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A Randomized, Open-Label Trial Comparing Treatment With Either Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin or Capecitabine as First Line Chemotherapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer in Women 60 Years and Older

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What is being tested

Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin

+ Capecitabine

Drug
Who is being recruted

Breast Diseases+2

+ Breast Neoplasms

+ Neoplasms

Over 60 Years
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Phase 3
Interventional
Study Start: April 2004
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Summary

Principal SponsorJohnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
Last updated: January 14, 2026
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Study start date: April 1, 2004

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

This is an open-label (all people know the identity of the intervention), randomized (the study medication is assigned by chance), multicenter study comparing with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) with capecitabine as first line chemotherapy of metastatic breast cancer in women 60 years and older. The study consists of a screening Phase (up to 14 days prior to treatment), treatment phase (up to 1 year), and post-treatment follow-up phase. The planned duration of treatment was 1 year in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Approximately 300 patients will be enrolled and randomly assigned to receive 1 of 2 treatment groups (PLD or capecitabine). Safety evaluations will consist of vital sign examination, physical examination, incidence and severity of adverse events, and laboratory tests findings and will be followed throughout the study.

Official TitleA Randomized, Open-Label Trial Comparing Treatment With Either Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin or Capecitabine as First Line Chemotherapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer in Women 60 Years and Older 
NCT00082095
Principal SponsorJohnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
Last updated: January 14, 2026
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

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Design Details

62 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

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Eligibility

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Conditions
Criteria

Female

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 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

Breast DiseasesBreast NeoplasmsNeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteSkin Diseases

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Clinically or pathologically proven metastatic breast cancer * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status between 0-2 * Adequate bone marrow, renal and liver functions within normal limits * Left ventricular ejection fractions more than 45% measured by multiple gated acquisition scan or echocardiogram within 6 weeks of randomization Exclusion Criteria: * Prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease (hormonal or chemotherapy in adjuvant setting and hormonal therapy in metastatic setting is allowed) * Prior treatment with capecitabine or pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in the adjuvant setting (prior anthracyclines up to certain dose limit is allowed) * Evidence of brain metastases unless previously treated and asymptomatic for 3 months or greater * History of cardiac disease with New York Heart Association Class II or greater or clinical evidence of congestive heart failure * Anthracycline resistant disease (locally recurrent or metastatic disease while on adjuvant anthracycline therapy or relapse less than 18 months after therapy completion)

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin 40 mg/m2 administered intravenously on Day 1 of each cycle. Cycle is repeated every 28 days, up to one year.

Group II

Active Comparator
Capecitabine administered orally at a dosage of 2000 mg/m2/day (1000 mg/m2 BID) for 14 consecutive days followed by a 7-day rest period. Cycle is repeated every 21 days, up to one year.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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