Breast CancerPhase 3NCT00049452
Zoledronate in Preventing Bone Loss in Premenopausal Women Receiving Chemotherapy After Surgery For Early Stage Breast Cancer
A Phase 3 study testing zoledronic acid in people with Breast Cancer and Osteoporosis, run by Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at 3 sites in United States.
Trial summary
RATIONALE: It is not yet known whether zoledronate is effective in preventing bone loss in premenopausal women who are receiving adjuvant chemotherapy after undergoing surgery for early stage breast cancer. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 50 years, women only
- Conditions the study is for
- Breast Cancer, Osteoporosis
- What is being tested?
- zoledronic acid
- How many people
- 120 participants
- Where
- 3 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- Dec 2001to Aug 2008
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 50 years
- Women only
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Diagnosis of localized breast cancer
- Stage I or II (T1-3, N0-2, M0)
- Planned adjuvant chemotherapy (after surgery) of at least 6 months in duration
- Hormone receptor status:
- Estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor status known
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age
- 18 to 50
Sex
- Female
Menopausal status
- Premenopausal or perimenopausal
Performance status
- Not specified
Life expectancy
- Not specified
Hematopoietic
- Not specified
Hepatic
- Not specified
Renal
- Creatinine less than 2 mg/dL
Other
- No T score of less than 2.0 on bone mineral density (BMD)
- No fragility fracture
- No lumbar spine anatomy that would preclude accurate BMD measurement of a minimum of 3 lumbar vertebrae
- Not pregnant
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
- Not specified
Chemotherapy
- See Disease Characteristics
Endocrine therapy
- Not specified
Radiotherapy
- No concurrent radiotherapy
Surgery
- See Disease Characteristics
Other
- At least 1 month since prior calcitonin
- At least 12 months since prior bisphosphonates given for more than 1 month duration
- No concurrent fluoride therapy (10 mg/day or more)
- No concurrent enrollment in another experimental drug study
Trial locations and contacts
3 sites in 1 country.
United States3 sites
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University
New York, New York, 10032
Valley Hospital - Paramus
Paramus, New Jersey, 07652-2509
Carl and Dorothy Bennett Cancer Center at Stamford Hospital
Stamford, Connecticut, 06904
About this study
Official title: A Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial Of Zoledronic Acid For The Prevention Of Bone Loss In Premenopausal Women With Early Stage Breast Cancer
RATIONALE: It is not yet known whether zoledronate is effective in preventing bone loss in premenopausal women who are receiving adjuvant chemotherapy after undergoing surgery for early stage breast cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of zoledronate in preventing bone loss in premenopausal women who are receiving chemotherapy after surgery for early stage breast cancer.
Read the detailed description
OBJECTIVES:
- Compare the changes in bone mineral density (BMD) and bone turnover that occur in premenopausal women with resected early stage breast cancer during and after 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy.
- Determine the factors that predict bone loss during chemotherapy, particularly induction of amenorrhea, type of chemotherapeutic regimen, glucocorticoid exposure, and baseline BMD, in these patients.
- Determine whether zoledronate prevents bone loss in these patients when given during and after adjuvant chemotherapy.
- Determine the effect of zoledronate on markers of bone turnover in these patients during and after adjuvant chemotherapy.
- Determine whether the effect on markers of bone turnover predicts response to zoledronate in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to estrogen receptor status (positive vs negative), progesterone receptor status (positive vs negative), and adjuvant chemotherapy regimen. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I: Patients receive zoledronate IV over 15 minutes on day 1.
- Arm II: Patients receive placebo IV over 15 minutes on day 1. In both arms, treatment repeats every 3 months for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression. Patients also receive calcium and cholecalciferol (vitamin D) supplements daily.
Quality of life is assessed at baseline and at 6 and 12 months.
Patients are followed at 1 year.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 120 patients (60 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study.
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Osteoporosis
- Being tested
- zoledronic acid
- Keywords
- osteoporosis, stage I breast cancer, stage II breast cancer
- Medical subject headings
- Breast Neoplasms, Osteoporosis
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
zoledronic acidDrug
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Changes in lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) at 6 months
Secondary outcomes (5)
Changes in lumbar spine BMD at 12 and 24 months
Total hip and femoral neck BMD at 6, 12, and 24 months
Serum markers of bone turnover (osteocalcin, bone-specific alkaline phosphatase, and cross-linked C-telopeptide of type 1 collagen levels) measured every 6 weeks for 6 months, and at 9 and 12 months
Quality of life as measured by the Short Form-36 instrument at baseline, and at 6 and 12 months
Treatment costs
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
- Study startDec 2001
- Study completionAug 2008
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (3)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Breast CancerStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Masking
- Double blind
- Enrolment
- 120 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Investigators
- Dawn Hershman, MD, Study chair, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00049452
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CDR0000258105
- Other IDs
- CPMC-IRB-14069, NCI-G02-2127, NOVARTIS-CPMC-IRB-14069
- Status last verified
- Apr 2007
- First submitted
- 12 Nov 2002
- Last updated
- 6 Jan 2014
- Results posted
- No
Publications
Hershman DL, McMahon DJ, Crew KD, Shao T, Cremers S, Brafman L, Awad D, Shane E. Prevention of bone loss by zoledronic acid in premenopausal women undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy persist up to one year following discontinuing treatment. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Feb;95(2):559-66. doi: 10.1210/jc.2009-1366. Epub 2009 Dec 18.
