Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Letrozole Combined With Trastuzumab in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer
eLEcTRA
An Open Label, Randomized Comparison of Femara® 2.5mg Once Daily With or Without Weekly Herceptin® Until Disease Progression as First-line Treatment in Postmenopausal Women With Advanced Breast Cancer.
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Brief Summary
Phase IV trial to investigate the effect of the combination of Letrozole with trastuzumab in metastatic breast cancer patients
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for phase_4
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
March 1, 2003
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 13, 2005
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 15, 2005
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
October 1, 2008
CompletedMarch 31, 2010
March 1, 2010
5.6 years
September 13, 2005
March 30, 2010
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Time to progression as assessed by clinical palpation and radiologic imaging every 3 months
3 months
Secondary Outcomes (4)
Objective response rate/Clinical Benefit rate
3 months
Time to treatment failure
3 months
Duration of response/clinical benefit during treatment
3 months
Overall survival
3 months
Study Arms (3)
A - HER-2 +ve patients with Femara alone
EXPERIMENTALB - HER-2 +ve patients with Femara + Herceptin
EXPERIMENTALC - HER-2 -ve patients with Femara alone
EXPERIMENTALInterventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Postmenopausal
- Her-2 overexpression and ER and/or PgR positive
- Metastatic Breast Cancer
You may not qualify if:
- Previous treatment with trastuzumab
- Significant Liver or renal impairment
- Erbb2 negative and/or ER and PgR negative
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Novartis Pharmaceuticalslead
- Roche - Prof. Dr. Jens Huober et al.collaborator
Study Sites (1)
Novartis Investigative Site
Tübingen, Germany
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Novartis Pharmeceuticals
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 4
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 13, 2005
First Posted
September 15, 2005
Study Start
March 1, 2003
Primary Completion
October 1, 2008
Last Updated
March 31, 2010
Record last verified: 2010-03