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CompletedNCT00237211Updated Nov 14, 2018

Study of High-dose Letrozole Therapy in Postmenopausal Patients With Breast Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of Letrozole in Postmenopausal Women With Advanced Breast Cancer, sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Completed at 12 sites in Japan. Open to female participants aged 20 Years to 74 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-11-14.

Sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
31
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
20 Years to 74 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

To investigate the safety and efficacy of letrozole monotherapy at a dose of 2.5 mg/day in postmenopausal patients with breast cancer, and to determine the blood concentrations of letrozole and hormones.

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Conditions studied

  • Postmenopausal Women With Advanced Breast Cancer

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Keywords

  • Aromatase inhibitor
  • letrozole
  • breast cancer
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In context

Breast Neoplasms

12,544 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 2,892 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 31 is below the median of 72 across 9,303 interventional studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals is the lead sponsor of 2,673 studies on the registry; 228 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years to 74 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with histologically documented breast cancer.
  • Patients with hormone receptor (ER and/or PgR) status of positive or unknown
  • Patients who have been amenorrheic for the preceding 12 months or more.
  • Patients who are 20 years or older and younger than 75 years.
  • Patients with a history of postoperative adjuvant therapy or a history of endocrine therapy with tamoxifen for the treatment of progression or recurrence of the lesion. The endocrine therapy, however, should not exceed one regimen.
  • Patients with progressing lesions.
  • Patients with sufficient organ function to evaluate the safety
  • Patients whose performance status (PS) is classified in 0~2.
  • Patients who have no residual effects from previous treatments

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with other concurrent or previous malignant disease (excluding uterine carcinoma in-situ).
  • Patients with hypercalcemia and uncontrollable cardiac disease (including a history of serious cardiac disease)
  • Patients who have previously received aromatase inhibitor.
  • Patients who have lymphangitis-type lung metastasis or symptomatic brain metastasis.

Other protocol-defined inclusion / exclusion criteria may apply.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
31 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Letrozole

    Drug: Letrozole

Interventions

  • DrugLetrozole

    Also known as: FEM345

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety during treatment

    Time frame: Until disease progression or appearance of unacceptable toxicity whichever comes first

  2. Response Rate during treatment

    Time frame: Until disease progression or appearance of unacceptable toxicity whichever comes first

Secondary outcomes

  1. Pharmacokinetics measurement at baseline and at every 4 weeks until 28 weeks

    Time frame: Maximum 28 weeks after initiate treatment

  2. Plasma estrogens level at baseline and at every 4 weeks until 28 weeks

    Time frame: Maximum 28 weeks after initiate treatment

  3. Duration of response

    Time frame: From the first date of response confirmed and the last date of response confirmed

  4. Time to progression

    Time frame: From the first date of response confirmed and the last date of response confirmed

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Study locations

12 sites
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8577, Japan
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Matsuyama, Ehime 791-0280, Japan
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Kooriyama, Fukushima 963-8501, Japan
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Kitaadachi-gun, Saitama 338-8553, Japan
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Osaka, 537-8511, Japan
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Saitama, 338-8553, Japan
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 14, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00237211
Lead sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Collaborators
Chugai Pharmaceutical
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 12, 2005
Start date
Jun 2001
Primary completion
Oct 2006
Completion
Oct 2006
Last update
Nov 14, 2018

Study contacts

Novartis Pharmaceuticals
study director · Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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