Who is eligible for clinical trial NCT00929214?

Participants must meet protocol criteria for Breast Cancer. Confirm exact inclusion and exclusion requirements with the study coordinator.

Does clinical trial NCT00929214 provide travel or cost reimbursement?

Check with the site coordinator at the participating facility for travel and lodging stipend availability, and for which routine-care costs are covered.

🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-06-10

Aggressive Local Therapy for Limited Bone-Only Metastasis to Improve Progression-Free Survival in Breast Cancer Patients (NCT00929214)

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Phase2 💊 Investigational Drug / Biologic Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

The goal of this clinical research study is to find out if adding local therapy (surgery and/or radiation) to standard therapy (chemotherapy or endocrine therapy) in the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer can help to control the disease for a longer period of time than standard therapy alone.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (9 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (10 items).

Location: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas

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Breast cancer with metastasis to skeletal sites only
1 to 3 bone metastatic sites (metastatic lesions in the same bone that are within 3 cm of each other are considered as one site)
KPS greater than or equals to 70
Absolute neutrophil count of \> 1500 per microliter and platelet count \> 100,000 per microliter; AST and alkaline phosphatase \< = 2.5 X normal limits, bilirubin \< = 1.5 x normal limits, calculated creatinine clearance \> 50 ml/min using Cockcroft-Gault formula: CrCl male = (140-age) x (wt. in kg)/(Serum Cr x 72); CrCl female = 0.85 x (CrCl male)
Patients may or may not have started bis-phosphonates.
Patients who have received prior chemotherapy for their original breast cancer treatment are still eligible.
Previous use of systemic therapy for bone metastasis is allowable as long as the systemic therapy use fits within the treatment plan as described in Proposed Treatment/Study Plan. (If the patient received less than 3 - 9 months of systemic therapy previously, the use of additional systemic therapy may be necessary to fit within the treatment plan)
Treating physician assesses tumor to be sufficiently distant from sensitive structures to be able to achieve greater than or equal to 66 Gy. (i.e., spinal cord tolerance respected in vertebral body metastasis.
Patients with immanent risk of fracture(s) may receive local therapy prior to systemic therapy. Otherwise systemic therapy should be given first as outlined in abstract treatment study plan sections 1 and 2.

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

Exclusion Criteria:
Distant metastasis to organs (local recurrence and regional lymph node recurrence are not considered as distant metastasis) other than bone
Prior radiation to site(s) of distant metastasis of bone
History of scleroderma and systemic lupus erythematosus which increases the risk of toxicity from radiation treatment
Second primary malignancy (skin cancer other than melanoma allowed) that is disease free for less than 3 years
Premenopausal and postmenopausal (amenorrheic for less than 12 months) women with either a positive or no pregnancy test (serum or urine) at baseline within 7 days study enrollment. Postmenopausal women who are amenorrheic for more than 12 months do not require pregnancy test.
Women with child-bearing potential not using a reliable an appropriate contraceptive method.
Patients with child-bearing potential will agree to use contraception while on study and for 30 days from the date of the last therapy on protocol.
If the patient requires surgery of the bone metastasis, clinically serious comorbidities that render patient not medically fit for surgery (e.g. congestive heart failure, symptomatic coronary artery disease, cardiac arrhythmias and chronic lung disease not well controlled with medication; myocardial infarction within 12 months of enrollment)
Central nervous system disorders or psychiatric disability judged by the investigator to be clinically significant to preclude informed consent or interfere with complying with protocol treatments.

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

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