Cyclophosphamide, Paclitaxel, and Trastuzumab in Treating Patients With Stage I-II HER2/Neu Positive Breast Cancer After Surgery
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02654119 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : January 13, 2016
Last Update Posted : November 14, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HER2 Positive Breast Carcinoma Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v7 Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC v7 Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC v7 Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 Stage IIA Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 | Drug: Cyclophosphamide Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Drug: Paclitaxel Biological: Trastuzumab | Phase 2 |
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine the toxicities and ability to complete the planned treatment of a dose-dense regimen of cyclophosphamide and paclitaxel with trastuzumab in subjects with newly diagnosed stage I-II HER2/neu positive breast cancer.
II. To estimate recurrence free survival of a dose-dense regimen of cyclophosphamide and paclitaxel with trastuzumab in subjects with newly diagnosed stage I-II HER2/neu positive breast cancer.
OUTLINE:
SYSTEMIC THERAPY: Patients receive cyclophosphamide intravenously (IV) over 1 hour, paclitaxel IV over 3 hours, and trastuzumab IV over 30-90 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 14 days for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
MAINTENANCE TRASTUZUMAB THERAPY: Beginning in course 6, patients receive trastuzumab IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 52 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients may undergo radiation therapy at the discretion of the radiation oncologist and medical oncologist and patients with estrogen/progesterone receptor positive tumors receive hormonal therapy as determined by the medical oncologist per standard National Comprehensive Care Network (NCCN) guidelines.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 20 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II Study of Adjuvant Therapy Using a Regimen of Cyclophosphamide, Paclitaxel With Trastuzumab in Stage I-II HER2/Neu Positive Breast Cancer Patients |
Actual Study Start Date : | December 11, 2015 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | November 20, 2025 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | November 20, 2026 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Treatment (cyclophosphamide, paclitaxel, trastuzumab)
SYSTEMIC THERAPY: Patients receive cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour, paclitaxel IV over 3 hours, and trastuzumab IV over 30-90 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 14 days for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE TRASTUZUMAB THERAPY: Beginning in course 6, patients receive trastuzumab IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 52 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may undergo radiation therapy at the discretion of the radiation oncologist and medical oncologist and patients with estrogen/progesterone receptor positive tumors receive hormonal therapy as determined by the medical oncologist per standard NCCN guidelines. |
Drug: Cyclophosphamide
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Correlative studies Drug: Paclitaxel Given IV
Other Names:
Biological: Trastuzumab Given IV
Other Names:
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- Incidence of neutropenia, graded according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v)4.03 [ Time Frame: Up to 3 months after final chemotherapy treatment (including trastuzumab) ]The incidence rates of neutropenia and adverse events will be summarized using frequencies, percentages and 90% confidence intervals. Adverse events will be described by cycle. The frequency of toxicity, categorized by toxicity grades, will be summarized.
- Incidence of paclitaxel-related neuropathy, graded according to the NCI CTCAE v4.03 [ Time Frame: Up to 3 months after final chemotherapy treatment (including trastuzumab) ]The incidence rates of paclitaxel-related neuropathy and adverse events will be summarized using frequencies, percentages and 90% confidence intervals. Adverse events will be described by cycle. The frequency of toxicity, categorized by toxicity grades, will be summarized.
- Incidence of grade 3/4 cardiotoxicity, graded according to the NCI CTCAE v4.03 [ Time Frame: Up to 3 months after final chemotherapy treatment (including trastuzumab) ]The incidence rates of grade 3/4 cardiotoxicity and adverse events will be summarized using frequencies, percentages and 90% confidence intervals. Adverse events will be described by cycle. The frequency of toxicity, categorized by toxicity grades, will be summarized.
- Incidence of grade 3/4 nausea/vomiting, graded according to the NCI CTCAE v4.03 [ Time Frame: Up to 3 months after final chemotherapy treatment (including trastuzumab) ]The incidence rates of grade 3/4 nausea/vomiting and adverse events will be summarized using frequencies, percentages and 90% confidence intervals. Adverse events will be described by cycle. The frequency of toxicity, categorized by toxicity grades, will be summarized.
- Recurrence free survival (RFS) [ Time Frame: First date of therapy until the first notation of clinical progression, relapse or death from any cause, assessed at 2 years ]RFS and survival curves will be plotted following the method of Kaplan and Meier using the full analysis set.
- Incidence of inability to complete treatment, defined as a patient that requires a lower dose of therapy (defined as dose lowered by 50%), or a postponement of scheduled treatment of longer than 28 days, or discontinuation of treatment for any reason [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]Inability to complete treatment will be described using frequencies and proportions and 90% confidence intervals.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically confirmed newly diagnosed stage I-II HER2/neu positive breast cancer
- Women of reproductive potential must be non-pregnant and non-nursing and must agree to employ an effective barrier method of birth control throughout the study and for up to 6 months following treatment
- Women of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 7 days of initiating study (no childbearing potential is defined as age 55 years or older and no menses for two years or any age with surgical removal of the uterus and/or both ovaries)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
- Within 30 days prior to enrollment: Absolute neutrophil count greater than or equal to 1,500/mcl
- Within 30 days prior to enrollment: Platelet count equal to or greater than 150,000/mcl
- Within 30 days prior to enrollment: Hemoglobin > 11 gm/dl
- Within 30 days prior to enrollment: Alkaline phosphatase equal or less than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Within 30 days prior to enrollment: Total bilirubin equal to or less than 1.5 times the ULN
- Within 30 days prior to enrollment: Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) no greater than 1.5 times the ULN
- Within 30 days prior to enrollment: Creatinine less than 1.5 times the ULN
- Able to give informed consent
- All included subjects must have normal cardiac function as defined by an ejection fraction of > 50% by echocardiogram
- Able to return for treatment and follow-up on the specified days
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior malignancy; except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or noninvasive carcinomas
- Subjects with pre-existing grade II peripheral neuropathy
- History of previous chemotherapy
- Stage IV or metastatic breast cancer
- Pregnant or nursing women
- Inability to cooperate with treatment protocol
- No active serious infections or other conditions precluding chemotherapy
- Any comorbidity or condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the assessments and procedures of this protocol e.g. unstable angina, myocardial infarction within 6 months, severe infection, etc.
- Known hypersensitivity to any component of required drugs in the study
- Known positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or infectious hepatitis, type A, B or C or active hepatitis
- Any serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the subject from signing the informed consent form
- Myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to enrollment or has New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV heart failure uncontrolled angina, severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias, or electrocardiographic evidence of acute ischemia or active conduction system abnormalities; prior to study entry, any electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormality at screening has to be documented by the investigator as not medically relevant

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02654119
United States, Nebraska | |
Faith Regional Health Services Carson Cancer Center | |
Norfolk, Nebraska, United States, 68701 | |
Nebraska Medicine-Village Pointe | |
Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68118 | |
University of Nebraska Medical Center | |
Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198 |
Principal Investigator: | Pavankumar Tandra | University of Nebraska |
Responsible Party: | Pavankumar Tandra MD, Principal Investigator, University of Nebraska |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02654119 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
318-15 NCI-2015-01879 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) 318-15 ( Other Identifier: University of Nebraska Medical Center ) P30CA036727 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | January 13, 2016 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 14, 2022 |
Last Verified: | November 2022 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | No |
Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases Paclitaxel Cyclophosphamide Trastuzumab Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological Antibodies Immunoglobulins Antibodies, Monoclonal |
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic Antineoplastic Agents Tubulin Modulators Antimitotic Agents Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Antirheumatic Agents Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating Alkylating Agents Myeloablative Agonists |