Active clinical trials for "Breast Neoplasms"

The STIC CTC study is a randomized trial to evaluate the medico-economic interest of taking into account circulating tumor cells (CTC) to determine the kind of first line treatment for metastatic, hormone-receptors positive, breast cancers. In the standard arm, the kind of treatment will be decided by clinicians, taking into account the criteria usually used in this setting. In the CTC arm, the type of treatment will be decided by CTC count: hormone-therapy if <5CTC/7.5mll (CellSearch technique) or chemotherapy if =5. The main medical objective is to demonstrate the non-inferiority of the CTC-based strategy for the progression-free survival: 994 patients are needed, and will be accrued in French cancer centers. Secondary clinical objectives are to compare toxicity, quality of life and overall survival between the two arms. The medico-economic study will compare cost per progression-free life years gained of the two strategies. The financial impact of centralized (one platform) vs decentralized (several platforms) CTC testing will be evaluated.

Background: - Brain metastases are cancer cells that have spread to the brain from primary cancers in other organs. These tumors can be removed surgically. However, researchers are trying to find better ways to treat brain metastases. A new drug, GRN1005, has been designed to cross into the brain and deliver the cancer treatment drug paclitaxel to treat tumors. Researchers want to see how well GRN1005 works on brain metastases from breast or lung cancer. Objectives: - To test the safety and effectiveness of GRN1005 in treating brain metastases from breast or lung cancer. Eligibility: - Individuals at least 18 years of age who have breast or lung cancer that has spread to the brain. Design: Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood and urine samples will be collected. Tumor tissue samples may also be collected. Imaging studies will also be performed. Participants who have breast cancer will be divided into two groups. Those whose cancer contains the HER2 protein will be treated with the drug Herceptin as well as GRN1005. Those without HER2 will have only GRN1005. Participants who have lung cancer will also have only GRN1005. All participants will have two doses of GRN1005, each 3 weeks apart. On the day the second dose of GRN1005 is given, participants will undergo surgery to remove the brain tumors. Treatment will be monitored with frequent blood tests and imaging studies.

The aim of this project is to evaluate tailored primary systemic therapy with sequential nab paclitaxel and epirubicin and cyclophosphamide in early breast cancer. This study will be an open label phase II clinical trial. The hypothesis is that tailored neoadjuvant chemotherapy with sequential nab paclitaxel and epirubicin and cyclophosphamide is feasible and achieves high response rates. It is proposed that 60 patients will be enrolled in this study including 40 patients which are likely to have chemotherapy sensitive tumors and 20 patients who have ER positive tumors and are more likely to respond to hormonal treatment as an exploratory cohort. The target population is women with early breast cancer who are eligible for primary systemic therapy. The overall response rate in the breast will be measured. Secondary endpoints will include response rates in axillary lymph nodes, safety and tolerability and the rate of breast conservation. Participants will have a blood test to determine a specific genotype status that may help in predicting sensitivity to chemotherapy. This genotype test result is exploratory and will not influence selection of therapy for participants. Patients will also be given the option of having he their tumour tissues used in laboratory studies involving isolating cancer initiating cells from the tumor to subsequently generate breast cancer models in the laboratory and using aptamers (chemical antibodies) to target tumours.

TARGIT-Boost is an international randomised clinical trial designed to test the hypothesis that the tumour bed boost delivered as a single dose of targeted intraoperative radiotherapy (TARGIT-B) is superior to the conventional course of external beam radiotherapy boost (EBRT-Boost), especially in women with high risk of local recurrence. It is a pragmatic trial in which each participating centre can use the local predefined inclusion/exclusion criteria for entry into the trial. Only centres with access to the Intrabeam® (Carl Zeiss) are eligible to enter patients into the trial. Eligible patients are those with a higher risk of local recurrence after breast conserving surgery. After giving consent patients are randomised to either TARGIT Boost or EBRT Boost. All patients will receive whole breast EBRT. They may receive any other adjuvant treatments as deemed necessary. The protocol recommends that patients be followed at six monthly intervals for three years and then annually. The primary endpoint is ipsilateral breast recurrence rate. Secondary endpoints are relapse-free survival, site of recurrence, overall survival (breast-cancer specific and non-breast cancer deaths) patient satisfaction and quality of life.

RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood and urine in the laboratory from patients with cancer receiving bevacizumab may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to high blood pressure. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying potential biomarkers for bevacizumab-induced high blood pressure in patients with malignant solid tumors, including breast cancer, colorectal cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, head and neck cancer, ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal carcinoma.

This is a single-centre, phase II randomized study of doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) with or without intermittent sunitinib in patients with measurable primary breast cancer who are receiving pre-operative chemotherapy. A lead-in phase I study was built into this protocol to determine the dose and duration of sunitinib that may achieve the desired effects of normalizing tumor vasculature prior to chemotherapy administration. A total of 64 patients with measurable primary tumor will be enrolled for the Phase II part of the study. Eligible patients will be randomized 1:1 to either arm A or arm B. Patients will be stratified according to metastatic status (metastatic vs non-metastatic) and presence or absence of clinical T4 disease. Arm A (Control arm): Doxorubicin 60mg/m2 day 1 Cyclophosphamide 600mg/m2 day1, every 3 weeks x 4 cycles Arm B (Experimental arm): Days -13 (or -7) to day 0 (total 7 or 14 days) - oral sunitinib daily (duration and dose as determined from the lead-in phase I study) Cycle 1: day 1 - Cycle 1 AC (60/600mg/m2); days 15-21 - oral sunitinib daily Cycle 2: day 1 - Cycle 2 AC (60/600mg/m2); days 15-21 - oral sunitinib daily Cycle 3: day 1 - Cycle 3 AC (60/600mg/m2); days 15-21 - oral sunitinib daily Cycle 4: day 1 - Cycle 4 AC (60/600mg/m2) DCE-MRI scan will be performed serially to determine tumor response and change in tumor vascular parameters for each enrolled subject: Patient will be evaluated weekly for toxicity assessments and full blood count during cycle 1, and on days 1 and 15 of each subsequent cycle. In addition, patients in Arm B will be evaluated weekly during the first two weeks of sunitinib administration prior to cycle 1 AC.

To compare the efficacy and safety of EC-T and ET regimen as adjuvant treatment of breast cancer patients with positive lymph nodes

This study was designed to determine the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant docetaxel and epirubicin (DE) with or without human recombinant endostatin (endostar) for breast cancer patients. The hypothesis of this protocol is that a combined angiogenesis inhibiting therapy to chemotherapy could further benefit breast cancer patients.

Breast reconstruction is a common procedure with over 86,000 breast reconstruction procedures performed in the United States in 2009. This is a 1.5-fold increase since 2007. Of these breast reconstructions, 65% use a tissue expander/implant technique. Although satisfactory results can be achieved with a single-stage technique, a two-stage approach is considered more reliable, allowing for precise positioning of the inframammary fold and an opportune time to perform a capsulotomy to increase the breast skin flap by releasing the soft tissue. The placement of the tissue expander and implant under the chest muscles is thought to minimize the incidence of capsular contracture, expander exposure, and in addition, produce acceptable aesthetic results. However, discomfort is often associated with this submuscular placement of a tissue expander or implant, specifically during the expansion phase. Patients undergoing immediate reconstruction using submuscular implants have been shown to have higher analgesic requirements and to have higher pain scores post-operatively, compared to non-reconstructed patients. An uncomfortable reconstruction can lead to under-filling of the expander, a longer expansion process, abandonment of reconstruction, and a compromised quality of life. The use of Botulinum Toxin A (Botox) injections into the chest muscles at the time of surgery may help ease the discomfort that is often associated with this procedure. The investigators propose a prospective double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial of patients undergoing tissue expander/implant reconstruction. The information gathered from this analysis will provide a greater understanding of the effects of Botox in the setting of two-stage tissue expander/implant breast reconstruction, with the goal to improve patient satisfaction and quality of life.

GEI-BEV-2011-01 is an Observational multicenter study. The study, involving 200 (100 non-responders and 100 best responders) metastatic breast cancer patients, will search for specific genetic variants (SNPs) and miRNA signatures associated with bevacizumab response. Only patients suffering from metastatic (disseminated at the time of diagnosis) breast cancer, treated with bevacizumab, will be included. -To identify genetic variants as bevacizumab response predictors in metastatic breast cancer To identify miRNA signatures in whole blood as bevacizumab response predictors in metastatic breast cancer patients. The main endpoint will be progression-free survival (PFS) The duration of the study will be approximately 18 months