Major trial tests new hormone combo to keep breast cancer from returning

NCT ID NCT00066703

Summary

This large, completed Phase 3 trial tested if a newer hormone therapy combination (exemestane + triptorelin) was better than the standard combination (tamoxifen + triptorelin) at preventing cancer from coming back in premenopausal women with early-stage, hormone-responsive breast cancer. The study involved over 2,600 women who had already undergone surgery. The main goal was to see which treatment helped women live longer without their cancer returning.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Addenbrooke's Hospital

    Cambridge, England, CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom

  • Addison Gilbert Hospital

    Gloucester, Massachusetts, 01930, United States

  • Alfred Hospital

    Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia

  • Allan Blair Cancer Centre at Pasqua Hospital

    Regina, Saskatchewan, S4T 7T1, Canada

  • Annie Penn Cancer Center

    Reidsville, North Carolina, 27320, United States

  • Associates in Womens Health, PA - North Review

    Wichita, Kansas, 67208, United States

  • Aultman Cancer Center at Aultman Hospital

    Canton, Ohio, 44710-1799, United States

  • Aurora Advanced Healthcare East Mequon Clinic

    Mequon, Wisconsin, 53092, United States

  • Aurora Health Center - Racine

    Racine, Wisconsin, 53406-5661, United States

  • Aurora Health Center - Waukesha

    Waukesha, Wisconsin, 53188, United States

  • Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington

    Burlington, Wisconsin, 53105, United States

  • Austin Hospital

    Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084, Australia

  • Azienda Sanitaria di Bolzano

    Bolzano, 39100, Italy

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Bethke Cancer Center at Emerson Hospital

    Concord, Massachusetts, 01742, United States

  • Box Hill Hospital

    Box Hill, Victoria, 3128, Australia

  • Breast Unit Mercy Private

    East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002, Australia

  • Brustzentrum Klinikum Mittelbaden

    Baden-Baden, 76532, Germany

  • CCOP - Carle Cancer Center

    Urbana, Illinois, 61801, United States

  • CCOP - Greenville

    Greenville, South Carolina, 29615, United States

  • CCOP - Kansas City

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64131, United States

  • CCOP - Metro-Minnesota

    Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, 55416, United States

  • CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium

    South Bend, Indiana, 46601, United States

  • CCOP - Wichita

    Wichita, Kansas, 67214, United States

  • CHU Liege - Domaine Universitaire du Sart Tilman

    Liège, B-4000, Belgium

  • Cairo Oncology Center

    Cairo, Egypt

  • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Chanute

    Chanute, Kansas, 66720, United States

  • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Dodge City

    Dodge City, Kansas, 67801, United States

  • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - El Dorado

    El Dorado, Kansas, 67042, United States

  • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Kingman

    Kingman, Kansas, 67068, United States

  • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Medical Arts Tower

    Wichita, Kansas, 67208, United States

  • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Newton

    Newton, Kansas, 67114, United States

  • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Parsons

    Parsons, Kansas, 67357, United States

  • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Pratt

    Pratt, Kansas, 67124, United States

  • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Salina

    Salina, Kansas, 67401, United States

  • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wellington

    Wellington, Kansas, 67152, United States

  • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wichita

    Wichita, Kansas, 67214, United States

  • Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Winfield

    Winfield, Kansas, 67156, United States

  • Cancer Center of Kansas-Independence

    Independence, Kansas, 67301, United States

  • Cancer Therapy Centre at Campbelltown Hospital

    Campbelltown, New South Wales, 2560, Australia

  • Cancer Therapy Centre at Liverpool Hospital

    Liverpool, New South Wales, 2170, Australia

  • Caritas - Krankenhaus Saint Josef

    Regensburg, 93053, Germany

  • Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center

    Farmington, Connecticut, 06360-2875, United States

  • Center for Cancer Therapy at LaPorte Hospital and Health Services

    La Porte, Indiana, 46350, United States

  • Centre Hospitalier Hutois

    Huy, 4500, Belgium

  • Centre Hospitalier Peltzer-La Tourelle

    Verviers, B-4800, Belgium

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

    Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland

  • Centro di Riferimento Oncologico - Aviano

    Aviano, 33081, Italy

  • Coffs Harbour Health Campus

    Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, 2450, Australia

  • Columbia Saint Mary's Water Tower Medical Commons Milwaukee

    Mequon, Wisconsin, 53211, United States

  • Columbia-Saint Mary's Hospital-Ozaukee

    Mequon, Wisconsin, 53097, United States

  • Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center

    Topeka, Kansas, 66606, United States

  • Cross Cancer Institute at University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1Z2, Canada

  • Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Decatur Memorial Hospital Cancer Care Institute

    Decatur, Illinois, 62526, United States

  • Desert Regional Medical Center Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Palm Springs, California, 92262, United States

  • Doctor Leon Richard Oncology Centre

    Moncton, New Brunswick, E1C 8X3, Canada

  • Doctor's Hospital of Laredo

    Laredo, Texas, 78041, United States

  • Elkhart Clinic, LLC

    Elkhart, Indiana, 46514-2098, United States

  • Elkhart General Hospital

    Elkhart, Indiana, 46515, United States

  • Erlanger Cancer Center at Erlanger Hospital - Baroness

    Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37403, United States

  • European Institute of Oncology

    Milan, 20141, Italy

  • Evanston Hospital

    Evanston, Illinois, 60201-1781, United States

  • Fairview Ridges Hospital

    Burnsville, Minnesota, 55337, United States

  • Fairview Southdale Hospital

    Edina, Minnesota, 55435, United States

  • Fletcher Allen Health Care - University Health Center Campus

    Burlington, Vermont, 05401, United States

  • Flinders Medical Centre

    Bedford Park, South Australia, 5042, Australia

  • Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri

    Pavia, I-27100, Italy

  • Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology

    Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46845, United States

  • Fox Chase Virtua Health Cancer Program at Virtua Memorial Hospital Marlton

    Marlton, New Jersey, 08053, United States

  • Fox Chase Virtua Health Cancer Program at Virtua West Jersey

    Voorhees Township, New Jersey, 08043, United States

  • Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

    Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 18711, United States

  • Franklin & Edith Scarpa Regional Cancer Center at South Jersey Healthcare

    Vineland, New Jersey, 08360, United States

  • Frauenklinik des Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen

    Erlangen, 91054, Germany

  • Frederick Memorial Hospital Regional Cancer Therapy Center

    Frederick, Maryland, 21701, United States

  • Front Range Cancer Specialists

    Fort Collins, Colorado, 80528, United States

  • Geisinger Cancer Institute at Geisinger Health

    Danville, Pennsylvania, 17822-0001, United States

  • Geisinger Hazleton Cancer Center

    Hazleton, Pennsylvania, 18201, United States

  • Geisinger Medical Group - Scenery Park

    State College, Pennsylvania, 16801, United States

  • Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland Medical Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

  • HealthEast Cancer Care at St. John's Hospital

    Maplewood, Minnesota, 55109, United States

  • Heartland Regional Medical Center

    Saint Joseph, Missouri, 64506, United States

  • Hennepin County Medical Center - Minneapolis

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55415, United States

  • Hope A Women's Cancer Center

    Asheville, North Carolina, 28816, United States

  • Hopital Charles Lemoyne

    Greenfield Park, Quebec, J4V 2H1, Canada

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-003, Brazil

  • Howard Community Hospital

    Kokomo, Indiana, 46904, United States

  • Hubert H. Humphrey Cancer Center at North Memorial Outpatient Center

    Robbinsdale, Minnesota, 55422-2900, United States

  • Inselspital Bern

    Bern, CH-3010, Switzerland

  • Institut Jules Bordet

    Brussels, 1000, Belgium

  • Institute of Oncology - Ljubljana

    Ljubljana, Sl-1000, Slovenia

  • Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas

    Lima, 34, Peru

  • Istituto Clinico Humanitas

    Rozzano, 20089, Italy

  • Kantonsspital - St. Gallen

    Sankt Gallen, CH-9007, Switzerland

  • Kantonsspital Graubuenden

    Chur, CH-7000, Switzerland

  • Kinston Medical Specialists

    Kinston, North Carolina, 28501, United States

  • Klinikum Deggendorf

    Deggendorf, 94469, Germany

  • Klinikum Landkreis Tuttlingen

    Tuttlingen, 78532, Germany

  • Klinikum Nuernberg - Klinikum Nord

    Nuremberg, D-90419, Germany

  • Klinikum Obergoeltzsch Rodewisch

    Rodewisch, 08228, Germany

  • Klinikum Rosenheim

    Rosenheim, 83022, Germany

  • Klinikum Schwaebisch Gmuend Stauferklinik

    Mutlangen, D-73557, Germany

  • Kootenai Cancer Center - Coeur d'Alene

    Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 83814, United States

  • Lakeland Regional Cancer Care Center - St. Joseph

    Saint Joseph, Michigan, 49085, United States

  • Lakeside Cancer Specialists, PLLC

    Saint Joseph, Michigan, 49085, United States

  • Langlade Memorial Hospital

    Antigo, Wisconsin, 54409, United States

  • Launceston General Hospital

    Launceston, Tasmania, 7250, Australia

  • Lawrence Memorial Hospital

    Lawrence, Kansas, 66044, United States

  • Lismore Base Hospital

    Lismore, New South Wales, 2480, Australia

  • Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, Massachusetts, 01854, United States

