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Last refreshed on: 25 March 2013
Main ID:  NCT00080626
Date of registration: 07/04/2004
Primary sponsor: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Public title: Neoadjuvant Docetaxel in Treating Women With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer
Scientific title: A Pilot Study Assessing Patterns of Response or Resistance to Preoperative Dose Dense Docetaxel in Women With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer
Date of first enrolment: July 2003
Target sample size: 19
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00080626
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Vered Stearns, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Histologically confirmed infiltrating carcinoma of the breast

- Unresected clinical stage T1c, T2, T3, or T4 lesion, any N

- Newly diagnosed disease

- Diagnostic mammogram and an ultrasound of the affected breast within 3 months
before study entry

- Mammogram of the contralateral breast within 6 months before study entry

- Clinically measurable disease

- Hormone receptor status:

- Immunohistochemical staining for estrogen and progesterone and HER2/neu
receptors must be obtained on initial diagnostic material

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

- 18 and over

Sex

- Female

Menopausal status

- Not specified

Performance status

- ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy

- Not specified

Hematopoietic

- Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3

- Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

- Hemoglobin at least 8 g/dL

Hepatic

- Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times normal

Renal

- Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times normal

Other

- Not pregnant or nursing

- Negative pregnancy test

- Fertile patients must use effective contraception

- No medical condition that would put the patient at unnecessary risk of potentially
serious complications during study participation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

- Not specified

Chemotherapy

- No prior chemotherapy for current breast cancer

Endocrine therapy

- At least 1 month since prior tamoxifen or raloxifene for breast cancer prevention

- No prior endocrine therapy for current breast cancer

Radiotherapy

- No prior radiotherapy for current breast cancer

Surgery

- Not specified



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Breast Cancer
Intervention(s)
Biological: pegfilgrastim
Drug: docetaxel
Procedure: conventional surgery
Procedure: neoadjuvant therapy
Primary Outcome(s)
Correlation between change in apoptosis and proliferation with response after definitive surgery [Time Frame: Definitive surgery]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Correlation between change in fludeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography uptake with response after definitive surgery [Time Frame: Definitive surgery]
Secondary ID(s)
J0266 CDR0000346460
JHOC-03012301
JHOC-J0266
P30CA006973
P50CA088843
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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