Addition of Paclitaxel to High-Dose Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

PHASE I/II TRIAL OF THE ADDITION OF TAXOL TO THE HIGH DOSE CARBOPLATIN AND CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE WITH AUTOLOGOUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD PROGENITOR CELL SUPPORT IN PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00002628
• Other study ID #: CDR0000064017
• Secondary ID: SLUMC-7915NCI-V9
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• First received: November 1, 1999
• Last updated: January 9, 2014
• Start date: November 1994

Study information

• Verified date: April 2000
• Source: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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. Peripheral stem cell transplantation may be able to replace immune cells that were destroyed by chemotherapy used to kill tumor cells, allowing higher doses of chemotherapy to be used.

PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of paclitaxel added to a regimen of high-dose chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide and carboplatin followed by peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating women with metastatic breast cancer.

Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Estimate the maximum tolerated dose of paclitaxel in combination with high-dose carboplatin/cyclophosphamide followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell support in women with stage IV breast cancer. II. Assess the nonhematologic toxic effects associated with this combination. III. Assess the response rate, duration of response, and survival in chemotherapy-sensitive women with metastatic breast cancer treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-finding study. All patients undergo collection of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) mobilization prior to high-dose chemotherapy. Cohorts of 3-5 patients are treated at successively higher dose levels of paclitaxel until a maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is found. Paclitaxel is given as a single 24-hour infusion, followed by fixed doses of high-dose cyclophosphamide for 2 days, then carboplatin for 4 days. Three days later, patients receive PBSC and G-CSF for hematopoietic reconstitution. Additional patients are entered at the MTD. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 4 months for 1 year, and every 4-6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: 50 patients will be accrued. The study is expected to take 18 months.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 50
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically diagnosed, stage IV adenocarcinoma of the breast Previously untreated or prior adjuvant chemotherapy only CR or PR following 3-5 courses of induction chemotherapy for current diagnosis with one of the following: Cyclophosphamide/doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide/methotrexate/fluorouracil Cyclophosphamide/mitoxantrone No active CNS metastases on CT or MRI Hormone receptor status: Any status

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 65 Sex: Women Menopausal status: Pre- or postmenopausal Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Hematopoietic: WBC greater than 3,000 Platelets greater than 100,000 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min Cardiovascular: Left ventricular ejection fraction greater than 50% on MUGA or echocardiogram No abnormal cardiac conduction on EKG, i.e.: No second- or third-degree heart block No bundle-branch block No arrhythmia except: Supraventricular sinus tachycardia Occasional premature atrial or ventricular contractions Pulmonary: DLCO greater than 60% of predicted Other: No preexisting peripheral neuropathy No HIV antibody No history of second malignancy within 5 years except: Nonmelanomatous skin cancer Cervical carcinoma in situ No pregnant or nursing women

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: Hematologically recovered from prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Failure on 1 prior hormonal regimen required for ER-positive disease (greater than 10 femtomoles) unless visceral metastatic crisis requires immediate chemotherapy Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified

Study Design

Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Cancer
• Breast Neoplasms

Intervention

Biological:
• filgrastim

Drug:
• carboplatin

• cyclophosphamide

• mesna

• paclitaxel

Procedure:
• peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Indiana University Cancer Center	Indianapolis	Indiana
United States	Methodist Hospital-Central Unit	Memphis	Tennessee
United States	St. Louis University Health Sciences Center	Saint Louis	Missouri

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
St. Louis University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States,