  • Madigan Army Medical Center - Tacoma

    Tacoma, Washington, 98431, United States

  • Manning Base Hospital

    Taree, New South Wales, 2430, Australia

  • Margaret and Charles Juravinski Cancer Centre

    Hamilton, Ontario, L8V 5C2, Canada

  • Maroondah Hospital

    Ringwood East, Victoria, 3135, Australia

  • Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center at West Virginia University Hospitals

    Morgantown, West Virginia, 26506, United States

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32224, United States

  • Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

  • Medical X-Ray Center, PC

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57105, United States

  • Memorial Hospital of South Bend

    South Bend, Indiana, 46601, United States

  • Menorah Medical Center

    Overland Park, Kansas, 66209, United States

  • Mercy General Hospital

    Sacramento, California, 95819, United States

  • Mercy Medical Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21202, United States

  • Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital

    Coon Rapids, Minnesota, 55433, United States

  • Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Unity Hospital

    Fridley, Minnesota, 55432, United States

  • MetroHealth Cancer Care Center at MetroHealth Medical Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44109, United States

  • Michiana Hematology-Oncology, PC - South Bend

    South Bend, Indiana, 46601, United States

  • MidMichigan Medical Center - Midland

    Midland, Michigan, 48670, United States

  • Misericordia e Dolce Hospital

    Prato, 59100, Italy

  • Mission Hospitals - Memorial Campus

    Asheville, North Carolina, 28801, United States

  • Moses Cone Regional Cancer Center at Wesley Long Community Hospital

    Greensboro, North Carolina, 27403-1198, United States

  • Mountain States Tumor Institute at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center

    Boise, Idaho, 83712, United States

  • Mountainview Medical

    Berlin Corners, Vermont, 05602, United States

  • NSMC Cancer Center - Peabody

    Peabody, Massachusetts, 01960, United States

  • NYU Cancer Institute at New York University Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10016, United States

  • National Cancer Institute of Egypt

    Cairo, Egypt

  • National Institute of Oncology

    Budapest, 1122, Hungary

  • Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital

    Waratah, New South Wales, 2298, Australia

  • North Kansas City Hospital

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64116, United States

  • Northeast Georgia Medical Center

    Gainesville, Georgia, 30501, United States

  • Oncocare Sonnenhof-Klinik Engeriedspital

    Bern, CH-3012, Switzerland

  • Oncology Alliance - Franklin

    Franklin, Wisconsin, 53132, United States

  • Oncology Alliance - Kenosha South

    Kenosha, Wisconsin, 53143, United States

  • Oncology Alliance, SC - Milwaukee - East

    Glendale, Wisconsin, 53212-1038, United States

  • Oncology Alliance, SC - Milwaukee - South

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53215, United States

  • Oncology Alliance, SC - Milwaukee - West

    Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland

    Bellinzona, CH-6500, Switzerland

  • Onkologie-Praxis ZeTup Chur

    Chur, CH-7000, Switzerland

  • Ospedale "la Carita", Locarno

    Locarno, 6600, Switzerland

  • Ospedale Beata Vergine

    Mendrisio, CH-6850, Switzerland

  • Ospedale Civico

    Lugano, CH-6903, Switzerland

  • Ospedale Civile Ramazzini

    Carpi, 41012, Italy

  • Ospedale Civile Rimini

    Rimini, 47900, Italy

  • Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi

    Varese, 21100, Italy

  • Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo

    Bergamo, 24100, Italy

  • Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center Comprehensive Cancer Center

    The Bronx, New York, 10466, United States

  • Pardee Memorial Hospital

    Hendersonville, North Carolina, 28791, United States

  • Park Nicollet Cancer Center

    Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, 55416, United States

  • Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

    East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002, Australia

  • Peterborough Hospitals Trust

    Peterborough, England, PE3 6DA, United Kingdom

  • Policlinico Universitario Udine

    Udine, 33100, Italy

  • Poudre Valley Hospital

    Fort Collins, Colorado, 80524, United States

  • Providence Holy Cross Cancer Center

    Mission Hills, California, 91346-9600, United States

  • Randolph Hospital

    Asheboro, North Carolina, 27203-5400, United States

  • Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center

    La Jolla, California, 92093-0658, United States

  • Regionalspital

    Thun, 3600, Switzerland

  • Regions Hospital Cancer Care Center

    Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55101, United States

  • Research Medical Center

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64132, United States

  • Resurrection Medical Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60631, United States

