Octreotide, Tamoxifen, and Chemotherapy in Treating Women With Breast Cancer

NCT00002967 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2013-06-21

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Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining hormone therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to study the effectiveness of tamoxifen, octreotide, and chemotherapy in treating women who have stage I or stage II breast cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

doxorubicin hydrochloride

DRUG

octreotide pamoate

DRUG

tamoxifen citrate

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • NSABP Foundation Inc

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Richard G. Margolese, MD · Jewish General Hospital

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1997-05-31
Completion
2006-03-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Canada

Study Locations

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