Personalized Treatment Selection for Metastatic Breast Cancer
The Study Drug:
Dasatinib blocks several different enzymes called protein kinases that are found in cancer
cells. These enzymes are important to cancer cell growth. Blocking these kinases may stop
or slow cancer growth.
AZD6244 is designed to block the growth of cancer cells by interfering with specific
targeted molecules needed for tumor growth, rather than by simply interfering with rapidly
dividing cells (like in traditional chemotherapy).
Study Drug Administration:
If you are found to be eligible to take part in this study, you will take either dasatinib
or AZD6244. The drug you take will be decided by your doctor based on the findings of the
tumor biopsy.
If you take dasatinib, you will take 2 dasatinib tablets by mouth once every day. The
dasatinib tablets will need to be swallowed whole and can be taken with or without a meal.
If you take AZD6244, you will take 3 tablets by mouth twice every day. The AZD6244 tablet
will need to be taken with 8 ounces of water on an empty stomach (1 hour before or 2 hours
after a meal) about 12 hours apart.
If you have side effects, the study doctor may decrease your dose or you may stop receiving
the study drug for up to 21 days.
While you receive treatment with dasatinib or AZD6244, you may not receive other anti-cancer
treatment such as chemotherapy or hormonal therapy.
If you are receiving treatment with a bisphosphonate that is given by vein (such as Aredia
or Zometa), you will not be able to receive the drug during the first 8 weeks of this study.
This is done in order to avoid low calcium levels in the blood. You may be able to continue
to receive the study drug after the first 8 weeks.
Study Visits:
Every 4 weeks while on study, you will have a complete physical exam. Blood (about 3-4
teaspoons) will be drawn for routine tests.
If you are taking dasatinib, at Week 4, you will have an ECG.
If you are taking AZD6244, at Week 8, and experience heart-related side effects suggestive
of cardiac problems, you will have an ECHO or MUGA.
Every 8 weeks, the scans (such as MRIs, CTs, and bone scans) and x-rays that were performed
at screening will be repeated.
If you experience visual disturbances while receiving AZD6244, you will have an eye exam.
Length of Study:
You may continue taking the study drug daily for as long as you are benefitting. You will
be taken off study if the disease gets worse or intolerable side effects occur.
End-of-Study Visit:
If you are taken off study because of side effects, you will have CT scans or x-rays to
check the status of the disease.
This is an investigational study. Dasatinib is FDA approved to treat chronic myeloid
leukemia. It is not yet FDA approved for the treatment of patients with breast cancer. At
this time, the use of dasatinib in breast cancer patients is investigational. AZD6244 is not
FDA approved or commercially available. Its use in this study is investigational.
The tests that will be used to find out if you can receive treatment with dasatinib or
AZD6244 are also investigational.
Up to 769 patients will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at MD Anderson.
Interventional
Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Clinical benefit rate (CB = objective tumor response or stable disease > 6 months)
Evaluation within 7 days before starting each cycle of therapy (i.e. every 28 days)
No
Stacy Moulder, MD
Principal Investigator
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
United States: Food and Drug Administration
2007-0574
NCT00780676
June 2009
Name | Location |
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UT MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, Texas 77030 |