Evaluating The Safety Of Exemestane Following 2-3 Years Of Adjuvant Tamoxifen Therapy In Postmenopausal Early Breast Cancer Patients
- Conditions
- Early Breast Cancer
- Interventions
- Other: Aromasin (exemestane)
- Registration Number
- NCT01155063
- Lead Sponsor
- Pfizer
- Brief Summary
Evaluating the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Aromasin® when used in routine clinical practice, evaluating adherence to prescribed Aromasin® treatment and to understand reasons for early discontinuation.
- Detailed Description
This study was terminated on 01-Aug-2011 due to very low potential to enroll planned number of patients or any sufficient number of patients for complete statistical analyses. This study is not being terminated because of safety or efficacy concerns.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 89
- Postmenopausal females.
- Patients who have had surgical treatment for histological confirmed breast cancer that was non-metastatic at the time of the initial diagnosis.
- Patients who are disease-free after 2 or 3 years of adjuvant tamoxifen treatment.
- Patients whose tumour was estrogen receptor positive (ER+).
- Evidence of a personally signed and dated informed consent document indicating that the subject (or a legally acceptable representative) has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the study.
- Patients for whom Aromasin® treatment is contraindicated (see SPC).
- Presence of metastasis or a contra lateral tumour.
- Other adjuvant endocrine therapy.
- Another concomitant antineoplastic treatment.
- Participation in a clinical trial with an investigational drug during the 30 days prior to enrolment in the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Main Group Aromasin (exemestane) Postmenopausal Women With Invasive, Estrogen Receptor Positive Early Breast Cancer Who Are Disease-Free After 2-3 Years Of Initial Adjuvant Tamoxifen Therapy
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs) Month 0 up to Month 36 or early withdrawal An AE was any untoward medical occurrence attributed to study medication in a participant who received study medication.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of Participants With Reasons for Discontinuation From Study Treatment Month 0 up to Month 36 or early withdrawal Time to Discontinuation of Study Medication Month 0 up to Month 36 or early withdrawal Number of Participants With Concomitant Medications Month 0 up to Month 36 or early withdrawal Concomitant medication (any medication other than, and in addition to, the study medication) taken for any period of time during the study and was coded by World Health Organization (WHO) medical dictionary.
Percentage of Participants Who Discontinued the Study Medication Month 0 up to Month 36 or early withdrawal Number of Participants With Concomitant Morbidities Month 0 up to Month 36 or early withdrawal Participants who had a concomitant morbidity during the study for any period of time; participants with more than one concomitant morbidity were counted for each of the concomitant morbidity classes applicable.
Percentage of Participants With Recurrent Disease Month 36 or early withdrawal Percentage of participants with confirmed recurrent disease at the end of the study (recurrence was defined as loco-regional and/or contralateral and/or distance metastases).