NCT03858322

Brief Summary

This study is being conducted to carefully study how chemotherapy is tolerated in group of patients age 70.

Trial Health

75
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
41

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for phase_1 breast-cancer

Timeline
2mo left

Started Mar 2019

Longer than P75 for phase_1 breast-cancer

Geographic Reach
1 country

5 active sites

Status
active not recruiting

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress99%
Mar 2019Jun 2026

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

February 25, 2019

Completed
3 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

February 28, 2019

Completed
21 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

March 21, 2019

Completed
1.6 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

November 10, 2020

Completed
5.6 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

June 30, 2026

Expected
Last Updated

August 11, 2025

Status Verified

August 1, 2025

Enrollment Period

1.6 years

First QC Date

February 25, 2019

Last Update Submit

August 5, 2025

Conditions

Keywords

Breast Cancer

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Toxicity and receipt of planned therapy (feasibility)

    Examine the number of treatments received divided by the denominator of 12 treatments

    3 months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

  • Adverse events

    2 years

  • NCI PRO-CTCAE

    2 Years

  • Consequences of toxicity or disease events

    2 years

  • Invasive disease-free survival

    2 years

  • Overall survival

    2 years

Study Arms (2)

Carboplatin + Paclitaxel

EXPERIMENTAL

* Paclitaxel will be administered intravenously 3 times per cycle * Carboplatin will be administered intravenously 3 times per cycle

Drug: PaclitaxelDrug: Carboplatin

Cyclophosphamide + Paclitaxel

EXPERIMENTAL

* Paclitaxel will be administered intravenously 3 times per cycle * Cyclophosphamide will be administered once per cycle

Drug: PaclitaxelDrug: Cyclophosphamide

Interventions

The drug work by damaging the RNA or DNA that tells the cell how to copy itself in division. If the cells are unable to divide, they die.

Carboplatin + PaclitaxelCyclophosphamide + Paclitaxel

The drug work by damaging the RNA or DNA that tells the cell how to copy itself in division. If the cells are unable to divide, they die.

Cyclophosphamide + Paclitaxel

The drug work by damaging the RNA or DNA that tells the cell how to copy itself in division. If the cells are unable to divide, they die.

Carboplatin + Paclitaxel

Eligibility Criteria

Age70 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsOlder Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Participants must have histologically or cytologically confirmed breast cancer that is human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HER2-negative) per the most recent 2018 ASCO CAP guidelines94
  • Estrogen Receptor and Progesterone immunohistochemistry (IHC) status must be known; any status is eligible, but this will define in which cohort a patient will enroll:
  • Additional eligibility for cohort 1: Triple negative disease- defined as IHC staining of \<10% for ER and PR per local pathology review
  • Additional eligibility for cohort 2: Hormone receptor-positive disease defined as IHC for ER or PR \>/= 10% per local pathology review
  • Men and women are eligible
  • Age 70 and older at the time of protocol registration
  • Non-metastatic, invasive breast cancer (scans are not required to document non-metastatic disease- any staging work-up is up to the treating provider's discretion)
  • Recommended to have either neoadjuvant chemotherapy or adjuvant chemotherapy per their treating provider.
  • Any surgery, nodal assessment, radiation, hormonal therapy is left up to the treating provider but should not occur concurrently with study therapy. If any additional chemotherapy is planned by a treating provider, this must occur AFTER all study-related chemotherapy is completed.
  • Any patient receiving pre-operative hormonal therapy and who is then recommended for adjuvant chemotherapy is eligible, though hormonal therapy should be held during study treatment administration
  • All study-related chemotherapy must be given prior to surgery if neoadjuvant therapy is planned or adjuvantly if postoperative chemotherapy is planned. For example, giving 6 doses pre-operatively and 6 doses postoperatively is not allowed on study.
  • There are no restrictions on life expectancy, ECOG Performance Status, or baseline blood values or organ function; Appropriateness of chemotherapy treatment is left up to the treating provider but providers should be ok with the full starting doses of each agent.
  • Participants must be willing to fill out surveys over time or designate a proxy to answer on their behalf.
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
  • Patients who do not speak or read English are eligible as long as adequate interpreter services are available or the surveys are available in the preferred language (i.e. PRO surveys are available in many languages)

