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EARLY PREDICTION OF EFFICACY OF ENDOCRINE THERAPY IN BREAST CANCER: PILOT STUDY AND VALIDATION WITH 18F FLUOROESTRADIOL (FES) PET/CT

Conditions
Patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed ER-positive MBC at first evidence of metastatic disease.
Therapeutic area: Diseases [C] - Cancer [C04]
Registration Number
EUCTR2013-000287-29-IT
Lead Sponsor
e.o. ospedali galliera
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Authorised-recruitment may be ongoing or finished
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
220
Inclusion Criteria

- Histologically or cytologically confirmed breast cancer
- Metastatic disease, stage IV
- No prior treatments for metastatic breast cancer
- HER2 negative disease, as measured locally by IHC or FISH (standard clinical practice)
- Endocrine-sensitive disease as evaluated locally, by ER expression at the time of diagnosis on the primary tumor.
- Prior endocrine therapy is allowed only in the adjuvant setting
- Prior adjuvant/neoadjuvant chemotherapy is allowed provided it is terminated at least 12 months before study entry. Adjuvant anthracyclines and adjuvant taxanes are allowed.
- Patients progressed during or after adjuvant endocrine therapy are eligible
- Radiation therapy, if given and regardless of site, must be completed at least 2 weeks prior to randomization.
- Measurable or non measurable, but evaluable disease.
- Visceral, and/or soft tissue and/or bone metastases
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status < 2
- Life expectancy > 3 months
- No history of other malignancies
- Signed written informed consent
- Ability to comply with the study protocol
- Age 18 years or older
- Availability of an FFPE block from the primary tumor (breast lesion) for submission to central pathology review.
- A biopsy of metastatic lesions is recommended, if technically feasible.

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 110
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 110

Exclusion Criteria

- HER-2 positive disease
- Use of estrogen receptor ligands, including tamoxifen, fulvestrant or estrogens, during the two weeks before entry into the study
- Prior history of non-breast malignancy (except for adequately controlled basal cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, in situ carcinoma of the bladder).
- Brain or leptomeningeal metastases

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
Study Design
Not specified
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