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Stage II Breast CancerPhase 2NCT00080613

Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Exemestane in Treating Postmenopausal Women With Locally Advanced Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing exemestane, adjuvant therapy and aromatase inhibition in people with Stage II Breast Cancer and Stage IIIA Breast Cancer, run by Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Estrogen and progesterone can stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using exemestane may fight breast cancer by reducing the production of estrogen and progesterone. Giving hormone therapy before surgery may shrink the tumor so it can be removed with breast-conserving surgery. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
What is being tested?
exemestane, adjuvant therapy and aromatase inhibition
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
Not given
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Start not givento not given
Phase
Phase 2
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 Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed breast cancer
  • Locally advanced disease (stage II or III)
  • Not amenable to breast-conserving therapy at the time of diagnosis
  • Measurable disease meeting 1 of the following criteria:
  • Bidimensionally measurable palpable lesion at least 1 cm by caliper
  • Unidimensionally measurable lesion at least 1 cm by a positive mammogram, ultrasound, or MRI
  • No evidence of disease outside the breast or chest wall except ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes
  • Hormone receptor status:
  • Estrogen and/or progesterone receptor positive

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • Postmenopausal

Sex

  • Female

Menopausal status

  • Postmenopausal, defined as any of the following:
  • Over 60 years of age
  • Over 45 years of age with an intact uterus and amenorrhea for more than 12 months
  • Prior hysterectomy with follicle-stimulating hormone levels within the postmenopausal range
  • Prior ovarian ablation (i.e., bilateral surgical)

Performance status

  • ECOG 0-3

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

  • Not specified

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin less than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

Renal

  • Creatinine less than 2 mg/dL

Other

  • No other prior or concurrent cancer except nonmetastatic nonmelanoma skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or cancer cured by surgery within the past 5 years

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • No prior biologic therapy for breast cancer

Chemotherapy

  • No prior chemotherapy for breast cancer

Endocrine therapy

  • No prior hormonal therapy for breast cancer

Radiotherapy

  • No prior radiotherapy for breast cancer

Surgery

  • Not specified

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611-3013

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About this study

Official title: Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Exemestane in Postmenopausal Women With Locally Advanced Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

RATIONALE: Estrogen and progesterone can stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using exemestane may fight breast cancer by reducing the production of estrogen and progesterone. Giving hormone therapy before surgery may shrink the tumor so it can be removed with breast-conserving surgery. Giving hormone therapy after surgery may kill any remaining tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of neoadjuvant and adjuvant exemestane in treating postmenopausal women who have locally advancedestrogen and/or progesterone receptor-positive breast cancer.

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the clinical response rate in postmenopausal women with locally advanced hormone receptor-positive breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant and adjuvant exemestane.

Secondary

  • Determine the response rate by mammography, ultrasound, MRI, and positron emission tomography scan in patients treated with this drug.
  • Determine the time to progression in patients treated with this drug.
  • Compare the expression of hormone receptors and epidermal growth factor receptors (including HER2/neu) in patients prior to and after treatment with this drug and correlate these results with clinical response rates.

OUTLINE: Patients receive oral exemestane once daily for 16 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After 16 weeks, patients undergo surgery and then continue exemestane once daily for a total of 5 years (including the 16 weeks before surgery).

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years after surgery and then every 6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 16-46 patients will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

Being tested
exemestane, adjuvant therapy, aromatase inhibition, conventional surgery, endocrine therapy
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted8 Apr 2004 (estimated)

Resources

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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00080613
Sponsor's protocol ID
NU-02B4
Other IDs
CDR0000346457
Status last verified
Dec 2006
First submitted
7 Apr 2004
Last updated
10 Jul 2013
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing exemestane, adjuvant therapy and aromatase inhibition in people with Stage II Breast Cancer and Stage IIIA Breast Cancer, run by Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 10 Jul 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site 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 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

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 was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

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.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 10 Jul 2013.

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