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Brief Title: Clinical Trial of Gemcitabine and Oxaliplatin in Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer
Official Title: Phase II Clinical Trial of Gemcitabine and Oxaliplatin in Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer
Study ID: NCT00159458
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to find out if the combination of gemcitabine and oxaliplatin chemotherapy will be effective in reducing or eliminating the tumor(s) in patients with recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. Gemcitabine is a chemotherapy drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of pancreatic and lung cancer; oxaliplatin is a chemotherapy drug that is approved by the FDA for the treatment of colon cancer. Neither gemcitabine nor oxaliplatin are approved for the treatment of breast cancer. However, both drugs have been shown to decrease the size of breast cancer tumors.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers: No
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Premiere Oncology, Santa Monica, California, United States
Name: Christy Russell, MD
Affiliation: LAC+USC Medical Center
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR