S0500 Treatment Decision Making Based on Blood Levels of Tumor Cells for Metastatic Breast Cancer Treated With Chemo
Breast Cancer

About this trial
This is an interventional diagnostic trial for Breast Cancer focused on measuring recurrent breast cancer, stage IV breast cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Histologically confirmed breast cancer
- Clinical evidence of metastatic disease (stage IV disease)
- Newly metastatic disease OR progressive metastatic disease while on hormonal therapy
Meets 1 of the following criteria:
- Measurable disease
- Bone-only disease* NOTE: *Patients with nonmeasurable disease that does not include bone are not eligible
HER-2 status determined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) or fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) assay
- HER-2 positivity is defined as IHC 3+ or FISH+
- If IHC is indeterminate (2+), FISH must be performed to classify disease
- Planning to undergo first-line chemotherapy for metastatic disease
- Patients with brain metastases must have stable disease for > 90 days after completion of prior radiotherapy to the brain
- No leptomeningeal disease
- Hormone receptor status not specified
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Female
- Menopausal status not specified
- Zubrod performance status 0-2
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- No other malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or stage I or II cancer currently in complete remission
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
Prior hormonal therapy, bisphosphonate therapy, trastuzumab (Herceptin®), and/or bevacizumab for metastatic disease allowed
- Any number of exogenous hormonal therapies for metastatic disease and/or as adjuvant therapy allowed
- At least 1 year since prior adjuvant chemotherapy
- At least 2 weeks since prior minor surgery and recovered
- At least 4 weeks since prior major surgery and recovered
- No prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease
- Concurrent hormonal therapy and/or bisphosphonate therapy allowed
- Concurrent trastuzumab and/or bevacizumab allowed
Sites / Locations
- Regional Medical Center
- Alaska Regional Hospital Cancer Center
- Providence Cancer Center
- NEA Medical Center - Stadium Boulevard
- Glendale Memorial Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center
- California Cancer Care, Incorporated - Greenbrae
- Loma Linda University Cancer Institute at Loma Linda University Medical Center
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
- Camino Medical Group - Treatment Center
- Palo Alto Medical Foundation
- Stanford Cancer Center
- San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center
- University of Colorado Cancer Center at UC Health Sciences Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver
- Shaw Regional Cancer Center
- Valley View Hospital Cancer Center
- St. Mary's Regional Cancer Center at St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center
- Montrose Memorial Hospital Cancer Center
- Saint Francis/Mount Sinai Regional Cancer Center at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
- Yale Cancer Center
- Florida Hospital Cancer Institute at Florida Hospital Orlando
- Pearlman Comprehensive Cancer Center at South Georgia Medical Center
- Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi
- Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
- OnCare Hawaii, Incorporated - Lusitana
- Queen's Cancer Institute at Queen's Medical Center
- Straub Clinic and Hospital, Incorporated
- Hawaii Medical Center - East
- OnCare Hawaii, Incorporated - Kuakini
- Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
- Tripler Army Medical Center
- Maui Memorial Medical Center
- Pacific Cancer Institute - Maui
- Saint Alphonsus Cancer Care Center at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
- Rush-Copley Cancer Care Center
- Resurrection Medical Center
- Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital
- Elmhurst Memorial Hospital
- Ingalls Cancer Care Center at Ingalls Memorial Hospital
- Swedish-American Regional Cancer Center
- CCOP - Carle Cancer Center
- Elkhart Clinic, LLC
- Michiana Hematology-Oncology, PC - Elkhart
- Elkhart General Hospital
- Community Regional Cancer Care at Community Hospital North
- St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
- Howard Community Hospital
- Center for Cancer Therapy at LaPorte Hospital and Health Services
- Saint Anthony Memorial Health Centers
- Michiana Hematology-Oncology, PC - South Bend
- Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
- Cancer Center at Ball Memorial Hospital
- Michiana Hematology Oncology PC - Plymouth
- CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium
- Memorial Hospital of South Bend
- Michiana Hematology Oncology PC - La Porte
- McFarland Clinic, PC
- Siouxland Hematology-Oncology Associates, LLP
- Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City
- St. Luke's Regional Medical Center
- Covenant Cancer Treatment Center
- Tammy Walker Cancer Center at Salina Regional Health Center
- Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center
- Mercy Hospital
- Alvin and Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute at Sinai Hospital
