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A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PARALLEL-GROUP, MULTICENTRE, PHASE III STUDY TO COMPARE THE EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF FULVESTRANT (FASLODEX TM) 500 MG WITH ANASTROZOLE (ARIMIDEX TM) 1 MG AS HORMONAL TREATMENT FOR POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH HORMONE RECEPTOR-POSITIVE LOCALLY ADVANCED OR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER WHO HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN TREATED WITH ANY HORMONAL THERAPY (FALCON)

A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PARALLEL-GROUP, MULTICENTRE, PHASE III STUDY TO COMPARE THE EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF FULVESTRANT (FASLODEX TM) 500 MG WITH ANASTROZOLE (ARIMIDEX TM) 1 MG AS HORMONAL TREATMENT FOR POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH HORMONE RECEPTOR-POSITIVE LOCALLY ADVANCED OR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER WHO HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN TREATED WITH ANY HORMONAL THERAPY (FALCON)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REPEC
Registry ID
PER-090-12
Enrollment
20
Registered
2013-02-22
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-09-04

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

PATIENTS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE STUDY BASED ON LOCAL LABORATORY RESULTS FOR HORMONE RECEPTOR STATUS. APPROXIMATELY 450 WOMEN WILL BE RANDOMISED 1:1 (FULVESTRANT: ANASTROZOLE). PAT

Sponsors

AstraZeneca AB,
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
60 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. PROVISION OF SIGNED, WRITTEN INFORMED CONSENT PRIOR TO ANY STUDY SPECIFIC PROCEDURES. 2. HISTOLOGICAL CONFIRMATION OF BREAST CANCER. 3. POSITIVE HORMONE RECEPTOR STATUS (ER +VE AND/OR PGR +VE) OF PRIMARY OR METASTATIC TUMOUR TISSUE BASED ON LOCAL LABORATORY ASSESSMENT. 4. HAVE EITHER . LOCALLY ADVANCED DISEASE NOT AMENABLE TO SURGERY OR RADIOTHERAPY OF CURATIVE INTENT. PATIENTS MAY HAVE HAD ONE LINE OF CYTOTOXIC CHEMOTHERAPY, FOLLOWING WHICH THEY MUST REMAIN UNSUITABLE FOR THERAPY OF CURATIVE INTENT. OR . METASTATIC DISEASE PATIENTS MAY HAVE RECEIVED ONE LINE OF CYTOTOXIC CHEMOTHERAPY AS PREVIOUS TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER BUT MUST SHOW PROGRESSIVE DISEASE PRIOR TO ENROLMENT. 5. AT LEAST 1 LESION (MEASURABLE AND/OR NON-MEASURABLE) THAT CAN BE ACCURATELY ASSESSED AT BASELINE AND IS SUITABLE FOR REPEATED ASSESSMENT BY CT, MRI OR PLAIN X-RAY. 6. POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMAN, DEFINED AS A WOMAN FULFILLING ANY 1 OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA (BASED ON THE NCCN DEFINITION OF MENOPAUSE [NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK 2008]):

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. PRESENCE OF LIFE-THREATENING METASTATIC VISCERAL DISEASE, DEFINED AS EXTENSIVE HEPATIC INVOLVEMENT, OR ANY DEGREE OF BRAIN OR LEPTOMENINGEA] INVOLVEMENT (PAST OR PRESENT), OR SYMPTOMATIC PULMONARY LYMPHANGITIC SPREAD. PATIENTS WITH DISCRETE PULMONARY PARENCHYMAL METASTASES ARE ELIGIBLE, PROVIDED THEIR RESPIRATORY FUNCTION IS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISED AS A RESULT OF DISEASE IN THE OPINION OF THE INVESTIGATOR. 2. PRIOR SYSTEMIC THERAPY FOR BREAST CANCER OTHER THAN ONE LINE OF CYTOTOXIC CHEMOTHERAPY (THE LAST DOSE OF CHEMOTHERAPY MUST HAVE BEEN RECEIVED MORE THAN 28 DAYS PRIOR TO RANDOMISATION). 3. RADIATION THERAPY IF NOT COMPLETED WITHIN 28 DAYS PRIOR TO RANDOMISATION (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RADIOTHERAPY GIVEN FOR CONTROL OF BONE PAIN, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE DAY OF RANDOMISATION, SEE SECTION 5.6). 4. HERCEPTIN-ELIGIBLE (HER2 OVEREXPRESSION OR GENE AMPLIFICATION, IE, IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY (IHC)3+VE OR FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDISATION (FISH)+VE, WHERE APPROPRIATE). 5. PRIOR TREATMENT WITH A NON-APPROVED OR EXPERIMENTAL DRUG FOR BREAST CANCER. 6. CONCOMITANT ANTICANCER TREATMENT (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BISPHOSPHONATES, SEE SECTION 5.6). 7. PRIOR HORMONAL TREATMENT FOR BREAST CANCER. 8. PRIOR TREATMENT WITH SYSTEMIC HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY.

Countries

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kindgdom, United States

Contacts

Public ContactAngela Flores

IQVIA RDS Peru S.R.L

angela.flores@quintiles.com6153253

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REPEC (via WHO ICTRP)