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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 10 May 2021
Main ID:  NCT01566721
Date of registration: 22/03/2012
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche
Public title: A Safety and Tolerability Study of Assisted and Self-Administered Subcutaneous (SC) Herceptin (Trastuzumab) as Adjuvant Therapy in Early Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)-Positive Breast Cancer SafeHER
Scientific title: A Phase III Prospective, Two-Cohort Non-Randomized, Multi-Centre, Multinational, Open-Label Study to Assess the Safety of Assisted- and Self-Administered Subcutaneous Trastuzumab as Therapy in Patients With Operable HER2-Positive Early Breast Cancer
Date of first enrolment: May 17, 2012
Target sample size: 2577
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01566721
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Albania Algeria Argentina Australia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Canada
Chile Colombia Croatia Czech Republic Czechia Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt
El Salvador Finland France Germany Greece Guatemala Hong Kong Hungary
India Indonesia Ireland Italy Korea, Republic of Lithuania Malaysia Mexico
Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Norway Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines
Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia
Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey
Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam
Contacts
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Affiliation:  Hoffmann-La Roche
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Histologically confirmed early invasive HER2-positive carcinoma of the breast with no
evidence of residual, locally recurrent, or metastatic disease and defined as clinical
Stage I to IIIC that is eligible for treatment with Herceptin

- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1

- Screening left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) greater than or equal to (=) 55%

Exclusion Criteria:

- Previous neoadjuvant or adjuvant breast cancer treatment with an approved or
investigational anti-HER2 agent

- History of other malignancy except for curatively treated carcinoma in situ of the
cervix, basal cell carcinoma, or curatively treated malignancies (other than breast
cancer) where the participant has been disease-free for at least 5 years

- Past history of ductal carcinoma in situ treated with any systemic therapy or with
radiation therapy to the ipsilateral breast where invasive cancer subsequently
developed

- Metastatic disease

- Inadequate bone marrow, hepatic, or renal function

- Serious cardiac or cardiovascular disease including uncontrolled hypertension or
history of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy

- History of severe allergic or immunological reactions, such as difficult-to-control
asthma

- Pregnant or lactating women



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Breast Neoplasms
Intervention(s)
Drug: Herceptin
Primary Outcome(s)
Percentage of Participants Who Received Concomitant Non-Cancer Therapy [Time Frame: From Baseline to data cutoff of 10 March 2015 (up to approximately 3 years)]
Percentage of Participants by Total Number of Herceptin Cycles Received [Time Frame: From Day 1 up to 19 cycles (cycle length 3 weeks) (approximately 1 year)]
Number of Herceptin Cycles Received [Time Frame: From Day 1 up to 19 cycles (cycle length 3 weeks) (approximately 1 year)]
Percentage of Participants With Treatment Interruption Due to an AE [Time Frame: From Day 1 up to 19 cycles (cycle length 3 weeks) (approximately 1 year)]
Percentage of Participants With At Least 1 Adverse Event (AE) During the Treatment Period [Time Frame: From Day 1 up to 19 cycles (cycle length 3 weeks) (approximately 1 year)]
Percentage of Participants Who Received Concomitant Cancer Therapy [Time Frame: From Baseline to data cutoff of 10 March 2015 (up to approximately 3 years)]
Percentage of Participants With a Grade 3 or Higher AE During the Treatment Period [Time Frame: From Day 1 up to 19 cycles (cycle length 3 weeks) (approximately 1 year)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Percentage of Participants by Item Response to SID Satisfaction Questionnaire [Time Frame: Cycle 4 (cycle length 3 weeks) and last safety follow-up (LSFU) (approximately 1 year)]
Overall Survival Rate [Time Frame: From Baseline to Time of Event (Up to Approximately 6 Years)]
Percentage of Participants Who Died During the Safety Follow-up Period [Time Frame: From Baseline to Time of Event, Safety Follow-Up Period (Up to 6 Years)]
Disease-Free Survival Rate [Time Frame: From Baseline to time of event (up to approximately 8 years)]
Percentage of Participants Who Died by Data Cutoff of 10 March 2015 [Time Frame: From Baseline to time of event (maximum follow-up approximately 3 years as of data cutoff of 10 March 2015)]
Secondary ID(s)
2011-005328-17
MO28048
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 18/04/2017
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT01566721
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