Caelyx as Primary Treatment for Patients With Breast Cancer and a History of Heart Disease and/or Age Over 65 Years — CAPRICE  

Breast Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title: A Phase II, Open-Label, Multicenter Clinical Trial of Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin (Caelyx®) as Primary Treatment for Patients With Breast Cancer and a History of Heart Disease or Age Over 65 Years.

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a multicenter study of a primary chemotherapy regimen in breast cancer patients at risk of developing cardiotoxicity. The aim of the study is to evaluate the response rate at surgery.

Clinical Trial Description

This is a phase II, uncontrolled, open label, multicenter study of a primary chemotherapy regimen consisting of four cycles of liposomal pegylated doxorubicine 35 mg/m² IV plus cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m² on Day 1 every 4 weeks followed by paclitaxel 80 mg/m²/week for 12 weeks before surgery in breast cancer patients at risk of developing anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity.

Surgery (tumorectomy, quadrantectomy, or mastectomy plus lymphadenectomy) will be performed 2 to 5 weeks after the last primary chemotherapy infusion.

Patients with > 10% of hormone receptor-positive cells will receive appropriate hormone therapy according to menopausal status.

Patients treated with breast-conserving surgery will receive radiation therapy to the mammary gland.

Patients with T4 tumors or significant axillary involvement (≥ ypN2) will receive radiation therapy to the breast or chest wall and to the lymph node chains. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Cancer
• Breast Neoplasms
• Heart Diseases

• NCT number: NCT00563953
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: SOLTI Breast Cancer Research Group
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: September 2007
• Completion date: August 2016