Octreotide, Tamoxifen, and Chemotherapy in Treating Women With Breast Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining hormone therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to study the effectiveness of tamoxifen, octreotide, and chemotherapy in treating women who have stage I or stage II breast cancer.

Timeline

Start

1997-05

Primary completion

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Completion

2006-03

Publications

• Background Chapman JA, Costantino JP, Dong B, et al.: Randomized trials of adjuvant tamoxifen versus tamoxifen and octreotide LAR in early-stage breast cancer: NCIC CTG MA.14 and NSABP B-29. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 30 (Suppl 15): A-538, 2012.
• Background Soran A, Nesbitt L, Mamounas EP, Lembersky B, Bryant J, Anderson S, Brown A, Passarello M. Centralized medical monitoring in phase III clinical trials: the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) experience. Clin Trials. 2006;3(5):478-85. doi: 10.1177/1740774506070747.
• Chapman JA, Costantino JP, Dong B, Margolese RG, Pritchard KI, Shepherd LE, Gelmon KA, Wolmark N, Pollak MN. Octreotide LAR and tamoxifen versus tamoxifen in phase III randomize early breast cancer trials: NCIC CTG MA.14 and NSABP B-29. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2015 Sep;153(2):353-60. doi: 10.1007/s10549-015-3547-4. Epub 2015 Aug 15.

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