Intermittent Letrozole Therapy in Postmenopausal Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsor:
Massachusetts General Hospital
Collaborators:
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Novartis
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Paul Goss, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00549822
First received: October 24, 2007
Last updated: May 7, 2013
Last verified: May 2013
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Purpose
The purpose of this research study is to study the effects of using aromatase inhibitor (AI) therapy intermittently on participants with breast cancer. AIs are a class of drugs used to treat breast cancer in postmenopausal women. They work by decreasing the level of estrogen, which is believed to stimulate the growth of tumor tissue. Breast cancer that progresses despite therapy with an AI is thought to have become resistant to AI therapy. There is scientific evidence to suggest that resistant breast cancer cells learn to grow at the very low levels of estrogen present on AI therapy, and that increasing estrogen levels even slightly by stopping AI therapy may inhibit the breast cancer cells.
| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
|---|---|---|
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Breast Cancer |
Drug: Letrozole |
Phase 2 |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | A Phase II Clinical Trial of Intermittent Letrozole Therapy in Postmenopausal Women With CA 15-3 Positive, Hormone Receptor Positive, Metastatic Breast Cancer |
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Genetics Home Reference related topics:
breast cancer
Drug Information available for:
Letrozole
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Further study details as provided by Massachusetts General Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To determine the proportion of patients who have a decline in serum CA 15-3 once letrozole therapy has been reintroduced after a drug free observation phase. [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- To determine the time to disease progression with intermittent letrozole. [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To measure serum HER-2/neu levels and serum/plasma angiogenic mediators. [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
| Enrollment: | 3 |
| Study Start Date: | October 2007 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | March 2014 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | March 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
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No Intervention: Intermittent letrozole therapy
Determine the proportion of patients who have a decline in serum CA 15-3 or CA 27.29 once letrozole therapy has been reintroduced after a drug free observation phase in patients with postmenopausal hormone-receptor positive, CA 15-3 or CA 27.29 elevated.
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Drug: Letrozole
Intermittently
Other Name: Femara
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Detailed Description:
- This study involves treating participants with intermittent AI therapy. The AI will be stopped at the time they enter the study. We plan on monitoring a marker in the participants blood called CA 15-3 (or CA 27.29) every 4 weeks to help us make a decision of when to re-start treatment with letrozole (femara). This marker is known to rise when disease is progressing and drop when the disease is responding to treatment. We will be stopping and re-starting therapy based on the changes of CA 15-3 in the participants blood.
- In addition to bloodwork, the following tests and procedures will be performed on a monthly basis: medical history; physical examination and performance status.
- Every 8 weeks the following will be performed: Tumor assessment by physical exam (if possible); Chest x-ray or CT scan or chest; CT scans of abdomen and pelvis; and bone scan.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Female |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female
- 18 years of age or older
- Postmenopausal
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the breast with locally advanced or metastatic disease this is not considered amenable to curative treatment with elevation of CA 15-3 documented at the time of diagnosis of metastatic disease and prior to initiation of letrozole or anastrozole therapy
- Current letrozole or anastrozole monotherapy with a documented CA 15-3 level that has decreased by at least 50% of the patients baseline
- Letrozole or anastrozole must be discontinued at the time of study enrollment
- Evidence of hormone sensitivity of primary or secondary tissue.
- Measurable or nonmeasurable (but evaluable-defined as nontarget lesions) disease according to modified RECIST
- Prior antiestrogen therapies including tamoxifen, steroidal AIs, nonsteroidal AIs, or fulvestrant in the adjuvant setting is allowed provided the patient is currently on letrozole or anastrozole monotherapy as first-line therapy for metastatic disease
- Life expectancy of greater than 3 months
- ECOG Performance Status of 0,1, or 2
- Normal organ and marrow function as outlined in protocol
Exclusion Criteria:
- Premenopausal
- Trastuzumab or biologic therapy within 2 weeks
- Prior or planned radiation therapy to a site of evaluable disease in the event that the site is the only site of evaluable disease
- Concomitant anticancer treatments including trastuzumab, chemotherapy, or other biologic agents other than letrozole or anastrozole therapy
- Chronic bisphosphonates for hypercalcemia or prevention of bone metastases.
- Treatment with non-approved or investigational agent within 2 weeks before study entry
- Presence of life-threatening metastatic disease, defined as extensive hepatic involvement, or past or present brain or leptomeningeal involvement, or symptomatic pulmonary lymphangitic spread
- Patients who are highly symptomatic from their breast cancer, or who require urgent palliative chemotherapy, as decided by their treating physician
- Previous or current systemic malignancy within the past five years, except for contralateral breast carcinoma, in situ carcinoma of the cervix treated by cone biopsy, or adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
- Any severe concomitant condition believed to render subject undesirable for participation
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00549822
Locations
| United States, Massachusetts | |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | |
| Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215 | |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | |
| Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115 | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Novartis
Investigators
| Principal Investigator: | Paul Goss, MD, PhD | Massachusetts General Hospital |
More Information
No publications provided
| Responsible Party: | Paul Goss, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00549822 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | 07-109 |
| Study First Received: | October 24, 2007 |
| Last Updated: | May 7, 2013 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by Massachusetts General Hospital:
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aromatase inhibitor CA 15-3 Hormone receptor positive |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases Hormones Letrozole Aromatase Inhibitors |
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists Physiological Effects of Drugs Pharmacologic Actions Antineoplastic Agents Therapeutic Uses Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |
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