Status:
COMPLETED
Letrozole and Imatinib Mesylate in Treating Postmenopausal Participants With Estrogen or Progesterone Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8
Estrogen Receptor Positive
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
This phase II trial studies the side effects and how well letrozole and imatinib mesylate work in treating postmenopausal participants with estrogen or progesterone positive breast cancer that has spr...
Detailed Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the efficacy of letrozole plus imatinib mesylate in patients with estrogen receptor (ER) and or progesterone receptor (PgR) positive metastatic breast cancer. II....
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Postmenopausal women able to comply with the protocol requirements with metastatic breast cancer, whose tumors are estrogen (ER) and/or progesterone (PgR) positive, defined by core biopsy immunohistochemistry with greater than 10% positive malignant epithelial cells
- Patients must have documented expression of either PDGFR or CD117 (c-kit) by immunohistochemistry
- Patients may have received tamoxifen in the adjuvant/neoadjuvant or setting. Patients may have previously received chemotherapy in the adjuvant/ neoadjuvant setting, though this is not required. Prior chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer is allowed. Concomitant bisphosphonates are allowed for patients with bone metastases and who have another site of measurable disease
- Post menopausal status defined by one of the following: no spontaneous menses for at least 1 year, in women greater than or equal to 55 years spontaneous menses within the past 1 year in women greater than or equal to 55 years with postmenopausal gonadotrophin levels (luteinizing hormone \[LH\] and follicle stimulating hormone \[FSH\] levels greater than 40 IU/L ) or postmenopausal estradiol levels (less than 5 mg/dl) or according to the definition of "postmenopausal range" for the laboratory involved bilateral oophorectomy
- Performance status, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) greater than or equal to 2
- Patients must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as greater than or equal to 10 mm with conventional techniques. Bone disease only will not be accepted as measurable disease. Pleural or peritoneal effusions will not be accepted as measurable disease
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) = 1.5 x 10 to the 9th power/L
- Platelets greater than or equal to 100.0 x 10 to the 9th power/L
- Hemoglobin greater than 10.0 g/dL
- Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dl
- Total (T.) bilirubin less than 1.5 x normal
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) less than 2.5 x normal
- A life expectancy of at least 6 months
- Localized radiotherapy, which does not influence the signal of evaluable lesion, is allowed prior to the initiation of imatinib mesylate. Patients must have recovered from the myelosuppressive effects of previous radiotherapy (at least 2-4 weeks)
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent
Exclusion
- Prior treatment with Femara or Gleevec
- Uncontrolled endocrine disorders such as diabetes mellitus, confirmed hypo- or hyperthyroidism, Cushing's syndrome, Addison's disease (treated or untreated)
- Patients with unstable angina, or uncontrolled cardiac disease (e.g. class III or IV New York Heart Association's functional classification)
- Other concurrent malignant disease with the exception of cone-biopsied in situ carcinoma of the cervix uteri, or adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or other curable cancers e.g. Hodgkin's disease or non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), provided 5 years have elapsed from completion of therapy, and there has been no recurrence
- Concomitant treatment with steroids, e.g. glucocorticoids for indications other than cancer, except aerosol for obstructive airways diseases and steroid injection to the joints for treatment of inflammation
- Other investigational drugs within the past 3 weeks and the concomitant use of investigational drugs
- History of non-compliance to medical regimens and patients who are considered potentially unreliable
- Patients with known brain metastasis
- Patients with known chronic liver disease (i.e., chronic active hepatitis, and cirrhosis)
- Patients with known diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Patients who received chemotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosourea or mitomycin-C) prior to study entry, unless the disease is rapidly progressing
- Patients who previously received radiotherapy to greater than or equal to 25% of the bone marrow
- Patients who had a major surgery within 2 weeks prior to study entry
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 3 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 27 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
59 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00338728
Start Date
October 3 2003
End Date
November 27 2018
Last Update
January 27 2020
Active Locations (1)
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M D Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030