Study comparing oral Vinorelbine administered with two different schedules in patients with Advanced Breast Cancer.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Authorised-recruitment may be ongoing or finished

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

•Patients must give written (personally signed and dated) informed consent before completing any study-related procedure;
•Absence of psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule; these conditions should be assessed with the patient before randomisation in the trial;
•The patient must have access to social insurance if applicable according to the local regulations;
•Patients > or = 18 years;
•Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the breast;
•Karnofsky Performance status (KPS) > or = 70%;
•Documented locally advanced or metastatic disease previously untreated by chemotherapy and not amenable to curative surgery or radiotherapy;
•Hormone receptor positive disease determined by > or =1% positive stained cells for estrogen and/or progesterone receptor by immunohistochemistry on the primary tumor or on metastatic site;
•HER2 negative (assessed by 0-1+ IHC or 2+ IHC with FISH or CISH negative) on the primary tumor or on metastatic site;
•Patients should have progressed to at least one previous hormone therapy for breast cancer at any stage of the disease and/or should be considered as no longer candidates to further hormone therapy;
•Patients who have received adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy are allowed if the interval between the end of chemotherapy and the date of registration in the trial is superior to 12 months;
•Complete staging within 4 weeks prior to randomisation;
•Presence of at least one measurable lesion which has not been previously irradiated (RECIST criteria. Version 1.1). Measurable lesions (measured in at least one dimension, longest diameter to be recorded) as > or = 20 mm with conventional techniques or as > or = 10 mm with CT scan. Physical examination and ultrasound will not be considered as objective tumour assessments;
•Women of childbearing potential must be using a medically accepted method of contraception to avoid pregnancy during the 2 months preceding the start of study treatment, throughout the study period and for up to 3 months after the last dose of study treatment in such a manner that the risk of pregnancy is minimised;
•Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to the start of study treatment;
•Fertile men must be using an effective method of birth control if their partners are women of childbearing potential throughout the study period and for up to 3 months after the last dose of study treatment;
•Patients may have received prior radiotherapy but a minimum of a 4 weeks interval must have elapsed;
•Life expectancy > or = 16 weeks;
•Adequate bone marrow, hepatic and renal functions as evidenced by the following:
-Haemoglobin > or = 10 g/dL
-Absolute Neutrophil Count > or = 1.5 x 109/L
-Platelet Count > or = 100 x 10^9/L
-Total Bilirubin < 1.5 x ULN (ULN: Upper Limit of Normal)
-SGOT/SGPT < or = 2.5 x ULN
-Alkaline phosphatase < 5 x ULN
-Creatinine Clearance > 40 mL/min, calculated using the Cockroft and Gault formula.

Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 64
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 96

Exclusion Criteria

•Female is not eligible to enter the study if :
-pregnant or lactating
-with positive pregnancy test at inclusion;
•Patients with symptoms suggesting CNS involvement or leptomeningeal metastases;
•Concomitant hormonal therapy for advanced breast cancer;
•Malabsorption syndrome or disease significantly affecting gastro-intestinal function or major resection of the stomach or proximal small bowel that could affect absorption of oral vinorelbine;
•Prior treatment with chemotherapy in the locally advanced or metastatic setting;
•Patients with dysphagia, or inability to swallow the tablets;
•Other serious illness or medical conditions:
-Clinically significant cardiac disease
-Unstable diabetes
-Uncontrolled hypercalcemia
-Clinically significant active infections (current or in the last two weeks)
-Previous organ allograft;
•Current peripheral neuropathy > or = grade 2 according to NCI version 4.0 criteria;
•Participation in another clinical trial with any investigational drug within 30 days prior to randomisation and/or during the study;
•History of another malignancy within the past five years except basal cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix;
•Known hypersensitivity to vinca alkaloids.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

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Secondary Outcome Measures

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Study comparing oral Vinorelbine administered with two different schedules in patients with Advanced Breast Cancer.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Study & Design

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