Chemo Drug Sensitivity Microculture (MiCK) Assay for Apoptosis


http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00243685

Chemo Drug Sensitivity Microculture (MiCK)
Assay for Apoptosis

This study is currently
recruiting patients.


Verified by DiaTech
Oncology
October 2005

Sponsored by: DiaTech Oncology
Information provided by: DiaTech Oncology
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00243685

Purpose

DiaTech
is a private company performing patient specific cancer
chemosensitivity testing for patients and physicians. DiaTech Oncology
is doing this clinical study to see if an experimental new technology
called the Microculture Kinetic (MiCK) assay will predict treatment
outcome and can help to direct chemotherapy of cancer subjects. This
study is focused on subjects diagnosed with breast, ovarian, lung, and
colon malignancies and low-grade lymphomas. Study Objectives:

2.1 To evaluate the ability of the MiCK assay to predict the outcome
of chemotherapy of cancer patients.

2.2 To evaluate the ability of the MiCK assay to guide chemotherapy
of cancer patients.

Condition Intervention Phase
3.1.1 Patients With Pathological
Diagnoses of Breast, Lung, and Ovarian Adenocarcinomas and Soft Tissue
Sarcoma.
 Drug: Chemotherapeutic Agent Phase
II

Phase
III

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Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Non-Randomized, Single Blind,
Historical Control, Single Group Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study

Official Title: Application of the Microculture
Kinetic (MiCK) Assay for Apoptosis to Drug Testing Sensitivity of Solid
Tumors

Further Study Details: 
Primary Outcomes: Study Objectives:; 2.1 To
evaluate the ability of the MiCK assay to predict the outcome of
chemotherapy of cancer patients.; 2.2 To evaluate the ability of the
MiCK assay to guide chemotherapy of cancer patients.
Expected Total Enrollment:  150

Study start: September 2005;  Expected
completion: October 2006
Last follow-up: September 2005;  Data entry closure: October 2006

Application of the Microculture Kinetic (MiCK) Assay for Apoptosis
to Testing Drug Sensitivity of Solid Tumors DiaTech Oncology, LLC

  1. 0
    Background and Rationale: Despite the use of aggressive treatment
    protocols, less than 10% of cancer patients with an advanced disease
    respond to the therapy. There is a variety of different cancer drug
    regimens, all of which have approximately the same probability of
    clinical effectiveness. Identification of those patients who will or
    will not respond to a specific chemotherapy is important for making
    decisions regarding chemotherapy regimens as well as alternative
    management approaches. A laboratory test that could help to determine
    the sensitivity of an individual patient’s tumor cells to specific
    chemotherapeutic agents would be valuable in choosing the optimal
    chemotherapy regimen for that patient with an expectation of increasing
    the response rate to the therapy. Several types of in vitro assays that
    measure tumor cell survival following exposure to cytotoxic agents have
    been evaluated for their ability to predict chemotherapy outcomes. As a
    group, these assays are referred to as drug resistance assays. In a
    resistance assay, the surviving tumor cells can be detected directly by
    their exclusion or metabolism of specific dyes. Alternatively, since
    some of tumor cells are proliferating, their survival can be detected
    by measurement of DNA synthesis by radiolabeled precursor incorporation
    or demonstration of clonogenic potential by growth into colonies in
    semi-solid culture medium. In several clinical studies, these assays
    were useful in detecting drug resistance and in predicting a poor
    prognosis for cancer patients. However, these resistance assays cannot
    detect sensitivity of an individual patient’s tumor cells to a specific
    drug. Therefore, new methods determining drug-sensitivity of the tumor
    cells of an individual patient and, thus, capable of both predicting a
    positive treatment outcome and guiding chemotherapy, would be of
    significant value.

    Recently, Dr. Kravtsov has developed an
    automated microculture kinetic (MiCK) assay for measuring drug induced
    apoptosis in tumor cells1-4. Apoptosis is a distinct mode of cell death
    which occurs under physiological conditions and yet can be induced in
    malignant cells by chemical and physical factors including antitumor
    drugs5-7. During the last decade, it has been recognized that
    chemotherapeutic agents exert their antitumor activity by triggering
    apoptosis in susceptible tumor cells8-17. This implies that the MiCK
    assay for apoptosis provides a mechanism-based approach to studying
    effects of cytotoxic agents on tumor cells. Unlike “resistance” assays
    that measure a fraction of cells surviving drug exposure, the MiCK
    assay measures a fraction of tumor cells killed by a chemotherapeutic
    agent via mechanism of apoptosis. Therefore the MiCK assay determines
    drug sensitivity, rather than resistance. Recently the MiCK assay has
    been shown to predict complete remission rate and survival in acute
    myeloid leukemia patients better than clinical criteria did18-20. In a
    limited study, the MiCK assay has been used to direct chemotherapy of
    the leukemia patients 21.

