ITA - Clinical Study Comparing ARIMIDEX™ With NOLVADEX™ in Women With Breast Cancer Treated With NOLVADEX for at Least 2 Years

This study has been completed.

First Received: February 2, 2006 Last Updated: April 30, 2009 History of Changes

Sponsors and Collaborators:	AstraZeneca Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom
Information provided by:	AstraZeneca
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00286117

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to assess the difference in disease-free survival between post-menopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer who switched from tamoxifen to anastrozole and those who continued on tamoxifen.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Breast Cancer	Drug: Anastrozole Drug: Tamoxifen	Phase III

Genetics Home Reference related topics: breast cancer

MedlinePlus related topics: Breast Cancer Cancer Menopause

Drug Information available for: Tamoxifen Tamoxifen citrate Anastrozole

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title:	An Open Randomised Clinical Study Comparing ARIMIDEX™ With NOLVADEX™ as Adjuvant Therapies in Post-Menopausal Women With Breast Cancer Already Being Treated With NOLVADEX for at Least Two Years

Further study details as provided by AstraZeneca:

Primary Outcome Measures:

The primary objective of this analysis was to assess the difference in disease-free survival between post-menopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer who switched from tamoxifen to anastrozole and those who continued on tamoxifen

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Assess the difference in overall survival/disease recurrence/safety and tolerability between post-menopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer who switched from tamoxifen to anastrozole and those who continued to receive tamoxifen.

Enrollment:	448
Study Start Date:	March 1998
Study Completion Date:	May 2006

Arms	Assigned Interventions
1: Experimental Anastrozole	Drug: Anastrozole oral
2: Active Comparator Tamoxifen	Drug: Tamoxifen oral

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	up to 75 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Post-menopausal status; age ≤75 years;
histologically confirmed invasive breast cancer with metastases in the axillary lymph nodes;
oestrogen receptor status positive or unknown;
primary treatment (surgery +/- radiotherapy, +/- chemotherapy) completed

Exclusion Criteria:

Clinical evidence of metastatic disease (including local or remote recurrence, even if the patient appeared to be in complete remission at the time of randomisation).

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00286117

Locations

Italy
Research Site
Chieti, Italy
Research Site
Catania, Italy
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Ferrara, Italy
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Genova, Italy
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Lugo, Italy
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Messina, Italy
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Terni, Italy
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Palermo, Italy
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Arezzo, Italy
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Monserrato, Italy
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Firenze, Italy
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Forli, Italy
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Rovigo, Italy
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San Remo, Italy
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Saronno, Italy
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Sassari, Italy
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Torino, Italy
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Trieste, Italy
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Roma, Italy
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Milano, Italy
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Casalpusterlengo, Italy
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Pinerolo, Italy
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Bologna, Italy
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Vicenza, Italy
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Pavia, Italy

Sponsors and Collaborators

AstraZeneca

Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom

Investigators

Study Director:	AstraZeneca Arimidex Medical Science Director, MD	AstraZeneca
Principal Investigator:	Francesco Boccardo, MD	University and National Cancer Research Institute

More Information

Additional Information:

AstraZeneca Clinical Study Information This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

No publications provided

Responsible Party:	AstraZeneca ( Francisco Sapunar, MD - Arimidex Medical Science Director )
Study ID Numbers:	1033IT/0002, ITA
Study First Received:	February 2, 2006
Last Updated:	April 30, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00286117 History of Changes
Health Authority:	Italy: National Monitoring Centre for Clinical Trials - Ministry of Health

Keywords provided by AstraZeneca:

Breast Cancer

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Estrogen Antagonists
Anastrozole
Estrogens
Skin Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Hormone Antagonists
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Adjuvants, Immunologic
Breast Neoplasms

Bone Density Conservation Agents
Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators
Tamoxifen
Hormones
Estrogen Receptor Modulators
Aromatase Inhibitors
Breast Diseases
Menopause

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Estrogen Antagonists
Anastrozole
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Skin Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Antineoplastic Agents
Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Breast Neoplasms
Enzyme Inhibitors

Bone Density Conservation Agents
Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators
Tamoxifen
Pharmacologic Actions
Estrogen Receptor Modulators
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Therapeutic Uses
Aromatase Inhibitors
Breast Diseases

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