drugset / Trial / NCT00525759

Investigating the Biological Effects of the Addition of Zoledronic Acid to Pre-operative Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer

NCT00525759

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

There is clear preclinical in vitro and in vivo evidence of sequence dependent synergy between chemotherapy agents and zoledronic acid. The aim of the study is to investigate if the synergistic increase in tumour cell apoptosis observed in preclinical studies occurs in patients. The hypothesis for this study is that there may be anti-tumour benefits of the sequential application of chemotherapy agents followed by zoledronic acid in patients with invasive breast cancer.

Timeline

Start
2007-07
Primary completion
2010-01
Completion
2010-01

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Zoledronic acid Other / unclassified 4 mg Intravenous
Comparator Cyclophosphamide Other / unclassified 500 mg/m2 Intravenous
Comparator Docetaxel Small molecule 100 mg/m2 Intravenous
Comparator Epirubicin Small molecule 100 mg/m2 Intravenous
Comparator fluorouracil Small molecule 500 mg/m2 Intravenous

Indications