Neo-adjuvant Therapy With Anastrozole Plus Pazopanib in Stage II and III ER+ Breast Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01394211 |
Recruitment Status
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Terminated
(Slow accrual)
First Posted
: July 14, 2011
Last Update Posted
: March 31, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Estrogen Receptor-positive Breast Cancer Human Epidermal Growth Factor 2 Negative Carcinoma of Breast Male Breast Cancer Recurrent Breast Cancer Stage II Breast Cancer Stage IIIA Breast Cancer Stage IIIB Breast Cancer | Drug: anastrozole Drug: pazopanib hydrochloride Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery | Phase 2 |
OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine the pathologic complete response (pCR) rate at surgery.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate alternative measurements of anti-tumor activity: proportion of patients achieving sustained decrease in antigen KI-67 (ki-67) at 12 weeks of therapy with anastrozole plus pazopanib (pazopanib hydrochloride); proportion of patients achieving down-staging to a pathologic stage 0 or 1 at surgery.
II. To assess qualitative and quantitative toxicity of this combination, with special emphasis on the frequency of events grade 3 or greater, or the occurrence of unexpected toxicities.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive pazopanib hydrochloride* orally (PO) once daily (QD) and anastrozole PO QD for 6 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo definitive surgery.
NOTE: *Pazopanib hydrochloride is stopped 7-14 days before surgery.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 2 participants |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Neo-adjuvant Therapy With Anastrozole Plus Pazopanib in Stage II and III ER+ Breast Cancer |
Actual Study Start Date : | July 13, 2011 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 12, 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 12, 2012 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Neoadjuvant enzyme inhibitor therapy
Patients receive pazopanib hydrochloride* PO QD and anastrozole PO QD for 6 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo therapeutic conventional surgery. NOTE: *Pazopanib hydrochloride is stopped 7-14 days before definitive surgery. |
Drug: anastrozole
Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: pazopanib hydrochloride
Given PO
Other Names:
Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery
Undergo definitive surgery
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- Rate of pCR at primary site (T0) and nodal sites (T0N0) [ Time Frame: Six months from the initiation of neoadjuvant therapy ]Defined as no evidence of microscopic invasive tumor present. Determined by pathology. Estimated with an exact 95% confidence interval.
- Proportion of patients achieving sustained decrease in ki-67 [ Time Frame: 12 weeks from the initiation of neoadjuvant therapy ]
- Proportion of patients achieving down-staging to a pathologic stage 0 or 1 [ Time Frame: Six months from the initiation of neoadjuvant therapy ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects must provide written informed consent prior to performance of study-specific procedures or assessments, and must be willing to comply with treatment and follow-up; procedures conducted as part of the subject's routine clinical management (e.g., blood count, imaging study) and obtained prior to signing of informed consent may be utilized for screening or baseline purposes provided these procedures are within the protocol determined screening or baseline timeframes, and equivalent to the specifications in the protocol; also note, a written waiver/approval from the Investigator/Sponsor is still required
- Histologically confirmed diagnosis of estrogen receptor-positive (ER+), HER2 negative breast cancer, with clinical stage II or III disease
- Stage IIA T0-1 N1 M0, T2 N0 M0, OR
- Stage IIB T2 N1 M0, T3 N0 M0 OR
- Stage IIIA T0-2 N2 M0, T3 N1-2 M0, OR
- Stage IIIB T4 N0-2 M0
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2
- No evidence of distant metastatic disease
- Baseline Oncotype DX score of 29 or lower; patients with known Oncotype DX recurrence score (RS) of 30 or greater are not eligible
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1.5 x 10^9/L
- Hemoglobina >= 10 g/dL (5.6 mmol/L); subjects may not have had a transfusion within 7 days of screening assessment
- Platelets >= 100 x 10^9/L
- Prothrombin time (PT) or international normalized ratio (INR) =< 1.2 x upper limit of normal (ULN); subjects receiving anticoagulant therapy are eligible if their INR is stable and within the recommended range for the desired level of anticoagulation
- Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) =< 1.2 x ULN
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 2.5 x ULN; concomitant elevations in bilirubin and AST/ALT above 1.0 x ULN is not permitted
- Serum creatinine =< 1.5 mg/dL (133 umol/L) or, if > 1.5 mg/dL: calculated creatinine clearance (CLCR) >= 50 mL/min
- Urine protein to creatinine ratio (UPC) < 1; if UPC >= 1, then a 24-hour urine protein must be assessed; subjects must have a 24-hour urine protein value < 1 g to be eligible
- A female is eligible to enter and participate in this study if she is:
- Is post-menopausal
- Subjects not using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) must have experienced total cessation of menses for >= 1 year and be greater than 45 years in age, OR, in questionable cases, have follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) value > 40 mIU/mL and an estradiol value < 40 pg/mL (< 140 pmol/L)
