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Filter by:This is a multi-center randomized phase III trial. The purpose is to evaluate and compare the pathological complete response (pCR) rates after neoadjuvant chemotherapy with tailored chemotherapeutic regimens or standard chemotherapy for stage II/III breast cancer with tumor size more than 2 cm.
To generate the following data from patients with early breast cancer treated with Aromasin® in the adjuvant setting in India. - Efficacy of the treatment with Aromasin® - Safety of the treatment with Aromasin®
Conventional mammography is not a reliable method for determining the extent of disease in women with breast cancer. Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI) is a new nuclear medicine technique that allows the breast to be imaged in a manner similar to mammography, but without the pain of compression. Initial results with this method have shown it is very good at detecting small breast cancers (~1/4 inch). The purpose of this study is to see if MBI is a better method than mammography in determining how much cancer is present before a woman goes to surgery. The study will comprise 120 women with breast cancer who are going to surgery. The investigators hope that this study will demonstrate that MBI will be more accurate in determining how much cancer is present.
RATIONALE: Acetyl-L-carnitine may prevent or lessen neuropathy caused by chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether acetyl-L-carnitine is more effective than a placebo in preventing neuropathy caused by chemotherapy. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying acetyl-L-carnitine to see how well it works compared with a placebo in preventing neuropathy in women with stage I, stage II, or stage III breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical activity of AVE1642 in combination with fulvestrant and of fulvestrant alone in terms of clinical benefit as the rate of "complete response", "partial response" and "stabilization of the disease". The additional objectives are to evaluate the safety profile of AVE1642 in combination with fulvestrant and of fulvestrant alone, to assess the rate of patients without disease progression at 6 months and the overall progression-free survival time. An evaluation of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics interactions between AVE1642 and fulvestrant will also be performed. The biological activity of treatment will be assessed on tumor biopsies, when possible The potential immunogenicity of AVE1642 will be studied
Overweight or obesity is an established negative prognostic factor in both premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the adverse effect of excess body fat on prognosis following the diagnosis of breast cancer, including increased circulating sex hormones, insulin, leptin, and various growth factors. Results from previous studies suggest that specific strategies can facilitate weight reduction and maintenance of weight loss in this target population. This randomized clinical trial will recruit 253 overweight or obese women who have been previously treated for early stage breast cancer and will test whether a multifaceted approach to promoting healthy weight management can achieve the goal of weight loss and maintenance. Additionally, this study tests whether weight loss is associated with changes in biological and psychosocial factors, including eating attitudes and behaviors and health-related quality of life. The intervention incorporates cognitive-behavioral therapy, increased physical activity, diet modification to facilitate a modest reduction in energy intake, and strategies to improve body image and self-acceptance. This approach and intervention have been pilot-tested with breast cancer survivors in a developmental project, which resulted in the intervention group losing significantly more weight than the wait-list control group. Study Aims include: testing whether an intervention that emphasizes increased physical activity and individualized diet modification to promote an energy imbalance is associated with a greater degree of weight loss and maintenance of that loss over an 18-month time period; describing the effect of the intervention on hormones and growth factors; describing the relationships between body weight and weight reduction and measures of selected psychosocial factors. Measurements of hormonal and psychosocial factors in this study will provide insight into the responsiveness of these factors to weight loss in overweight or obese breast cancer survivors, which will provide an indication of the degree of clinical benefit that is achieved with the intervention efforts. Results from this study may enable the development of broader efforts transferable to clinical practice and public health, and thus, may ultimately have a substantial effect on the risk for recurrence and long-term survival of the estimated 1.98 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S. today.
This single arm study will assess the efficacy and safety of first line combination treatment with Avastin + docetaxel in patients with HER2 negative metastatic breast cancer.Patients will receive Avastin (15mg/kg iv every 3 weeks) plus docetaxel (75mg/m2 every 3 weeks for 6 cycles). The anticipated time on study treatment is until disease progression, and the target sample size is 100 individuals.
This study will evaluate the effect of bevacizumab in combination with chemotherapy or endocrine therapy, as preoperative treatment, in participants with HER2 negative breast cancer. Participants will be randomized to receive either chemotherapy (FEC100: Epirubicine 100 milligrams per square meter [mg/m^2], 5-fluorouracil 600 mg/m^2, and cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m^2] for 12 weeks followed by taxane (paclitaxel/docetaxel) for 12 weeks or endocrine therapy (an aromatase inhibitor] daily for 24 weeks) with or without bevacizumab (15 milligrams per kilogram [mg/kg] as intravenous [IV] infusion every 3 weeks up 24 weeks).
The primary goal of this retrospective study is to evaluate the male breast cancer patient population at Summa Health System/Akron City Hospital over a period of 18 years and compare the findings to historical data. The objectives are to: - identify risk factors. - evaluate stage and histology at the time of presentation. - document treatment modalities and outcomes. - analyze outcomes for comparison to historical data.
A published phase 2 study reported that lonafarnib was administered as a single agent via continuous or intermittent oral dosing to 76 women with advanced breast cancer who were previously treated with chemotherapy and/or with endocrine therapy. Objective response rates of approximately 10% were observed. This study will determine the rate of progression-free survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer who receive lonafarnib.