Tamoxifen With or Without Octreotide in Treating Postmenopausal Women With Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Breast Cancer
Completed · Phase 3
Conditions studied: Breast Cancer
In brief
RATIONALE: Estrogen can stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using tamoxifen with or without octreotide may fight breast cancer by blocking the uptake of estrogen. It is not yet known which treatment regimen is more effective for breast cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of tamoxifen with or without octreotide in treating postmenopausal women who have stage I, stage II, or stage III breast cancer.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00002864
- Run by
- NCIC Clinical Trials Group
- People needed
- 667
- Starts
- 1996-09-24
- Expected to finish
- 2010-04-23
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-04-01
Who can join
Age: any, up to 120. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Duluth Clinic — Duluth, Minnesota, United States
- St. Mary's/Duluth Clinic Health System — Duluth, Minnesota, United States
- British Columbia Cancer Agency - Fraser Valley Cancer Centre — Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
- BC Cancer Agency — Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- British Columbia Cancer Agency - Vancouver Island Cancer Centre — Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- CancerCare Manitoba — Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Nova Scotia Cancer Centre — Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie — Barrie, Ontario, Canada
- Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Sudbury — Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Cancer Care Ontario-Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre — Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Kingston Regional Cancer Centre — Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Cancer Care Ontario-London Regional Cancer Centre — London, Ontario, Canada
- Trillium Health Centre — Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Credit Valley Hospital — Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- North York General Hospital, Ontario — North York, Ontario, Canada
- Lakeridge Health Oshawa — Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Ottawa Regional Cancer Center - General Division — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre - Civic Campus — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Algoma District Medical Group — Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
- Hotel Dieu Hospital - St. Catharines — St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
- Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Thunder Bay — Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto East General Hospital — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- St. Michael's Hospital - Toronto — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Mount Sinai Hospital - Toronto — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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