Mitoxantrone With or Without Docetaxel in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
Information source: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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Condition(s) targeted: Breast Cancer
Intervention: docetaxel (Drug); mitoxantrone hydrochloride (Drug)
Phase: Phase 3
Status: Completed
Sponsored by: Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Internistische Onkologie Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s): Else G. Heidemann, MD, Study Chair, Affiliation: Diakonie Klinikum Stuttgart
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing
so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known if mitoxantrone is more effective with or
without docetaxel.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of mitoxantrone with or
without docetaxel in treating women who have metastatic breast cancer with a poor prognosis.
Clinical Details
Official title: MITOXANTRONE (N) VS. 5-FLUOROURACIL, EPIRUBICIN AND CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE AS FIRST-LINE CHEMOTHERAPY FOR PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC BREAST CANCER AND AN UNFAVORABLE PROGNOSIS
Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Detailed description:
OBJECTIVES:
- Compare the survival and quality of life scores (composed of time to progression, WHO
performance status, subjective patient evaluation, and subjective adverse event
profile) among women with metastatic breast cancer of unfavorable prognosis treated
with mitoxantrone vs mitoxantrone plus docetaxel as first-line chemotherapy for
metastatic disease.
- Compare the remission rate, time to remission, remission duration, time to best
response, objective adverse events, and patient acceptance of treatment on these 2
regimens.
- Investigate which prognostic subgroups of women benefit from treatment.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to age,
treatment center, disease free interval (no more than 18 months vs more than 18 months),
hormone receptor status (positive or unknown vs negative), prior adjuvant therapy with
anthracyclines (yes vs no), presence of liver metastases (liver involvement as a single
organ vs liver plus other organ involvement vs no liver involvement), and presence of lung
metastases (yes vs no). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I: Patients receive mitoxantrone IV on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks until
disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or maximum cumulative dose. Patients who
achieve complete response receive 2 additional courses.
- Arm II: Patients receive mitoxantrone IV plus docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1.
Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for a maximum of 6 courses in the absence of disease
progression or unacceptable toxicity.
At relapse, reinduction with the original regimen is attempted. Following a second complete
response, 2 additional courses of consolidative treatment are given, and patients are then
followed off treatment.
Quality of life is assessed periodically.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 300 patients will be accrued for this study.
Eligibility
Minimum age: N/A.
Maximum age: 80 Years.
Gender(s): Female.
Criteria:
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically proven metastatic breast cancer of poor prognosis, defined by any of
the following characteristics:
- Patient aged 35 or under
- Liver metastases
- Lung metastases combined with other disease manifestations
- Lung metastases without other disease manifestations but with a disease free
interval of no more than 18 months
- Indication for chemotherapy documented by either:
- Hormone receptor negativity OR
- Hormone resistant disease
- Measurable metastatic disease required
- Nonmeasurable disease includes:
- Metastases verified only histologically
- Tumor parameters not precisely measurable (e. g., bone marrow involvement,
lymphangitic disease)
- No CNS metastasis or bone marrow carcinomatosis
- Hormone receptor status:
- Receptor status known
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age:
- 80 and under
Sex:
- Female
Menopausal status:
- Not specified
Performance status:
- WHO 0-2
Life expectancy:
- At least 3 months
Hematopoietic:
- WBC greater than 4,000/mm^3
- Absolute granulocyte count greater than 2,000/mm^3
- Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3
Hepatic:
- Bilirubin no greater than 1. 25 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 6 times ULN
- SGOT and/or SGPT no greater than 3 times ULN
Renal:
- Creatinine no greater than 1. 15 times ULN
Cardiovascular:
- No uncontrolled hypertension
- No congestive heart failure within the past 6 months
- No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
Other:
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No acute or chronic infection
- No second primary tumor
- No other serious illness
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy:
- No concurrent biologic therapy
Chemotherapy:
- No prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease
- Greater than 1 year since prior adjuvant chemotherapy
- No prior anthracycline or anthraquinone
Endocrine therapy:
- Hormone resistant disease required of receptor positive patients
- No concurrent endocrine therapy
Radiotherapy:
- No prior mediastinal irradiation
- Adjuvant irradiation of parasternal nodes eligible
- No prior irradiation to more than 25% of bone marrow
- No concurrent irradiation of sole measurable lesion
Surgery:
- Not specified
Other:
- No concurrent anticoagulant therapy
Locations and Contacts
Diakonissen-Krankenhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart D-70176, Germany
Additional Information
Related publications: Heidemann E, Souchon R, Stoger H, et al.: First-line monochemotherapy with mitoxantrone versus combination with fluorouracil, epirubicin and cyclophosphamide in high-risk metastatic breast cancer: a prospective randomized multicenter clinical trial. Onkologie 23(1): 54-59, 2000. Heidemann E, Stoeger H, Souchon R, et al.: Balance of time to progression, quality of life, and overall survival: more gain from treatment in single agent treatment with mitoxantrone (N) than with the combination of fluorouracil, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide (FEC). Results of a multicenter randomized trial in high risk metastatic breast cancer (MBC). [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology A-284, 74a, 2000. Loibl S, von Minckwitz G, Souchon R, et al.: Phase I/II study with mitoxantrone (N) vs. NDOC in patients with high risk locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 18: A512, 1999.
Starting date: May 1993
Last updated: August 1, 2013
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