    The MiCK assay has also been used to study
    drug-induced apoptosis in solid tumors, including neuroblastoma and
    colon adenocarcinoma cell lines22-23. More recent data accumulated by
    DiaTech has demonstrated that the MiCK assay can detect drug induced
    apoptosis in primary cultures of tumor cells isolated from patients
    with ovarian carcinoma, gastric carcinoma, metastatic breast cancer and
    high grade soft tissue sarcoma. Based on these data, we suggest that
    the MiCK assay may be used to detect drug sensitivity profiles of
    individual patients with various types of solid tumors. This, in turn,
    may provide a way to tailor chemotherapy to an individual patient’s
    drug sensitivity profile, and, thus, improve treatment outcomes,
    decrease adverse effects of the chemotherapy, increase the quality of
    patient’s life, and reduce the treatment cost.

    2.0 Study Objectives: 2.1 To evaluate the ability of the MiCK
    assay to predict the outcome of chemotherapy of cancer patients.

    2.2 To evaluate the ability of the MiCK assay to guide
    chemotherapy of cancer patients.

    3.0 Patient Population:

    3.1 Inclusion criteria: 3.1.1 Patients with pathological
    diagnoses of breast, lung, and ovarian adenocarcinomas and soft tissue
    sarcoma.

    3.1.2 Patients with de novo malignancies and no previous
    chemotherapy 3.1.3 Patients with advanced refractory malignancies who
    received no more than 2 standard chemotherapy treatment protocols.

    3.1.4 Patients of any age group. 3.1.5 Patients must have tumor
    which is accessible and agree to undergo biopsies, or drainage of
    effusions.

    3.1.6
    Patients for whom chemotherapy is a treatment option. 3.2 Explanations:
    We anticipate that newly diagnosed patients will be mostly used to
    evaluate the ability of the MiCK assay to predict the outcome of the
    chemotherapy (Objective #2.1) and to establish criteria correlating
    numerical response in the MiCK assay with probability of the clinically
    established complete remission. The patients with refractory
    malignancies will be mostly used to evaluate the ability of the MiCK
    assay to guide cancer chemotherapy (Objective #2.2). Patients will be
    seen and managed as outpatients or inpatients, depending on a clinical
    standard of the institution.

    3.3 Exclusion criteria: 3.3.1 Patients with
    symptomatic/uncontrolled parenchymal brain metastasis and not
    accessible tumors.

    3.3.2
    Patients with meningeal metastasis. 3.3.3 Patients for whom
    chemotherapy clinically is not indicated. 3.3.4 Pregnancy. During the
    course of the study, all patients of childbearing potential should be
    instructed to contact the treating physician if they suspect they might
    have conceived a child; for females, a missing or late menstrual period
    should be reported to the treating physician. If pregnancy is confirmed
    by a pregnancy test, the patient must not receive study medication and
    must not be enrolled into the study or, if already enrolled, must be
    withdrawn from the study. If a male patient is suspected of having
    fathered a child while on the study drugs, the pregnant female partner
    must be notified and counseled regarding the risk to the fetus.
    Pregnancy during the course of this study will be reported to the
    Principal Investigator as a serious adverse event. Women of child
    bearing potential are defined to include any female who has experienced
    menarche and has not undergone successful surgical sterilization
    (hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or bilateral oophorectomy) or
    is not post-menopausal (defined as amenorrhea for more than 12
    consecutive months); these includes also females using oral, implanted,
    or injectable contraceptive hormones, mechanical devices, or barrier
    methods to prevent pregnancy.

    4.0 Treatment Plan: 4.1 For the patients
    involved under the Study Objective (2.1), treatment protocol for an
    individual will not be influenced by the results of the MiCK assay for
    that patient. Oncologists will be blinded of the results of the MiCK
    assay and the patients will be treated according to a standard
    treatment protocol. When available, actual clinical response to the
    treatment will be compared with that predicted by the MiCK assay.

