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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT00329940
Date of registration: 23/05/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Public title: Safety and Rheumatologic Tolerability of Letrozole in Postmenopausal Patients With Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer
Scientific title: Assessment of Rheumatologic Tolerability of Letrozole in Postmenopausal Patients With Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer Having Discontinued Anastrozole Adjuvant Treatment Due to Musculoskeletal Disorders
Date of first enrolment: November 2005
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00329940
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:     Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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Affiliation:  Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Postmenopausal women receiving anastrozole adjuvant therapy for hormone receptor
positive breast cancer who want to interrupt the treatment because of severe
rheumatologic adverse events

- Polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PNN) = 1200/mm3, platelets = 100000/mm3, hemoglobin
(Hb) = 10 g/dL

- Bilirubin = 30 µmol, SGOT/SGPT < 3N

- Fully signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pain due to bone fracture

- Metastatic disease

- Hormone therapy other than anastrozole

- Incapacitating or uncontrolled concomitant disease that could hamper patient's quality
of life

- Hypersensitivity to letrozole or its components

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Breast Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: Letrozole
Primary Outcome(s)
To evaluate the rheumatological tolerability of letrozole 2.5 mg/day in patients treated with anastrozole 1 mg/day [Time Frame: at 1, 3 and 6 months of letrozole treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
To determine how long letrozole treatment is maintained [Time Frame: at 1, 3 and 6 months of letrozole treatment]
To determine the causes of discontinuation [Time Frame: at 1, 3 and 6 months of letrozole treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
CFEM345DFR04
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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