Conditions: Breast Cancer
Keywords: Breast Cancer Early Stage High Risk Node Positive Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide Paclitaxel Sorafenib
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 45
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Sorafenib is being looked at in a number of solid tumor settings including breast cancer. This trial is designed as a pilot study to assess the safety and tolerability of a novel oral agent in combination with standard chemotherapy in the treatment of early stage node positive or otherwise high-risk breast cancer. If this should prove to be a tolerable regimen for patients, this would provide rationale for further studies in a larger randomized fashion.

Detailed description:
Primary Objectives The primary objective is to assess the safety and tolerability of doxorubicin / cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel in combination with sorafenib in patients with early stage node positive or otherwise high-risk breast cancer.

Secondary Objectives The secondary objectives are to assess activity in the form of recurrence-free-interval, distant recurrence-free interval,and overall survival in this pilot study of doxorubicin / cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel in combination with sorafenib in patients with early stage node positive or otherwise high-risk breast cancer.

Arms:
arm 1: All patients received doxorubicin 60 mg/m2 and cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m2 (AC) both administered intravenously day 1 every 3 weeks for four cycles, followed by paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 intravenously day 1 every 3 weeks for four cycles or 80 mg/m2 for twelve weeks (physician discretion), combined with sorafenib 400 mg orally twice daily. Sorafenib was held during radiation therapy where indicated and resumed once completed. Sorafenib was continued for a total of 12 months and in combination with adjuvant hormonal therapy where indicated.

Interventions: intervention 1: Doxorubicin intervention 2: Cyclophosphamide intervention 3: Paclitaxel intervention 4: Sorafenib
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: None intervention 2: None intervention 3: None intervention 4: None

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