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Effect of Tamoxifen or an Aromatase Inhibitor on Estrogen Metabolism in Women Undergoing Treatment for Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsors and Collaborators: University of Nebraska
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00569543
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Studying samples of urine in the laboratory from women with breast cancer may help doctors learn whether tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors alter the metabolism of estrogens.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the effect of tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor on estrogen metabolism in women undergoing treatment for newly diagnosed breast cancer.


Condition Intervention
Breast Cancer
Drug: tamoxifen citrate
Procedure: aromatase inhibition therapy
Procedure: high performance liquid chromatography
Procedure: laboratory biomarker analysis
Procedure: mass spectrometry
Procedure: medical chart review

Genetics Home Reference related topics: breast cancer
MedlinePlus related topics: Breast Cancer Cancer Urine and Urination
Drug Information available for: Tamoxifen Tamoxifen citrate Citric acid Sodium Citrate
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Open Label
Official Title: Effects of Therapeutic Agents on Estrogens in the Breast

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Comparison of the estrogen compounds in urine before and after treatment with tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor for two-to-six months [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 100
Study Start Date: May 2005
Estimated Primary Completion Date: December 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Learn the effects of selected chemotherapy agents on the profile of estrogen metabolites, glutathione conjugates, and depurinating DNA adducts in urine from women with breast cancer.
  • Determine whether tamoxifen citrate or aromatase inhibitor alters the metabolism of estrogens.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to planned therapy (tamoxifen citrate vs aromatase inhibitor).

Patients receive tamoxifen citrate or an aromatase inhibitor as planned. Urine samples (and nipple aspirate fluid, if possible) are collected before beginning treatment and after 2-6 months of treatment. Samples are analyzed for 40 estrogen metabolites, conjugates, and depurinating DNA adducts by ultraperformance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometric detection.

Patients' information, including race, body mass index, age at menarche, menopausal status, age at menopause if applicable, smoking history, alcohol consumption, pregnancy history including age at each pregnancy, lactation, history of benign breast disease, hysterectomy, and disease type, is collected through medical record review.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   19 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Newly diagnosed ductal carcinoma in situ or invasive breast cancer
  • Scheduled to receive tamoxifen citrate or an aromatase inhibitor
  • Estrogen receptor or progesterone receptor positive

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Menopausal status not specified
  • ECOG performance status 0, 1, or 2
  • Not pregnant or nursing

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • No prior antiestrogen drug such as tamoxifen citrate or raloxifene
  • No concurrent estrogens
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00569543

Locations
United States, Minnesota
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
United States, Nebraska
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198-6805
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Nebraska
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Ercole Cavalieri, DSc University of Nebraska
  More Information

Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Study ID Numbers: CDR0000579225, UNMC-08105
Study First Received: December 6, 2007
Last Updated: January 3, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00569543  
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
breast cancer in situ
ductal breast carcinoma in situ
stage I breast cancer
stage II breast cancer
stage IIIA breast cancer
stage IIIB breast cancer
stage IIIC breast cancer
stage IV breast cancer

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Skin Diseases
Carcinoma in Situ
Citric Acid
Breast Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating
Tamoxifen
Breast Diseases
Carcinoma

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Estrogen Antagonists
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Antineoplastic Agents
Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Bone Density Conservation Agents
Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators
Pharmacologic Actions
Estrogen Receptor Modulators
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Therapeutic Uses

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 15, 2009