S0715: Acetyl-L-Carnitine in Preventing Neuropathy in Women With Stage I, II, or IIIA Breast Cancer Undergoing Chemo
Breast Cancer, Chemotherapeutic Agent Toxicity, Fatigue
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Breast Cancer focused on measuring neurotoxicity, chemotherapeutic agent toxicity, fatigue, neuropathy, stage IA breast cancer, stage IB breast cancer, stage II breast cancer, stage IIIA breast cancer, stage IIIB breast cancer, stage IIIC breast cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Histologically confirmed primary invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast
- Stage I-III disease
- No metastatic disease
- Must have undergone modified radical mastectomy or breast-sparing surgery
Planning to receive one of the following standard taxane-based systemic chemotherapy regimens as adjuvant therapy for breast cancer:
- Paclitaxel 80 mg/m² weekly for 12 weeks
- Paclitaxel 175 mg/m² every other week for 4 courses (8 weeks)
- Paclitaxel 175 mg/m² every other week for 6 courses (12 weeks)
- Docetaxel 75 mg/m² every 3 weeks for 4 courses (12 weeks)
- Docetaxel 75 mg/m² every 3 weeks for 6 courses (18 weeks)
- No history of neuropathy
- Hormone receptor status not specified
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Menopausal status not specified
- Zubrod performance status 0-2
- Serum creatinine ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- Able to complete questionnaires in English or Spanish
- Willing to submit blood samples for DNA extraction, genotyping analysis, and nerve growth factor studies
- No history of diabetes
- No history of seizure disorder
- No other malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, ductal carcinoma in situ, or adequately treated stage I or stage II malignancy from which the patient is currently in complete remission
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
- Recovered from prior breast surgery
- Prior neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy allowed
- No prior taxane therapy
- No prior biologic therapy for treatment of breast cancer
No concurrent vitamin E, glutamine, gabapentin, nortriptyline, amitriptyline, or duloxetine hydrochloride
- Multivitamins containing vitamin E allowed provided vitamin E dose is < 1,000 IU
- No concurrent anti-seizure medications
- Concurrent hormonal therapy allowed
- Concurrent biologic therapy allowed (e.g., Herceptin)
- Concurrent participation in another therapeutic clinical trial allowed
Sites / Locations
- Providence Cancer Center at Providence Hospital
- Alaska Regional Hospital Cancer Center
- Providence Cancer Center
- Fairbanks Cancer Treatment Center at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
- Kaiser Permanente - Deer Valley
- Alta Bates Summit Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Peninsula Medical Center
- East Bay Radiation Oncology Center
- Eden Medical Center
- Valley Medical Oncology Consultants - Castro Valley
- Kaiser Permanente - Fremont
- Valley Medical Oncology
- Glendale Memorial Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Hayward
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
- Contra Costa Regional Medical Center
- Tibotec Therapeutics - Division of Ortho Biotech Products, LP
- El Camino Hospital Cancer Center
- Highland General Hospital
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Summit Campus
- Bay Area Breast Surgeons, Incorporated
- CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute
- Larry G Strieff MD Medical Corporation
- Tom K Lee, Incorporated
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Oakland
- Valley Care Medical Center
- Valley Medical Oncology Consultants - Pleasanton
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Redwood City
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Richmond
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Roseville
- Sutter Cancer Center at Roseville Medical Center
- Sutter Cancer Center
- University of California Davis Cancer Center
- South Sacramento Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Sacramento
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - San Francisco Geary Campus
- California Pacific Medical Center - California Campus
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Santa Teresa
- Doctors Medical Center - San Pablo Campus
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael
- Sutter Health - Western Division Cancer Research Group
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Santa Clara Kiely Campus
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Santa Rosa
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - South San Francisco
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Facility - Stockton
- Tahoe Forest Cancer Center
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Vacaville
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Vallejo
- Sutter Solano Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Walnut Creek
- San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center
- University of Colorado Cancer Center at UC Health Sciences Center
- Denver Health Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente - Denver
