Project description:This phase I/II neoadjuvant trial determined maximally-tolerated doses (MTD), dose-limiting toxicities (DLT), response-to-therapy, and explored the role of new response biomarkers. The combination regimens were delivered with acceptable toxicity, good clinical response, inducing changes in tumor RNA content and integrity. Pre-treatment gene expressions impacted clinical response, including several near 17q12, which with ERBB2, may better identify chemoresponsiveness. The NCIC Clinical Trials Group MA.22 phase I/II clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00066443) sought to determine the optimal dosing regimens for docetaxel/epirubicin combination chemotherapy in women with locally advanced (over 95% of patients) or inflammatory breast cancer. The protocol was approved by Health Canada and local Ethics Review Boards, and patients provided written, informed consent. Various doses of epirubicin and docetaxel were administered to patients in either a standard q3 weekly (Schedule A) or dose dense q2 weekly (Schedule B) regimen. Doses for Schedule A were 75 mg/m2 IV of docetaxel and 75, 90, 105, or 120 mg/m2 IV of epirubicin (with 6 mg of pegfilgrastim per cycle on day 2 to prevent neutropenia). Doses for both docetaxel and epirubicin in Schedule B were 50, 60, and 70 mg/m2 IV (with identical pegfilgrastim support). For each schedule, phase I was dose finding for phase II. Patients were allocated to the various phases and dosing regimens of the trial without randomization. None of the patients received trastuzumab in the initial years of the study and HER2+ patients were not enrolled on study, once trastuzumab funding became available. Six tumor biopsy cores were obtained pre-, mid-, and post-treatment: 3 cores for pathologic assessment; 3 cores for microarray studies. Total RNA was isolated from these cores and RNA integrity was assessed using Agilent Bioanalyzer. One of the RNA samples with the best quality was used for microarray study. One colour microarray of Agilent whole human genome nucleotide arrays was conducted with one array per patient. The current data set represents pre-treatment set. MA.22 clinical trial accrued T3N0, any N2 or N3, and T4 breast cancer patients (according to the classification described at; http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2007112-overview). However, since the current study does not focus on the tumor grade/stage, the information was not provided in the current records.
Project description:EORTC 10994 phase III breast cancer clinical trial comparing FEC (5-fluorouracil, cyclophosphamide, epirubicin) with ET (epirubicin, docetaxel). 161 needle biopsies of locally advanced or large operable breast tumours were hybridised to Affymetrix X3P chips. The array data from the ER negative tumours (28/65 pathological CR in the FEC arm, 27/59 pathological CR in the ET arm) were used to validate the cell line-based chemotherapy response predictors developed by the Potti/Nevins group at Duke University (doi:10.1038/nm1491). Experiment Overall Design: We analyzed 161 arrays of breast carcinoma.
Project description:EORTC 10994 phase III breast cancer clinical trial comparing FEC (5-fluorouracil, cyclophosphamide, epirubicin) with ET (epirubicin, docetaxel). 161 needle biopsies of locally advanced or large operable breast tumours were hybridised to Affymetrix X3P chips. The array data from the ER negative tumours (28/65 pathological CR in the FEC arm, 27/59 pathological CR in the ET arm) were used to validate the cell line-based chemotherapy response predictors developed by the Potti/Nevins group at Duke University (doi:10.1038/nm1491). Keywords: Tumour profiling
Project description:This is Phase II Trial of 4courses of 5-fluorouracil, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide follwed by 4 additional courses of weekly docetaxel and capecitabine administered as Preoperative Therapy for Patients with Locally Advanced Breast Cancer, Stages II and III by US oncology (PROTOCOL 02-103) We performed gene set analysis (GSA) using functionally annotated gene sets corresponding to almost all known biological processes in ER-positive/HER2negative and ER-negative/HER2-negative breast cancer, respectively.
Project description:The goal of the study was to identify a gene expression signature capable of predicting a pathological complete response following neoadjuvant anthracycline-based chemotherapy of breast cancer. The samples were taken from the FEC arm (5-fluorouracil, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide) of the EORTC 10994 trial. EORTC 10994 is a phase III clinical trial comparing FEC with ET (epirubicin, docetaxel) in patients with large operable, locally advanced or inflammatory breast cancer (www.eortc.be). Frozen biopsies were taken at randomisation. RNA was extracted from 100um thickness of 14G core needle biopsies. Adjacent sections were tested by H&E to confirm >20% tumour cell content. 200 ng total RNA per chip was amplified using the Affymetrix small sample protocol (IVT then Enzo). 102 tumours were tested on Affymetrix X3P chips. Single biopsies were tested per tumour. The CEL files were quantile normalised using rma. The clinical response measure was pathological complete response (pCR, disappearance of the tumour after chemotherapy with at most scattered invasive cells detected by histology). 102 tumors
Project description:This is Phase II Trial of 4courses of 5-fluorouracil, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide follwed by 4 additional courses of weekly docetaxel and capecitabine administered as Preoperative Therapy for Patients with Locally Advanced Breast Cancer, Stages II and III by US oncology (PROTOCOL 02-103) We performed gene set analysis (GSA) using functionally annotated gene sets corresponding to almost all known biological processes in ER-positive/HER2negative and ER-negative/HER2-negative breast cancer, respectively. Pre-treatment FNA from primary tumors were obtained and RNA extracted and hybridized to afymetrix microarrays according to manufacturer protocol.
Project description:The goal of the study was to identify a gene expression signature capable of predicting a pathological complete response following neoadjuvant anthracycline-based chemotherapy of breast cancer. The samples were taken from the FEC arm (5-fluorouracil, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide) of the EORTC 10994 trial. EORTC 10994 is a phase III clinical trial comparing FEC with ET (epirubicin, docetaxel) in patients with large operable, locally advanced or inflammatory breast cancer (www.eortc.be). Frozen biopsies were taken at randomisation. RNA was extracted from 100um thickness of 14G core needle biopsies. Adjacent sections were tested by H&E to confirm >20% tumour cell content. 200 ng total RNA per chip was amplified using the Affymetrix small sample protocol (IVT then Enzo). 102 tumours were tested on Affymetrix X3P chips. Single biopsies were tested per tumour. The CEL files were quantile normalised using rma. The clinical response measure was pathological complete response (pCR, disappearance of the tumour after chemotherapy with at most scattered invasive cells detected by histology).
Project description:The FinHER trial is a multicentre phase 3 randomised adjuvant breast cancer trial that enrolled 1010 patients. The women were randomly assigned to receive three cycles of docetaxel or vinorelbine, followed by three cycles of fluorouracil, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide.
Project description:Prospective, non-comparative Phase II multicenter trial (EXPRESSION EudraCT: 2008-006381-29) where the patients received three 3-week cycles of docetaxel (100 mg/m2) followed by three 3-week cycles of 5-fluorouracil (500 mg/m2), epirubicin (100 mg/m2), and cyclophosphamide (500 mg/m2) (FEC). The primary end point was the identification of a gene expression signature predictive of pathological complete response (pCR). In this trial, pCR was defined as absence of invasive or non-invasive cancer in the breast. External validation of the predictive performance was performed using publicly available data.
Project description:Proteome characterization of the neoadjuvant clinical trial PROMIX.
https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00957125
Patients received six rounds of chemotherapy with epirubicin and docetaxel, and if PR or PD after the second course, bevacizumab.