Clinical trial · Interventional
Epothilone (Ixabepilone) Plus Capecitabine Versus Capecitabine Alone in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer
A Phase III Study of Novel Epothilone (Ixabepilone) Plus Capecitabine Versus Capecitabine Alone in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer Previously Treated With an Anthracycline and a Taxane
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this clinical research study is to learn if BMS-247550 added to the approved therapy of capecitabine (Xeloda) provides measurable clinical benefits over capecitabine alone in women with metastatic breast cancer. Patients should have previously received an anthracycline and a taxane. The safety of this treatment will also be studied.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capecitabine | Drug | Capecitabine | ALIAS |
| Ixabepilone + Capecitabine | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- A
- interventionNames
- Drug: Ixabepilone + Capecitabine
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- B
- interventionNames
- Drug: Capecitabine
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Overall Survival (OS)
- timeFrame
- from date of randomization until death
- description
- Overall survival was defined as the time in months from randomization until the date of death. For those patients who had not died, survival duration was censored at the last date the patient was known to be alive. Median OS with 95% CI estimated using the Kaplan-Meier Product Limit Method.
Secondary outcomes (6)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
* Patients must have received prior treatment which included both an anthracycline (i.e., doxorubicin or epirubicin) and a taxane (i.e., paclitaxel or docetaxel). * Patients must have received no more than two prior chemotherapy regimens. Patients who have not received treatment for metastatic disease must have relapsed within one year. * Patients may not have any history of brain and/or leptomeningeal metastases. * Patients may not have Grade 2 or worse neuropathy at the time of study entry. * Patients may not have had prior treatment with any epothilones and/or capecitabine (i.e. Xeloda)
References
Publications (4)
- DERIVEDWedam SB, Beaver JA, Amiri-Kordestani L, Bloomquist E, Tang S, Goldberg KB, Sridhara R, Ibrahim A, Kim G, Kluetz P, McKee A, Pazdur R. US Food and Drug Administration Pooled Analysis to Assess the Impact of Bone-Only Metastatic Breast Cancer on Clinical Trial Outcomes and Radiographic Assessments. J Clin Oncol. 2018 Apr 20;36(12):1225-1231. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.74.6917. Epub 2018 Mar 9. PMID 29522361
- DERIVEDVahdat LT, Vrdoljak E, Gomez H, Li RK, Bosserman L, Sparano JA, Baselga J, Mukhopadhyay P, Valero V. Efficacy and safety of ixabepilone plus capecitabine in elderly patients with anthracycline- and taxane-pretreated metastatic breast cancer. J Geriatr Oncol. 2013 Oct;4(4):346-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2013.07.006. Epub 2013 Aug 23. PMID 24472478
- DERIVEDJassem J, Fein L, Karwal M, Campone M, Peck R, Poulart V, Vahdat L. Ixabepilone plus capecitabine in advanced breast cancer patients with early relapse after adjuvant anthracyclines and taxanes: a pooled subset analysis of two phase III studies. Breast. 2012 Feb;21(1):89-94. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2011.09.003. Epub 2011 Sep 21. PMID 21937232
- DERIVEDRoche H, Conte P, Perez EA, Sparano JA, Xu B, Jassem J, Peck R, Kelleher T, Hortobagyi GN. Ixabepilone plus capecitabine in metastatic breast cancer patients with reduced performance status previously treated with anthracyclines and taxanes: a pooled analysis by performance status of efficacy and safety data from 2 phase III studies. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2011 Feb;125(3):755-65. doi: 10.1007/s10549-010-1251-y. Epub 2010 Dec 3. PMID 21128114