HIGH-DOSE CHEMOTHERAPY WITH CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, ETOPOSIDE, AND CARBOPLATIN FOLLOWED BY RESCUE WITH AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW AND AUTOLOGOUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH POOR PROGNOSIS BREAST CANCER
filgrastim
+ carboplatin
+ cyclophosphamide
Breast Diseases+3
+ Neoplasms
+ Neoplasms by Site
Treatment Study
Summary
Study start date: November 1, 1991
Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.OBJECTIVES: I. Investigate the curative potential of high-dose cyclophosphamide, etoposide, and carboplatin followed by autologous stem cell rescue in women with breast cancer considered incurable by conventional therapy. II. Observe the overall response rate, survival rate, and toxicity associated with this regimen. OUTLINE: Prior to therapy, patients undergo collection of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) on another protocol; patients with marrow involvement undergo PBSC harvest only, while all others may also undergo bone marrow harvest. All patients receive cyclophosphamide, etoposide, and carboplatin over 4 consecutive days, followed 3 days later by PBSC or bone marrow and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. Patients are followed for duration of remission and survival. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: 100-200 patients will be entered.
Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.Treatment Study
Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Female
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.From 15 to 60 Years
Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.Healthy volunteers not allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed invasive (stage II-IV) carcinoma of the breast 8 or more positive axillary nodes required for stage II disease Chemotherapy-responsive disease required of patients with measurable or evaluable disease Partial or complete response to 3 courses of standard cyclophosphamide/doxorubicin/fluorouracil (CAF) or, for patients who have had CAF, cyclophosphamide/methotrexate/fluorouracil (CMF) 3-month course of standard mitomycin/vinblastine or paclitaxel acceptable in patients clearly resistant to CAF or CMF Visceral response despite progression in bone will be considered on an individual basis Patients with no evidence of disease may be entered without evidence of a chemotherapy response Resectable disease must be surgically removed prior to transplantation Hormone receptor status: If estrogen-receptor positive, prior failure with at least 1 hormonal manipulation required unless patient is premenopausal or has rapidly progressing visceral disease No more than 20% of marrow involved with tumor PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 15 to 60 Sex: Women only Menopausal status: Not specified Performance status: Karnofsky 80%-100% Hematopoietic: WBC at least 4,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 2.0 mg/dL AST less than 2 times normal Albumin at least 3.0 g/dL Renal: Creatinine less than 1.8 mg/dL BUN less than 20 mg/dL Cardiovascular: Left ventricular ejection fraction at least 55% Pulmonary: DLCO, FEV1, and FVC at least 50% of predicted pO2 at least 70 mm Hg on room air Other: No serious psychiatric, neurologic, or medical illness that would compromise the safety of a bone marrow transplant Effective contraception required of fertile women PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: See Disease Characteristics Radiotherapy: No prior chest irradiation other than to locally involved lymph nodes Surgery: See Disease Characteristics
Study Centers
These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.This study has 1 location
Temple University Cancer Center
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