A Prospective,Open-label Study of Anastrozole in Post-menopausal Women With Hormone Sensitive Advanced Breast Cancer
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT00544986
- Lead Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
- Brief Summary
The overall objective of the clinical study is to assess the tolerability and clinical efficacy of anastrozole in post-menopausal women with hormone sensitive advanced breast cancer in India.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients must be adult (age ≥ 18 years age) post-menopausal* women
- Patients must be diagnosed with advanced breast cancer (histologically or cytological confirmation required) i.e. TNM stage III or IV disease (locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer) or locoregional recurrent disease, not suitable for treatment by local surgery or radiation therapy
- Measurable or evaluable disease
- Patients with ER/PR positive tumour or ER/PR unknown status
- Patients must be suitable for endocrine treatment with anastrozole
- Prior adjuvant chemotherapy or endocrine therapy for early breast cancer is allowed, provided such treatment was completed at least twelve months prior to study enrollment
- Performance status 0-2 (As per WHO Classification)
- Concurrent use of bisphosphonates is permitted.
- Patients must give their written informed consent for participation in the study
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients with tumors known to be estrogen and progesterone receptor-negative.
- Estrogen hormone replacement therapy, concurrently or within 6 weeks before randomization
- Extensive visceral involvement (significant hepatic involvement, brain metastasis or pulmonary involvement > 50% of the lungs); serum liver enzymes SGOT and SGPT should be no greater than five times the upper limit of the reference range
- Patients received bone marrow transplantation before randomization
- Any concurrent medical illness (uncontrolled cardiac disease or diabetes mellitus) or laboratory abnormalities that would compromise safety or prevent interpretation of results
- An estimated survival of less than 3 months from the start of Study drug treatment based on clinical judgment.
- Any systemic investigational drug within the thirty days of enrollment into study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Tolerability(safety) 2.Efficacy (a) Time to tumor progression TTP (b) Objective Response (OR) Rate (c) Symptom Evaluation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Efficacy (a) Time to treatment failure TTF (b)Duration of Response DOR (c) Duration of Clinical Benefit
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