Fulvestrant in Premenopausal Women With Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer
- Conditions
 - Breast Cancer
 
- Registration Number
 - NCT00146601
 
- Lead Sponsor
 - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
 
- Brief Summary
 The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness and safety of fulvestrant in premenopausal women with advanced breast cancer.
- Detailed Description
 Patients will receive an injection of fulvestrant on first day of treatment and then again 2 weeks later and again 2 weeks after that. Then patients will receive injections every 4 weeks.
Routine blood tests will be performed each time an injection is given.
Patients will be required to complete a hot flash diary, recording the number and severity of hot flashes they experience on a daily basis.
After every 12 weeks of treatment, patients' disease will be assessed by x-rays or scans. If there is no disease progression, the patient will continue to receive injections every 4 weeks with reassessment every 8 weeks.
Patients will continue to receive treatment as long as there is no disease progression or serious side effects.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
 - COMPLETED
 
- Sex
 - Female
 
- Target Recruitment
 - 35
 
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed invasive breast cancer, with stage IV disease.
 - Tumors must be positive for estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, or both.
 - Patients must be premenopausal.
 - Prior anti-estrogen therapy (with or without ovarian suppression)
 - Platelet count > 100,000/mm3
 - Age older than 18 years
 - ECOG performance status 0-2
 
- Hormonal treatment for metastatic disease
 - Pregnant or breast-feeding women
 - Postmenopausal
 - Concurrent hormonal therapy or chemotherapy
 - Prior fulvestrant therapy
 - More than three prior chemotherapy regimens for metastatic disease
 - Concurrent, long-term anticoagulation therapy
 - Severe, uncontrolled intercurrent illness
 - History of hypersensitivity to castor oil
 
Study & Design
- Study Type
 - INTERVENTIONAL
 
- Study Design
 - SINGLE_GROUP
 
- Primary Outcome Measures
 Name Time Method To examine the clinical benefit and response rate of hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer previously treated with anti-estrogen therapy in premenopausal women to treatment with fulvestrant 
- Secondary Outcome Measures
 Name Time Method To determine the safety, time-to-progression, and duration of response for this patient population 
Trial Locations
- Locations (4)
 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Lowell General Hospital
🇺🇸Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States
