
A Phase II Multi-center Pilot Study of Concurrent Temozolomide and Whole Brain Irradiation in Lung...
Lung Cancer and Breast Cancer Patients With Brain MetastasesBrain metastasis (BM) is among the most feared complications in cancer because even small tumors may cause incapacitating neurologic symptoms. It is observed in more than 50% of patients with lung cancer and 15% to 25% of patients with breast cancer. Temozolomide (TMZ) is an oral alkylating agent that crosses blood-brain barrier (BBB). This pilot study aims to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) plus concomitant TMZ in lung cancer and breast cancer patients with BM.

Maintenance Oral Vinorelbine or Observation After Vinorelbine-Docetaxel First Line Chemotherapy...
Breast CancerThis 2 arms study will assess the efficacy and safety of the Vinorelbine-Docetaxel combination given as an initial upfront treatment (first line) to all metastatic breast cancer patients enrolled. Patients having a disease control following initial treatment, will be randomized to either oral Vinorelbine maintenance arm or Observation arm. The trial will also compare the efficacy and safety of maintenance oral Vinorelbine versus Observation.

Aromasin® As Adjuvant Treatment In Postmenopausal Women With Invasive, Estrogen Receptor Positive...
Breast NeoplasmsThis non-interventional study will be conducted in several Eastern European countries to assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Aromasin® when it is administered in real-word setting in postmenopausal women with invasive estrogen receptor positive early breast cancer , who are disease-free after completion of 2 to 3 years of tamoxifen and continue the treatment with Aromasin® until completion of 5 years of adjuvant hormonal therapy, to understand how Aromasin® is used in routine clinical practice, to assess adherence to prescribed Aromasin® treatment and to understand reasons for its early discontinuation.

Fulvestrant (F)/Goserelin (G) vs Anastrozole (A)/G vs G for Premenopausal Women
Metastatic Breast CancerEstrogen Receptor Positive Tumor1 moreFulvestrant is an ER antagonist with no agonist effects, which binds, blocks and degrades the ER. Fulvestrant is comparable to third-generation aromatase inhibitors in terms of efficacy and tolerability for patients who have progressed on prior tamoxifen therapy and past studies have found all three-third-generation AIs to be at least as good as tamoxifen in first-line metastatic therapy in postmenopausal women. Fulvestrant has been studied little in premenopausal women despite of its attractive mechanism of actions. The clinical effectiveness of fulvestrant as a treatment for advanced breast cancer has previously been demonstrated at the standard dose (AD; 250 mg/mo) in several phase III clinical trials in postmenopausal women. However, there is evidence to suggest that doses of fulvestrant higher than 250 mg may have greater pharmacodynamic activity against the ER pathway. Moreover, dose-dependent clinical activity has been observed for fulvestrant. The activity of a fulvestrant high-dose (HD; 500 mg/mo) regimen has been investigated in two recent studies. A pilot Japanese study showed fulvestrant HD to have clinical activity in the treatment of advanced or recurrent breast cancer, to be well tolerated, and to result in plasma levels approximately double those seen with fulvestrant low-dose. Subsequently, a neoadjuvant study comparing fulvestrant low-dose and high-dose reported that significantly greater Ki67 and ER downregulation was achieved with the high-dose compared with the low-dose regimen and that both doses were well tolerated. A recent randomized trial also showed superior outcome of high-dose fulvestrant than AI. Based on this rationale, we introduced high-dose fulvestrant with LHRH agonist as a randomized trial comparing with AI plus LHRH agonist and LHRH alone in premenopausal metastatic breast cancer patients who failed to tamoxifen treatment.

Tesetaxel as First-line Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer
Breast NeoplasmThe intravenously administered taxane, paclitaxel, is one of the most commonly employed agents for the treatment of both localized and advanced breast cancer. Tesetaxel is an orally administered taxane that is in development as first- and second-line treatment for patients with advanced cancers. This study is being undertaken to determine the efficacy and safety of tesetaxel administered as first-line therapy to patients with metastatic breast cancer.

