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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00977379
Date of registration: 14/09/2009
Primary sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche
Public title: XERAD: A Study of Xeloda (Capecitabine) Plus Radiotherapy in Patients With Breast Cancer With Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases
Scientific title: XERAD: Open-label, Phase II, Randomized, Comparative, Multicentre Trial of Concurrent Whole Brain Radiation Therapy (WBRT) and Capecitabine (Xeloda® ) Followed by Maintenance Capecitabine Compared With Standard WBRT in Breast Cancer Patients With Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastasis
Date of first enrolment: August 2009
Target sample size: 24
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00977379
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:   Clinical Trials
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Affiliation:  Hoffmann-La Roche
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- women >/= 18 years of age

- histologically confirmed breast cancer with known HER2 and hormone status

- newly diagnosed CNS metastasis with at least one measurable (>/=0.5cm) lesion

- patient not eligible or refusing surgery or stereotactic radiosurgery

- EOCG performance status 0-2

Exclusion Criteria:

- prior treatment of brain metastases

- prior disease progression or appearance of brain metastases while on treatment with
capecitabine

- leptomeningeal disease

- known contra-indication to radiotherapy or MRI or capecitabine



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Breast Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: capecitabine [Xeloda]
Drug: systemic therapy
Radiation: WBRT
Primary Outcome(s)
Best objective CNS response (CR+PR) assessed by contrast-enhanced MRI reviewed by centralized independent expert [Time Frame: MRI 6 weeks after 1st day of radiotherapy and every 9 weeks thereafter]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Best objective CNS response (CR+PR), clinical benefit (CR+PR+stable disease), duration of CNS response, brain progression-free survival [Time Frame: assessed 6 weeks after 1st day of radiotherapy and every 9 weeks thereafter or at time of clinical deterioration]
Extracranial disease response rate according to RECIST criteria [Time Frame: assessed after 6 weeks and every 9 weeks thereafter]
Objective CNS response (CR+PR) assessed by MRI 4 weeks after completion of WBRT [Time Frame: 6 weeks after 1st day of radiotherapy]
progression-free survival (CNS or extracranial), overall survival [Time Frame: assessed every 9 weeks or at time of clinical deterioration and by the end of the study]
Safety, AEs [Time Frame: throughout study, laboratory and neurological assessments every 3 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
2008-007349-30
ML21873
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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