You may not qualify if:

  • Participants who have already received chemotherapy for the current cancer. Prior diagnoses of breast cancers are allowed, provided that the treating provider feels that the current cancer represents a new primary breast cancer and not recurrent disease.
  • Participants who are receiving any other investigational or anti-cancer agents. Any additional radiation, hormonal therapy or chemotherapy planned should be administered once the study treatments have completed.
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to cyclophosphamide, carboplatin, and paclitaxel.
  • Prior chemotherapy receipt is allowed in the setting of treatment of other/prior cancers, but no prior carboplatin (cohort 1), cyclophosphamide (cohort 2), or paclitaxel (both cohorts) receipt in the last 2 years is allowed (given toxicity and possible efficacy concerns

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (5)

City of Hope National Medical Center

Duarte, California, 91010, United States

Location

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

Location

Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center (DF/BWCC) at Milford Regional Medical Center

Milford, Massachusetts, 01757, United States

Location

Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center (DF/BWCC) in Clinical Affiliation with South Shore Hospital

South Weymouth, Massachusetts, 02190, United States

Location

Novant Health Oncology Specialists

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27103, United States

Location

Related Publications (2)

  • Mayerhofer C, Sedrak MS, Hopkins JO, Li T, Tayob N, Faggen MG, Sinclair NF, Chen WY, Parsons HA, Mayer EL, Lange PB, Basta AS, Perilla-Glen A, Lederman RI, Wong AR, Tiwari A, McAllister SS, Mittendorf EA, Gibson CJ, Burstein HJ, Kim AS, Freedman RA, Miller PG. Clonal hematopoiesis in older patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023 Aug 8;115(8):981-988. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djad065.

  • Freedman RA, Li T, Sedrak MS, Hopkins JO, Tayob N, Faggen MG, Sinclair NF, Chen WY, Parsons HA, Mayer EL, Lange PB, Basta AS, Perilla-Glen A, Lederman RI, Wong A, Tiwari A, McAllister SS, Mittendorf EA, Miller PG, Gibson CJ, Burstein HJ. 'ADVANCE' (a pilot trial) ADjuVANt chemotherapy in the elderly: Developing and evaluating lower-toxicity chemotherapy options for older patients with breast cancer. J Geriatr Oncol. 2023 Jan;14(1):101377. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2022.09.006. Epub 2022 Sep 23.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms

Interventions

PaclitaxelCyclophosphamideCarboplatin

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms by SiteNeoplasmsBreast DiseasesSkin DiseasesSkin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

TaxoidsCyclodecanesCycloparaffinsHydrocarbons, AlicyclicHydrocarbons, CyclicHydrocarbonsOrganic ChemicalsDiterpenesTerpenesPhosphoramide MustardsNitrogen Mustard CompoundsMustard CompoundsHydrocarbons, HalogenatedPhosphoramidesOrganophosphorus CompoundsCoordination Complexes

Study Officials

  • Rachel Freedman, MD, MPH

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 1
Allocation
NON RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

February 25, 2019

First Posted

February 28, 2019

Study Start

March 21, 2019

Primary Completion

November 10, 2020

Study Completion (Estimated)

June 30, 2026

Last Updated

August 11, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will share

The Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center encourages and supports the responsible and ethical sharing of data from clinical trials. De-identified participant data from the final research dataset used in the published manuscript may only be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement. Requests may be directed to: \[contact information for Sponsor Investigator or designee\]. The protocol and statistical analysis plan will be made available on Clinicaltrials.gov only as required by federal regulation or as a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research

Shared Documents
STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF
Time Frame
Data can be shared no earlier than 1 year following the date of publication
Access Criteria
BCH - Contact the Technology \& Innovation Development Office at www.childrensinnovations.org or email TIDO@childrens.harvard.edu BIDMC - Contact the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Technology Ventures Office at tvo@bidmc.harvard.edu BWH - Contact the Partners Innovations team at http://www.partners.org/innovation DFCI - Contact the Belfer Office for Dana-Farber Innovations (BODFI) at innovation@dfci.harvard.edu MGH - Contact the Partners Innovations team at http://www.partners.org/innovation

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