    4.2 For the patients involved under the
    Study Objective (2.2), treatment protocol for an individual patient
    will be designed based on the results of the MiCK assay for that
    patient. The drug with the best activity in the assay will be used to
    treat the individual patients. If more than one drug is equally active,
    the patient will receive the active drug in a class he/she has not
    received before. If no drug is found to have activity (insensitivity in
    the assay), the patients will be treated on an empiric basis with a
    class of drug he/she never received in the past.

    5.0 Definition of Clinical Response 5.1 All patients will be
    evaluated for clinical response to chemotherapy as per standard
    protocol established for a specific malignancy.

    5.1.1 Complete Remission is defined as total disappearance of
    clinically and radio logically detectable disease for at least four
    weeks.

    5.1.2
    Partial Response is defined as at least 50% reduction of all measurable
    tumor lesions as measured by the sum of products of the perpendicular
    diameters of the greatest dimensions of measurable lesions, with no new
    lesions appearing for at least four weeks.

    5.1.3 Stable Disease is defined as a reduction by less than 50%
    or increase by less than 25% in the size of the tumor lesions, with no
    new lesions appearing.

    5.1.4 Progressive Disease is defined as appearance of any new
    tumor lesions or increase of 25% or more in the sum of products of the
    perpendicular diameters of the greatest dimensions of measurable
    existing lesions.

    6.0
    Definition of the drug response in the MiCK assay. 6.1 In the MiCK
    assay, the extent of drug-induced apoptosis is measured in Kinetic
    Units (KU) on a scale from 0 to 16 (Blood, 1998). Apoptotic responses
    in KU will be calculated for each dose of a tested drug or drug
    combination. The maximal numerical response induced by a drug will be
    considered the “best apoptotic response” to the drug.

    6.1.1 Under the Study Objective (2.1), the
    “best apoptotic response” to the drug will be compared to the clinical
    response to the drug to establish a numerical value of the in vitro
    response discriminating drug-sensitive and drug-insensitive tumors
    (establishing a numerical cut-off of sensitivity). From our experience
    with establishing cut-off values of drug sensitivity for acute
    leukemia, 25-30 patients should provide a sufficient statistical power
    for getting a significant discriminator. These 25-30 patients will be
    fed from both patients participating under Study Objective (2.1) and
    Study Objective (2.2). After the numerical cut-off for sensitivity is
    established, it will be applied to a cohort of patients who received
    treatment with the drug to compare responses predicted in the MiCK
    assay to the actual clinical responses. This second part of the study
    will have two legs: (a) “prospective” (using 30-35 patients entering
    the study after establishing the discriminator, and (b) “retrospective”
    (using an available database of the patients who received treatment in
    the past and who’s clinical response to the chemotherapy is known).

    6.1.2 For the patients participating under
    the Study Objective (2.2), a drug inducing the highest “best apoptotic
    response” will be considered the best active drug and will be
    recommended for including in the treatment protocol. Only drugs with
    the numerical value of the “best apoptotic response” exceeding a
    certain threshold should be expected to induce a complete remission. In
    the beginning of the study, such a threshold will be judged based on
    the results of the previous leukemia study19-22. As first 25-30
    patients enter the study, the thresholds will be established for solid
    tumor patients as described in (6.1.1) and used thereafter. Considering
    that these 25-30 patients will be fed from both patients participating
    under Study Objective (2.1) and Study Objective (2.2), we expect to
    have first statistical correlations available no later than 3-4 months
    after the study begins.

    6.1.3 Drug selection for testing against
    tumor cells will be based on the previous chemotherapy history of an
    individual patient with consideration of the future treatment plans.
    The drugs will be selected from a compendium of agents recommended for
    the treatment of the patient’s malignancy.

    7.0 Statistics 7.1 We estimate that
    sufficient statistical power will be obtained with approximately 50-60
    patients with successful MiCK assays. A successful MiCK assay is
    defined as an assay for which a sufficient number of viable tumor cells
    could be isolated from the submitted pathologic material. For
    correlations between the patient’s sensitivity profiling in the MiCK
    assay and clinical responses, the patients will be evaluated as the
    whole group as well as stratified based on the type of malignancy. The
    latter will depend on the number of patients with specific tumor types
    available for the study.

    7.2 In order to discriminate between the
    drug-sensitive and drug insensitive tumor cell populations, the best
    responses to each agent will be compared in a receiver operator
    characteristic (ROC) analysis as well as logistic regression analysis
    with attainment of CR (CR vs No CR). Based on the best combination of
    statistical sensitivity, specificity, and p value, thresholds
    demarcating drug sensitivity and insensitivity will be established. The
    Fisher’s exact test, chi-square test and analysis of variance method
    will be employed to test the correlation between the clinical response
    results and other clinical variables. For lifetime data analyses,
    Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival will be used. Other statistical
    techniques may also be implied if found useful.

