High-Dose Chemotherapy and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Metastatic Breast Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2003-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of high-dose chemotherapy and peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients with recurrent or refractory metastatic breast cancer.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Carboplatin; Cyclophosphamide; Lenograstim; Melphalan; Paclitaxel

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven recurrent or refractory, metastatic breast cancer Patients previously treated for metastatic disease must show response to last standard dose chemotherapy regimen within 60 days of study entry OR Patients with no evidence of disease (e.g., resected skin lesions) must show no evidence of progression or bone disease No CNS metastases No disease progression following prior platinum or paclitaxel based regimens Hormone receptor status: Not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 65 Sex: Not specified Menopausal status: Not specified Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 90,000/mm3 No prior inability to mobilize adequate peripheral blood progenitor cells for high dose therapy Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.8 mg/dL Transaminases stable and no greater than 3 times upper limit of normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Cardiovascular: LVEF within normal limits No significant cardiovascular disease No coronary artery disease No arrhythmias No congestive heart failure Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test required of fertile women Effective contraception required of fertile patients Not HIV positive No nonmalignant disease precluding protocol treatment No sensitivity to E. coli-derived drug preparations No prior participation in this study No greater than grade I neurotoxicity

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior cellular support for high dose chemotherapy Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics No more than 6 prior courses of chemotherapy for metastatic disease At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy and recovered No prior high dose chemotherapy with cellular support Endocrine therapy: No concurrent steroid therapy Concurrent hormonal therapy allowed Radiotherapy: At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered No prior extensive pelvic radiation Surgery: Not specified Other: Recovered from acute toxic effects of any prior therapy No concurrent anticoagulation therapy