Abraxane, Avastin, and Gemcitabine as First-Line Therapy for Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Summary

The investigators hypothesize that the combination of Gemzar®, Abraxane® and Avastin will increase the progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with first line metastatic breast cancer and in patients who received neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant chemotherapy present with definable metastatic disease, 6 or more months after primary treatment.

Timeline

Start

2007-06

Primary completion

2011-03

Completion

2011-03

Publications

• Results Lobo C, Lopes G, Baez O, Castrellon A, Ferrell A, Higgins C, Hurley E, Hurley J, Reis I, Richman S, Seo P, Silva O, Slingerland J, Tukia K, Welsh C, Gluck S. Final results of a phase II study of nab-paclitaxel, bevacizumab, and gemcitabine as first-line therapy for patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2010 Sep;123(2):427-35. doi: 10.1007/s10549-010-1002-0. Epub 2010 Jun 29.

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