Roanne
 CHG Roanne
 Lionel Vincent, MD
Ph: 33-4-7744-3396
  Rouen
 Centre Henri Becquerel
 Emmanuel Blot, MD, PhD
Ph: 33-2-3208-2434
  Saint Brieuc
 Clinique Armoricaine De Radiologie
 Anne-Claire Hardy-Bessard, MD
Ph: 33-2-9675-2216
 Email: ac.hardy@clin-armoricaine.fr
  Saint Priest en Jarez
 Institut de Cancerologie de la Loire
 Guillaume Clavreul, MD
Ph: 33-47-742-1016
  Sainte Clotilde
 Clinique Sainte Clotilde
 Mickael Begue, MD
Ph: 33-2-6248-2040
  Saint-Nazaire
 Centre Etienne Dolet
 Valarie Delecroix, MD
Ph: 33-2-4053-8844
  Strasbourg
 Centre Paul Strauss
 Thierry Petit, MD, PhD
Ph: 33-3-8825-2424
 Email: tpetit@strasbourg.fnclcc.fr
 Clinique de l'Orangerie
 Francois Schaeffer, MD
Ph: 33-3-8814-1820
  Toulon - Cedex
 Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Toulon - La Seyne Sur Mer
 Laurent Cals, MD
Ph: 33-4-94-61-60-52
 Email: Laurent.Cals@ch.toulon.fr
  Toulouse
 Institut Claudius Regaud
 Florence Dalenc, MD
Ph: 33-5-6142-4174
  Tours
 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bretonneau de Tours
 Philippe Bougnoux, MD, PhD
Ph: 33-2-4747-8261

Registry Information
Official Title Protocol of Herceptin® Adjuvant with Reduced Exposure, a Randomised Comparison of 6 Months vs 12 months in all Women Receiving Adjuvant Herceptin® [PHARE]
Trial Start Date 2006-05-30
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00381901
Date Submitted to PDQ 2006-09-13
Information Last Verified 2008-12-28

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