drugset / Trial / NCT00017095

Biomarker (p53 Gene) Analysis and Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Radiation Therapy and Surgery in Treating Women With Large Operable or Locally Advanced or Inflammatory Breast Cancer

NCT00017095

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Currently patients with breast cancer are treated with one of several very similar combinations of drugs. Analysis of biomarkers in tumor tissue may help doctors predict how well patients with breast cancer will respond to treatment and help doctors choose the best drug regimen to treat each patient. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying giving different regimens of chemotherapy and comparing how well they work in treating women with large operable or locally advanced or inflammatory breast cancer. This study is also looking at whether analyzing a specific biomarker (p53) in tumor tissue may help doctors predict how well patients will respond to treatment and help doctors choose the best drug to treat each patient.

Timeline

Start
2001-03
Primary completion
2006-11
Completion

Publications

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Comparator Cyclophosphamide Other / unclassified 500 mg/m2 Oral
Comparator Cyclophosphamide Other / unclassified 900 mg/m2 Oral
Subject Docetaxel Small molecule 75 mg/m2 Intravenous
Subject Epirubicin Small molecule 75 mg/m2 Intravenous
Subject Epirubicin Small molecule 90 mg/m2 Intravenous
Subject Epirubicin Small molecule 100 mg/m2 Intravenous
Comparator fluorouracil Small molecule 500 mg/m2 Intravenous
Comparator fluorouracil Small molecule 600 mg/m2 Intravenous
Comparator filgrastim Protein / enzyme biologic Subcutaneous

Indications