    8.0 Specimen collection, purification of tumor cells and
    sensitivity testing 8.1 Specimen collection must be performed as per
    related DiaTech Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

    8.1.1
    Collection of a Solid Tumor Biopsy Specimen is performed under sterile
    conditions, using excision biopsy technique, to obtain at least 2 cm3
    of viable tumor tissue. The more viable tumor tissue is submitted for
    the study, the more chemotherapeutic agents can be tested against the
    tumor cells. Effusion specimen (peritoneal fluid, pleural fluid and
    effusions from other anatomical sites) should be collected in a
    commercial sterile container/bag with added Sodium Heparin (10 U/ml) to
    prevent clotting. The sample size should not be less than 500 ml. The
    specimen should not be fixed, or frozen.

    8.1.2 Transportation: seal the transport
    tube/container/bag tightly. Label specimen with institution, patient
    name, date and time of collection, and anatomical site of collection.
    Place the transport tube/container/bag on ice pack (blue ice). Ice pack
    must be frozen before placing it to the container. Fill out the Study
    Requisition form and include with the transportation container.

    8.1.3 Place the 50 mL tubes or a container
    inside the zip-lock bag and seal. Place specimen and Cold Pak (blue
    ice) in a transport box. Place completed patient information forms and
    specimen transport box into FedEx plastic “Diagnostic Specimen
    Envelope” and seal. Complete and affix the FedEx Airbill to the outside
    of the Diagnostic Specimen Envelope. Be sure that the airbill is marked
    “FedEx Priority Overnight” delivery. Put $5 value on the FedEx Airbill.
    Indicate “Human tissue for diagnostic studies” in the appropriate
    section of the FedEx Airbill. Call DiaTech Oncology at (514)-398-5174
    (Steve Moisan, lab manager) or (514)-398-5154 (general lab) with the
    Fed Ex Tracking Number. DiaTech must receive the specimen within 24
    hours of collection. Specimens sent on Friday must be marked for
    Saturday delivery.

    8.2 Tumor cell purification and their chemosensitivity testing
    will be performed as per related DiaTech SOPs.

    8.2.1
    Tissue biopsy and effusion specimens will be treated to obtain a
    suspension containing single tumor cells and/or small cell aggregates
    composed of 2-20 tumor cells. Using gradient centrifugation, red blood
    cell lysing, cell strainers, magnetic beads and other appropriate
    techniques, the tumor cell suspension will be enriched to at least 80%
    purity and no less than 90% viability. Immunocytochemical stains or,
    when applicable, flow cytometry will be used to confirm the presence of
    specific tumor markers on purified cells After purification, selected
    chemotherapeutic agents will be tested against purified tumor cells in
    the MiCK assay.

    8.2.2 The purified tumor cells will be
    suspended in culture medium and plated in 96-well microtiter plates.
    Multiple concentrations of chemotherapeutic agents will be achieved by
    adding each respective agent to wells in 5 μL aliquots The ranges of
    final drug concentrations will be based on reports of pharmacokinetic
    studies of the drugs and their active metabolites in patients. Data
    processing and quantification of drug-induced apoptosis will be
    performed by a proprietary ProApoTestTM software. The extent of
    apoptosis will be determined and expressed as kinetic units (KU) of
    apoptosis.

    9.0 Efficacy measurement 9.1 For patients
    participating under Study Objective (2.1), the goal of the study is to
    establish a statistically significant discriminator of sensitivity
    which would correlate with the rate of CR. Such discriminator should be
    applicable to patient’s populations participating under Study
    Objectives (2.1) and (2.2).

    9.2 For patients participating under Study
    Objective (2.2), we would expect no greater than a 10% response rate in
    refractory solid tumor patients to any standard chemotherapy. A
    response rate to the MiCK assay-guided therapy of less than 10% would
    be of no further interest. A response rate of 10-30% will suggest the
    MICK assay needs further study. A response rate greater than 30% would
    justify usefulness of the MiCK assay in guiding chemotherapy of
    patients with refractory solid tumors.

