Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Liposomal Doxorubicin and Gemcitabine in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Study Description

Brief Summary: RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining liposomal doxorubicin with gemcitabine in treating women who have metastatic breast cancer.

Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES: * Determine the objective response rate in women with metastatic breast cancer treated with doxorubicin HCl liposome and gemcitabine. * Determine the duration of response, time to disease progression, and duration of survival of patients treated with this regimen. * Determine the quality of life of patients treated with this regimen. * Determine the quantitative toxicity of this regimen, in terms of incidence, type, and severity, in these patients. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive doxorubicin HCl liposome IV over 1 hour on day 1 and gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who achieve a complete response (CR) receive 2 courses beyond documentation of CR. Quality of life is assessed at baseline, on day 1 of each course, and then at the end of study. Patients are followed at 4 weeks and then every 3 months for 5 years. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 75 patients will be accrued for this study.

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Eligibility

Minimum Age: 18 Years

Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT

Sex: FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers: No

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