Letrozole or Tamoxifen in Treating Postmenopausal Women With Breast Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT00004205
- Lead Sponsor
- ETOP IBCSG Partners Foundation
- Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Estrogen can stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using letrozole may fight breast cancer by reducing the production of estrogen. Hormone therapy using tamoxifen may fight breast cancer by blocking the uptake of estrogen by the tumor cells. If is not yet known which treatment regimen is most effective for breast cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized double-blind phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of letrozole with that of tamoxifen in treating postmenopausal women who have breast cancer that has been surgically removed.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES:
* Compare adjuvant letrozole vs tamoxifen administered for 5 years in postmenopausal women with operable, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.
* Compare these treatment regimens given sequentially vs continuously in this patient population.
* Compare these treatment regimens in terms of overall survival, disease-free and systemic-free survival, safety, and tolerability in this patient population.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double-blind, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to adjuvant chemotherapy (prior therapy vs no prior or concurrent therapy vs concurrent therapy), prior surgery (modified radical mastectomy vs a lesser surgical procedure), and participating center. Patients are randomized to one of four treatment arms.
* Arm I: Patients receive adjuvant oral tamoxifen daily for 5 years.
* Arm II: Patients receive adjuvant oral letrozole daily for 5 years.
* Arm III: Patients receive adjuvant oral tamoxifen daily for 2 years followed by adjuvant oral letrozole daily for 3 years.
* Arm IV: Patients receive adjuvant oral letrozole daily for 2 years followed by adjuvant oral tamoxifen daily for 3 years.
Patients may receive concurrent radiotherapy. Some patients receive concurrent adjuvant chemotherapy beginning within 8 weeks after surgery and continuing for no more than 6 months.
Patients are followed annually.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 5,180 patients (1,295 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 6 years.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 8028
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Letrozole, then tamoxifen tamoxifen citrate Letrozole for 2 years after randomization, then tamoxifen for the next 3 years. Tamoxifen tamoxifen citrate Tamoxifen for 5 years after randomization. Letrozole letrozole Letrozole for 5 years after randomization. Tamoxifen, then letrozole tamoxifen citrate Tamoxifen for 2 years after randomization, then letrozole for the next 3 years. Tamoxifen, then letrozole letrozole Tamoxifen for 2 years after randomization, then letrozole for the next 3 years. Letrozole, then tamoxifen letrozole Letrozole for 2 years after randomization, then tamoxifen for the next 3 years.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Disease free survival. Up to end of year 2015 Time from randomization to recurrence (including recurrence restricted to the breast after breast conserving treatment), metastasis, appearance of a second primary tumor, or death from any cause, whichever occurs first, assessed up to end of year 2015, for a maximum of 17 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Systemic relapse Up to end of year 2015 Time from randomization to appearance of any recurrent or metastatic disease in sites other than the local mastectomy scar, the ipsilateral breast in case of breast conservation, or the contralateral breast, assessed up to end of year 2015, for a maximum of 17 years
Overall survival Up to end of year 2015 Time from randomization to death from any cause, assessed up to end of year 2015, for a maximum of 17 years
Safety 5 years after randomization. Morbidity information will be recorded using the Adverse Event Form (AE).
Trial Locations
- Locations (3)
Rigshospitalet
🇩🇰Copenhagen, Denmark
Institut Bergonie
🇫🇷Bordeaux, France
Kantonsspital - St. Gallen
🇨ðŸ‡St. Gallen, Switzerland