Drug Resistance Inhibition in Treating Women With Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer

Exclusion Criteria

• •PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Sex: Women only Menopausal status: Not specified Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Hematopoietic: Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL AST less than 2.5 times upper limit of normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than twice upper limit of normal Other: No allergy to cyclosporine or to drugs formulated with Cremophor (e.g., some anesthetics and muscle relaxants) No active unresolved infection More than 7 days since parenteral antibiotics No second malignancy within 5 years except: In situ cervical cancer Nonmelanomatous skin cancer No pregnant or nursing women Adequate contraception required of fertile women
• •PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: Prior anthracyclines or medical contraindication to anthracycline therapy required No prior paclitaxel or taxotere No more than 1 prior regimen for metastatic or recurrent disease Adjuvant chemotherapy within 6 months of diagnosis of metastatic disease considered therapy for advanced disease At least 3 weeks since chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: At least 3 weeks since hormonal therapy for metastases Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified Other: No concurrent treatment with any of the following agents proven to affect blood levels of cyclosporine: Diltiazem Nicardipine Verapamil Fluconazole Itraconazole Ketoconazole Clarithromycin Erythromycin Methylprednisolone Prednisolone Allopurinol Bromocriptine Danazol Metoclopramide Nafcillin Rifampin Carbamazepine Phenobarbital Phenytoin Octreotide Ticlopidine