Comparison of Combination Chemotherapy Regimens in Treating Older Women Who Have Undergone Surgery for Breast Cancer
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. Combining more than one drug and giving them in different ways after surgery may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known which chemotherapy regimen is more effective in treating older women with breast cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying different combination chemotherapy regimens to see how well they work in treating older women who have undergone surgery for breast cancer.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00024102
- Run by
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- People needed
- 633
- Starts
- 2001-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-08-12
Who can join
Age: 65 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Mobile Infirmary Medical Center — Mobile, Alabama, United States
- Mayo Clinic Scottsdale — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
- Arizona Cancer Center at University of Arizona Health Sciences Center — Tucson, Arizona, United States
- St. Joseph's Mercy Cancer Center — Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
- Glendale Memorial Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center — Glendale, California, United States
- Saint Rose Hospital — Hayward, California, United States
- Moores UCSD Cancer Center — La Jolla, California, United States
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital — Los Angeles, California, United States
- Leavey Cancer Center at Northridge Hospital Medical Center — Northridge, California, United States
- Highland General Hospital at St. George's University School of Medicine — Oakland, California, United States
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Summit Campus — Oakland, California, United States
- CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute — Oakland, California, United States
- Valley Care Medical Center — Pleasanton, California, United States
- Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital — Salinas, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Office -Vandever Medical Office — San Diego, California, United States
- Doctors Medical Center - San Pablo Campus — San Pablo, California, United States
- Memorial Hospital — Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
- Eastern Connecticut Hematology and Oncology Associates — Norwich, Connecticut, United States
- Kent General Hospital at Bayhealth Medical Center — Dover, Delaware, United States
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services — Newark, Delaware, United States
- Sibley Memorial Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- Halifax Medical Center - Daytona Beach — Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
- Michael & Dianne Bienes Comprehensive Cancer Center at Holy Cross Hospital — Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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