Overview

A Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant Trastuzumab+Docetaxel+NPLD+/-Bevacizumab in Her2-pos. Early Breast Cancer

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2014-04-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
Multicenter randomised phase II study of neoadjuvant therapy in HER2 positive early breast cancer. Primary aim is to evaluate the cardiac toxicity of the combined treatment (trastuzumab, docetaxel, bevacizumab, NPLD) in comparison to the standard therapy.
Phase:
Phase 2
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Austrian Breast & Colorectal Cancer Study Group
Collaborators:
Cephalon
Hoffmann-La Roche
Treatments:
Bevacizumab
Docetaxel
Doxorubicin
Liposomal doxorubicin
Trastuzumab
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Female or male, age ≥ 18 years

- Pathologically confirmed invasive primary breast adenocarcinoma (except inflammatory
breast cancer, T4d) scheduled for taxane containing neoadjuvant systemic treatment
with/without palpable lymph nodes.

- Documented HER2 protein overexpression as determined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) 3+
or by demonstrated HER2/c-erbB2 gene amplification of the primary tumor by a local
laboratory.

- LVEF ≥ 55% measured by echocardiography or MUGA within 4 weeks before randomization

- ECOG Performance Status ≤ 1

- Able and willing to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests,
and other study procedures.

- Written Informed Consent

Exclusion Criteria:

Current Treatment

- Requirement for concurrent use of the antiviral agent sorivudine or chemically related
analogues, such as brivudine.

- Chronic daily treatment with corticosteroids excl. inhaled steroids.

- Chronic daily treatment with aspirin and aspirin analogs or clopidogrel

- Major surgical procedure, open biopsy or significant traumatic injury within 28 days
prior to randomization or anticipation of need for major surgery during the course of
study treatment

- Current or recent (within 30 days prior to randomization) treatment with another
investigational drug or participation in another investigational study.

Laboratory

- Inadequate bone marrow function

- Inadequate liver function

- Inadequate renal function

- Patients not receiving anticoagulant medication who have activated partial
thromboplastin time (aPTT) within 7 days prior to Day1 of the cycle 1.

Concomitant Conditions

- Other malignancy within the last 5 years before randomization except for curatively
treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or non-melanomatous skin cancer

- Evidence of distant metastasis judged clinically and at least by chest-X-ray,
liver-sonography and bone scan. If there is any clinical suspicion of brain
metastasis, a CT-scan or MRI of the brain must be conducted within 4 weeks prior to
randomization.

- Serious concurrent disease which could affect compliance with the protocol or
interpretation of results, including, but not limited to:

- Active infection requiring i.v. antibiotics

- Uncontrolled hypertension

- Clinically significant history of cardiovascular disease as indicated by:
cerebrovascular accident or stroke; myocardial infarction; unstable angina; NYHA
Grade II or greater CHF; cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication; clinically
significant valvular heart disease.

- Dyspnea at rest necessitating supportive oxygen therapy or with significant
pleural effusions

- Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus

- History or evidence upon physical/neurological examination of CNS disease
unrelated to cancer (e.g. uncontrolled seizures) unless adequately treated with
standard medical therapy

- History or evidence of inherited bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy with the risk
of bleeding

- History of abdominal fistula, GI perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within 6
months of randomization

- Serious non-healing wound, peptic ulcer, or bone fracture

- Clinically significant malabsorption syndrome, ulcerative colitis, disease
affecting GI function, resection of the stomach or small bowel, or inability to
take oral medication

- Uncorrected hypokalemia or hypomagnesemia

- Organ allografts requiring immunosuppressive therapy

- Evidence of any other disease, metabolic or psychological dysfunction, physical
examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a
disease or condition that contraindicates the use of an investigational drug, may
affect patient compliance with study routines, or place the patient at high risk from
treatment related complications.

- Known hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs/excipients.

- Hypersensitivity to Chinese hamster ovary cell products or other recombinant human or
humanized antibodies.

Other

- Pregnant, lactating females or women of childbearing potential without a negative
pregnancy test

- Fertile males or females of childbearing potential

- Patients not accessible for treatment or follow-up