Hormone receptor-positive metastatic or recurrent breast cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Metastatic or recurrent breast cancer 2) Estrogen-receptor positive 3) Patients who are planning to undergo tamoxifen treatment for the primary treatment breast cancer 4) Patients having measurable target lesions 5) ECOG performance status (PS) 0-1 6) Patients having no severely impaired main organs and marrow 7) Patients who are expected to survive more than 6 months after the first registration day 8) Patients must receive an adequate explanation of the trial before enrollment and sign a written informed consent document
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) HER2 status positive 2) Prior endocrine therapy for recurrent or metastatic disease 3) Prior chemotherapy for recurrent or metastatic disease 4) Patients having active double cancer 5) Patients having CNS metastasis 6) Patients receiving continuous systemic administration of steroids 7) Patients receiving prohibited concomitant medications 8) Patients having difficulty to enroll to the study for psychiatric reasons 9) Patients who are pregnant (or might be pregnant), nursing, or those who will not use contraceptive methods 10) Other cases determined as being unsuitable by the investigators
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Progression free rate at 6 months after the patient randomization | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Response rate (CR+PR) 2) Clinical benefit (CR+PR + SD for longer than 6 months) 3) Relationship between trough levels of tamoxifen, endoxifen, 4-hydroxytamoxifen and N-desmethyltamoxifen at steady state and efficacy and/or adverse reactions 4) Exploration of factors affecting the response | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
National Cancer Center Hospital Department of Breast and Medical Oncology