Zoladex Plus Tamoxifen in Breast Cancer

University of Chinese Academy Sciences

Status

Completed

Conditions

Endometrium

Estrogen

Ultrasonography

Mammography

Lipemia

Treatments

Drug: Goserelin

Drug: tamoxifen

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00827307

D8666L00002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare Zoladex plus tamoxifen with tamoxifen alone as adjuvant hormonal therapy in pre- or perimenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer in terms of breast density, estrogen levels, lipidemia, endometrial thickness and ultrasonographic abnormalities.

Full description

After the completion of primary treatment(surgery and/or adjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy could be given concurrently with study medication), eligible patients will be randomized to receive Zoladex plus tamoxifen or tamoxifen alone. The duration of study medication along with the follow-up will be 18 months, or until disease recurrence,or discontinuation of study therapy (as a result of an adverse event, a patient's request, or an investigator's decision), further treatment will be at investigator's discretion.

During the study period, contralateral mammograms and transvaginal ultrasound will be undertaken at baseline and after 6, 12 and 18 months of study medications. Mammographic density assessment will be undertaken by a single radiologist. Serum measurements including estrogen levels and lipidemia will be obtained at baseline and after 3, 6, 12 and 18 months of study medications.

Enrollment

100 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 50 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

provision of informed consent
histologically proven HR+ operable invasive breast cancer
completion of surgery and chemotherapy(if given).
women defined as pre- or perimenopausal according to all of the following: aged 50 years or younger, at least one menstrual period during the last months.

Exclusion criteria

clinical evidence of metastatic disease
pregnancy or breast-feeding
bilateral oophorectomy;
radiation of the ovaries
patients who, for whatever reason(eg, confusion, infirmity,alcoholism),are unlikely to comply with trial requirements
patients whose chemotherapy was started more than 8 weeks after completion of primary surgery or whose chemotherapy was completed more than 8 weeks before starting the study treatment. Chemotherapy, if given, should have been given post-operatively, ie, patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy are ineligible
patients who have not received chemotherapy and whose primary surgery was completed more than 8 weeks before starting the study treatment
previous hormonal therapy as adjuvant treatment for breast cancer
patients unwilling to stop taking any drug known to affect sex hormonal status, or in whom it would be inappropriate to stop
previous history of invasive malignancy within the last 5 years, other than squamous or basal cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix, adequately cone biopsied
treatment with a non-approved or experimental drug during 1 month before entry into the study
history of hypersensitivity to active or inactive excipients of tamoxifen and Zoladex
history of bleeding diathesis (ie. Disseminated intravascular coagulation, clotting factor deficiency), or long term anticoagulant therapy (other than antiplatelet therapy and low dose warfarin )
leukopenia and/or thrombocytopenia
history of ocular fundus diseases
history of thromboembolic diseases