Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation With or Without Stromagen Following Chemotherapy in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2000-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

RATIONALE: Peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow doctors to give higher doses of chemotherapy and kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known whether Stromagen improves the success of stem cell transplantation in women with breast cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of Stromagen during stem cell transplantation following chemotherapy in treating women with metastatic breast cancer.

• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Roswell Park Cancer Institute
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Carboplatin; Cyclophosphamide; Paclitaxel; Thiotepa

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven metastatic breast cancer involving at least 1 bone site Completed induction chemotherapy No active CNS disease Hormone receptor status: Estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor negative OR Hormone refractory disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 64 Sex: Female Menopausal status: Not specified Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC greater than 1000/mm3 Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Hepatitis B surface antigen negative Hepatitis C negative No cirrhosis Renal: Creatinine less than 2.0 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance greater than 50 mL/min Cardiovascular: Cardiac ejection fraction greater than 50% by MUGA Pulmonary: DLCO greater than 50% Other: Not pregnant Fertile patients must use effective contraception No active infection No active alcohol or substance abuse within 6 months At least 1 year since clinically significant CNS disease or seizures HIV negative No other medical condition that would preclude evaluation of the patient

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: See Disease Characteristics Radiotherapy: At least 3 years since prior radiotherapy, except local adjuvant therapy Surgery: Not specified