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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00738777
Date of registration: 19/08/2008
Primary sponsor: The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Public title: Pre-operative Hormonal Treatment for Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer
Scientific title: A Randomized, Prospective Trial of 2-6 Weeks Pre-operative Hormonal Treatment for Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer: Anastrozole +/- Fulvestrant or Tamoxifen Exposure - Response in Molecular Profile (AFTER-study).
Date of first enrolment: July 2008
Target sample size: 250
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00738777
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Basic Science  
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Contacts
Name:   Sabine C Linn, MD
Address: 
Telephone: +31-20-5129111
Email: s.linn@nki.nl
Affiliation: 
Name:   Sabine C Linn, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  NKI-AvL
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with proven invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast

- Any tumor with a size = 1cm (NOT inflammatory breast cancer)

- WHO-performance score 0 or 1

- Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Clues of metastatic disease by clinical examination according to most recent NABON
guidelines

- Multicentric breast cancer

- Inflammatory breast cancer

- Hormone replacement during the last 12 months

- Other systemic treatment during the waiting time till surgery

- Already planned date for surgery within the next 2 weeks

- Any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially
hampering adequate informed consent or compliance with the study protocol

- Patient's refusal to undergo a core biopsy procedure of the primary tumor before the
start of treatment

NB: a concomitant malignancy within the last five years is not an exclusion criterium,
because survival is not the primary endpoint. Just as prior invasive breast cancer or DCIS
within the last 15 years is not an exclusion criterium.

NB: Patients of childbearing potential must implement adequate non-hormonal contraceptive
measures during the study.



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Breast Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: Anastrozole
Drug: Anastrozole+Fulvestrant
Drug: Tamoxifen
Primary Outcome(s)
Decrease in tumor cell proliferation and induced apoptosis. [Time Frame: At baseline and after 2-6 weeks of endocrine treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Comparison of changes in gene expression after different endocrine treatment exposures [Time Frame: At baseline and after endocrine treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
EudraCT; 2008-000644-13
N08AFT
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
AstraZeneca
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