Exemestane in Treating Postmenopausal Women With Resected Stage I, Stage II, or Stage IIIA Breast Cancer Who Have Completed 5 Years of Tamoxifen
Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Breast Cancer
In brief
RATIONALE: Estrogen can stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using exemestane may fight breast cancer by reducing the production of estrogen by the tumor cells. It is not yet known whether exemestane is effective in preventing the recurrence of breast cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to study the effectiveness of exemestane in preventing cancer recurrence in postmenopausal women who have resected stage I, stage II, or stage IIIA breast cancer and have completed 5 years of tamoxifen.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00016432
- Run by
- NSABP Foundation Inc
- People needed
- 1598
- Starts
- 2001-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2011-04-19
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- CCOP - Greater Phoenix — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center — Duarte, California, United States
- California Cancer Center — Fresno, California, United States
- Sutter Health Western Division Cancer Research Group — Greenbrae, California, United States
- Scripps Cancer Center — La Jolla, California, United States
- Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center — La Jolla, California, United States
- Loma Linda University Cancer Institute — Loma Linda, California, United States
- Pacific Shores Medical Group — Long Beach, California, United States
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA — Los Angeles, California, United States
- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center — Orange, California, United States
- Comprehensive Cancer Centers of the Desert — Palm Springs, California, United States
- Sutter Cancer Center — Sacramento, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center/Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
- CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital — Santa Rosa, California, United States
- Stanford University Medical Center — Stanford, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Vallejo — Vallejo, California, United States
- University of Colorado Cancer Center — Denver, Colorado, United States
- CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program, Incorporated — Denver, Colorado, United States
- University of Connecticut — Farmington, Connecticut, United States
- Hartford Hospital — Hartford, Connecticut, United States
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services — Newark, Delaware, United States
- George Washington University Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- Morton Plant Hospital — Clearwater, Florida, United States
- Comprehensive Cancer Institute of Huntsville — Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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