- Subjects using HRT must have experienced total cessation of menses for >= 1 year and be greater than 45 years of age OR have had documented evidence of menopause based on FSH and estradiol concentrations prior to initiation of HRT; patients will be required to be off of HRT for at least 2 weeks prior to initiating therapy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior malignancy; note: subjects who have had another malignancy and have been disease-free for >= 5 years, or subjects with a history of completely resected non-melanomatous skin carcinoma or successfully treated in situ carcinoma are eligible
- Known distant metastases at any site; history or clinical evidence of central nervous system (CNS) metastases or leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
- Clinically significant gastrointestinal abnormalities that may increase the risk for gastrointestinal bleeding including, but not limited to:
- Active peptic ulcer disease
- Known intraluminal metastatic lesion/s with risk of bleeding
- Inflammatory bowel disease (e.g. ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease), or
- Other gastrointestinal conditions with increased risk of perforation
- History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within 28 days of registration to the study; clinically significant gastrointestinal abnormalities that may affect absorption of investigational product including, but not limited to:
- Malabsorption syndrome
- Major resection of the stomach or small bowel
- Presence of uncontrolled infection
- Corrected QT interval (QTc) > 480 msecs using Bazett's formula
- History of any one or more of the following cardiovascular conditions within 6 months of registration on the study:
- Cardiac angioplasty or stenting
- Myocardial infarction
- Unstable angina
- Coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- Symptomatic peripheral vascular disease
- Class III or IV congestive heart failure, as defined by the New York Heart Association (NYHA)
- Poorly controlled hypertension [defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) of >= 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of >= 90 mm Hg]; note: initiation of adjustment of antihypertensive medication(s) is permitted prior to study entry
- History of cerebrovascular accident including transient ischemic attack (TIA), pulmonary embolism or untreated deep venous thrombosis (DVT) within the past 6 months of registration on the study; note: subjects with recent DVT who have been treated with therapeutic anti-coagulating agents for at least 6 weeks of registration to the study are eligible
- Prior major surgery or trauma within 28 days of registration on the study prior to first dose of study drug and/or presence of any non-healing wound, fracture, or ulcer (procedures such as catheter placement not considered to be major)
- Evidence of active bleeding or bleeding diathesis
- Hemoptysis within 8 weeks of registration to the study
- Any serious and/or unstable pre-existing medical, psychiatric, or other condition that could interfere with subject's safety, provision of informed consent, or compliance to study procedures
- Treatment with any of the following anti-cancer therapies for the current diagnosis of stage 2-3 estrogen positive breast carcinoma:
- Radiation therapy, surgery or tumor embolization within 14 days prior to first dose of pazopanib OR
- Chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy, investigational therapy or hormonal therapy within 14 days or five half-lives of a drug (whichever is longer) prior to the first dose of pazopanib
- Any ongoing toxicity from prior anti-cancer therapy that is > Grade 1 and/or that is progressing in severity, except alopecia
- Concomitant anti-cancer therapies are not permitted
- Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to Pazopanib or Anastrozole used in the study
- Concomitant use of medications or substances that are inhibitors or inducers of strong CYP3A4 inhibitors are ineligible
- Concomitant: the concomitant use of strong CYP3A4 inhibitors (e.g. ketoconazole, ritonavir, clarithromycin) may increase pazopanib concentrations and should be avoided; if coadministration of a strong CYP3A4 inhibitor is warranted, reduce the dose of pazopanib to 400 mg; further dose reductions may be needed if adverse effects occur during therapy; this dose is predicted to adjust the pazopanib AUC to the range observed without inhibitors; however, there are no clinical data with this dose adjustment in patients receiving strong CYP3A4 inhibitors; grapefruit juice should be avoided as it inhibits CYP3A4 activity and may also increase plasma concentrations of pazopanib
- Concomitant strong CYP3A4 inducer: the concomitant use of strong CYP3A4 inducers (e.g. rifampin) may decrease pazopanib concentrations and should be avoided

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01394211
United States, Arizona | |
Arizona Cancer Center | |
Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724-5024 |
Principal Investigator: | Robert Livingston | University of Arizona |
Responsible Party: | University of Arizona |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01394211 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
11-0269-04 NCI-2011-01114 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) 3P30CA023074 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | July 14, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 31, 2017 |
Last Verified: | March 2017 |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms, Male Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases Anastrozole Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal Antineoplastic Agents |
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 |