Hormone Therapy in Treating Postmenopausal Women With Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

NCT00002646 | Completed Phase 3

• 6 other identifiers: CDR0000064156E-EB193CLB-9443NCCTG-953052SWOG-9514INT-0151
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,500
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 85

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Estrogen can stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using tamoxifen may fight breast cancer by blocking the uptake of estrogen. Combining chemotherapy with hormone therapy may kill more tumor cells. Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the development or recurrence of cancer. The use of fenretinide may be an effective way to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer. It is not yet known whether tamoxifen plus fenretinide is more effective than tamoxifen alone for breast cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of tamoxifen plus fenretinide with tamoxifen alone in treating postmenopausal women who have stage II or stage III breast cancer that is estrogen receptor positive and/or progesterone receptor positive.

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

stage II breast cancer; stage IIIA breast cancer

Interventions

fenretinide DRUG

tamoxifen citrate DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the breast Pathologic stage T1-3, N1-2, M0 No clinical or pathologic T4 disease No primary tumor fixed to chest wall No axillary nodes fixed to chest wall or neurovascular bundle No preoperative arm edema No clinical skin involvement (microscopic focal dermal invasion or dermal lymphatic involvement eligible) No clinical N2 disease Modified radical mastectomy or lumpectomy required prior to entry Sentinel node biopsy allowed Randomization required within 12 weeks from definitive surgery Surgery dated from mastectomy or axillary dissection for lumpectomy No positive deep mastectomy margins Radiotherapy planned within 12 weeks following axillary node dissection for lumpectomy patients Synchronous bilateral breast cancer eligible If tumor is at least 2 cm, then nodes not involved If no tumor is at least 2 cm, then at least 1 node must be involved Both invasive primaries receptor-positive Previously treated, noninvasive breast cancer eligible No prior invasive breast cancer No adenoid cystic, squamous, or sarcomatous histology Hormone receptor status: Estrogen- or progesterone-receptor positive, i.e.: At least 10 fmole/mg cytosol protein by ligand-binding assay OR Receptor positive by immunocytochemistry PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 65 and over OR Postmenopausal and ineligible/inappropriate for or declined other active node positive adjuvant studies Sex: Female Menopausal status: Postmenopausal, defined as: At least 1 year since last menstrual period Hysterectomized with bilateral oophorectomy Hysterectomized with 1 or both ovaries remaining and either: Over 60 FSH in postmenopausal range Not surgically castrated, under 60, and on HRT FSH elevated 2 weeks after HRT discontinued Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: At least 7 years except for breast cancer Hematopoietic: WBC greater than 3,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hemoglobin at least 10 g/dL Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL AST less than 2 times normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL BUN no greater than 25.0 mg/dL Other: No extensive macular degeneration on exam within 1 year of entry, e.g.: No exudative or atrophic macular lesions that reduce corrected vision to less than 20/40 Health adequate for protocol treatment No nutritional supplementation except single daily multivitamin No other vitamin A supplements Gynecologic exam within the past year required of women who retain a uterus No second malignancy within the past 10 years except: Inactive nonmelanomatous skin cancer Carcinoma in situ of the cervix Prior noninvasive contralateral breast cancer PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: No prior chemotherapy or hormonal therapy for breast cancer except: Up to 1 month of tamoxifen if started by a non participating physician At least 2 weeks since hormone replacement therapy No concurrent megestrol

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Sponsors & Collaborators

• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group: lead
• National Cancer Institute (NCI): collaborator
• SWOG Cancer Research Network: collaborator
• Cancer and Leukemia Group B: collaborator
• North Central Cancer Treatment Group: collaborator

Study Sites (85)

MBCCOP - University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama, 36688, United States

Location

CCOP - Greater Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona, 85006-2726, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Hayden)

Phoenix, Arizona, 85012, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson

Tucson, Arizona, 85723, United States

Location

Arizona Cancer Center

Tucson, Arizona, 85724, United States

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)

Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach

Long Beach, California, 90822, United States

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USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Los Angeles, California, 90033-0800, United States

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Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

Los Angeles, California, 90095-1781, United States

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Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

Los Angeles, California, 91010, United States

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CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute

Oakland, California, 94609-3305, United States

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Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Orange, California, 92868, United States

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University of California Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

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CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

Santa Rosa, California, 95403, United States

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David Grant Medical Center

Travis Air Force Base, California, 94535, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver

Denver, Colorado, 80220, United States

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University of Colorado Cancer Center

Denver, Colorado, 80262, United States

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CCOP - Atlanta Regional

Atlanta, Georgia, 30342-1701, United States

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Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center

Fort Gordon, Georgia, 30905-5650, United States

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Cancer Research Center of Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813, United States

