Letrozole in Preventing Breast Cancer in Healthy Postmenopausal Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer

Summary

This randomized phase I trial studies the side effects and the best dose of letrozole in preventing breast cancer in healthy postmenopausal women at high risk for breast cancer. Chemoprevention is the use of drugs to keep breast cancer from forming or coming back. The use of letrozole may keep cancer from forming in healthy postmenopausal women at high risk for breast cancer.

Timeline

Start

2010-03

Primary completion

2014-06

Completion

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Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper We conclude that low and intermittent doses of letrozole are not inferior to standard dose in estrogen suppression PMID 26667449 ↗

Publications

• Lopez AM, Pruthi S, Boughey JC, Perloff M, Hsu CH, Lang JE, Ley M, Frank D, Taverna JA, Chow HH. Double-Blind, Randomized Trial of Alternative Letrozole Dosing Regimens in Postmenopausal Women with Increased Breast Cancer Risk. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2016 Feb;9(2):142-8. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-15-0322. Epub 2015 Dec 14.

Drugs

Indications