    10.0 Specimen’s left over 10.1 If a
    specimen contains more tumor cells than needed for testing their
    sensitivity to the drugs specified by the patient’s oncologist, an
    excess of the tumor cells may be considered for use for other research
    studies conducted by DiaTech Oncology. Patients will be asked for their
    permission to use specimen’s left over for research purposes by signing
    the following release included in the requisition form: “You are
    participating in the Research Program which may result in improvements
    of the treatment outcome for cancer patients. There is no direct
    benefit for you at present time. Your physician is submitting to
    DiaTech a specimen containing your tumor cells. At DiaTech, we purify
    the tumor cells, count them, check their viability, and store them in
    the DiaTech Tissue Bank. All these procedures are performed at no cost
    to you or your family. Your cells may be used for the chemosensitivity
    testing for research purposes or in other studies. Results of the
    research may be published, or used commercially in the area of new
    anti-cancer drug or treatment protocol development. To assure your
    privacy, should the results of the studies be published, you will be
    referred to only by number. Your signature below indicates that you
    agree to these terms”.

    If a patient refuses to sign the above
    release, the specimen’s left over will be decontaminated using 10%
    formaldehyde for 24h and discarded as per related SOP. If a patient
    grants his/her permission for use on the specimen’s left over in a
    future research, an excess of the tumor cells will be frozen and stored
    in liquid nitrogen indefinitely.

    10.2 Specimen’s left over may be used to
    study anti-tumor effects of chemotherapeutic drugs or drug
    combinations, to study mechanisms of drug resistance, to correlate
    phenotypic features of the tumor cells with their drug sensitivity
    profile.

    11.0 Plan of communication between Principal Investigator and
    co-Principal Investigator.

    To
    insure proper communication between Vladimir Kravtsov, MD, the Study
    Principal Investigator, and participating co-Principal Investigator the
    following communication means will be used: FedEx delivery of the
    printed materials, Phone & Fax, E-mail, Video-conferencing

    11.1 At the time of submission of the
    patient’s specimen for the study, relevant clinical information will be
    submitted to DiaTech in the form of a study requisition form prepared
    by the participating co-PI (or designated staff nurse) using FedEx
    courier service.

    11.2 Upon receiving the specimen and requisition form and after
    purification of tumor cells from the specimen, Dr. Kravtsov will place
    a telephone call to the referring oncologist (co-PI) to discuss the
    case.

    11.3
    Upon completion of the patient’s tumor drug sensitivity testing,
    results will be scored and introduced to the study data base. Dr.
    Kravtsov will issue a study report and it will be faxed to the
    referring oncologist no later than 96h after receiving the specimen.
    After faxing the report, Dr. Kravtsov will call the referring
    oncologist to discuss the results.

    11.4 After each 2 cycles of therapy, the
    patient’s treatment response will be evaluated by the referring
    oncologists (co-PI). A study Response Evaluation Form (see attached)
    will be filled out and faxed to DiaTech to be included in the study
    data base.

    11.5 After data from first ten consecutive patients are
    collected, a telephone or video conference will be scheduled between
    Dr. Kravtsov and the co-PI to summarize to discuss the preliminary
    results.

    11.6
    After data from first 30 consecutive patients are collected, an interim
    statistical analysis will be performed and Dr. Kravtsov will visit the
    participating hospital to present and discuss the results with the
    co-Principal investigator.

    11.7 At the end of the first year, statistical analysis of the
    accumulated data will be performed and all participating co-PIs will be
    invited to a conference (place to be determined) to discuss the
    results.

    11.8 DiaTech Study coordinator (Mr. Garry Latimer) will contact
    each site co-PI or a designated nurse monthly to assure proper supply
    of transportation containers and to address administrative issues.

    11.9 All communication between the study coordinator and the
    participating oncology practice will be documented, reported to the
    Principal Investigator, and discussed with the co-Principal
    Investigator.

    APPENDIX A

    TREATMENT PLAN ALGORITHM FOR STUDY OBJECTIVE 2.1

    Study Objective 2.1: To evaluate the ability of the MiCK assay
    to predict the outcome of chemotherapy of patients with solid tumors
    for first- and second-line treatments.

    Chemotherapeutic agent(s) to be included in the treatment
    protocol are selected by a medical oncologist based on published
    standards and treatment guidelines.

    Chemotherapy of the patient is initiated as per clinical
    treatment protocol and the oncologist discretion.

    Name(s) of the drug(s) selected for the treatment is provided to
    the DiaTech lab along with the tumor material obtained from the
    patient.

    Tumor cells purified from the patient’s specimen are tested for
    their sensitivity to the drugs selected for the patient’s treatment.

    Results of the drug sensitivity testing are scored and
    introduced to the study database.

