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Basic Trial Information
Trial Description
     Summary
     Eligibility Criteria
Trial Contact Information

Basic Trial Information

Phase
Type
Status
Age
Sponsor
Protocol IDs

Phase IV


Treatment


Active


Not specified


Pharmaceutical / Industry


D5392L00023
NCT00537771

Trial Description

Summary

The primary objective is to compare ARIMIDEX (anastrozole) 1 mg once daily with Tamoxifen 20 mg once daily as adjuvant treatment in terms of: incidence of fatty liver diseases.

The second objectives are to compare ARIMIDEX (anastrozole) 1 mg once daily with Tamoxifen 20 mg once daily as adjuvant treatment in terms of: incidences of abnormal liver function test, and time to treatment failure.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologically proven HR+ invasive breast cancer
  • Completed all primary surgery and chemotherapy (if given), and were candidates to receive hormonal adjuvant therapy
  • Postmenopausal woman

Exclusion Criteria:

  • clinical evidence of metastatic disease
  • previous adjuvant hormonal therapy for breast cancer
  • liver diseases

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations/Sponsors

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP

Joyce LiStudy Director

Emily HuangStudy Chair

Prof. Wang ShenmingPrincipal Investigator

AstraZeneca China Clinical Study, InformationPh: +86 21 52564555*5030
  Email: junliang.cai@astrazeneca.com

Trial Sites

China
  Guangzhou
 Research Site

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
NLM Identifer NCT00537771
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on May 27, 2008

Note: Information about this trial is from the ClinicalTrials.gov database. The versions designated for health professionals and patients contain the same text. Minor changes may be made to the ClinicalTrials.gov record to standardize the names of study sponsors, sites, and contacts. Cancer.gov only lists sites that are recruiting patients for active trials, whereas ClinicalTrials.gov lists all sites for all trials. Questions and comments regarding the presented information should be directed to ClinicalTrials.gov.

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