Triptorelin With Either Exemestane or Tamoxifen in Treating Premenopausal Women With Hormone-Responsive Breast Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Estrogen can stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using triptorelin, exemestane, and tamoxifen may fight breast cancer by blocking the use of estrogen. It is not yet known whether giving triptorelin together with exemestane is more effective than triptorelin and tamoxifen in treating hormone-responsive breast cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying triptorelin and exemestane to see how well they work compared to triptorelin and tamoxifen in treating premenopausal women with hormone-responsive breast cancer.

Timeline

Start

2003-11-03

Primary completion

2011-03-11

Completion

2024-10-23

Publications

• Background Francis P, Fleming G, Nasi ML, et al.: Tailored treatment investigations for premenopausal women with endocrine responsive (ER+ and/or PGR+) breast cancer: the SOFT, TEXT, and PERCHE trials. [Abstract] The Breast 12 (Suppl 1): A-P104, S44, 2003.
• Background Regan MM, Pagani O, Walley B, Torrisi R, Perez EA, Francis P, Fleming GF, Price KN, Thurlimann B, Maibach R, Castiglione-Gertsch M, Coates AS, Goldhirsch A, Gelber RD; SOFT/TEXT/PERCHE Steering Committee and the International Breast Cancer Study Group. Premenopausal endocrine-responsive early breast cancer: who receives chemotherapy? Ann Oncol. 2008 Jul;19(7):1231-1241. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdn037. Epub 2008 Mar 5.
• Background Rabaglio M, Ruepp B; Soft/Text/Perche Steering Committee. Death due to liver failure during endocrine therapy for premenopausal breast cancer. Acta Oncol. 2010 Aug;49(6):874-6. doi: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.484813. No abstract available.
• Background Regan MM, Pagani O, Fleming GF, Walley BA, Price KN, Rabaglio M, Maibach R, Ruepp B, Coates AS, Goldhirsch A, Colleoni M, Gelber RD, Francis PA; International Breast Cancer Study; GroupSOFT and TEXT Investigators. Adjuvant treatment of premenopausal women with endocrine-responsive early breast cancer: design of the TEXT and SOFT trials. Breast. 2013 Dec;22(6):1094-100. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2013.08.009. Epub 2013 Oct 2.
• Results Pagani O, Regan MM, Walley BA, Fleming GF, Colleoni M, Lang I, Gomez HL, Tondini C, Burstein HJ, Perez EA, Ciruelos E, Stearns V, Bonnefoi HR, Martino S, Geyer CE Jr, Pinotti G, Puglisi F, Crivellari D, Ruhstaller T, Winer EP, Rabaglio-Poretti M, Maibach R, Ruepp B, Giobbie-Hurder A, Price KN, Bernhard J, Luo W, Ribi K, Viale G, Coates AS, Gelber RD, Goldhirsch A, Francis PA; TEXT and SOFT Investigators; International Breast Cancer Study Group. Adjuvant exemestane with ovarian suppression in premenopausal breast cancer. N Engl J Med. 2014 Jul 10;371(2):107-18. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1404037. Epub 2014 Jun 1.
• Results Pagani O, Walley BA, Fleming GF, Colleoni M, Lang I, Gomez HL, Tondini C, Burstein HJ, Goetz MP, Ciruelos EM, Stearns V, Bonnefoi HR, Martino S, Geyer CE Jr, Chini C, Puglisi F, Spazzapan S, Ruhstaller T, Winer EP, Ruepp B, Loi S, Coates AS, Gelber RD, Goldhirsch A, Regan MM, Francis PA; SOFT and TEXT Investigators and the International Breast Cancer Study Group (a division of ETOP IBCSG Partners Foundation). Adjuvant Exemestane With Ovarian Suppression in Premenopausal Breast Cancer: Long-Term Follow-Up of the Combined TEXT and SOFT Trials. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Mar 1;41(7):1376-1382. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.01064. Epub 2022 Dec 15.
• O'Regan RM, Ren Y, Zhang Y, Fleming GF, Francis PA, Pagani O, Walley BA, Kammler R, Dell'Orto P, Viale G, Loi S, Colleoni M, Treuner K, Regan MM. Identifying premenopausal patients with early-stage hormone receptor-positive breast cancer at minimal risk of distant recurrence by breast cancer index. Breast. 2026 Apr;86:104714. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2026.104714. Epub 2026 Jan 29.
• Ribi K, Cole BF, Fleming GF, Walley BA, Francis PA, Abdi E, Burstein HJ, Cheng KL, Chia SKL, Dakhil SR, Davidson NE, Della-Fiorentina SA, Frith AE, Levine E, Lupichuk S, Pritchard K, Salim M, Stearns V, Stewart J, Valero V, van der Westhuizen A, Pagani O, Loi S, Colleoni M, Gelber RD, Goldhirsch A, Coates AS, Regan MM, Bernhard J. Prognostic value of patient-reported depression in women with hormone-responsive early breast cancer in TEXT and SOFT. Cancer. 2025 Oct 1;131(19):e70094. doi: 10.1002/cncr.70094.
• Pagani O, Francis PA, Fleming GF, Walley BA, Viale G, Colleoni M, Lang I, Gomez HL, Tondini C, Pinotti G, Di Leo A, Coates AS, Goldhirsch A, Gelber RD, Regan MM; SOFT and TEXT Investigators and International Breast Cancer Study Group. Absolute Improvements in Freedom From Distant Recurrence to Tailor Adjuvant Endocrine Therapies for Premenopausal Women: Results From TEXT and SOFT. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Apr 20;38(12):1293-1303. doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01967. Epub 2019 Oct 16.
• Francis PA, Pagani O, Fleming GF, Walley BA, Colleoni M, Lang I, Gomez HL, Tondini C, Ciruelos E, Burstein HJ, Bonnefoi HR, Bellet M, Martino S, Geyer CE Jr, Goetz MP, Stearns V, Pinotti G, Puglisi F, Spazzapan S, Climent MA, Pavesi L, Ruhstaller T, Davidson NE, Coleman R, Debled M, Buchholz S, Ingle JN, Winer EP, Maibach R, Rabaglio-Poretti M, Ruepp B, Di Leo A, Coates AS, Gelber RD, Goldhirsch A, Regan MM; SOFT and TEXT Investigators and the International Breast Cancer Study Group. Tailoring Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Premenopausal Breast Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jul 12;379(2):122-137. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1803164. Epub 2018 Jun 4.
• Regan MM, Walley BA, Francis PA, Fleming GF, Lang I, Gomez HL, Colleoni M, Tondini C, Pinotti G, Salim M, Spazzapan S, Parmar V, Ruhstaller T, Abdi EA, Gelber RD, Coates AS, Goldhirsch A, Pagani O. Concurrent and sequential initiation of ovarian function suppression with chemotherapy in premenopausal women with endocrine-responsive early breast cancer: an exploratory analysis of TEXT and SOFT. Ann Oncol. 2017 Sep 1;28(9):2225-2232. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdx285.
• Johansson H, Gray KP, Pagani O, Regan MM, Viale G, Aristarco V, Macis D, Puccio A, Roux S, Maibach R, Colleoni M, Rabaglio M, Price KN, Coates AS, Gelber RD, Goldhirsch A, Kammler R, Bonanni B, Walley BA; the TEXT principal investigators. Impact of CYP19A1 and ESR1 variants on early-onset side effects during combined endocrine therapy in the TEXT trial. Breast Cancer Res. 2016 Nov 8;18(1):110. doi: 10.1186/s13058-016-0771-8.
• Regan MM, Francis PA, Pagani O, Fleming GF, Walley BA, Viale G, Colleoni M, Lang I, Gomez HL, Tondini C, Pinotti G, Price KN, Coates AS, Goldhirsch A, Gelber RD. Absolute Benefit of Adjuvant Endocrine Therapies for Premenopausal Women With Hormone Receptor-Positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Negative Early Breast Cancer: TEXT and SOFT Trials. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Jul 1;34(19):2221-31. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.64.3171. Epub 2016 Apr 4.
• Bernhard J, Luo W, Ribi K, Colleoni M, Burstein HJ, Tondini C, Pinotti G, Spazzapan S, Ruhstaller T, Puglisi F, Pavesi L, Parmar V, Regan MM, Pagani O, Fleming GF, Francis PA, Price KN, Coates AS, Gelber RD, Goldhirsch A, Walley BA. Patient-reported outcomes with adjuvant exemestane versus tamoxifen in premenopausal women with early breast cancer undergoing ovarian suppression (TEXT and SOFT): a combined analysis of two phase 3 randomised trials. Lancet Oncol. 2015 Jul;16(7):848-58. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00049-2. Epub 2015 Jun 16.

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