- Saint Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center
- Hickman Cancer Center at Bixby Medical Center
- Saint Joseph Mercy Cancer Center
- CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Battle Creek Health System Cancer Care Center
- Bay Regional Medical Center
- Mecosta County Medical Center
- Oakwood Cancer Center at Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited - Escanaba
- Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute
- Hurley Medical Center
- Butterworth Hospital at Spectrum Health
- CCOP - Grand Rapids
- Lacks Cancer Center at Saint Mary's Health Care
- Van Elslander Cancer Center at St. John Hospital and Medical Center
- Dickinson County Healthcare System
- Foote Memorial Hospital
- Borgess Medical Center
- West Michigan Cancer Center
- Bronson Methodist Hospital
- Breslin Cancer Center at Ingham Regional Medical Center
- Sparrow Regional Cancer Center
- St. Mary Mercy Hospital
- Community Cancer Center of Monroe
- Mercy Memorial Hospital - Monroe
- Clemens Regional Medical Center
- Mercy General Health Partners
- St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
- Mercy Regional Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital
- Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital
- William Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak Campus
- Seton Cancer Institute at Saint Mary's - Saginaw
- Lakeland Regional Cancer Care Center - St. Joseph
- Lakeside Cancer Specialists, PLLC
- Providence Cancer Institute at Providence Hospital - Southfield Campus
- Munson Medical Center
- St. John Macomb Hospital
- Fairview Ridges Hospital
- Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital
- Fairview Southdale Hospital
- Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Unity Hospital
- Hutchinson Area Health Care
- HealthEast Cancer Care at St. John's Hospital
- Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA - Maplewood
- Virginia Piper Cancer Institute at Abbott - Northwestern Hospital
- Hennepin County Medical Center - Minneapolis
- Humphrey Cancer Center at North Memorial Outpatient Center
- CentraCare Clinic - River Campus
- Coborn Cancer Center
- CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
- Park Nicollet Cancer Center
- Regions Hospital Cancer Care Center
- United Hospital
- St. Francis Cancer Center at St. Francis Medical Center
- Lakeview Hospital
- Ridgeview Medical Center
- Willmar Cancer Center at Rice Memorial Hospital
- Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA - Woodbury
- University of Mississippi Cancer Clinic
- Regional Cancer Center at Singing River Hospital
- Central Care Cancer Center at Carrie J. Babb Cancer Center
- Southeast Cancer Center
- Goldschmidt Cancer Center
- Missouri Baptist Cancer Center
- Comprehensive Cancer Care, PC
- CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
- St. John's Regional Health Center
- Hulston Cancer Center at Cox Medical Center South
- CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
- St. Vincent Healthcare Cancer Care Services
- Hematology-Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies - Billings
- Billings Clinic - Downtown
- Bozeman Deaconess Cancer Center
- St. James Healthcare Cancer Care
- Big Sky Oncology
- Great Falls Clinic - Main Facility
- Sletten Cancer Institute at Benefis Healthcare
- Northern Montana Hospital
- St. Peter's Hospital
- Glacier Oncology, PLLC
- Kalispell Medical Oncology at KRMC
- Kalispell Regional Medical Center
- Montana Cancer Specialists at Montana Cancer Center
- Montana Cancer Center at St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center
- Good Samaritan Cancer Center at Good Samaritan Hospital
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Saint Peter's University Hospital
- UMDNJ University Hospital
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
- St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
- Lovelace Medical Center - Downtown
- Hematology Oncology Associates, PC
- Presbyterian Cancer Treatment Center at Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital
- University of New Mexico Cancer Center
- University of New Mexico Cancer Center - South
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- CCOP - Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York
- Albert Einstein Cancer Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Faxton Regional Cancer Center
- Dickstein Cancer Treatment Center at White Plains Hospital Center
- Duke Cancer Institute
- Wayne Memorial Hospital, Incorporated
- Pardee Memorial Hospital
- Kinston Medical Specialists
- Southeastern Regional Medical Center
- Granville Medical Center
- Duke Health Raleigh Hospital
- Person Memorial Hospital
- Bismarck Cancer Center
- Medcenter One Hospital Cancer Care Center
- Mid Dakota Clinic, PC
- St. Alexius Medical Center Cancer Center
- Altru Cancer Center at Altru Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
- Wood County Oncology Center
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center at Fairview Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- Community Cancer Center
- Hematology Oncology Center
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
- St. Rita's Medical Center
- Lima Memorial Hospital
- Northwest Ohio Oncology Center