PubMed 20022990Hershman DL, McMahon DJ, Crew KD, Cremers S, Irani D, Cucchiara G, Brafman L, Shane E. Zoledronic acid prevents bone loss in premenopausal women undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Oct 10;26(29):4739-45. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.16.4707. Epub 2008 Aug 18.
PubMed 18711172Adams A, Jakob T, Huth A, Monsef I, Ernst M, Kopp M, Caro-Valenzuela J, Wockel A, Skoetz N. Bone-modifying agents for reducing bone loss in women with early and locally advanced breast cancer: a network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Jul 9;7(7):CD013451. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013451.pub2.
PubMed 38979716
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 6 Jan 2014. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial Of Zoledronic Acid For The Prevention Of Bone Loss In Premenopausal Women With Early Stage Breast Cancer
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00049452
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CDR0000258105
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Osteoporosis
- Keywords
- osteoporosis, stage I breast cancer, stage II breast cancer
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 120 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Study start
- Dec 2001
- Study completion
- Aug 2008 (actual)
- First posted
- 27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
RATIONALE: It is not yet known whether zoledronate is effective in preventing bone loss in premenopausal women who are receiving adjuvant chemotherapy after undergoing surgery for early stage breast cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of zoledronate in preventing bone loss in premenopausal women who are receiving chemotherapy after surgery for early stage breast cancer.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES:
- Compare the changes in bone mineral density (BMD) and bone turnover that occur in premenopausal women with resected early stage breast cancer during and after 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy.
- Determine the factors that predict bone loss during chemotherapy, particularly induction of amenorrhea, type of chemotherapeutic regimen, glucocorticoid exposure, and baseline BMD, in these patients.
- Determine whether zoledronate prevents bone loss in these patients when given during and after adjuvant chemotherapy.
- Determine the effect of zoledronate on markers of bone turnover in these patients during and after adjuvant chemotherapy.
- Determine whether the effect on markers of bone turnover predicts response to zoledronate in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to estrogen receptor status (positive vs negative), progesterone receptor status (positive vs negative), and adjuvant chemotherapy regimen. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I: Patients receive zoledronate IV over 15 minutes on day 1.
- Arm II: Patients receive placebo IV over 15 minutes on day 1. In both arms, treatment repeats every 3 months for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression. Patients also receive calcium and cholecalciferol (vitamin D) supplements daily.
Quality of life is assessed at baseline and at 6 and 12 months.
Patients are followed at 1 year.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 120 patients (60 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Masking
- Double blind
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 50 years
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| zoledronic acid | Drug | – |
Primary outcome
Changes in lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) at 6 months
5 secondary outcomes
Changes in lumbar spine BMD at 12 and 24 months
Total hip and femoral neck BMD at 6, 12, and 24 months
Serum markers of bone turnover (osteocalcin, bone-specific alkaline phosphatase, and cross-linked C-telopeptide of type 1 collagen levels) measured every 6 weeks for 6 months, and at 9 and 12 months
Quality of life as measured by the Short Form-36 instrument at baseline, and at 6 and 12 months
Treatment costs
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 6 Jan 2014.
- Results publication: PubMed 20022990Hershman DL, McMahon DJ, Crew KD, Shao T, Cremers S, Brafman L, Awad D, Shane E. Prevention of bone loss by zoledronic acid in premenopausal women undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy persist up to one year following discontinuing treatment. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Feb;95(2):559-66. doi: 10.1210/jc.2009-1366. Epub 2009 Dec 18.
- Results publication: PubMed 18711172Hershman DL, McMahon DJ, Crew KD, Cremers S, Irani D, Cucchiara G, Brafman L, Shane E. Zoledronic acid prevents bone loss in premenopausal women undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Oct 10;26(29):4739-45. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.16.4707. Epub 2008 Aug 18.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 38979716Adams A, Jakob T, Huth A, Monsef I, Ernst M, Kopp M, Caro-Valenzuela J, Wockel A, Skoetz N. Bone-modifying agents for reducing bone loss in women with early and locally advanced breast cancer: a network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Jul 9;7(7):CD013451. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013451.pub2.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Dawn Hershman, MD study chair
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
3 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 3 study testing zoledronic acid in people with Breast Cancer and Osteoporosis, run by Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at 3 sites in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Jan 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 3 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Changes in lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) at 6 months. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00049452, which also lists 3 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 6 Jan 2014.