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Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of Zoledronic Acid (Zometa) on Occult Malignant Bone Marrow Cells in Patients With High Risk Early Stage Breast Cancer
In Brief
A Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating Zoledronic Acid for Breast Cancer. Completed, enrolled 45 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
RATIONALE: Zoledronate may delay or prevent bone marrow metastases in patients with breast cancer. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well zoledronate works in treating bone marrow micrometastases in women with stage I, stage II, or stage III breast cancer.
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Zoledronic acid is a new, highly potent, heterocyclic nitrogen-containing third generation bisphosphonate that has demonstrated 40- to 850- fold greater potency than pamidronate in preclinical models of bone resorption. The mechanism of action of nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates such as pamidronate and zoledronic acid appears to involve inhibition of the mevalonate pathway