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Comparison Trial of Letrozole to Anastrozole in the Adjuvant Treatment of Postmenopausal Women With Hormone Receptor and Node Positive Breast Cancer

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00248170

Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00248170. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.

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Brief summary

Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.

Eligible patients will be post-menopausal hormone receptor- and lymph node-positive females who recently underwent primary surgery for breast cancer. Patients will be randomized to letrozole (2.5 mg per day for 5 years) vs anastrozole (1 mg per day for 5 years). Follow up will occur for 5 years after the completion of enrollment for survival and disease status updates.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00248170
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Lead sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Industry
Enrollment
4,172 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
33 Years to 96 Years
Sex
Female
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Dec 2005 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Sep 2014 (Actual)
Completion
Sep 2014 (Actual)
Last update posted
Apr 19, 2016

2005 – 2014

United States locations

U.S. sites
42
U.S. states
18
U.S. cities
38
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Birmingham Hematology and Oncology Associates Birmingham Alabama 35205 —
Comprehensive Cancer Institute Huntsville Alabama 35801 —
Northern Arizona Hematology/Oncology Associates, P.C. Flagstaff Arizona 86001 —
Oncology & Hematology Associates, PC New London Connecticut 06320 —
Florida Cancer Specialists Fort Meyers Florida 33901 —
Sarah Cannon Research Institute Jacksonville Florida 32256 —
Cancer Centers of Florida PA Ocoee Florida 34761 —
Florida Cancer Institute Orlando Florida 32804 —
Gulfcoast Oncology Associates St. Petersburg Florida 33705 —
University Cancer & Blood Center, LLC Athens Georgia 30607 —
Central Indiana Cancer Centers Indianapolis Indiana 46227 —
Kansas City Cancer Center Overland Park Kansas 66210 —
Wichita Community Clinical Oncology Program Wichita Kansas 67214 —
Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders Bethesda Maryland 20817 —
St. Louis Cancer & Breast Institute St Louis Missouri 63141 —
New York Oncology Hematology, P.C. NYOH Latham Troy New York 12180 —
Raleigh Hematology Oncology Associates Cary North Carolina 27511 —
Aultman Cancer Center Canton Ohio 44710 —
Sarah Cannon Oncology Hematology Care, Inc Cincinnati Ohio 45242 —
Oncology Associates of Oregon, PC Eugene Oregon 97401-8122 —
Medical Oncology Associates of Wyorning Valley, PC Kingston Pennsylvania 18704 —
Chattanooga Oncology and Hematology Assoicates, PC Chattanooga Tennessee 37404 —
Sarah Cannon Research Institute Nashville Tennessee 37203 —
Texas Oncology, P.A. Bedford Texas 76022 —
Center for Oncology Research and Treatment, PA Dallas Texas 75230 —
Texas Cancer Center ( Medical City Dallas Hospital) Dallas Texas 75230 —
Texas Oncology Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Texas 75246 —
Texas Oncology Sammons Cancer Center Dallas Texas 75246 —
Texas Oncology Texas Oncology PA Dallas Texas 75251 —
Texas Cancer Center Denton Denton Texas 76210 —
El Paso Cancer Treatment Ctr-East El Paso Texas 79915 —
Texas Oncology, P.A. Fort Worth Texas 76104 —
San Antonio Tumor and Blood Clinic Fredericksburg Texas 78624 —
MD Anderson Cancer Center/University of Texas Houston Texas 77030 —
Longview Cancer Center Longview Texas 75601 —
South Texas Cancer Center- McAllen McAllen Texas 78503 —
Allison Cancer Center Midland Texas 79701-5946 —
Texas Cancer Center- Sherman Sherman Texas 75090-0504 —
Tyler Cancer Center Tyler Texas 75702 —
Waco Cancer and Research Center Waco Texas 76712 —
Virginia Cancer Specialists, PC Fairfax Virginia 22031 —
Northwest Cancer Specialists, P.C. Vancover Washington 98664 —

Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.

Non-U.S. locations

This page focuses on the U.S. directory. The official record also lists 217 non-U.S. sites.

About this trial record page

What this page shows
Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00248170, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
What this page does not do
No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
Where the data comes from
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