Bevacizumab and Letrozole in Treating Postmenopausal Women With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some find tumor cells and kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Others interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Bevacizumab may also stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Estrogen can cause the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using letrozole may fight breast cancer by lowering the amount of estrogen the body makes. Giving bevacizumab together with letrozole may be an effective treatment for locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving bevacizumab together with letrozole works in treating postmenopausal women with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer that cannot be removed by surgery.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00305825
Run by
University of California, San Francisco
People needed
43
Starts
2004-08-01
Expected to finish
2016-05-24
Last updated by the study team
2017-08-31

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

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