The combination of docetaxel and gemcitabine has shown significant activity in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Several studies have activity in patients of multiple lines of therapy, including patients that have been treated with prior taxane therapy. Overall responses have ranged from 30% to 79%. The major side effects of the combination chemotherapy have been neutropenia, anemia, asthenia, neuropathy, nausea, mucositis, and neutropenic fever
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
120
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Katy, Texas, United States
Estimate the response rate of two regimens separately.
Estimate the following activities of two regimens separately:Progression-free survival;Time to progressive disease;duration of response;Overall survival, changes in performance status
Nature of toxicities experienced on each arm of the study
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