Tamoxifen in Treating Women With Breast Cancer

December 18, 2013 updated by: University Hospital Birmingham

A Large, Uniquely Simple, Randomised Study to Assess Much More Reliably the Balance of Benefits and Risks of Prolonging Adjuvant Tamoxifen Treatment in Early Breast Cancer

RATIONALE: Estrogen can stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using tamoxifen may fight breast cancer by blocking the uptake of estrogen by the tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of at least 2 years of tamoxifen with that of 5 additional years of tamoxifen in treating women who have breast cancer that has been surgically removed.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the disease-free and overall survival of women with early breast cancer who are randomized to discontinue adjuvant tamoxifen vs those randomized to continue for at least 5 additional years.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified for analysis according to duration of tamoxifen given before randomization (2-3 years vs 4-5 years vs 6-7 years vs 8-9 years vs 10 years and over), age (less than 49 vs over 50), and important prognostic factors, including tumor type and grade and nodal and estrogen receptor status. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

  • Arm I: Patients discontinue tamoxifen after at least 2 years of prior treatment.
  • Arm II: Patients continue treatment with tamoxifen for at least 5 additional years in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression.

Patients are followed annually.

Peer Reviewed and Funded or Endorsed by Cancer Research UK

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 8,000-20,000 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

20000

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United Kingdom
    • England
      • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, B15 2TT
        • Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit - Birmingham

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed breast carcinoma that has been completely excised

    • Clinically relapse free
  • Must have completed at least two years of adjuvant therapy with tamoxifen for early breast cancer AND have no clear indication for or against receiving further tamoxifen
  • No significant endometrial hyperplasia
  • No patients with negligibly low risk of breast cancer death

  • Hormone receptor status:

    • Any status allowed

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Not specified

Sex:

  • Female

Menopausal status:

  • Any status allowed

Performance status:

  • Not specified

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • No other life threatening disease
  • No retinopathy
  • No psychiatric disorder or other condition that would preclude study compliance
  • No serious toxicity (e.g., depression) thought to be due to tamoxifen
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • Not specified

Endocrine therapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Other:

  • Any primary treatment allowed

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
All-cause mortality

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Disease recurrence
Death due to breast cancer, other primary tumors, or cardiovascular causes

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University Hospital Birmingham

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Daniel Rea, MD, University Hospital Birmingham

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 1991

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 1, 1999

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 26, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

January 27, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 19, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 18, 2013

Last Verified

March 1, 2007

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000066779
  • CRC-TU-ATTOM
  • EU-98042
  • ISRCTN17222211

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