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Docetaxel and Ifosfamide in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Alternate Title
Basic Trial Information
Trial Description
     Purpose
     Eligibility
     Treatment/Intervention
Trial Contact Information
Registry Information

Alternate Title

Phase II Study of Docetaxel and Ifosfamide as First-Line Chemotherapy in Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Basic Trial Information

PhaseTypeStatusAgeSponsorProtocol IDs
Phase IITreatmentActive21 to 75OtherGOCS-02-BR-01
NCI-V01-1670, NCT00026078

Trial Description

Purpose:

Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of docetaxel and ifosfamide in treating women who have metastatic breast cancer.

Eligibility:

Eligibility criteria include the following:

Final eligibility for a clinical trial is determined by the health professionals conducting the trial.

Treatment/Intervention:

Patients will receive an infusion of docetaxel on day 1 followed by an infusion of ifosfamide on days 1-3. Treatment may continue every 4 weeks for as long as benefit is shown. Quality of life will be assessed periodically. Patients will be evaluated every 3 months.

Important:

For more details about this trial, refer to the Health Professional version of the trial summary.

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Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

Grupo Oncologico Cooperativo del Sur

Bernardo A. Leone, MD, Protocol chair
Ph: 54-299-448-5247
Email: bleone@satlink.com

Trial Sites

Argentina
  Mar del Plata
 C.R I O.
 Ricardo Rodriguez, MD
Ph: 54-223-479-3283
 Email: ricrodri@copetel.com.ar
  Tres Arroyos
 Centro Oncologico Tres Arroyos
 Maria Ester Dominguez, MD
Ph: 0983-33450
 Email: medominquez@3net.com.ar
Buenos Aires
  Bahia Blanca
 Grupo Oncologico Cooperativo del Sur
 Juan Eduardo Perez, MD
Ph: 54-291-452-5667
 Email: jperez@criba.edu.ar
 Policlinica Privada Instituto De Medicina Nuclear
 Alberto Omar Romero, MD
Ph: 54-291-453-9848
 Email: gocsbhb@bvconline.com.ar
 Mario Raul Machiavelli, MD
Ph: 54-91-39-848
  Gonnet
 St. Joseph Medical Center
 Sergio Grasso, MD
Ph: 54-221-4845088
La Pampa
  Santa Rosa
 Sanatorio Santa Rosa S.R.L.
 Eduardo Heriberto Ortiz, MD
Ph: 54-2954-29-715
Neuquen
  Neuquen
 Unidad Oncologica Del Neuquen
 Bernardo A. Leone, MD
Ph: 54-299-448-5247
 Email: bleone@satlink.com
Mexico
Jalisco
  Guadalajara
 Centro Medico Nacional de Occidente
 Gilberto Morgan Villela, MD
Ph: 523-641-5081

Registry Information
Official Title Docetaxel (DTX) - Ifosfamide (IFX) As First Line Chemotherapy In Metastatic Breast Cancer
Trial Start Date 2001-03-15
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00026078
Date Submitted to PDQ 2001-08-10
Information Last Verified 2006-11-28

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