Conditions: Breast Cancer
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 44
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This 2 arm study will assess the efficacy and safety of intravenous Herceptin with or without a taxane for the first line treatment of metastatic breast cancer in women who have relapsed at least 12 months after a minimum of 10 months of (neo)adjuvant treatment with Herceptin for HER2-positive early breast cancer.Patients will receive either Herceptin monotherapy (loading dose of 4mg/kg iv, followed by weekly doses of 2mg/kg iv, or 8mg/kg loading dose followed by 3-weekly doses of 6mg/kg)or Herceptin + a taxane (docetaxel 100mg/m2 iv every 3 weeks, or paclitaxel 175mg/m2 iv every 3 weeks or 75mg/m2 every week). The anticipated time on study treatment is until disease progression, and the target sample size is \<100 individuals.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Participants received an initial loading dose of 4 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) trastuzumab intravenous (i.v.) on Day 1, followed by 2mg/kg i.v. weekly, or an initial loading dose of 8 mg/kg i.v. loading dose on Day 1, followed by 6 mg/kg i.v. every 3 weeks, until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal or death. arm 2: Participant received an initial loading dose of 4 mg/kg trastuzumab i.v. on Day 1, followed by 2mg/kg i.v. weekly, or an initial loading dose of 8 mg/kg i.v. loading dose, followed by 6 mg/kg i.v. every 3 weeks, until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal or death; and concomitant taxane, which is either 100 milligrams per square meter (mg/m2) docetaxel i.v. every 3 weeks, or 75 mg/m2 weekly or 175 mg/m2 every 3 weeks paclitaxel for at least 18 weeks, or more at the discretion of the investigator.

Interventions: intervention 1: Trastuzumab intervention 2: Taxane (docetaxel or paclitaxel)
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 4 mg/kg i.v. loading dose on Day 1, followed by 2 mg/kg i.v. weekly; or 8 mg/kg i.v. loading dose, followed by 6 mg/kg i.v. every 3 weeks until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal or death. intervention 2: Docetaxel 100 mg/m2 i.v. every 3 weeks, or paclitaxel administered in a dose of 75 mg/m2 i.v. weekly or 175 mg/m2 i.v. every 3 weeks for at least 18 weeks, or more at the discretion of the investigator. Choice of taxane at the discretion of the investigator. Taxane may be administered at the same time, or 24 hours after, administration of trastuzumab.

Protocol document: