A Prospective,Open-label Study of Anastrozole in Post-menopausal Women With Hormone Sensitive Advanced Breast Cancer
![]() |
The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00544986 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 16, 2007
Last Update Posted : January 30, 2013
|
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
---|---|---|
Breast Cancer | Drug: Anastrozole | Phase 4 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Prospective,Open-label Study of Anastrozole in Post-menopausal Women With Hormone Sensitive Advanced Breast Cancer |
Study Start Date : | June 2005 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | November 2007 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | November 2007 |

- 1. Tolerability(safety) 2.Efficacy (a) Time to tumor progression TTP (b) Objective Response (OR) Rate (c) Symptom Evaluation
- Efficacy (a) Time to treatment failure TTF (b)Duration of Response DOR (c) Duration of Clinical Benefit

Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
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

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00544986
Principal Investigator: | Poonamalle P Bapsy, MD | Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, INDIA |
Responsible Party: | AstraZeneca |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00544986 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
D5391L00001 |
First Posted: | October 16, 2007 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 30, 2013 |
Last Verified: | January 2013 |
breast cancer post menopausal women Post menopausal women with hormone sensitive advanced breast cancer |
Breast Neoplasms Hypersensitivity Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases Immune System Diseases Anastrozole Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal |
Antineoplastic Agents Aromatase Inhibitors Steroid Synthesis Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Estrogen Antagonists Hormone Antagonists Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists Physiological Effects of Drugs |