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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00333047
Date of registration: 31/05/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Novartis
Public title: Letrozole in Metastatic Breast Cancer in Combination With Chemotherapy
Scientific title: A Study of Letrozole in the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer in Combination With Chemotherapy
Date of first enrolment: July 2002
Target sample size: 24
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00333047
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name:     Novartis
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Affiliation:  Novartis
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

- Histologically proven metastatic breast cancer

- Measurable disease, patients with bone only disease are not eligible

- Age = 65 years

- Performance status = 2 (World Health Organization)

- Estimated life expectancy under therapy of at least 3 months

- Estrogen-/progesterone-receptor status positive or unknown

- Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

- Prior chemo- or hormone therapy for metastatic breast cancer; prior therapy with
aromatase inhibitors in the adjuvant setting

- Disease-free interval after adjuvant therapy < 1 year

- Clinical signs of central nervous system metastases

- Renal, bone marrow, or liver insufficiency

- Severe coronary heart disease, cardiac insufficiency or other severe concomitant
internal diseases

- Pulmonary fibrosis/alveolitis Additional protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion
criteria may apply.



Age minimum: 65 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Metastatic Breast Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: Letrozole
Primary Outcome(s)
Objective response rate (complete remission, partial remission,no change, progressive disease) by clinical palpation and radiologic imaging every 3 months until disease progression
Secondary Outcome(s)
Time to progression and safety and toxicity during treatment
Secondary ID(s)
CFEM345ADE07
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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