- Hillcrest Cancer Center at Hillcrest Hospital
- Fisher-Titus Medical Center
- St. Charles Mercy Hospital
- Toledo Clinic - Oregon
- Parma Community General Hospital
- North Coast Cancer Care, Incorporated
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Strongsville
- Flower Hospital Cancer Center
- Mercy Hospital of Tiffin
- Toledo Hospital
- St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center
- Medical University of Ohio Cancer Center
- CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital
- St. Anne Mercy Hospital
- Toledo Clinic, Incorporated - Main Clinic
- Fulton County Health Center
- Cleveland Clinic - Wooster
- Natalie Warren Bryant Cancer Center at St. Francis Hospital
- St. Charles Medical Center - Bend
- Clackamas Radiation Oncology Center
- Bay Area Hospital
- Three Rivers Community Hospital
- Dubs Cancer Center at Rogue Valley Medical Center
- Providence Cancer Center at PMCC
- Providence Milwaukie Hospital
- Providence Newberg Medical Center
- Willamette Falls Hospital
- Providence Cancer Center at Providence Portland Medical Center
- CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program
- Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
- Ephrata Cancer Center at Ephrata Community Hospital
- Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
- Cancer Center at Phoenixville Hospital
- UPMC Cancer Centers
- McGlinn Family Regional Cancer Center at Reading Hospital and Medical Center
- Guthrie Cancer Center at Guthrie Clinic Sayre
- Hematology and Oncology Associates of Northeastern Pennsylvania
- Roper St. Francis Cancer Center at Roper Hospital
- Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Easley
- Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Faris Road
- Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Grove Commons
- Greenville Hospital Cancer Center
- CCOP - Greenville
- Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Greer Medical Oncology
- Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Seneca
- Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Spartanburg
- West Tennessee Cancer Center at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
- M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Cancer Therapy and Research Center
- University Hospital - San Antonio
- CCOP - Scott and White Hospital
- American Fork Hospital
- Sandra L. Maxwell Cancer Center
- Logan Regional Hospital
- Jon and Karen Huntsman Cancer Center at Intermountain Medical Center
- Val and Ann Browning Cancer Center at McKay-Dee Hospital Center
- Utah Valley Regional Medical Center - Provo
- Dixie Regional Medical Center - East Campus
- Utah Cancer Specialists at UCS Cancer Center
- LDS Hospital
- Danville Regional Medical Center
- Fredericksburg Oncology, Incorporated
- Virginia Cancer Institute - West End
- Island Hospital Cancer Care Center at Island Hospital
- St. Joseph Cancer Center
- Olympic Hematology and Oncology
- Highline Medical Center Cancer Center
- Providence Centralia Hospital
- St. Francis Hospital
- Columbia Basin Hematology
- Skagit Valley Hospital Cancer Care Center
- Providence St. Peter Hospital Regional Cancer Center
- Harrison Poulsbo Hematology and Onocology
- Good Samaritan Cancer Center
- Harborview Medical Center
- Minor and James Medical, PLLC
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Group Health Central Hospital
- Swedish Cancer Institute at Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus
- University Cancer Center at University of Washington Medical Center
- North Puget Oncology at United General Hospital
- Cancer Care Northwest - Spokane South
- Evergreen Hematology and Oncology, PS
- Franciscan Cancer Center at St. Joseph Medical Center
- Allenmore Hospital
- CCOP - Northwest
- MultiCare Regional Cancer Center at Tacoma General Hospital
- St. Clare Hospital
- Southwest Washington Medical Center Cancer Center
- Wenatchee Valley Medical Center
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited at St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited at St. Mary's Hospital
- St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center - Green Bay
- St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center
- Gundersen Lutheran Center for Cancer and Blood
- Holy Family Memorial Medical Center Cancer Care Center
- Bay Area Cancer Care Center at Bay Area Medical Center
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited - Oconto Falls
- St. Nicholas Hospital
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited - Sturgeon Bay
- Oncology Alliance, SC - Milwaukee - West
- Welch Cancer Center at Sheridan Memorial Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Active Comparator
Experimental
Active Comparator
Experimental
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3, Arm I
Group 3, Arm II
Patients continue to receive regular treatment without change at the discretion of the physician. Patients are eligible for other first-line chemotherapy trials. No further blood is collected.
Patients continue to receive their current chemotherapy regimen without change.
Patients continue with their current chemotherapy regimen without change.
Patients switch to a different chemotherapy regimen. Selection of a new chemotherapy regimen is made by the patient's doctor.