- Shaw Regional Cancer Center
- Poudre Valley Hospital
- Valley View Hospital Cancer Center
- St. Mary's Regional Cancer Center at St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente - Lafayette
- Montrose Memorial Hospital Cancer Center
- Saint Francis/Mount Sinai Regional Cancer Center at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
- Piedmont Hospital
- Northside Hospital Cancer Center
- Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
- CCOP - Atlanta Regional
- WellStar Cobb Hospital
- John B. Amos Cancer Center
- Charles B. Eberhart Cancer Center at DeKalb Medical Center
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center
- Gwinnett Medical Center
- Kennestone Cancer Center at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital
- Southern Regional Medical Center
- Harbin Clinic Cancer Center - Medical Oncology
- Nancy N. and J. C. Lewis Cancer and Research Pavilion at St. Joseph's/Candler
- 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
- Kaiser Permanente - Moanalua Medical Center and Clinic
- Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
- Tripler Army Medical Center
- Pacific Cancer Institute - Maui
- Saint Anthony's Hospital at Saint Anthony's Health Center
- Cancer Care Center of Decatur
- Decatur Memorial Hospital Cancer Care Institute
- Crossroads Cancer Center
- Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center at Loyola University Medical Center
- Good Samaritan Regional Health Center
- Edward Hospital Cancer Center
- Regional Cancer Center at Memorial Medical Center
- St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers - Beech Grove Campus
- Reid Hospital & Health Care Services
- Genesis Regional Cancer Center at Genesis Medical Center
- Genesis Medical Center - West Campus
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Chanute
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Dodge City
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - El Dorado
- Cancer Center of Kansas - Fort Scott
- Cancer Center of Kansas-Independence
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Kingman
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Liberal
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Newton
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Parsons
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Pratt
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Salina
- Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wellington
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Medical Arts Tower
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wichita
- CCOP - Wichita
- Via Christi Cancer Center at Via Christi Regional Medical Center
- Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Winfield
- Cancer Care at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital
- Northeast Louisiana Cancer Institute at St. Francis Medical Center
- Tulane Cancer Center Office of Clinical Research
- Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center - Baton Rouge
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Monroe
- MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
- Medical Center of Louisiana - New Orleans
- Feist-Weiller Cancer Center at Louisiana State University Health Sciences
- Alvin and Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute at Sinai Hospital
- Boston University Cancer Research Center
- Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
- Saint Joseph Mercy Cancer Center
- CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium
- Battle Creek Health System Cancer Care Center
- Bay Regional Medical Center
- Mecosta County Medical Center
- Oakwood Cancer Center at Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center
- Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital
- Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute
- Hurley Medical Center
- Great Lakes Cancer Institute at McLaren Regional 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
- Foote Memorial Hospital
- Breslin Cancer Center at Ingham Regional Medical Center
- Sparrow Regional Cancer Center
- Lapeer Regional Hospital
- St. Mary Mercy Hospital
- MidMichigan Medical Center - Midland
- Mercy General Health Partners
- St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
- Mercy Regional Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital
- William Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak Campus
- Seton Cancer Institute at Saint Mary's - Saginaw
- Providence Cancer Institute at Providence Hospital - Southfield Campus
- Munson Medical Center
- St. John Macomb Hospital
- Metro Health Hospital
- University of Mississippi Cancer Clinic
- Regional Cancer Center at Singing River Hospital
- Skaggs Cancer Center at Skaggs Regional Medical Center
- Saint Francis Medical Center
- Midwest Hematology Oncology Group, Incorporated
- CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau
- David C. Pratt Cancer Center at St. John's Mercy
- CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
- St. John's Regional Health Center
- Hulston Cancer Center at Cox Medical Center South
- CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
