Different Durations of Adjuvant Anastrozole Therapy After 2 to 3 Years Tamoxifen Therapy in Breast Cancer

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether 6 years adjuvant anastrozole will improve the disease free survival compared to 3 years adjuvant anastrozole in postmenopausal hormone sensitive breast cancer patients, subsequent to 2-3 years tamoxifen

Timeline

Start

2006-06

Primary completion

2022-04

Completion

2022-04

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper hazard ratio [HR] 0·79 [95% CI 0·62-1·02]; p=0·066. PMID 29031778 ↗

paper Extended aromatase inhibition beyond 5 years of sequential endocrine therapy did not improve the adapted disease-free survival PMID 36992863 ↗

Publications

• Tjan-Heijnen VCG, Lammers SWM, Geurts SME, Vriens IJH, Swinkels ACP, Smorenburg CH, van der Sangen MJC, Kroep JR, de Graaf H, Honkoop AH, Erdkamp FLG, de Roos WK, Linn SC, Imholz ALT; Dutch Breast Cancer Research Group (BOOG) for the DATA Investigators. Extended adjuvant aromatase inhibition after sequential endocrine therapy in postmenopausal women with breast cancer: follow-up analysis of the randomised phase 3 DATA trial. EClinicalMedicine. 2023 Mar 20;58:101901. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101901. eCollection 2023 Apr.
• van Hellemond IEG, Smorenburg CH, Peer PGM, Swinkels ACP, Seynaeve CM, van der Sangen MJC, Kroep JR, de Graaf H, Honkoop AH, Erdkamp FLG, van den Berkmortel FWPJ, de Boer M, de Roos WK, Linn SC, Imholz ALT, Tjan-Heijnen VCG; Dutch Breast Cancer Research Group (BOOG). Assessment and management of bone health in women with early breast cancer receiving endocrine treatment in the DATA study. Int J Cancer. 2019 Sep 1;145(5):1325-1333. doi: 10.1002/ijc.32205. Epub 2019 Mar 4.
• van Hellemond IEG, Vriens IJH, Peer PGM, Swinkels ACP, Smorenburg CH, Seynaeve CM, van der Sangen MJC, Kroep JR, de Graaf H, Honkoop AH, Erdkamp FLG, van den Berkmortel FWPJ, de Boer M, de Roos WK, Linn SC, Imholz ALT, Tjan-Heijnen VCG; Dutch Breast Cancer Research Group (BOOG). Efficacy of anastrozole after tamoxifen in early breast cancer patients with chemotherapy-induced ovarian function failure. Int J Cancer. 2019 Jul 1;145(1):274-283. doi: 10.1002/ijc.32093. Epub 2019 Jan 16.
• Tjan-Heijnen VCG, van Hellemond IEG, Peer PGM, Swinkels ACP, Smorenburg CH, van der Sangen MJC, Kroep JR, De Graaf H, Honkoop AH, Erdkamp FLG, van den Berkmortel FWPJ, de Boer M, de Roos WK, Linn SC, Imholz ALT, Seynaeve CM; Dutch Breast Cancer Research Group (BOOG) for the DATA Investigators. Extended adjuvant aromatase inhibition after sequential endocrine therapy (DATA): a randomised, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2017 Nov;18(11):1502-1511. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30600-9. Epub 2017 Oct 12.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Anastrozole	Other / unclassified	1 mg	Oral

Indications