Tamoxifen in Preventing Breast Cancer in Women at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT00096369
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the development or recurrence of cancer. The use of tamoxifen may be effective in preventing breast cancer.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying tamoxifen to see how well it works compared to placebo in preventing breast cancer in women who are at increased risk for the disease.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES:
* Compare molecular markers of proliferation and apoptosis in breast epithelial tissue of women at increased risk for breast cancer treated with tamoxifen vs placebo.
* Compare the modulation of markers of genomic instability in breast epithelial tissue of patients treated with these drugs.
* Compare serum levels of IGF-1, IGF-2, and IGFBP-3 of these patients at baseline and after treatment with these drugs.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to estimated 5-year breast cancer risk (1.67-5% vs ≥ 5%), presence of atypical ductal hyperplasia (yes vs no), and menopausal status (premenopausal vs postmenopausal). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
* Arm I: Patients receive oral tamoxifen once daily.
* Arm I: Patients receive oral placebo once daily. Treatment in both arms continues for 3 months in the absence of invasive breast cancer or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients undergo core needle biopsy and fine needle aspiration biopsy at baseline and then at the completion of study treatment (for premenopausal patients); exactly 84 days after the first biopsy (for postmenopausal patients); or on the first or second day of the menstrual cycle on or after 84 days (during the third menstrual cycle) after the first dose of study medication (for patients with irregular menses).
Patients are followed at 30 days.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 130 patients (65 per arm) will be accrued for this study within 30 months.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 130
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Markers of proliferation and apoptosis in breast cells as measured by quantitative MSP at baseline and 3 months Promoter-region methylation as assessed by microarrays at baseline and 3 months Gene expression Plasma levels of hormones and binding proteins as measured by ELISA, IHC, and TUNEL at baseline and 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (4)
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas
🇺🇸Houston, Texas, United States
Oklahoma University Cancer Institute
🇺🇸Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas
🇺🇸Dallas, Texas, United States
Cancer Therapy and Research Center
🇺🇸San Antonio, Texas, United States