Status:

COMPLETED

Breast Density, Hormone Levels, and Anticancer Drug Levels in Women With Invasive Breast Cancer Who Are Receiving Exemestane or Anastrozole

Lead Sponsor:

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCIC Clinical Trials Group

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Understanding the relationship between breast density, levels of hormones in the blood, and levels of anticancer drugs in the blood may help improve the ability to plan effective treatment ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Assess the change in percent breast density and dense area in response to aromatase inhibitor therapy from pretreatment to 1 year, 1 year to 2 years, and pretreatment to 2 year...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed invasive breast cancer
  • Completely resected disease
  • One intact, noncancerous breast with no prior breast surgery in that breast except breast biopsy
  • Mammogram available taken within 12 months prior to enrollment that includes side- and top-down views of the intact, noncancerous breast
  • Estrogen receptor- and/or progesterone receptor-positive tumor
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Female
  • Postmenopausal
  • Agrees to retrieve and digitize mammograms taken prior to registration (within 12 months prior to atudy entry) and at approximately 1 and 2 years post-registration to this study
  • Agrees to have an additional blood banking specimen drawn at the same time as pre-treatment specimens are drawn for parent protocol CAN-NCIC-MA27
  • Agrees to have blood sample taken at 12 months post-registration on this study
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • More than 6 months since prior hormone replacement therapy, oral contraceptives, tamoxifen, raloxifene, other selective estrogen-receptor modulators, or gonadotropin releasing-hormone analogues before pre-registration mammogram

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    April 1 2006

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    February 1 2012

    Estimated Enrollment :

    554 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00316836

    Start Date

    April 1 2006

    End Date

    February 1 2012

    Last Update

    January 24 2019

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    Fairbanks Cancer Treatment Center at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital

    Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, 99701

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    Mayo Clinic Scottsdale

    Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259-5499

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    Hembree Mercy Cancer Center at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center

    Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States, 72903

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    Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

    Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205