Chemotherapy in Treating Women With Breast Cancer That Can Be Surgically Removed

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known if chemotherapy given before surgery is more effective with or without docetaxel given before or after surgery for breast cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of chemotherapy using doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide with or without docetaxel in treating women who have stage II or stage III breast cancer.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00002707
Run by
NSABP Foundation Inc
People needed
2411
Starts
1995-12-01
Expected to finish
2010-02-01
Last updated by the study team
2010-02-03

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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