Paclitaxel With or Without Trastuzumab Following Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Refractory Stage IV Breast Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2001-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies such as trastuzumab can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Paclitaxel may stop the growth of breast cancer by stopping blood flow to the tumor.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of paclitaxel with or without trastuzumab following peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients who have refractory stage IV breast cancer.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel; Paclitaxel; Trastuzumab

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Refractory stage IV breast cancer Received high dose chemotherapy (HDC) with autologous or syngeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) OR Stage IV breast cancer Failed to achieve complete response to HDC with autologous or syngeneic PBSCT at initial restaging following HDC No enrollment on protocol FHCRC-976, unless evidence of no response or progressive disease at initial restaging following transplantation Hormone receptor status: Not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Not specified Menopausal status: Not specified Performance status: Karnofsky 70-100% Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Platelet count at least 50,000/mm3 (untransfused) Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,000/mm3 (without filgrastim (G-CSF) support) Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) SGOT no greater than 2.5 times ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Cardiovascular: LVEF greater than 40% No poorly controlled arrhythmias No prior coronary artery disease No congestive heart failure within last year No myocardial infarction within past 2 years Other: No active infection No grade 3 regimen related toxicity according to Bearman model No allergy to paclitaxel, trastuzumab, or benzyl alcohol No grade 3 peripheral neuropathy with last chemotherapy HIV negative Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: See Disease Characteristics Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: Concurrent antihormonal therapy (tamoxifen or anastrozole) allowed as clinically indicated for hormone receptor positive disease Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified