Recruitment

Recruitment Status
Unknown status

Inclusion Criteria

Written Informed consent
Prior Hormonal Therapy as a Treatment of Metastatic Disease is Allowed. But Antitumoral Hormonal Therapy Must be Terminated Prior to Enrollment(up to the Date of Randomization)
Adequate Renal Function (≤ Serum Creatinine 1.5 mg/dl or CCr ≥ 50 ml/Min)
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Written Informed consent
Prior Hormonal Therapy as a Treatment of Metastatic Disease is Allowed. But Antitumoral Hormonal Therapy Must be Terminated Prior to Enrollment(up to the Date of Randomization)
Adequate Renal Function (≤ Serum Creatinine 1.5 mg/dl or CCr ≥ 50 ml/Min)
Premenopausal or Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Patients With Measurable or Non-Measurable Lesions, Who Are Candidates for Chemotherapy
Histologically Confirmed Metastatic, or Recurrent Breast Cancer
Prior Radiation Therapy Allowed as Long as < 25% of the Bone Marrow Has Been Treated,and the Patients Must Have Recovered From the Acute Toxic Effects of the Treatment Prior to Study Enrollment.Prior Radiation to the Whole Pelvis is Not Allowed. Prior Radiotherapy Must be Completed 4 Weeks Before Study Entry.
ECOG Performance Status 0-2
Life Expectancy ≥ 3 Months
Patients May Have Received Prior Neoadjuvant or Adjuvant Taxane Regimen as Long as it Has Been 12 Months Since Completion of Regimen.
Patients Either May or May Not Have a Prior Anthracycline Containing Regimen.
Age over 18 Years
Adequate Liver Function (≤ Serum Bilirubin 1.5 mg/dl, ≤ AST/ALT x 3 Upper Normal Limit)
No Prior History of Chemotherapy for Metastatic, Recurrent Breast Cancer
Adequate Bone Marrow Function (≥ ANC 1,500/ul, ≥ Platelet 100,000/ul, ≥ Hemoglobin 9.0 g/dl)

Exclusion Criteria

Serious Uncontrolled Intercurrent Infections
Pregnancy or Breast Feeding
Second Primary Malignancy(Except Cancer of Cervix or Skin or Other Malignancy Treated at Least 5 Years Previously With no Evidence of Recurrence)
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Serious Uncontrolled Intercurrent Infections
Pregnancy or Breast Feeding
Second Primary Malignancy(Except Cancer of Cervix or Skin or Other Malignancy Treated at Least 5 Years Previously With no Evidence of Recurrence)
Documented Parenchymal or Leptomeningeal Brain Metastasis
HER-2 Overexpressing Breast Cancer and Concomitant Trastuzumab Treatment is Not Allowed
Prior Treatment With Gemcitabine Will Not be Allowed.
Peripheral Neuropathy ≥ Grade 2
Serious Intercurrent Medical or Psychiatric Illness, Including Active Cardiac Disease

Summary

Conditions
  • Gemcitabine
  • Maintenance Chemotherapy
  • Stage IIIB, IV, Recurrent, and Metastatic Breast Cancer
Design
  • Observational Model: Case-Control
  • Time Perspective: Prospective

Participation Requirements

Age
Between 18 years and 70 years
Gender
Only females

Inclusion Criteria

Written Informed consent
Prior Hormonal Therapy as a Treatment of Metastatic Disease is Allowed. But Antitumoral Hormonal Therapy Must be Terminated Prior to Enrollment(up to the Date of Randomization)
Adequate Renal Function (≤ Serum Creatinine 1.5 mg/dl or CCr ≥ 50 ml/Min)
...
Written Informed consent
Prior Hormonal Therapy as a Treatment of Metastatic Disease is Allowed. But Antitumoral Hormonal Therapy Must be Terminated Prior to Enrollment(up to the Date of Randomization)
Adequate Renal Function (≤ Serum Creatinine 1.5 mg/dl or CCr ≥ 50 ml/Min)
Premenopausal or Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Patients With Measurable or Non-Measurable Lesions, Who Are Candidates for Chemotherapy
Histologically Confirmed Metastatic, or Recurrent Breast Cancer
Prior Radiation Therapy Allowed as Long as < 25% of the Bone Marrow Has Been Treated,and the Patients Must Have Recovered From the Acute Toxic Effects of the Treatment Prior to Study Enrollment.Prior Radiation to the Whole Pelvis is Not Allowed. Prior Radiotherapy Must be Completed 4 Weeks Before Study Entry.
ECOG Performance Status 0-2
Life Expectancy ≥ 3 Months
Patients May Have Received Prior Neoadjuvant or Adjuvant Taxane Regimen as Long as it Has Been 12 Months Since Completion of Regimen.
Patients Either May or May Not Have a Prior Anthracycline Containing Regimen.
Age over 18 Years
Adequate Liver Function (≤ Serum Bilirubin 1.5 mg/dl, ≤ AST/ALT x 3 Upper Normal Limit)
No Prior History of Chemotherapy for Metastatic, Recurrent Breast Cancer
Adequate Bone Marrow Function (≥ ANC 1,500/ul, ≥ Platelet 100,000/ul, ≥ Hemoglobin 9.0 g/dl)

Exclusion Criteria

Serious Uncontrolled Intercurrent Infections
Pregnancy or Breast Feeding
Second Primary Malignancy(Except Cancer of Cervix or Skin or Other Malignancy Treated at Least 5 Years Previously With no Evidence of Recurrence)
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Serious Uncontrolled Intercurrent Infections
Pregnancy or Breast Feeding
Second Primary Malignancy(Except Cancer of Cervix or Skin or Other Malignancy Treated at Least 5 Years Previously With no Evidence of Recurrence)
Documented Parenchymal or Leptomeningeal Brain Metastasis
HER-2 Overexpressing Breast Cancer and Concomitant Trastuzumab Treatment is Not Allowed
Prior Treatment With Gemcitabine Will Not be Allowed.
Peripheral Neuropathy ≥ Grade 2
Serious Intercurrent Medical or Psychiatric Illness, Including Active Cardiac Disease

Tracking Information

NCT #
NCT02188693
Collaborators
Eli Lilly and Company
Investigators
Study Director: Li Nanlin, Ph.D Air Force Military Medical University, China