drugset / Trial / NCT00005581

Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Women With Stage II or Stage III Breast Cancer

NCT00005581

RandomizedTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known which regimen of chemotherapy is more effective for breast cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of two regimens of combination chemotherapy in treating women who have stage II or stage III breast cancer.

Timeline

Start
2000-06
Primary completion
Completion

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Cyclophosphamide Other / unclassified Intravenous
Subject Epirubicin Small molecule Intravenous
Subject Paclitaxel Small molecule Intravenous
Subject fluorouracil Small molecule Intravenous