Letrozole in Preventing Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women Who Are at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer Due to High Breast Density

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming, growing, or coming back. The use of letrozole may stop cancer from forming or coming back in postmenopausal women who are at increased risk for breast cancer due to high breast density. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well letrozole works in preventing breast cancer in postmenopausal women who are at increased risk for breast cancer due to high breast density.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00238316
Run by
NCIC Clinical Trials Group
People needed
68
Starts
2000-12-05
Expected to finish
2009-02-10
Last updated by the study team
2020-04-02

Who can join

Age: any, up to 120. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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