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CompletedNCT02001506Neo-shorterUpdated Aug 29, 2017

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy of 6 Cycles vs 8 Cycles in Node Positve Breast Cancer

A Phase 3 interventional study of FEC3-D3 in Breast Cancer, sponsored by Asan Medical Center. Completed at 1 site in Korea, Republic of. Open to female participants aged 20 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-08-29.

Sponsored by Asan Medical Center · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
250
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
20 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Various regimens and schedule as neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens were investigated and sequential treatment of anthracyclines followed by taxanes, which has shown superior pathologic complete respone (pCR) rate (NSABP-B27 study) is widely used until now. Considering the proven efficacy and tolerable toxicity of 3 cycles of FEC followed by 3 cycles of Docetaxel (FEC3-D3) compared to FEC 6 cycles in adjuvant chemotherapy (PACS 01 trial), use of FEC3-D3 regimen in neoadjuvant setting will be feasible with acceptable efficacy and further reduce the duration of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

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To investigate feasibility of FEC3-D3 regimen in neoadjuvant setting in terms of comparable efficacy and shorter duration across all subtypes.

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Conditions studied

  • Breast Cancer

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Keywords

  • breast cancer
  • neoadjuvant
  • different number of chemotherapy cycles
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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 250 is above the median of 72 across 9,303 interventional studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Asan Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 562 studies on the registry; 71 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Performance status 0 or 1
  • Clinically stage 2 or 3 with histologically proven lymph node involvement
  • Tumor or lymph node greater than 1.5 cm

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy or lactation
  • Prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy for any malignancy
  • Documented history of cardiac disease contraindicating anthracyclines
  • Currently active infection
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
250 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    FEC3-D3

    3 cycles of FEC followed by 3 cycles of Docetaxel Fluorouracil 500 mg/m2, every 3 weeks Epirubicin 100 mg/m2, every 3 weeks Cyclophosphamide 500, every 3 weeks Docetaxel 75 mg/m2, every 3 weeks

    Drug: FEC3-D3

  • No intervention
    AC4-D4

    4 cycles of Adriamycin plus Cyclophosphamide (AC) followed by 4 cycles of Docetaxel Adriamycin 60 mg/m2, every 3 weeks Cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m2, every 3 weeks Docetaxel 75 mg/m2, every 3 weeks

Interventions

  • DrugFEC3-D3

    Fluorouracil 500 mg/m2, every 3 weeks Epirubicin 100 mg/m2, every 3 weeks Cyclophosphamide 500, every 3 weeks Docetaxel 75 mg/m2, every 3 weeks

    Also known as: 5-FU, Pharmorubicin, Cytoxan, Docetaxel

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. pathologic complete response (pCR) between two arms

    Time frame: within the first 30 days (plus or minus 3 days) after surgery

Secondary outcomes

  1. 3 year-disease free survival between two arms

    1. Correlation of pCR and Ki-67 expression at baseline and D14 tumor specimen 2. 3 year-disease free survival 3. Correlation of pCR and biomarkers such as Ki-67 expression

    Time frame: 3 year after surgery

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Study locations

1 site
  • Asan Medical Center
    Seoul, 05505, Korea, Republic of
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 29, 2017, 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
NCT02001506
Lead sponsor
Asan Medical Center
Responsible party
Sung-Bae Kim (Professor, Asan Medical Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 5, 2013
Start date
Nov 2012
Primary completion
Dec 2015
Completion
Dec 2015
Last update
Aug 29, 2017

Study contacts

Sung-Bae Kim, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Asan Medical Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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