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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00148720
Date of registration: 07/09/2005
Primary sponsor: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Public title: Capecitabine in Women With Operable Breast Cancer
Scientific title: A Phase II Study of Preoperative Capecitabine in Women With Operable Breast Cancer
Date of first enrolment: September 2004
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00148720
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Ian Krop, MD, PhD
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Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Histological confirmation of primary invasive breast cancer

- Stage I-III operable breast cancer.

- Primary tumor must be greater than or equal to 2cm by radiographic imaging or
palpitation

- Women greater than 18 years of age

- ECOG performance status 0-1

- WBC > 4000/mm3

- Platelet count > 100,000/mm3

- SGOT < 2x ULN

- Calculated creatinine clearance > 50ml/min

Exclusion Criteria:

- Evidence of metastatic (stage IV) cancer on physical exam or any diagnostic study.

- Pregnant or breast-feeding women

- Inflammatory breast cancer

- HER2 positive disease

- History of hypersensitivity to a 5-FU or known dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD)
deficiency

- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness

- Prior history of breast cancer are ineligible except: diagnosed at least 2 years ago;
present cancer is not in previously irradiated breast; no prior chemotherapy in the
past 5 years; no prior high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell or bone marrow
transplant.

- Excisional biopsy performed prior to enrollment

- Uncontrolled coagulopathy

- Lack of physical integrity of the upper gastrointestinal tract or malabsorption
syndrome.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Breast Cancer Invasive Nos
Breast Cancer Stage II
Breast Cancer Stage III
Primary Invasive Breast Cancer
Stage I Breast Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: Capecitabine
Primary Outcome(s)
To determine the response rate following four cycles of preoperative capecitabine in women with operable breast cancer. [Time Frame: 3 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
04-167
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Hoffmann-La Roche
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