drugset / Trial / NCT00440622

Study of Gemcitabine and Herceptin Versus Xeloda and Herceptin in HER-2 (+) Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

NCT00440622

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

The optimal treatment for pretreated patients with metastatic breast cancer has not been established. Gemcitabine and capecitabine are two active agents in this setting. For women with Her-2 positive breast cancer, combinations of either gemcitabine or capecitabine (Xeloda) plus Herceptin has been proved active and well tolerated.

Timeline

Start
2003-04
Primary completion
2008-11
Completion
2008-11

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Capecitabine Small molecule 1250 mg/m2 Oral
Subject Gemcitabine Small molecule 1250 mg/m2 Intravenous
Subject Trastuzumab Monoclonal antibody 6 mg/kg Intravenous

Indications