Status:

TERMINATED

Tamoxifen Resistance in Women With Stage I, Stage II, Stage IIIA, or Stage IIIB Breast Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-120 years

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood from patients with breast cancer in the laboratory may help doctors identify and learn more about biomarkers related to tamoxifen resistance. PURPOSE: This labora...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * Identify women who are resistant to tamoxifen citrate and other drugs for the treatment of breast cancer by testing their plasma for the presence of proteins (e.g., macrophage migration...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Histologically confirmed invasive breast cancer
  • Initial pathologic stage I-IIIB disease
  • No stage IV disease
  • Meets the following criteria for breast cancer therapy:
  • Received prior primary local therapy for breast cancer
  • Scheduled to begin tamoxifen citrate as adjuvant therapy for breast cancer within 3 weeks
  • Hormone receptor status:
  • Estrogen-receptor positive tumor
  • Female
  • Pre- or post-menopausal
  • Must be able to donate 20 mL of blood

Exclusion

  • Severe anemia, defined as hemoglobin \< 11 g/dL
  • Psychiatric history that would preclude obtaining informed consent

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2007

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

2 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00899197

Start Date

May 1 2007

End Date

June 1 2012

Last Update

August 1 2017

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Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157-1096