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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 12 February 2013
Main ID:  ISRCTN76560285
Date of registration: 19/04/2005
Primary sponsor: Finnish Breast Cancer Group, HYKS Institute
Public title: Comparison of vinorelbine versus docetaxel, and trastuzumab versus no trastuzumab as adjuvant treatments of early breast cancer FinHer
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Date of first enrolment: Nov 1 2000
Target sample size: 1010
Recruitment status: Completed/Not recruiting
URL:  http://isrctn.org/ISRCTN76560285
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial  
Countries of recruitment
Finland
Contacts
Name: Heikki  Joensuu
Address:  Department of Oncology Helsinki University Central Hospital Haartmaninkatu 8 FIN-00029 Helsinki Finland
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Email:
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Histologically confirmed breast cancer
2. Age 65 or less
3. Progesterone receptor (PgR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor two (HER2) status available
4. M0
5. Written informed consent
6. Estimated risk of breast cancer recurrence more than 25% within the first five years from the diagnosis: pN+ or pN0 with tumor size more than 20 mm and PgR negative

Exclusion criteria: 1. Special type of histology without axillary lymph node metastases
2. World Health Organisation (WHO) performance status (PS) more than one
3. Blood leukocyte count less than 3.0 or granulocyte count less than 1.5, thrombocyte count less than 120
4. Severe cardiac disease or hypertension
5. Severe liver disease
6. Pregnancy
7. Male breast cancer
8. More than 12 weeks between breast surgery and study entry
9. Prior cancer except for basalioma/any in situ cancer


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Breast cancer
Intervention(s)
Randomisation:
1. Between weekly vinorelbine 25 mg/m^2 x 8 followed by cyclophosphamide, epirubicin and 5-fluorouracil (CEF) x 3 vs three weekly docetaxel 100 mg/m^2 x 3 followed by CEF x 3

2. Whenever tumor is HER2-positive, a second randomization between weekly trastuzumab 2 mg/kg concomitantly with vinorelbine/docetaxel versus no trastuzumab
Primary Outcome(s)
Disease-free survival
Secondary Outcome(s)
Survival, safety, quality of life, cardiac ejection fraction
Secondary ID(s)
FBCG 00-01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Sponsored by the Finnish Breast Cancer Group; supported by Sanofi-Aventis, Pierre-Fabre, Pharmacia; HYKS Institute Project Number 2161
Secondary Sponsor(s)
N/A
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