Exemestane in Combination With Fulvestrant in Postmenopausal Women With Hormone Sensitive Advanced Breast Cancer

Phase II Trial of Exemestane (Aromasin) in Combination With Fulvestrant (Faslodex) in Postmenopausal Women With Hormone Sensitive Advanced Breast Cancer

The purpose of this trial is to evaluate time to progression in women with hormone responsive advanced breast cancer treated with a combination of exemestane and fulvestrant.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

40

Phase

  • Phase 2

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

    • Ohio
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
        • Ohio State University

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

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Proven breast cancer
  • Metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer
  • Hormonally responsive disease defined as estrogen (ER) and/ or progesterone receptor (PR) positive (>10% staining by immunohistochemistry)
  • Postmenopausal status
  • No more than 1 prior chemotherapy for stage IV metastatic breast cancer allowed
  • ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status 0-2
  • Adequate organ function
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • No prior Exemestane or Fulvestrant
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including but not limited to:

    • ongoing or active infection
    • symptomatic congestive heart failure
    • unstable angina pectoris
    • cardiac arrhythmia
    • myocardial infarction within the last 3 months
    • psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study
  • Lymphangitic pulmonary disease; carcinomatous meningitis, bone marrow only metastases; and a rising tumor marker without any other site of metastatic disease.
  • Presence of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy, patients requiring coumadin

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: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: single-arm study
Combination of daily exemestane 25 mg with monthly 250 mg Fulvestrant injection
25 mg orally per day
Other Names:
  • Aromasin
250 mg IM starting on Day 8 and then every 28 days.
Other Names:
  • Faslodex

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Time to Progression (TTP) in Women With Hormone Responsive Advanced Breast Cancer Treated With Combination of Exemestane and Fulvestrant.
Time Frame: Every 2 cycles up to 2 years
TTP is defined as the time from first treatment to objective evidence of progression on the basis of radiological evaluation and/or physical exam (if physical examination identifies a site of measurable disease). Progression is defined using Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0), as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions
Every 2 cycles up to 2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Overall Clinical Benefit (Complete Response Rate, Partial Response and Stable Disease)
Time Frame: Every 2 cycles, up to 1 year

Response and progression was evaluated after every 2 cycles by physical examination and imaging studies using the international RECIST criteria.

Complete Response (CR), Partial Response (PR), Overall Response Rate (ORR), Stable Disease (SD), Progressive Disease (PD). Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI and/or CT: Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Stable Disease (SD), neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for a Partial Response nor sufficient increase to qualify for Progressive Disease (PD); PD, 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions; Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Overall Response Rate (ORR), CR+PR

Every 2 cycles, up to 1 year
Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Exemestane When Administered Alone and With Fulvestrant
Time Frame: Day 7 and Day 120
5 mL of venous whole blood was obtained before dosing and then at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 24 hours after exemestane ingestion on each of the 2 time points.
Day 7 and Day 120
Examine the Effect of Exemestane + Fulvestrant on Serum IGF-1 and IGFPB-3 Levels
Time Frame: Prestudy, Day 7 and Day 120
Prestudy, Day 7 and Day 120

Collaborators and Investigators

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Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2005

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

June 1, 2012

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

February 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 12, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 13, 2005

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

September 20, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

July 26, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 28, 2018

Last Verified

June 1, 2018

More Information

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