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Determine Feasibility of Quantifying Apoptosis and Bcl-2 Expression in CTCs in Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Jeffrey Smerage, M.D., University of Michigan Cancer Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00156273
First received: September 7, 2005
Last updated: June 12, 2012
Last verified: June 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

We are trying to develop better ways to detect when cancer therapies are working.


Condition
Metastatic Breast Cancer

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title: A Pilot Study to Determine the Feasibility of Quantifying Apoptosis and Bcl-2 Expression in Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in Women Undergoing Treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by University of Michigan Cancer Center:

Estimated Enrollment: 36
Study Start Date: April 2005
Estimated Study Completion Date: December 2014
Primary Completion Date: October 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Probability Sample
Study Population

women with metastatic breast cancer

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1.Females at least 18 years of age 2 Diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer 3.ECOG Score of 0-2 4.Treating oncologist has decided to initiate any new systemic therapy with emphasis on recruiting patients commencing a taxane-based regimen. Taxine-based therapy may be docetaxel or paclitaxel, and it can be given on any schedule,including weekly or every 3 weeks. Other treatment can include non-taxane chemotherapy or trastuzumab-with or without other therapy.

5.Patient is willing to return for one or more additional ~18 mL blood draw (s) at 24-48-, and /or 72 hours and ~3-4 weeks after the initiation of therapy.At a minimum, patients must donate blood at baseline, one intermediate interval (24, 48, 72 hr) and at ~3-4 weeks 6.Signed Informed Consent Form

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Exclusion Criteria:

Patient is unable and unwilling to provide a blood specimen at a minimum of one of the intermediate blood draw time points at 24, 48, or 72 hours -

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00156273

Locations
United States, Michigan
University of Michigan Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Michigan Cancer Center
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Smerage, M.D., Ph.D. University of Michigan Cancer Center
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Jeffrey Smerage, M.D., Principal Investigator, University of Michigan Cancer Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00156273     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: UMCC 2003.075, HUM 45808 Legacy 2004-0703
Study First Received: September 7, 2005
Last Updated: June 12, 2012
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 22, 2013