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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00084968




Registration number
NCT00084968
Ethics application status
Date submitted
24/11/2003
Date registered
26/11/2003
Date last updated
24/02/2021

Titles & IDs
Public title
Study Comparing Lapatinib (GW572016) And Letrozole Versus Letrozole In Subjects With Advanced Or Metastatic Breast Cancer
Scientific title
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Phase III Study Comparing GW572016 and Letrozole Versus Letrozole in Subjects With Estrogen/Progesterone Receptor- Positive Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
CLAP016A2308
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
EGF30008
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Key inclusion criteria

1. Signed informed consent;
2. Subjects with histologically confirmed invasive breast cancer with stage IV disease at primary diagnosis or at relapse after curative-intent surgery;

* Subjects with either measurable or non-measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST).
* If the disease was restricted to a solitary lesion, its neoplastic nature was confirmed by cytology or histology.
3. Tumors that were ER+ and/or PgR+;
4. Post-menopausal female subjects = 18 years of age.
5. ECOG Performance Status of 0 or 1;
6. Subjects who had archived tumor tissue available to compare tumor response with intra-tumoral expression of ErbB1 and ErbB2.
7. Adjuvant therapy with an aromatase inhibitor and / or trastuzumab was allowed; however, treatment was to stop more than 1 year prior (>12 months) to the first dose of randomized therapy.
8. Subjects must have ended hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) at least 1 month (30 days) prior to receiving the first dose of randomized therapy.

Key exclusion criteria:

1. Pre-menopausal, pregnant, or lactating;
2. Received prior chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy, or anti-ErbB1/ErbB2 therapy for advanced or metastatic disease;
3. Bisphosphonate therapy for bone metastases was allowed; however, treatment was to be initiated prior to the first dose of randomized therapy. Prophylactic use of bisphosphonates in subjects without bone disease, except for the treatment of osteoporosis, was not permitted;
4. Used an investigational drug within 30 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, preceding the first dose of randomized therapy (lapatinib or placebo);
5. Subjects with known history of/clinical evidence of CNS metastases or leptomeningeal carcinomatosis; and / or subjects on concurrent anti-cancer therapies other than letrozole; and / or who have not recovered from toxicities related to prior adjuvant therapy (surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy etc.)
6. Subjects with active or uncontrolled infection and/ or with history of uncontrolled or symptomatic angina, arrhythmias, or congestive heart failure.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
9/12/2003
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
22/03/2018
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
1286
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
This study evaluated and compared the efficacy and tolerability of lapatinib and letrozole, with letrozole and placebo in post-menopausal women with hormone receptor positive (ER positive and/or PgR positive) advanced or metastatic breast cancer, who had not received prior therapy for advanced or metastatic disease.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00084968
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes
This record is viewable in the ANZCTR as it had previously listed Australia and/or New Zealand as a recruitment site, however these sites have since been removed

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Address 0 0
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
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Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00084968