Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 18 years and up (full criteria)
Location
at UC Davis UCSF
Dates
study started
completion around

Description

Summary

This randomized phase III trial studies paclitaxel and trastuzumab with or without lapatinib to see how well they work in treating patients with stage II or stage III breast cancer that can be removed by surgery. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Monoclonal antibodies, such as trastuzumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Lapatinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving paclitaxel with trastuzumab and/or lapatinib before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. It is not yet known which regimen is more effective in treating patients with breast cancer.

Official Title

Randomized Phase III Trial of Paclitaxel +Trastuzumab + Lapatinib Versus Paclitaxel + Trastuzumab as Neoadjuvant Treatment of HER2-Positive Primary Breast Cancer

Details

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

  1. To determine if the pathologic complete response (pCR) in the breast to neoadjuvant weekly paclitaxel with trastuzumab plus lapatinib (THL) is 20% greater than the pCR to weekly paclitaxel with trastuzumab alone (TH).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To determine the pathologic complete response in the breast and axilla, using American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Tumor, Lymph Nodes and Metastasis (TMN) criteria (version 6), to neoadjuvant weekly paclitaxel plus human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2)- targeted therapy in patients with HER2-positive operable breast cancer.

II. To evaluate residual cancer burden (RCB) as a predictor of long term relapse free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS).

III. To document the toxicity of all chemotherapeutic regimens (THL, TH). IV. To determine the correlation between clinical, radiographic and pathologic response.

  1. To compare overall survival (OS), relapse free survival (RFS) and time to first failure (TFF) among the treatment groups.

VI. To obtain blood, fresh frozen and fixed tumor tissue to test specific hypotheses for which biomarker data exist and to evaluate biomarkers in blood, serum and tissue that are likely to influence response to and toxicity of trastuzumab alone or trastuzumab plus lapatinib, when given with paclitaxel.

VII. To determine the surgical practice patterns for breast conservation and sentinel lymphadenectomy in patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

VIII. To determine the radiotherapy practice patterns for post-mastectomy and regional nodal irradiation in patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

IX. To evaluate pharmacogenomic determinants of toxicity.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 treatment arms.

ARM I: Patients receive trastuzumab IV over 30-90 minutes and paclitaxel IV over 1 hour once weekly and lapatinib ditosylate orally (PO) once daily for 16 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

ARM II: Patients receive trastuzumab and paclitaxel as in arm I.

ARM III: Patients receive paclitaxel and lapatinib ditosylate as in arm I. (Discontinued as of 6-15-11) Within 42 days after completion of neoadjuvant therapy, patients in both arms undergo definitive surgery (breast conservation or total mastectomy).

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 6 months for 2 years and then annually for up to 10 years.

Keywords

Male Breast Carcinoma, Stage IIA Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7, Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC v7, Stage IIIC Breast Cancer AJCC v7, Breast Neoplasms, Male Breast Neoplasms, Paclitaxel, Trastuzumab, Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel, Lapatinib, Trastuzumab biosimilar HLX02, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Lapatinib Ditosylate

Eligibility

For people ages 18 years and up

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pathologic confirmation of invasive breast cancer; patients with inflammatory breast cancer are not eligible
  • Clinical stage II-III operable invasive breast cancer with intent to perform surgical resection after neoadjuvant therapy
    • Patients with multicentric or bilateral disease are eligible as long as the target lesion meets the eligibility criteria for this study
    • Staging to rule out metastatic disease is recommended for clinical stage III patients
  • Tumors must be HER2 positive defined as HER2 3+ by immunohistochemical (IHC) assays or gene amplification by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with a ratio of >= 2 on invasive tumor
  • Estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PgR) status must be known
  • The target lesion in the breast must be >= 1 cm on physical examination or by radiographic measurement; palpable axillary adenopathy will be documented but not serve as measurable disease for the primary endpoint; patients with axillary disease only are not eligible to participate
  • Patient agrees to provide pretreatment biopsies
  • No prior chemotherapy, hormone therapy, biologic, or radiation therapy with therapeutic intent for this cancer
  • Cardiac ejection fraction must be >= 50% by echocardiogram or multiple gated acquisition (MUGA) scan
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) (Zubrod) performance status 0-1
  • Patients must not be pregnant or nursing
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,000/ul
  • Platelet count >= 100,000/ul
  • Bilirubin =< 1.5 times upper limit of normal
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) negative (in female patients unless status-post (s/p) hysterectomy or menopausal or no menses for 24 consecutive months); assay must have a sensitivity of at least 50 mIU/mL

Locations

  • University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Sacramento California 95817 United States
  • Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
    San Francisco California 94110 United States
  • UCSF Medical Center-Mount Zion
    San Francisco California 94115 United States
  • Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center/Disney Family Cancer Center
    Burbank California 91505 United States
  • Bay Area Breast Surgeons Inc
    Emeryville California 94608 United States
  • Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Summit Campus
    Oakland California 94609 United States
  • Bay Area Tumor Institute
    Oakland California 94609 United States
  • Hematology and Oncology Associates-Oakland
    Oakland California 94609 United States
  • Tom K Lee Inc
    Oakland California 94609 United States
  • Highland General Hospital
    Oakland California 94602 United States

Details

Status
in progress, not accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Links
Data Available: Select individual patient-level data from this trial can be requested from the NCTN/NCORP Data Archive.
ID
NCT00770809
Phase
Phase 3 research study
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
About 305 people participating
Last Updated