A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Herceptin® (Trastuzumab) in Combination With Arimidex® (Anastrozole) an Aromatase Inhibitor Compared to Arimidex® Alone in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00022672 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : January 27, 2003
Results First Posted : June 13, 2013
Last Update Posted : June 13, 2013
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Breast Cancer | Drug: trastuzumab (Herceptin®) Drug: anastrazole (Arimidex®) | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 208 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Open-label Study of the Effect of Herceptin Plus Arimidex Compared With Arimidex Alone on Progression-free Survival in Patients With HER2-positive and Hormone-receptor Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer |
Study Start Date : | January 2001 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2009 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 2009 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: trastuzumab + anastrozole
Trastuzumab 4 mg/kg loading dose intravenous (iv) over 90 minutes, followed by weekly doses of 2 mg/kg iv over 30 minutes plus 1 mg oral dose of anastrozole every day for 24 Months in the Main phase and in the Extension Phase.
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Drug: trastuzumab (Herceptin®)
4mg/kg iv loading dose, followed by 2mg/kg iv weekly
Other Name: Herceptin® Drug: anastrazole (Arimidex®) 1 mg tablet taken orally daily
Other Name: Arimidex® |
Active Comparator: anastrozole
1 mg oral dose of anastrozole every day for 24 Months in the Main phase. In the Extension Phase participants could cross-over to also receive trastuzumab 4 mg/kg initial loading dose intravenous (iv) over 90 minutes, followed by weekly doses of 2 mg/kg iv over 30 minutes.
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Drug: anastrazole (Arimidex®)
1 mg tablet taken orally daily
Other Name: Arimidex® |
- Progression Free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: 24 Months, End of Study (Up to 5 years) ]PFS was assessed by the investigator based on World Health Organization (WHO) criteria using radiographic tumor evaluations. Disease progression was defined as the appearance of any new lesion not previously identified or an estimated increase of 25% or more in existent bidimensionally or unidimensionally measurable lesions or progression of an existing non-measurable lesion. For bidimensionally measurable malignant lesions with an area of at least 2.0 centimeters squared (cm^2) an increase of 1.0 cm^2 was required and for unidimensionally measurable lesions of 1.0 cm or less an increase of 0.5 cm was required. PFS was defined as the number of days between date of randomization and date of documented disease progression or date of death. Kaplan Meier estimates of PFS are presented.
- Percentage of Participants With Clinical Benefit [ Time Frame: 24 Months, End of Study (Up to 5 years) ]Clinical Benefit was defined as stable disease for ≥ six months or complete response or partial response.
- Duration of Response at 24 Months [ Time Frame: 24 Months ]Duration of response was defined as the number of days from the day complete response or partial response was first noted to the day of progression of disease, death or last follow-up.
- Time to Response at 24 Months [ Time Frame: 24 Months ]Time to response was defined as the number of days from the day of randomization to the day complete response or partial response was first noted.
- Overall Survival at 24 Months [ Time Frame: 24 Months ]Overall Survival is defined as the number of days from randomization to death.
- Percentage of Participants With Two-Year Survival [ Time Frame: 24 Months ]
- Percentage of Participants With Overall Tumor Response at 24 Months [ Time Frame: 24 Months ]Tumor Response levels were determined by the investigator and an Independent Response Evaluation Committee and Reconciled. Overall Response was defined as either complete response or partial response.
- Percentage of Participants With Best Tumor Response at 24 Months [ Time Frame: 24 Months ]Tumor Response levels were determined by the investigator and an Independent Response Evaluation Committee and Reconciled. Best Response was defined as the best response a patient achieves in the study.
- Percentage of Participants With Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status at Final Visit Compared to Baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline, Final Visit (Up to 24 Months) ]
Participants rated their performance status using the ECOG Questionnaire on the following scale: 0=Fully active, perform all pre-disease activities without restriction; 1=Restricted in physically strenuous activity but ambulatory, carry out work of a light or sedentary nature; 2=Ambulatory, capable of self-care, unable to carry out any work activities, up and about more than >50% of waking hours; 3=Capable of limited self-care, confined to bed or chair >50% of waking hours; 4=Completely disabled, not capable of any self-care, totally confined to bed or chair; 5=Dead.
The percentage of participants in the following categories:
Improved: Score decrease from baseline. Unchanged: Score the same as baseline. Worse: Score increase from baseline.
- Duration of Response at End of Study [ Time Frame: End of Study (Up to 5 years) ]Duration of response was defined as the number of days from the day complete response or partial response was first noted to the day of progression of disease, death or last follow-up.
- Time to Response at End of Study [ Time Frame: End of Study (Up to 5 years) ]Time to response was defined as the number of days from the day of randomization to the day complete response or partial response was first noted.
- Percentage of Participants With Overall Tumor Response at End of Study [ Time Frame: End of Study (Up to 5 years) ]Tumor Response levels were determined by the investigator and an Independent Response Evaluation Committee and Reconciled. Overall Response was defined as either complete response or partial response.
- Percentage of Participants With Best Tumor Response at End of Study [ Time Frame: End of Study (Up to 5 years) ]Tumor Response levels were determined by the investigator and an Independent Response Evaluation Committee and Reconciled. Best Response was defined as the best response a patient achieves in the study.
- Number of Participants With Adverse Events [ Time Frame: Throughout the Study (Up to 5 years) ]Number of participants with adverse events as a measure for safety as assessed by the collection of adverse events, laboratory tests for Hematology and Serum Chemistry, clinical assessments and cardiac monitoring.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- postmenopausal women;
- metastatic breast cancer suitable for endocrine therapy;
- positive hormone receptor status;
- Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) overexpression.
Exclusion Criteria:
- patients on hormone replacement therapy;
- previous chemotherapy for metastatic disease;
- uncontrolled cardiac disease and history of cardiac failure.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00022672

Study Director: | Clinical Trials | Hoffmann-La Roche |
Responsible Party: | Hoffmann-La Roche |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00022672 |
Obsolete Identifiers: | NCT00112450 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
BO16216 |
First Posted: | January 27, 2003 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | June 13, 2013 |
Last Update Posted: | June 13, 2013 |
Last Verified: | June 2013 |
Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases Trastuzumab Anastrozole Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological Antineoplastic Agents |
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal Aromatase Inhibitors Steroid Synthesis Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Estrogen Antagonists Hormone Antagonists Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists Physiological Effects of Drugs |