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CTRI Number  CTRI/2011/06/001805 [Registered on: 13/06/2011] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 06/08/2013
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   To study how efficacious and safe Letrozole is in breast cancer patients 
Scientific Title of Study   A Multi-Centre, Prospective, Open Label Study on Safety and Efficacy of Letrozole as Adjuvant Treatment of Post-menopausal Women with Hormone Receptor Positive Early Breast Cancer 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
CP/13/10  Protocol Number 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name   
Designation   
Affiliation   
Address 




 
Phone    
Fax    
Email    
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Antaryami Maharana 
Designation  Medical Monitor 
Affiliation  Sristek Consulting Pvt. Ltd 
Address  DLF, Cyber City, Block No. 3, 8th Floor, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

Hyderabad
ANDHRA PRADESH
500019
India 
Phone  09985312894  
Fax  04066129566  
Email  antaryami.maharana@sristek.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Mr Rahul Namjoshi  
Designation  Project Manager 
Affiliation  Project Manager 
Address  Cipla Ltd.;3rd Floor, Raj Plaza, LBS Marg, Vikhroli West, Mumbai 400083
NIL
Mumbai (Suburban)
MAHARASHTRA
400083
India 
Phone  09820978403  
Fax  02225787855  
Email  rahul.namjoshi@cipla.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Cipla Ltd, Bellasis Road, Mumbai Central, Mumbai - 400008 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Cipla Ltd  
Address  Bellasis Road, Mumbai Central, Mumbai, Phone: (022) 23082891 Fax: (022)25787855.  
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Indian 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study
Modification(s)  
No of Sites = 4  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Naga Kishore  Balaji Cancer Care Centre  Balaji Cancer Care Centre, Gowrishanker Theatre Road, Kothapet, Guntur 522001, Andhra Pradesh.
Guntur
ANDHRA PRADESH 
09849085861
08632320114
kishore_maddula@hotmail.com 
Dr Chetan Deshmukh  Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital & Research Centre  Erandwane, Near Mhatre Bridge, Pune-411004
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
09850811449
02040151968
drchetandeshmukh@gmail.com 
Dr Chandra Sekhar Tamane  Seth Nandlal Dhoot Hospital  Medical Oncologist,Seth Nandlal Dhoot Hospital, A1, MIDC, Chikalthana, Jalna Road,415570
Aurangabad
MAHARASHTRA 
09225316906
0240-2485831
chandratamane@yahoo.com 
Dr Rajender Singh Arora  Sujan Surgical Cancer Hospital  consultant Medical oncologist, 52/B, Shankar Nagar, Main Road, Amravati - 444606, Maharashtra ,India
Amravati
MAHARASHTRA 
91-9881260388
91-721-2578568
dr_rsarora@rediffmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee
Modification(s)  
No of Ethics Committees= 4  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Amravati Ethics Committee for Sujan Surgical Cancer Hospital  Approved 
Clinicom Independent Ethics Committee for Balaji Cancer Care Centre  Approved 
Clinicom Independent Ethics Committee for Seth Nandlal Dhoot Hospital  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee for Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital & Research Centre   Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  Women with Hormone Receptor Positive Early Breast Cancer,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Letrozole Tablet  2.5 mg oral tablets once daily for 12 weeks 
Comparator Agent  NIL  NIL 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  45.00 Year(s)
Age To  95.00 Year(s)
Gender  Female 
Details  Note: There is no upper age limit for this study.
1. Subjects or Legally Acceptable Representative (LAR) willing to sign informed consent.
2. Post menopausal women with non-metastatic breast cancer whose tumors are estrogen-and/or progesterone-receptor positive (ER and/or PgR positive) and have undergone breast cancer surgery with negative surgical margins.
3. Women of age greater than or equal to 45 years.
4. Postmenopausal state was defined by the following conditions, at least one of
• Serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) greater than or equal to 30 mIU/mL and amenorrhea greater than or equal to 1 year.
• Bilateral oophorectomy
(OR)
• Women without menses for the last 5 years.
5. Adequate bone marrow function as shown by
• White Blood Cells (WBC) greater than or equal to 3.5 x 109/L
• Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) greater than or equal to 1.5 x 109/L
• Platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/ml
• Hemoglobin (Hb) greater than or equal to 9 g/dL
6. Adequate hepatic function as shown by
• Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) 7–35 U/L
• Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) 7–31 U/L
• Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) 5–36 U/L
7. Cholesterol levels 3.6–5.2 mmol/L
8. Subjects who have undergone surgery of breast cancer and received chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy (subjects should be considered for screening who have completed a minimum of 4weeks after receiving chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy).
9. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status less than or equal to 2 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Multifocal/Multicentric disease (cancer that starts in several different sites).
2. Subjects with bilateral breast tumours.
3. Subjects with in-situ lesions in the contra-lateral breast.
4. Evidence of inflammatory breast cancer or distant metastasis.
5. Any adjuvant therapy within 4 weeks of screening.
6. Had previous or concomitant other (non-breast cancer) malignant disease within the past 5 years, apart from adequately treated basal or squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin or in-situ carcinoma of the cervix.
7. Subjects who were given any investigational drugs within the past 30 days.
8. Subjects treated with any other drugs known to influence plasma estrogen levels.
9. Subject with a drug induced menopausal status [e.g., Luteinizing-Hormone-Releasing Hormone (LHRH) treatment].
10. Subjects who have a history of any of the following conditions within 6 months prior to study enrolment:
• Clinically significant myocardial infarction or severe/unstable angina pectoris.
• New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV congestive heart failure.
• Clinically significant cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack or pulmonary embolism - clinically significant pulmonary disease (e.g., severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma).
11. Subjects who had breast cancer chemoprevention with anti-estrogens.
12. Subjects on hormone replacement therapy/adjuvant therapy unless stopped at least 4 weeks before screening visit except for estradiol vaginal tablets, estradiol vaginal ring, and estrogen cream.
13. Known history of hypersensitivity reactions to letrozole or to one of the excipients.
14. Subjects with Child-Pugh grade C, serum creatinine greater than 2xUNL.
15. Subjects with gastrectomy, small bowel resection, malabsorption syndrome, and dysphagia. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Open Label 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Mean change in serum estradiol levels from baseline.  From baseline (Day0) to Visit 3 (Day21), Visit 4 (Day42), Visit 5 (Day84) and Visit 6 (Day98) 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
4. Assessment of safety will be performed according to the National Cancer Institute’s common terminology criteria for adverse events (NCICTCAE) (version 4.0).  During study period of 14 weeks  
3. Clinically significant vital examination, lab investigations, or X-ray findings.  During study period of 14 weeks  
2. Incidence of drug related adverse events.  From baseline (Day0) to Visit 3 (Day21), Visit 4 (Day42), Visit 5 (Day84) and Visit 6 (Day98) 
1. Incidence of adverse events.  From baseline (Day0) to Visit 3 (Day21), Visit 4 (Day42), Visit 5 (Day84) and Visit 6 (Day98) 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="35"
Sample Size from India="35" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= ""
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 4 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   20/06/2011 
Date of Study Completion (India) Date Missing 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="10"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   Not published in any journal 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary
Modification(s)  
This study is a Phase-IV, multi centre, prospective, open label study to evaluate safety and efficacy of Letrozole in women with hormone receptor positive early breast cancer patients. The primary objective of the study is to determine mean change in serum estradiol levels from baseline to 14 weeks. Total 35 subjects will be enrolled from 3 centers of India. 
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