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CCOP - Central Illinois

Decatur, Illinois, 62526, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)

Hines, Illinois, 60141, United States

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Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood, Illinois, 60153, United States

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University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas, 66160-7357, United States

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CCOP - Wichita

Wichita, Kansas, 67214-3882, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita

Wichita, Kansas, 67218, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington

Lexington, Kentucky, 40511-1093, United States

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Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, 40536-0084, United States

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MBCCOP - LSU Medical Center

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States

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Tulane University School of Medicine

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States

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Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130-3932, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130, United States

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Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 02130, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105, United States

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University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-0752, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit

Detroit, Michigan, 48201-1932, United States

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Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States

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Henry Ford Hospital

Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

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CCOP - Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program

Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States

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Providence Hospital - Southfield

Southfield, Michigan, 48075-9975, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi

Biloxi, Mississippi, 39531-2410, United States

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University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, Mississippi, 39216-4505, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson

Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States

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Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB

Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, 39534-2576, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri, 64128, United States

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CCOP - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri, 64131, United States

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CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks

Springfield, Missouri, 65807, United States

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St. Louis University Health Sciences Center

St Louis, Missouri, 63110-0250, United States

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CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau

St Louis, Missouri, 63141, United States

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CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium

Billings, Montana, 59101, United States

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Great Falls Clinic

Great Falls, Montana, 59405, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque

Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87108-5138, United States

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MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC

Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Brooklyn

Brooklyn, New York, 11209, United States

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Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

New York, New York, 10032, United States

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Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220-2288, United States

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Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

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CCOP - Columbus

Columbus, Ohio, 43206, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton

Dayton, Ohio, 45428, United States

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CCOP - Dayton

Kettering, Ohio, 45429, United States

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Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

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Oregon Cancer Center at Oregon Health Sciences University

Portland, Oregon, 97201-3098, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland

Portland, Oregon, 97207, United States

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CCOP - Columbia River Program

Portland, Oregon, 97213, United States

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CCOP - Greenville

Greenville, South Carolina, 29615, United States

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CCOP - Upstate Carolina

Spartanburg, South Carolina, 29303, United States

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Brooke Army Medical Center

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 78234, United States

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University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, Texas, 77555-1329, United States

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Texas Tech University Health Science Center

Lubbock, Texas, 79423, United States

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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas, 78284-7811, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)

San Antonio, Texas, 78284, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple

Temple, Texas, 76504, United States

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CCOP - Scott and White Hospital

Temple, Texas, 76508, United States

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Huntsman Cancer Institute

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84148, United States

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CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center

Seattle, Washington, 98101, United States

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Swedish Cancer Institute

Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle

Seattle, Washington, 98108, United States

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CCOP - Northwest

Tacoma, Washington, 98405-0986, United States

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Madigan Army Medical Center

Tacoma, Washington, 98431-5000, United States

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Related Publications (2)

• Rao RD, Cobleigh MA, Gray R, Graham ML 2nd, Norton L, Martino S, Budd GT, Ingle JN, Wood WC. Phase III double-blind, placebo-controlled, prospective randomized trial of adjuvant tamoxifen vs. tamoxifen and fenretinide in postmenopausal women with positive receptors (EB193): an intergroup trial coordinated by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Med Oncol. 2011 Dec;28 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S39-47. doi: 10.1007/s12032-010-9682-1. Epub 2010 Sep 28.

  PMID: 20878269 RESULT

• Cobleigh MA, Gray R, Graham M, et al.: Fenretinide (FEN) vs placebo in postmenopausal breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant tamoxifen (TAM), an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Phase III Intergroup Trial (EB193, INT-0151). [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 19: A328, 2000.

  RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms

Interventions

Fenretinide; Tamoxifen

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Breast Diseases; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Retinoids; Carotenoids; Polyenes; Alkenes; Hydrocarbons, Acyclic; Hydrocarbons; Organic Chemicals; Cyclohexenes; Cyclohexanes; Cycloparaffins; Hydrocarbons, Alicyclic; Hydrocarbons, Cyclic; Terpenes; Pigments, Biological; Biological Factors; Stilbenes; Benzylidene Compounds; Benzene Derivatives; Hydrocarbons, Aromatic

Study Officials

• Melody A. Cobleigh, MD

  Rush University Medical Center

  STUDY CHAIR

• George Thomas Budd, MD

  The Cleveland Clinic

  STUDY CHAIR

• Mark L. Graham, MD

  UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

  STUDY CHAIR

• James N. Ingle, MD

  Mayo Clinic

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Sponsor Type: NETWORK

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 1, 1999
• First Posted: June 10, 2004
• Study Start: October 1, 1995
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2004
• Last Updated: January 5, 2012

Record last verified: 2010-10

Locations

US (85)