6xFU/Epirubicin/Cyclophosphamide (FEC) Compared to 3xFEC-3xDocetaxel in High-risk Node-negative...
Breast CancerIn low-risk node-negative breast cancer patients adjuvant chemotherapy should be spared. The identification of this subgroup can be based either on clinical and pathological or on tumour-biological criteria. Due to their high prognostic impact, the tumour-biological invasion markers uPA/PAI-1 (urokinase-type plasminogen activator and its inhibitor PAI-1) are potential candidates to effectively assess the risk of relapse in node-negative breast cancer. This study is aimed to compare the risk assessment by the traditional clinico-pathological factors and by tumour-biological factors. The second study question refers to the comparison between an adjuvant combination treatment with FE100C*6 and a sequential treatment with FE100C*3 and Docetaxel*3.

Phase 2b Study of Taxol Plus Sorafenib or Placebo in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer
Breast CancerRATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. 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. Giving paclitaxel together with sorafenib may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well paclitaxel works when given together with or without sorafenib in treating patients with locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer.

Cyclophosphamide, Methotrexate, and Fluorouracil, With or Without Epirubicin Hydrochloride, in Treating...
Breast CancerRATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, fluorouracil, and epirubicin hydrochloride, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. It is not yet known whether giving cyclophosphamide together with methotrexate and fluorouracil before, after, or without epirubicin hydrochloride is more effective in treating patients with breast cancer that can be removed by surgery. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is comparing three regimens of cyclophosphamide given together with methotrexate and fluorouracil, with or without epirubicin hydrochloride, to see how well it works in treating women who have undergone surgery for breast cancer. (Group III was closed to new patients as of 12/7/2009.)

Radiation Therapy in Women With Low Risk Early-Stage Breast Cancer Who Have Undergone Breast Conservation...
Breast CancerRATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Giving radiation therapy after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery. It is not yet known whether intensity-modulated radiation therapy is more effective than standard radiation therapy in treating patients with early-stage breast cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is comparing radiation therapy regimens in treating women with early-stage breast cancer who have undergone breast-conservation surgery.

Panther: A Study Comparing Biweekly and Tailored EC-T Versus Three Weekly FEC-T in Breast Cancer...
Breast CancerThis is an adjuvant, open, prospective, randomized study to compare: A. Individually tailored and two weekly dosed epirubicin + cyclophosphamide followed by a three weeks break followed by biweekly and tailored docetaxel (dtEC→dtT) given every second week, to B. Fixed dosed and three weekly epirubicin, cyclophosphamide and 5-fluorouracil, followed by fixed dosed and three weekly docetaxel (FEC→T). Patients with primary node-positive or high risk lymph node negative breast cancer will be eligible for the study. The primary objective of the phase 3 study is to compare breast cancer relapse-free survival (BCRFS) between the dtEC→dtT and FE100C→T. To detect a five-year BCRFS difference of 0.710 to 0.790 about 1000 patients per arm will be needed. They will be recruited during four years and followed another two years for breast cancer events. Secondary objectives are to compare Distant disease-free survival (DDFS) Event-free survival and Overall survival Health-related quality of life and toxicity analyses according to CTC Outcome in relation to tumour biological factors and polymorphism patterns RFS in relation to the Sorlie classes using immunohistochemical markers and/or gene expression profiling comparing A vs B arm RFS with receptor positive disease (analyzed in the local laboratories as described in the CRFs and also analyzed as continuous variables) in the comparison between the A- and B- arms. RFS with high and low proliferation, respectively, (analyzed in the local laboratories as described in the CRFs and also analyzed as a continuous variable, or centrally analyzed), in the comparison between the A- and B-arms. RFS in relation to HER-2/neu status (analyzed in the local laboratories as described in the CRFs) in the primary cancers in the comparison between the A- and B-arms and analyzed whether trastuzumab was given in sequence or concurrently. RFS analyzed in relation to other molecular markers (e.g. gene expression profiling/ sequencing) in the primary cancers and SNPs signatures in normal DNA (related to toxicities for EC/FEC and docetaxel components, respectively, and given dose levels and outcome in relation to these factors and in relation QoL) to outcome per arm. RFS analyzed in relation to tumour associated lymphocytes and Y-box binding protein in the comparison between the A- and B-arms. Tumour tissue will be obtained and stored for studies of prognostication and therapy prediction. Last patient randomized was September 2011.