Trastuzumab and Capecitabine in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as trastuzumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as capecitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving trastuzumab together with capecitabine may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving trastuzumab together with capecitabine works in treating women with metastatic breast cancer.

Timeline

Start

2003-06

Primary completion

2008-05

Completion

2008-11

Publications

• Results Ishida T, Kiba T, Takeda M, Matsuyama K, Teramukai S, Ishiwata R, Masuda N, Takatsuka Y, Noguchi S, Ishioka C, Fukushima M, Ohuchi N. Phase II study of capecitabine and trastuzumab combination chemotherapy in patients with HER2 overexpressing metastatic breast cancers resistant to both anthracyclines and taxanes. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2009 Jul;64(2):361-9. doi: 10.1007/s00280-008-0882-8. Epub 2008 Dec 12.

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