Comparison of Two Regimens of Liposomal Doxorubicin in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Summary

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

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Start

2000-04

Primary completion

2002-07

Completion

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Publications

• Background Biganzoli L, Coleman R, Minisini A, Hamilton A, Aapro M, Therasse P, Mottino G, Bogaerts J, Piccart M. A joined analysis of two European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) studies to evaluate the role of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (Caelyx) in the treatment of elderly patients with metastatic breast cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2007 Jan;61(1):84-9. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2006.07.008. Epub 2006 Nov 20.
• Results Coleman RE, Biganzoli L, Canney P, Dirix L, Mauriac L, Chollet P, Batter V, Ngalula-Kabanga E, Dittrich C, Piccart M. A randomised phase II study of two different schedules of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in metastatic breast cancer (EORTC-10993). Eur J Cancer. 2006 May;42(7):882-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.12.011. Epub 2006 Mar 7.

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