Pilot Trial of Paclitaxel-Herceptin Adjuvant Therapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer
OBJECTIVES:
I. Evaluate the safety of paclitaxel plus trastuzumab (Herceptin) followed by adjuvant
chemotherapy in women with node positive stage II or IIIa breast cancer with HER2
overexpression.
II. Evaluate the safety of long term trastuzumab (Herceptin) in this patient population.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified according to radiotherapy (none
planned vs planned to breast or chest wall). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment
arms.
ARM I: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours immediately followed by trastuzumab
(Herceptin) IV over 30-90 minutes on day 1. Paclitaxel repeats every 3 weeks for 4 courses
and trastuzumab (Herceptin) repeats weekly for 10 courses. At 3 weeks following paclitaxel
and trastuzumab (Herceptin), patients receive doxorubicin IV and cyclophosphamide IV over 1
hour every 3 weeks for 4 courses. Following chemotherapy, estrogen receptor (ER) positive
and/or progesterone receptor (PR) positive patients receive oral tamoxifen twice daily for 5
years.
ARM II: Patients receive same therapy as in Arm I, except for additional trastuzumab
(Herceptin) IV weekly beginning within 3 weeks following completion of chemotherapy and
local therapy and continuing for 1 year. ER and/or PR positive patients receive tamoxifen as
in Arm I but may be concurrent with trastuzumab (Herceptin). Following completion of
doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide, post lumpectomy and post mastectomy patients may receive
local radiotherapy daily for 5-6 weeks. Treatment continues in the absence of disease
progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 2 years, and then
annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 200 patients (100 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this
study within 1 year.
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
George W. Sledge, MD
Study Chair
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
United States: Food and Drug Administration
NCI-2012-02305
NCT00003992
August 1999
March 2009
Name | Location |
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Albert Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center | Bronx, New York 10461 |
Kaplan Cancer Center | New York, New York 10016 |
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center | Rochester, Minnesota 55905 |
Stanford University Medical Center | Stanford, California 94305-5408 |
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute | Tampa, Florida 33612 |
Emory University Hospital - Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia 30322 |
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center | Baltimore, Maryland 21287 |
CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional | Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 |
University of Rochester Cancer Center | Rochester, New York 14642 |
Ireland Cancer Center | Cleveland, Ohio 44106-5065 |
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 |
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University | Chicago, Illinois 60611 |
CCOP - Wichita | Wichita, Kansas 67214-3882 |
CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium | Omaha, Nebraska 68131 |
CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program, Inc. | Denver, Colorado 80209-5031 |
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Atlanta (Decatur) | Decatur, Georgia 30033 |
CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association | Peoria, Illinois 61602 |
CCOP - Carle Cancer Center | Urbana, Illinois 61801 |
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Indianapolis (Roudebush) | Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 |
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston, Massachusetts 02215 |
New England Medical Center Hospital | Boston, Massachusetts 02111 |
CCOP - Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007-3731 |
CCOP - Metro-Minnesota | Saint Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 |
CCOP - Northern New Jersey | Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 |
Vanderbilt Cancer Center | Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6838 |
CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project | Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403-1206 |
CCOP - Ochsner | New Orleans, Louisiana 70121 |
CCOP - Merit Care Hospital | Fargo, North Dakota 58122 |
Morristown Memorial Hospital | Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1956 |
Medical College of Wisconsin | Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226 |
CCOP - Central Illinois | Springfield, Illinois 62526 |
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albany | Albany, New York 12208 |
CCOP - MainLine Health | Wynnewood, Pennsylvania 19096 |
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Madison | Madison, Wisconsin 53705 |
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center | Madison, Wisconsin 53792 |
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Milwaukee (Zablocki) | Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53295 |
CCOP - Evanston | Evanston, Illinois 60201 |
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New York | New York, New York 10010 |
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Lakeside) | Chicago, Illinois 60611 |
Trinitas Hospital - Jersey Street Campus | Elizabeth, New Jersey 07201 |
Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 |
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Palo Alto | Palo Alto, California 94304 |
CCOP - Sooner State | Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136 |
Hunterdon Regional Cancer Program | Flemington, New Jersey 08822 |