  • Ridgeview Medical Center

    Waconia, Minnesota, 55387, United States

  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

    Buffalo, New York, 14263-0001, United States

  • Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center

    Burbank, California, 91505, United States

  • Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

    Brisbane, Queensland, 4029, Australia

  • Royal Hobart Hospital

    Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia

  • Royal Perth Hospital

    Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia

  • Ruby L. Golleher Cancer Program at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital

    Whittier, California, 90602, United States

  • Sahlgrenska University Hospital

    Gothenburg, S-413 45, Sweden

  • Saint Francis Cancer Treatment Center at Saint Francis Memorial Health Center

    Grand Island, Nebraska, 68803, United States

  • Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center

    Mishawaka, Indiana, 46545-1470, United States

  • Saint Louis University Cancer Center

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Saint Luke's Cancer Institute at Saint Luke's Hospital

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64111, United States

  • Sandton Oncology Centre

    Johannesburg, 2121, South Africa

  • Sanford Cancer Center at Sanford USD Medical Center

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57117-5039, United States

  • Saskatoon Cancer Centre at the University of Saskatchewan

    Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 4H4, Canada

  • Shaw Regional Cancer Center

    Edwards, Colorado, 81632, United States

  • Shawnee Mission Medical Center

    Shawnee Mission, Kansas, 66204, United States

  • Sibley Memorial Hospital

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20016, United States

  • Siouxland Hematology-Oncology Associates, LLP

    Sioux City, Iowa, 51101, United States

  • Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital - Saint Louis

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Skaraborgs Hospital

    Skövde, 541 85, Sweden

  • South Bend Clinic

    South Bend, Indiana, 46617, United States

  • South Tyneside District Hospital

    South Shields, England, NE34 0PL, United Kingdom

  • Spedali Civili di Brescia

    Brescia, 25124, Italy

  • St. Joseph Medical Center

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64114, United States

  • St. Vincent's Hospital - Melbourne

    Fitzroy, Victoria, 3065, Australia

  • St. Vincentius - Kliniken

    Karlsruhe, D-76137, Germany

  • Suburban Hospital

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20814, United States

  • Sutter Cancer Center

    Sacramento, California, 95816, United States

  • Sutter Cancer Center at Roseville Medical Center

    Roseville, California, 95661, United States

  • Tamworth Base Hospital

    Tamworth, New South Wales, 2340, Australia

  • Tata Memorial Hospital

    Mumbai, 400012, India

  • Tom Baker Cancer Centre - Calgary

    Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N2, Canada

  • Trillium Health Centre - Mississauga Site

    Toronto, Ontario, M9C 1A5, Canada

  • Truman Medical Center - Hospital Hill

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States

  • Tufts Medical Center Cancer Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02111, United States

  • Tweed Heads Hospital

    Tweed Heads, New South Wales, 2485, Australia

  • U.Z. Gasthuisberg

    Leuven, B-3000, Belgium

  • UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

    San Francisco, California, 94115, United States

  • UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-6805, United States

  • United Hospital

    Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55102, United States

  • Universitaets-Frauenklinik Goettingen

    Göttingen, D-37075, Germany

  • UniversitaetsSpital Zuerich

    Zurich, CH-8091, Switzerland

  • Universitaetsfrauenklinik Frankfurt

    Frankfurt, D-60596, Germany

  • Universitaetsfrauenklinik Mannheim

    Mannheim, 68167, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Luebeck

    Lübeck, D-23538, Germany

  • Universitaetsspital-Basel

    Basel, CH-4031, Switzerland

  • Universitatsklinik Mainz

    Mainz, 55101, Germany

  • University Hospital of Linkoping

    Linköping, S-581 85, Sweden

  • University of Chicago Cancer Research Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60637-1470, United States

  • University of Colorado Cancer Center at UC Health Sciences Center

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Wisconcin Cancer Center at Aspirus Wausau Hospital

    Wausau, Wisconsin, 54401, United States

  • Via Christi Cancer Center at Via Christi Regional Medical Center

    Wichita, Kansas, 67214, United States

  • Virginia Piper Cancer Institute at Abbott - Northwestern Hospital

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407, United States

  • Waikato Hospital

    Hamilton, 2020, New Zealand

  • Walter Reed Army Medical Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20307-5001, United States

  • West Tennessee Cancer Center at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

    Jackson, Tennessee, 38301, United States

  • William Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak Campus

    Royal Oak, Michigan, 48073, United States

  • Windsor Regional Cancer Centre at Windsor Regional Hospital

    Windsor, Ontario, N8W 2X3, Canada

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