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Filter by:A Phase Ib Study of Lapatinib in Combination with Caelyx in Patients with Advanced HER2 positive pretreated Breast Cancer. Treatment Plan: Lapatinib is given at escalating doses orally and continuously on days 1-21. Caelyx is administered at escalating doses in a 60-minute i.v. infusion on day 1. Each cycle is defined as 21 days. Four dose levels are planned. Dose level -1, Caelyx 30 mg/mq & Lapatinib 1000 mg die; dose level 1, Caelyx 30 mg/mq & Lapatinib 1250 mg die; dose level 2, Caelyx 30 mg/mq & Lapatinib 1500 mg die; dose level 3, Caelyx 40 mg/mq & Lapatinib 1500 mg die. Three patients will be initially enrolled in each dose level starting from level 1. If none of the first triplet of patients will develop DLT, the dose will be escalated to the next level for the subsequent three patients. If one of the first triplets of patients will develop first-course DLT, a maximum of 3 additional patients will be entered at the same dose level. The MTD is defined as the dose below that at which two patients have experienced DLT. Lapatinib will be self-administered by the patient in an outpatient setting at the dose of the assigned step. Patients will take the drug daily by mouth on days 1 to 21 of each cycle. Caelyx will be administered by intravenous infusion over an exact period of 1 hour (preferably by a pump to guarantee a constant speed of infusion) on day 1 of each cycle repeated every 21 days. STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY: Evaluation of toxicity: all patients will be evaluable for toxicity from the time of their first treatment with Caelyx and Lapatinib. Evaluation of response: all patients included in the study must be assessed for response to treatment, even if there are major protocol treatment deviations or if they are ineligible. All conclusions should be based on all eligible patients. Subanalyses may then be performed on the basis of a subset of patients, excluding those for whom major protocol deviations have been identified .However, these subanalyses may not serve as the basis for drawing conclusions concerning treatment efficacy, and the reasons for excluding patients from the analysis should be clearly reported. The 95% confidence intervals should also be provided.
The purpose of this study is to examine the genetic material called microRNA of three types of specimens from women with breast cancer. The study also seeks to examine the effectiveness of using a new agent called oxytocin to increase the amount of nipple fluid that can be collected during surgery.
This is a single arm open label phase II study in women with clinical stage 2 or 3 triple negative breast cancer to assess the anti-tumor activity (in terms of pathologic complete response rate) of neoadjuvant docetaxel in combination with carboplatin. Patient derived xenografts will also be developed simultaneously for the purposes of genoproteomic analysis. Please note that Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) has a parallel study the same as this study. Baylor is expected to enroll approximately 19 participants that have complied with the inclusion and exclusion criteria for this study (excluded participants from BCM will include male participants or participants with inflammatory breast cancer). The investigators will pool participants and data from the BCM study and the study at Washington University School of Medicine. Pooling the data will potentially improve statistical power.
This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 clinical trial comparing the overall survival of women with advanced or metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer who received treatment with capecitabine in combination with ruxolitinib versus those who received treatment with capecitabine alone.
The purpose of the study is to compare the efficacy of treatment with afatinib plus letrozole to treatment with letrozole alone in women diagnosed with a specific type of breast cancer.
This is a multicentre, prospective study willing to evaluate AMH levels changes in response to chemotherapy plus GnRHa. In the present study we propose to determine AMH levels in breast cancer patients, aged <40yrs receiving adjuvant chemotherapy and ovarian suppression by means of GnRHa with the aim to assess the role of AMH as surrogate marker of the preservation of ovarian reserve exerted by GnRHa.
STUDY AIM To decrease the number of breast cancer patients receiving overtreatment of the axilla, in order to positively influence the axillary morbidity rate and quality of life. PRIMARY OBJECTIVE To determine whether omitting completion axillary treatment is not inferior to the current axillary treatment regimen in sentinel node positive breast cancer patients undergoing a mastectomy, in terms of regional recurrence rate. HYPOTHESIS Completion axillary treatment can be safely omitted in sentinel node positive breast cancer patients undergoing a mastectomy. This will lead to a decreased axillary morbidity rate and to an increased quality of life, with non-inferior regional control, distant-disease free- and overall survival rates.
Doxorubicin (Adriamycin), one of the drugs commonly used for the treatment of breast cancer, is in a class of medications called anthracyclines. Anthracyclines may cause heart damage that can lead to weakening of the heart muscle. This heart damage may happen right away or may occur many years after the anthracycline is given Simvastatin is an oral medication approved by the FDA to lower cholesterol. Simvastatin is in a class of medications called statins. Some research has shown that statins may prevent heart damage that can be caused by anthracyclines like Doxorubicin (Adriamycin). The purpose of this study is to determine if taking simvastatin while receiving the chemotherapy Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) will minimize damage to the heart. This study is for women who will be receiving the anthracycline doxorubicin (Adriamycin) as part of their breast cancer treatment.
This is an open-labeled, exploratory, single center study. Patients with a big primary breast cancer (≥ 3 cm) or metastatic first line, routinely have their HER2-expression determined by biopsy. Patients having a HER2-positive tumor will be recruited to the study. A [18F]FDG PET/ceCT scan is performed for the measurement of uptake in the tumour and diagnosis of possible metastases. Each subject will receive a single injection of the investigational product [68Ga]ABY-025, followed by measurement of uptake in the tumour or metastases and in normal organs. The investigations will be repeated after HER2 directed therapy.
This is a Phase 1 Trial. Crizotinib is a medication that is taken by mouth. It has shown that it can help slow down or stop the growth of tumor cells. The marketing name of the drug is "Xalkori". It has been approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to treat other types of metastatic cancer, but the investigators believe it may be helpful to treat breast cancer as well. Sunitinib is the other medication used in the study. It is also taken by mouth in the form of a capsule. The marketing name of this drug is "Sutent". It too has been approved by the FDA to treat other types of cancer, but not for breast cancer. In this study the investigators will be combining both of these two treatments, but at different doses. One third of the patients will take Crizotinib 200 mg, twice daily with Sunitinib 25.0 mg once a day. One third of the patients will take Crizotinib 250 mg, twice daily with Sunitinib 25.0 mg once a day, and One third of the patients will take Crizotinib 250 mg, twice daily with Sunitinib 37.5 mg once a day.