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Combination Chemotherapy Plus Biological Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Breast Cancer

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.

Sponsored by: Roger Williams Medical Center
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00022230
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Biological therapies use different ways to stimulate the immune system and stop tumor cells from growing. Combining chemotherapy with biological therapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects of giving chemotherapy together with biological therapy and to see how well they work in treating patients with stage II or stage III breast cancer.


Condition Intervention Phase
Breast Cancer
Drug: aldesleukin
Drug: cyclophosphamide
Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride
Drug: filgrastim
Drug: paclitaxel
Drug: sargramostim
Drug: therapeutic autologous lymphocytes
Phase I
Phase II

Genetics Home Reference related topics:   breast cancer   

MedlinePlus related topics:   Breast Cancer    Cancer   

Drug Information available for:   Doxorubicin    Doxorubicin hydrochloride    Cyclophosphamide    Filgrastim    Aldesleukin    Paclitaxel    Sargramostim    Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor    Interleukin-2   

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:   Interventional
Study Design:   Treatment
Official Title:   Combination of Chemotherapy With Taxol, Adriamycin, and Cytoxan (TAC), Multiple Infusions of Activated T Cells (ATC), Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and GM-CSF for High Risk Breast Cancer With and Without Her2/Neu Overexpression. (Phase I/II)

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Toxicity [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  • Disease-free survival [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Overall survival [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Immune functions [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:   60
Study Start Date:   January 2000

Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the toxic effects of sequential paclitaxel (or other taxane), doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide followed by immunotherapy with activated T cells, interleukin-2, and sargramostim (GM-CSF) in patients with high-risk stage II or III breast cancer.
  • Determine the disease-free survival and overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the immune function of patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to number of positive lymph nodes (less than 4 nodes vs 4-9 nodes vs 10 or more nodes), type of taxane chemotherapy during study (paclitaxel vs other taxane), and prior treatment with 2 of 3 study chemotherapy agents (yes vs no).

Patients receive doxorubicin IV on day 1 and filgrastim (G-CSF) on days 3-10 of 3 consecutive 14-day courses. Patients then receive paclitaxel or another taxane IV on day 1 and G-CSF on days 3-10 of 3 consecutive 14-day courses. Patients then receive cyclophosphamide IV on day 1 and G-CSF on days 3-10 of 3 consecutive 14-day courses. Patients who enroll after previously receiving 2 of these 3 chemotherapy drugs may receive the third. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After recovery from chemotherapy, patients undergo peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) collection. The PBMC are treated ex vivo with monoclonal antibody OKT3 to form activated T cells (ATC). The ATC are expanded for up to 14 days in interleukin-2 (IL-2).

At 3-4 weeks after PBMC collection, patients receive ATC IV over 15-30 minutes weekly for 8 weeks. Patients also receive IL-2 subcutaneously (SC) daily and sargramostim (GM-CSF) SC twice weekly beginning 3 days before the first ATC infusion and continuing until 7 days after completion of ATC therapy.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 40-60 patients will be accrued for this study within 4-5 years.

  Eligibility
Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed stage II or III adenocarcinoma of the breast
  • High-risk disease

    • At least 4 positive lymph nodes
    • Fewer than 4 positive lymph nodes considered high-risk if one of the following is present:

      • HER2/neu-positive disease
      • Enlarged axillary nodes
      • Extra capsular extension of tumor from lymph node
      • Dermal lymphatic invasion
      • Vascular invasion
      • Bilateral disease
      • Familial breast cancer
      • T4 locally advanced disease
  • Clinically chemosensitive to prior paclitaxel (or other taxane), doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide

    • No relapse after chemotherapy
  • No clinical evidence of brain metastases
  • Hormone receptor status:

    • Estrogen and progesterone receptor status known

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Sex:

  • Female

Menopausal status:

  • Not specified

Performance status:

  • Karnofsky 70-100% OR
  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • At least 3 months

Hematopoietic:

  • Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 50,000/mm^3
  • Hemoglobin greater than 8 g/dL

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin less than 1.5 times normal
  • SGOT less than 1.5 times normal

Renal

  • Creatinine less than 1.8 mg/dL
  • Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min
  • BUN less than 1.5 times normal

Cardiovascular:

  • Ejection fraction at least 45% by MUGA
  • No uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease
  • No myocardial infarction within the past year
  • No significant congestive heart failure

Pulmonary:

  • FEV_1 at least 60% predicted
  • DLCO at least 60% predicted
  • FVC at least 60% predicted

Other:

  • No other malignancy except curatively treated squamous cell carcinoma in situ of the cervix or basal cell skin cancer
  • No other serious medical or psychiatric illness that would preclude study participation
  • HIV negative
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Prior standard chemotherapy with anthracyclines or combination chemotherapy involving a combination of taxanes, doxorubicin, and/or cyclophosphamide allowed

Endocrine therapy:

  • No concurrent hormonal therapy for breast cancer
  • Concurrent hormonal therapy for nondisease-related conditions (e.g., insulin for diabetes) allowed
  • Concurrent steroids for adrenal failure, septic shock, or pulmonary toxicity allowed

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • Prior complete resection of tumor allowed

Other:

  • Prior successful neoadjuvant therapy allowed
  Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00022230

Locations
United States, Rhode Island
Roger Williams Medical Center    
      Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02908-4735

Sponsors and Collaborators
Roger Williams Medical Center

Investigators
Study Chair:     Lawrence G. Lum, MD, DSc     Roger Williams Medical Center    
  More Information


Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site
 

Study ID Numbers:   CDR0000068797, RWMC-0633846
First Received:   August 10, 2001
Last Updated:   May 23, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:   NCT00022230
Health Authority:   United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
stage II breast cancer  
stage IIIA breast cancer  
stage IIIB breast cancer  
stage IIIC breast cancer  

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Aldesleukin
Skin Diseases
Interleukin-2
Paclitaxel
Breast Neoplasms
Cyclophosphamide
Doxorubicin
Breast Diseases

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
Immunologic Factors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antimitotic Agents
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Antiviral Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Tubulin Modulators
Myeloablative Agonists
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Antirheumatic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Alkylating Agents

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