- Northern Rockies Radiation Oncology Center
- 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
- Guardian Oncology and Center for Wellness
- Montana Cancer Specialists at Montana Cancer Center
- Montana Cancer Center at St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center
- University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
- CCOP - Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Lovelace Medical Center - Downtown
- Presbyterian Cancer Treatment Center at Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital
- University of New Mexico Cancer Center
- University of New Mexico Cancer Center - South
- Tucker Center for Cancer Care at Orange Regional Medical Center
- Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center
- CaroMont Cancer Center at Gaston Memorial Hospital
- Wayne Memorial Hospital, Incorporated
- Pardee Memorial Hospital
- High Point Regional Hospital
- Rutherford Hospital
- Iredell Memorial Hospital
- McDowell Cancer Center at Akron General Medical Center
- Cleveland Clinic Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
- Mary Rutan Hospital
- Adena Regional Medical Center
- Charles M. Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center at Fairview Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- Riverside Methodist Hospital Cancer Care
- CCOP - Columbus
- Grant Medical Center Cancer Care
- Mount Carmel Health - West Hospital
- Doctors Hospital at Ohio Health
- Grandview Hospital
- Good Samaritan Hospital
- David L. Rike Cancer Center at Miami Valley Hospital
- Samaritan North Cancer Care Center
- CCOP - Dayton
- Grady Memorial Hospital
- Blanchard Valley Medical Associates
- Middletown Regional Hospital
- Wayne Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
- Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital
- Fairfield Medical Center
- MedCentral - Mansfield Hospital
- Strecker Cancer Center at Marietta Memorial Hospital
- Hillcrest Cancer Center at Hillcrest Hospital
- Knox Community Hospital
- Licking Memorial Cancer Care Program at Licking Memorial Hospital
- Community Hospital of Springfield and Clark County
- UVMC Cancer Care Center at Upper Valley Medical Center
- Mount Carmel St. Ann's Cancer Center
- Clinton Memorial Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic - Wooster
- United States Air Force Medical Center - Wright-Patterson
- Ruth G. McMillan Cancer Center at Greene Memorial Hospital
- Genesis - Good Samaritan Hospital
- St. Charles Medical Center - Bend
- Bay Area Hospital
- Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center
- Providence Milwaukie Hospital
- Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital & Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Providence Cancer Center at Providence Portland Medical Center
- Adventist Medical Center
- CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program
- Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente Health Care - Portland
- Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center and Children's Hospital
- Northwest Cancer Specialists at Rose Quarter Cancer Center
- Salem Hospital Regional Cancer Care Services
- Legacy Meridian Park Hospital
- AnMed Cancer Center
- Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Easley
- Bon Secours St. Francis Health System
- Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Faris Road
- Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Grove Commons
- Greenville Hospital Cancer Center
- CCOP - Greenville
- Self Regional Cancer Center at Self Regional Medical Center
- Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Greer Medical Oncology
- Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Seneca
- CCOP - Upstate Carolina
- Gibbs Regional Cancer Center at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center
- Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Spartanburg
- St. Joseph Cancer Center
- Olympic Hematology and Oncology
- Providence Centralia Hospital
- St. Francis Hospital
- Columbia Basin Hematology
- Cascade Cancer Center at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center
- Skagit Valley Hospital Cancer Care Center
- Providence St. Peter Hospital Regional Cancer Center
- Harrison Poulsbo Hematology and Onocology
- Good Samaritan Cancer Center
- CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center
- Harborview Medical Center
- Minor and James Medical, PLLC
- Pacific Medical Center
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Group Health Central Hospital
- Swedish Cancer Institute at Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus
- Polyclinic First Hill
- University Cancer Center at University of Washington Medical Center
- 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
- Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
- Wenatchee Valley Medical Center
- North Star Lodge Cancer Center at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
- Rocky Mountain Oncology
- Welch Cancer Center at Sheridan Memorial Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Arm I
Arm II
Patients receive oral acetyl-L-carnitine hydrochloride 3 times daily for 24 weeks.
Patients receive oral placebo 3 times daily for 24 weeks.