    After each cycle of therapy, the patient is evaluated for the
    response to the treatment as per established criteria (clinical exam,
    CT, tumor markers).

    Actual treatment response to the drug is compared with the drug
    scoring in the in vitro drug sensitivity test.

    APPENDIX B

    TREATMENT PLAN ALGORITHM FOR STUDY OBJECTIVE 2.2

    Study
    objective 2.2: To evaluate the ability of the MiCK assay to guide
    chemotherapy of cancer patients in a third line, refractory treatment
    setting.

    Chemotherapeutic agents available for the treatment are
    identified by a medical oncologist based on published standards and
    treatment guidelines.

    Names of the drugs are provided to the DiaTech lab along with
    the tumor material obtained from the patient.

    Tumor
    cells purified from the patient’s specimen are tested for their
    sensitivity to the drugs selected by the patient’s oncologist.

    Results of the drug sensitivity testing are scored, introduced
    to the study database, and reported to the medical oncologist.

    The drug with the best anti-tumor activity in the assay is used
    to treat the patient.

    After each cycle of therapy, the patient is evaluated for the
    response to the treatment as per established criteria (clinical exam,
    CT, tumor markers).

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for
Study:  18 Years   –   85 Years,  Genders Eligible for Study:  Both

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:3.1 Inclusion criteria:

3.1.1 Patients with pathological diagnoses of breast, lung, and
ovarian adenocarcinomas and soft tissue sarcoma.

3.1.2 Patients with de novo malignancies and no previous
chemotherapy 3.1.3 Patients with advanced refractory malignancies who
received no more than 2 standard chemotherapy treatment protocols.

3.1.4 Patients of any age group. 3.1.5 Patients must have tumor
which is accessible and agree to undergo biopsies, or drainage of
effusions.

3.1.6 Patients for whom chemotherapy is a treatment option.

Exclusion Criteria:

3.3 Exclusion criteria: 3.3.1 Patients with symptomatic/uncontrolled
parenchymal brain metastasis and not accessible tumors.

3.3.2
Patients with meningeal metastasis. 3.3.3 Patients for whom
chemotherapy clinically is not indicated. 3.3.4 Pregnancy. During the
course of the study, all patients of childbearing potential should be
instructed to contact the treating physician if they suspect they might
have conceived a child; for females, a missing or late menstrual period
should be reported to the treating physician. If pregnancy is confirmed
by a pregnancy test, the patient must not receive study medication and
must not be enrolled into the study or, if already enrolled, must be
withdrawn from the study. If a male patient is suspected of having
fathered a child while on the study drugs, the pregnant female partner
must be notified and counseled regarding the risk to the fetus.
Pregnancy during the course of this study will be reported to the
Principal Investigator as a serious adverse event. Women of child
bearing potential are defined to include any female who has experienced
menarche and has not undergone successful surgical sterilization
(hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or bilateral oophorectomy) or
is not post-menopausal (defined as amenorrhea for more than 12
consecutive months); these includes also females using oral, implanted,
or injectable contraceptive hormones, mechanical devices, or barrier
methods to prevent pregnancy.

Location and Contact Information

Please refer to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov
identifier  NCT00243685
Tennessee
      Clarksville Regional Hematology/Oncology Group, Clarksville, 
Tennessee,  37043,  United States; Recruiting

Beverly Puckett, RN  931-553-5494 
Thomas W Butler, MD,  Principal Investigator

      Nashville Breast Center, Nashville,  Tennessee,  37203,  United
States; Recruiting

Francie Hubbard, RN CRC  615-284-8229  Ext. 118 
Pat Whitworth, MD,  Principal Investigator

Texas
      Cancer Care Centers of South Texas, San Antonio,  Texas,  78229, 
United States; Recruiting

Glenda Chambers, RN  210-595-5683 
Alexander Zweibach, MD PhD,  Principal Investigator

Study chairs or principal investigators
Vladimir D Kravtsov, MD PhD,  Principal Investigator,  Medical Director
DiaTech Oncology   
Pat Whitworth, MD,  Principal Investigator,  Director, Nashville Breast
Center, PC   
Thomas W Butler, MD,  Principal Investigator,  Clarksville Regional
Hematology/Oncology Group   
Alexander Zweibach, MD PhD,  Principal Investigator,  Cancer Care
Centers of South Texas   

More Information

Study ID Numbers:  20050113
Last Updated:  December 9, 2005
Record first received:  October 20, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:  NCT00243685
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this
record on 2005-12-30

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