Neoadjuvant Platinum-based Chemoradiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether platinum-based chemotherapy (either cisplatin or carboplatin), when given with radiation therapy prior to surgery, is effective in improving response to treatment in triple negative breast cancer patients. This treatment is being studied in this type of breast cancer because it does not respond well to commonly used treatments such as tamoxifen or herceptin.

Timeline

Start

2011-02

Primary completion

2012-08

Completion

2016-09

Publications

• Background Cleator S, Heller W, Coombes RC. Triple-negative breast cancer: therapeutic options. Lancet Oncol. 2007 Mar;8(3):235-44. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(07)70074-8.
• Background Garber, J., Richardson, A., Harris, L., Miron, A., Silver, D., Golshan, M., Ryan, P., Ganesan, S., Wang, Z., Clarke, K., Inglehart, J., and Winer, E. Neoadjuvant cisplatin in triple negative breast cancer. SABCS, 2006.
• Background Bollet MA, Sigal-Zafrani B, Gambotti L, Extra JM, Meunier M, Nos C, Dendale R, Campana F, Kirova YM, Dieras V, Fourquet A; Institut Curie Breast Cancer Study Group. Pathological response to preoperative concurrent chemo-radiotherapy for breast cancer: results of a phase II study. Eur J Cancer. 2006 Sep;42(14):2286-95. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.03.026. Epub 2006 Aug 8.
• Background Formenti SC, Volm M, Skinner KA, Spicer D, Cohen D, Perez E, Bettini AC, Groshen S, Gee C, Florentine B, Press M, Danenberg P, Muggia F. Preoperative twice-weekly paclitaxel with concurrent radiation therapy followed by surgery and postoperative doxorubicin-based chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer: a phase I/II trial. J Clin Oncol. 2003 Mar 1;21(5):864-70. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2003.06.132.

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