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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00255463
Date of registration: 17/11/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: AstraZeneca
Public title: Phase II Neoadjuvant ER+/PgR + Arimidex +/- Iressa Study
Scientific title: Phase II, Placebo Controlled, Parallel Group, Double Blind, Randomised, Multicentre Trial Comparing the Anastrozole (Arimidex®) Placebo Combination to the Anastrozole - ZD1839 (Iressa™) Combination as Neoadjuvant Treatment in Postmenopausal Women With Stage I-IIIB Breast Cancer and Oestrogen Receptor (ER) and/or Progesterone (PgR) Positive Tumours
Date of first enrolment: January 2004
Target sample size: 185
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00255463
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Czech Republic France Hungary Portugal Spain Sweden United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:     AstraZeneca Iressa Medical Sciences Director, MD
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Affiliation:  AstraZeneca
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Measurable (stage I-IIIB) non meta static non inflammatory breast cancer

- Patients must post menopausal women who in the opinion of investigator would be
likely to benefit from endocrine therapy. Postmenopausal patients are defined as:

- Natural menopause with last menses > 1 year ago,

- Radiation induced oophorectomy with last menses > 1 year ago,

- Serum FSH and LH levels clearly in the postmenopausal range for the institution.

- Bilateral oophorectomy

Exclusion Criteria:

- Other current or previous (to last 5 years) malignancies, other metastases, abnormal
blood chemistry, lung/ heart/kidney/liver abnormalities,

- Hormonal treatment within the last 2 weeks, previous hormonal treatment for invasive
cancer



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Breast Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: Gefitinib
Drug: Anastrazole
Primary Outcome(s)
To determine and compare changes in proliferation marker at 16 weeks in the treatment groups
Secondary Outcome(s)
Comparison of WHO and RECIST criteria,
Exploratory biomarker studies involving genomics, metabolomics and proteomics.
Tumour response, safety and tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacokinetics and dynamics, oestradiol levels, mastectomy rate.
Secondary ID(s)
1839IL/0223
D7913C00223
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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