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Filter by:This study has the purpose to demonstrate clinical efficacy of the investigational new drug ertumaxomab in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER-2/neu) overexpressing (3+ or 2+ with a positive Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) test result) metastatic breast cancer progressing after trastuzumab treatment. Ertumaxomab is a trifunctional bispecific antibody targeting Her-2/neu on tumor cells and CD3 on T cells. Trifunctional antibodies represent a new concept for targeted anticancer therapy. This new antibody class has the capability to redirect T cells and accessory immune effector cells (e.g. macrophages, dendritic cells [DCs] and natural killer [NK] cells) to the tumor site. According to preclinical data, trifunctional antibodies activate these immune cells, which can trigger a complex anti-tumor immune response.
The purpose of this study is to determine the progression free survival (PFS) of metastatic ER, PR and HER2/neu negative breast cancers to the combination of carboplatin and bevacizumab (Avastin®) therapy.
RATIONALE: Androgens can cause the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) may fight breast cancer by blocking the use of androgen by the tumor cells. Letrozole may stop the adrenal glands from making androgens. Giving DHEA together with letrozole may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of DHEA when given together with letrozole in treating patients with metastatic breast cancer.
Local study in China and Hong Kong to evaluate safety and efficacy in lapatinib + capecitabine in women with Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positive advanced or metastatic breast cancer.
Primary Objective: To evaluate the impact of postoperative exogenous nocturnal melatonin supplementation on the early regulation of the sleep-wake cycle and its clinical impact (subjective improvement of the quality of sleep and reduction of cardiopulmonary events) during the first postoperative week following anesthesia and surgery in older breast cancer patients receiving a unilateral segmental mastectomy with or without intraoperative lymph node mapping, sentinel node biopsy and axillary node dissection. Secondary Objective: To collect data and validate the Postoperative Srejic Sleep SAT Survey Questionnaire (SAT implies relative subjective satisfaction of the patient's sleep in a scaled score out of 100 with 100 being the highest degree of satisfaction).
Breast cancer patients are commonly treated with drugs that eggs present in the ovary and may reduce their chance for getting pregnant. Their fertility can be preserved by stimulating their ovaries, collecting multiple eggs, fertilize them in the lab and freeze them. Ovarian stimulation increase their estrogen levels in blood.this may stimulate their cancer and increase chance for recurrence. If a medicine that prevent estrogen rise is used (letrozole), this may increase the safety of stimulation. In this study we compared ovarian stimulation in breast cancer patients using letrozole with those who did not undergo stimulation and showed that there is no increase risk for recurrence after a median follow up of 2 years
RATIONALE: Erlotinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well erlotinib works in treating women undergoing surgery for stage I, stage II, or stage III breast cancer.
RATIONALE: Estrogen can cause the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using letrozole may fight breast cancer by lowering the amount of estrogen the body makes. Lapatinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving letrozole together with lapatinib before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well giving letrozole together with lapatinib works in treating postmenopausal women with stage I, stage II, or stage III breast cancer that can be removed by surgery.
RATIONALE: Aromatase inhibitors, such as letrozole, prevent the formation of estradiol, a female hormone. Giving letrozole together with goserelin, leuprolide, or surgery may be an effective treatment in women with hormone-dependent breast cancer. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving letrozole together with goserelin or leuprolide works in treating premenopausal estrogen receptor-positive patients with stage IV breast cancer.
The purpose of this research study is to determine the effects (good and bad) of ZK219477(sagopilone) on participants and their cancer. ZK219477 is a chemotherapy drug that is thought to work by interfering with the ability of cancer cells to grow and divide. It is a part of a group of drugs called "epothilones" which appear to cause shrinkage of cancer in some patients with breast cancer. It is generally difficult for chemotherapy to enter the brain. However, it is believed that ZK219477 crosses into the brain. We are also studying whether an investigational MRI scan procedure may eventually help to predict which patients will benefit from ZK219477.