Status:
COMPLETED
Study of High-dose Letrozole Therapy in Postmenopausal Patients With Breast Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Collaborating Sponsors:
Chugai Pharmaceutical
Conditions:
Postmenopausal Women With Advanced Breast Cancer
Eligibility:
FEMALE
20-74 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
To investigate the safety and efficacy of letrozole monotherapy at a dose of 2.5 mg/day in postmenopausal patients with breast cancer, and to determine the blood concentrations of letrozole and hormon...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with histologically documented breast cancer.
- Patients with hormone receptor (ER and/or PgR) status of positive or unknown
- Patients who have been amenorrheic for the preceding 12 months or more.
- Patients who are 20 years or older and younger than 75 years.
- Patients with a history of postoperative adjuvant therapy or a history of endocrine therapy with tamoxifen for the treatment of progression or recurrence of the lesion. The endocrine therapy, however, should not exceed one regimen.
- Patients with progressing lesions.
- Patients with sufficient organ function to evaluate the safety
- Patients whose performance status (PS) is classified in 0~2.
- Patients who have no residual effects from previous treatments
Exclusion
- Patients with other concurrent or previous malignant disease (excluding uterine carcinoma in-situ).
- Patients with hypercalcemia and uncontrollable cardiac disease (including a history of serious cardiac disease)
- Patients who have previously received aromatase inhibitor.
- Patients who have lymphangitis-type lung metastasis or symptomatic brain metastasis.
- Other protocol-defined inclusion / exclusion criteria may apply.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2001
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
31 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00237211
Start Date
June 1 2001
End Date
October 1 2006
Last Update
November 14 2018
Active Locations (12)
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1
Novartis Investigative Site
Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan, 277-8577
2
Novartis Investigative Site
Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan, 791-0280
3
Novartis Investigative Site
kooriyama, Fukushima, Japan, 963-8501
4
Novartis Investigative Site
Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, 371-8511