Active clinical trials for "Breast Neoplasms"

Primary objectives of this study is to evaluate the effects of CYP2D6 genotypes on time to progression after tamoxifen treatment in pre- or postmenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer. Furthermore, we will evaluate the effects of CYP2D6 genotypes on clinical benefit and response duration to tamoxifen administration in pre- or postmenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer and also evaluate the effects of CYP2D6 genotypes on the steady state plasma concentration of tamoxifen and its metabolites

RATIONALE: Sunitinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide and methotrexate, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving sunitinib together with combination chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of sunitinib when given together with cyclophosphamide and methotrexate to see how well they work in treating patients with metastatic breast cancer.

This study will compare the anti-tumor efficacy of apricoxib and lapatinib/capecitabine with placebo and lapatinib/capecitabine as measured by time to disease progression and evaluate urinary PGE-M measurements or baseline COX-2 expression in tumor tissue by IHC as a surrogate selection criterion for patients who will benefit from future treatment with apricoxib.

This trial seeks to confirm the response rate for estrace treatment in a patients with hormone receptor positive metastatic breast cancer heavily pre-treated with modern endocrine therapies.

The purpose of this study is to investigate if the combination of gemcitabine and oxaliplatin is effective for triple negative breast cancer.

To evaluate the efficacy of metronomic oral vinorelbine taken three times a week without break plus bevacizumab as salvage treatment in patients with metastatic breast cancer.

RATIONALE: Sorafenib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Estrogen can cause the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using fulvestrant may fight breast cancer by blocking the use of estrogen by the tumor cells. Giving sorafenib together with fulvestrant may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving sorafenib together with fulvestrant works in treating patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer that did not respond to aromatase inhibitor therapy.

By applying short electric pulses to cells, the cell membranes can become permeabilised (electroporation). This can be used augment the effect of chemotherapy, by providing direct access to the cell cytosol. For the drug bleomycin, the enhancement of effect is several hundred fold, enabling once-only treatment. We wish to offer electrochemotherapy to breast cancer patients suffering from chest wall recurrences that are ulcerated or painful and where other treatments have failed.

The purpose of this study is to assess if docetaxel and cytoxan can shrink the size of your breast tumor and allow you to preserve your breast or have less extensive surgery on your breast. Additionally, by receiving chemotherapy before surgery, the investigators will be able to determine if your cancer is responsive to chemotherapy.

This phase II clinical trial studies how well gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097 works in treating patients with advanced, metastatic, or recurrent triple negative invasive breast cancer. Gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.