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Medical Research Council |
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Information provided by: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00002953 |
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide with epirubicin and paclitaxel in treating women with metastatic breast cancer.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Breast Cancer |
Drug: cyclophosphamide Drug: epirubicin hydrochloride Drug: paclitaxel |
Phase III |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Radomized Trial of Epirubicin & Cyclophosphamide vs. Epirubicin & Paclitaxel in the Treatment of Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer |
Estimated Enrollment: | 704 |
Study Start Date: | December 1996 |
OBJECTIVES: I. Compare the activity and toxicity of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide with that of epirubicin and paclitaxel in patients with metastatic breast cancer.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to receive either epirubicin and cyclophosphamide or epirubicin and paclitaxel.
Each drug combination is given every 3 weeks for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 704 patients will be accrued for this study.
Genders Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven carcinoma of the breast with metastases No CNS metastases Hormone receptor status: Not specified
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Not specified Menopausal status: Not specified Sex: Female Performance status:
Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.25 times upper limit of normal (ULN) SGOT and SGPT no greater than 2 times ULN (no greater than 5 times ULN with liver metastases) Renal: Not specified Cardiovascular: Ejection fraction within normal range No history of cardiac disease including myocardial infarction, cardiac failure and angina Other: Not pregnant No prior or concurrent malignancy that is likely to interfere with protocol treatments or comparisons
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy other than adjuvant No prior high dose adjuvant chemotherapy requiring transplantation Cumulative dose of doxorubicin no greater than 300 mg/m2 permitted Cumulative dose of epirubicin no greater than 400 mg/m2 permitted At least 6 months since prior anthracyclines Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified
South Africa | |
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town | |
Cape Town, South Africa, 7925 | |
United Kingdom | |
Royal Preston Hospital | |
Preston, United Kingdom, PR2 9HT | |
United Kingdom, England | |
Bristol Oncology Centre | |
Bristol, England, United Kingdom, BS2 8ED | |
Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children | |
Bristol, England, United Kingdom, BS2 8BJ | |
Mount Vernon Hospital | |
Northwood, England, United Kingdom, HA6 2RN | |
Cookridge Hospital | |
Leeds, England, United Kingdom, LS16 6QB | |
Derbyshire Royal Infirmary | |
Derby, England, United Kingdom, DE1 2QY | |
Middlesex Hospital- Meyerstein Institute | |
London, England, United Kingdom, W1N 8AA | |
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Trust | |
Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, L63 4JY | |
Newcastle General Hospital | |
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom, NE4 6BE | |
Norfolk & Norwich Hospital | |
Norwich, England, United Kingdom, NR1 3SR | |
Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust | |
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom, NG5 1PB | |
Oxford Radcliffe Hospital | |
Oxford, England, United Kingdom, 0X3 7LJ | |
Royal Marsden Hospital | |
Sutton, England, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT | |
Southend General Hospital | |
Westcliff-On-Sea, England, United Kingdom | |
University Birmingham | |
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, B15 2TT | |
University Hospitals of Leicester | |
Leicester, England, United Kingdom, LE1 5WW | |
United Kingdom, Scotland | |
Beatson Oncology Centre | |
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, G11 6NT | |
Royal Hospital for Sick Children | |
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Study Chair: | James Carmichael, MD, PhD | Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust |
Study ID Numbers: | CDR0000065426, MRC-UKCCCR-AB01, EU-97002 |
Study First Received: | November 1, 1999 |
Last Updated: | July 23, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00002953 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
stage IV breast cancer |
Skin Diseases Immunologic Factors Breast Neoplasms Antimitotic Agents Cyclophosphamide Epirubicin Immunosuppressive Agents Anti-Bacterial Agents |
Paclitaxel Tubulin Modulators Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating Antirheumatic Agents Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic Alkylating Agents Breast Diseases |
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Skin Diseases Immunologic Factors Antineoplastic Agents Mitosis Modulators Physiological Effects of Drugs Breast Neoplasms Antimitotic Agents Cyclophosphamide Antibiotics, Antineoplastic Epirubicin Immunosuppressive Agents |
Pharmacologic Actions Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Paclitaxel Therapeutic Uses Tubulin Modulators Myeloablative Agonists Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating Antirheumatic Agents Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic Alkylating Agents Breast Diseases |