6 Weeks Treatment of Locally Advanced Breast Cancer With BIBW 2992 (Afatinib) or Lapatinib or Trastuzumab
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00826267 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : January 22, 2009
Results First Posted : October 17, 2013
Last Update Posted : December 31, 2013
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Breast Neoplasms | Drug: lapatinib Drug: BIBW 2992 Drug: trastuzumab | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 29 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Randomised Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant BIBW 2992 Versus Herceptin Versus Lapatinib in Her2 Positive Breast Cancer Patients |
Study Start Date : | January 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | August 2011 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: BIBW 2992
BIBW 2992 high dose once daily (allowed dose reduction to medium or low once daily in case of AE)
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Drug: BIBW 2992
BIBW 2992 high dose once daily (allowed dose reduction to medium or low once daily in case of AE) |
Active Comparator: Lapatinib
Lapatinib tablets 1500 mg daily.
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Drug: lapatinib
lapatinib tablets 1500 mg daily |
Active Comparator: Trastuzumab
Trastuzumab 4mg/kg i.v. week 1, followed by 2mg/kg i.v. weekly.
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Drug: trastuzumab
trastuzumab 4mg/kg i.v. week 1, followed by 2mg/kg i.v. weekly |
- Objective Response (OR) [ Time Frame: Tumour assessments were performed at screening, day 22 and day 43. ]Objective response (complete or partial) was assessed according to RECIST 1.0 criteria.
- Number of Participants Who Achieved Clinical Benefit (CB) [ Time Frame: Tumour assessments were performed at screening, day 22 and day 43. ]CB was defined as CR, PR or stable disease (SD) and was assessed according to RECIST criteria regardless of treatment status.
- Change From Baseline in the Diameter of the Primary Target Lesion. [ Time Frame: 3 weeks or 6 weeks ]Change was based on the primary lesion only rather that the sum of the target lesions as most patients had only one lesion.
- Plasma Concentration of Afatinib [ Time Frame: Day 7 ]Individual drug plasma concentrations of afatinib after multiple oral administrations at day 7
- Changes in Biomarker in Tumour Biopsies [ Time Frame: Screening, day 22, day 43 ]Changes in the biomarkers (Phospho-MAP-Kinase (MAPK), Total MAPK expression, EGFR, HER2, Phospho-EGFR and -HER2, Proliferation marker (Ki67 and p27), Apoptotic index (cleaved caspase 3), Phosphate and tensin homolog (PTEN), HER2 homodimerisation by HERmark assay and Phospho AKT) from biopsy tissue.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion criteria:
- Female, age 18 years or older.
- Histologically proven breast cancer who have not received any prior therapy.
- Locally advanced disease Stage IIIa with no evidence of distant metastatic disease other than anatomical site lymph nodes.
- HER2-positive.
Exclusion criteria:
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) less than 1500/mm3.
- Platelet count less than 100 000/ mm3.
- Hemoglobin level less than 9.0 g/dl.
- Bilirubin greater than 1.5 mg/dI.
- Aspartate amino transferase (AST) or alanine amino transferase (ALT) greater than twice the upper limit of normal.
- Serum creatinine greater than 1.5 times of the upper normal limit.
- Significant or recent acute gastrointestinal disorders with diarrhea
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding.
- Organ system dysfunction including cardiac (LVEF < 50%).
- Prior chemotherapy, radiotherapy or hormone therapy. Previous treatment with trastuzumab, EGFR, or EGFR/HER2-inhibitors.
- Other malignancies diagnosed within the past five years.
- Serious active infection. HIV, active hepatitis B or C.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00826267

Study Chair: | Boehringer Ingelheim | Boehringer Ingelheim |
Responsible Party: | Boehringer Ingelheim |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00826267 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
1200.44 |
First Posted: | January 22, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | October 17, 2013 |
Last Update Posted: | December 31, 2013 |
Last Verified: | August 2013 |
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