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Radiation Therapy and Docetaxel Followed by Standard Therapy in Treating Women With Breast Cancer

A Phase 1 interventional study of cyclophosphamide and docetaxel in Breast Cancer, sponsored by Centre Antoine Lacassagne. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-23.

Sponsored by Centre Antoine Lacassagne · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
26
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Giving radiation therapy in higher doses over a shorter period of time may kill more tumor cells and have fewer side effects. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide, and fluorouracil, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) together with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of radiation therapy when given together with docetaxel followed by standard therapy in treating women with breast cancer.

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Evaluate the tolerance to concurrent neoadjuvant docetaxel and cyberknife hypofractionated radiotherapy followed by standard treatment in women with breast cancer in order to find the maximum-tolerated dose of radiotherapy.

Secondary

  • Evaluate the efficacy of the combination chemoradiotherapy.
  • Evaluate breast-conserving surgery.
  • Evaluate the quality of life.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of cyberknife hypofractionated radiotherapy.

Patients receive neoadjuvant docetaxel IV on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for up to 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Beginning during the first or second course of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, patients undergo hypofractionated radiotherapy. Patients then receive standard chemotherapy comprising epirubicin hydrochloride IV, cyclophosphamide IV, and fluorouracil IV on day 1. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for up to 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo surgery 4-8 weeks after the last course of chemotherapy, and then undergo standard radiotherapy.

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Conditions studied

  • Breast Cancer

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Keywords

  • stage IA breast cancer
  • stage IB breast cancer
  • stage II breast cancer
  • stage IIIA breast cancer
  • stage IIIB breast cancer
  • stage IIIC breast cancer
  • recurrent breast cancer
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In context

Breast Neoplasms

12,544 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 2,892 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 26 is below the median of 72 across 9,303 interventional studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Centre Antoine Lacassagne is the lead sponsor of 65 studies on the registry; 15 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer

    • Unifocal disease
    • Non-metastatic disease
    • Not a candidate for breast-conserving surgery
  • No superficial breast cancer (defined as the distance between tumor and skin ≤ 1 cm)
  • Undergone MRI of the breast to define the macroscopic tumor volume
  • Undergone scanning of the breast to mark the location for radiotherapy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • WHO performance status 0-2
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 6 months after completion of study treatment
  • No counter-indications to surgery, standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy, or insertion of an implantable venous device
  • No patient for whom clinical follow up is impossible for psychological, familial, social, or geographical reasons
  • No patients deprived of liberty or under trusteeship

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • No prior ipsilateral breast irradiation
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
26 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Cyberknife

    Drug: cyclophosphamide · Drug: docetaxel · Drug: epirubicin hydrochloride · Drug: fluorouracil · Procedure: neoadjuvant therapy · Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery · Radiation: hypofractionated radiation therapy · Radiation: image-guided radiation therapy · Radiation: radiation therapy · Radiation: stereotactic radiosurgery

Interventions

  • Drugcyclophosphamide
  • Drugdocetaxel
  • Drugepirubicin hydrochloride
  • Drugfluorouracil
  • Procedureneoadjuvant therapy
  • Proceduretherapeutic conventional surgery
  • Radiationhypofractionated radiation therapy
  • Radiationimage-guided radiation therapy
  • Radiationradiation therapy
  • Radiationstereotactic radiosurgery
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Maximum-tolerated dose of radiotherapy

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Centre Antoine Lacassagne
    Nice, 06189, France
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References and documents

Publications

  • Bondiau PY, Courdi A, Bahadoran P, Chamorey E, Queille-Roussel C, Lallement M, Birtwisle-Peyrottes I, Chapellier C, Pacquelet-Cheli S, Ferrero JM. Phase 1 clinical trial of stereotactic body radiation therapy concomitant with neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2013 Apr 1;85(5):1193-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.10.034. Epub 2013 Jan 16. PubMed 23332384 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 23, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00872625
Lead sponsor
Centre Antoine Lacassagne
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 31, 2009
Start date
Apr 2007
Primary completion
Apr 2009
Completion
Dec 2010
Last update
Apr 23, 2026

Study contacts

Pierre-Yves Bondiau, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Centre Antoine Lacassagne
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