Ceramide Cream in Treating Women With Cutaneous Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Phase II Study Of Topical Ceramide Lipids As Treatment For Cutaneous Breast Cancer

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00008320
• Other study ID #: NCCTG-N0031
• Secondary ID: NCI-2012-02368CD
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: January 6, 2001
• Last updated: December 2, 2016
• Start date: January 2001
• Est. completion date: October 2009

Study information

• Verified date: December 2016
• Source: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
• 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.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of ceramide cream in treating women who have cutaneous breast cancer.

Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the objective response rate in women with cutaneous breast cancer treated with topical ceramide cream. II. Determine the time to progression in patients treated with this regimen. III. Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients. IV. Assess the quality of life of these patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: Topical ceramide cream is applied to all cutaneous lesions twice daily. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Quality of life is assessed at baseline and then at 1 and 3 months. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months for 4 years.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 26
• Est. completion date: October 2009
• Est. primary completion date: April 2002
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically confirmed cutaneous breast cancer for which no curative or significantly palliative therapy exists including chest wall radiotherapy Measurable disease Disease progression after at least 1 hormonal therapy for estrogen receptor positive disease and after radiotherapy if chest wall disease has been previously irradiated No infection at site of cutaneous metastatic disease Hormone receptor status: Estrogen receptor status known

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Sex: Female Menopausal status: Not specified Performance status: ECOG 0-3 Life expectancy: At least 12 weeks Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No concurrent biologic therapy during first 2 months of study Chemotherapy: No other concurrent local antineoplastic therapy for cutaneous disease No concurrent systemic chemotherapy during first 2 months of study Endocrine therapy: See Disease Characteristics Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy No concurrent radiotherapy during first 2 months of study except for CNS disease Surgery: Not specified

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Cancer
• Breast Neoplasms

Intervention

Drug:
• ceramide

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Medcenter One Health System	Bismarck	North Dakota
United States	CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project	Cedar Rapids	Iowa
United States	CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association	Des Moines	Iowa
United States	CCOP - Merit Care Hospital	Fargo	North Dakota
United States	CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium	Omaha	Nebraska
United States	Rapid City Regional Hospital	Rapid City	South Dakota
United States	Mayo Clinic Cancer Center	Rochester	Minnesota
United States	CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program	Scottsdale	Arizona
United States	Siouxland Hematology-Oncology	Sioux City	Iowa
United States	CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium	Sioux Falls	South Dakota
United States	CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program	Toledo	Ohio
United States	CCOP - Carle Cancer Center	Urbana	Illinois
United States	CCOP - Wichita	Wichita	Kansas

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	response rate		up to 5 years	No
Secondary	time to progression		Up to 5 years	No
Secondary	quality of life		Up to 5 years	No