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    Summary
    EudraCT Number:2004-000727-15
    Sponsor's Protocol Code Number:9238IL/0048
    National Competent Authority:Hungary - National Institute of Pharmacy
    Clinical Trial Type:EEA CTA
    Trial Status:Completed
    Date on which this record was first entered in the EudraCT database:2004-09-10
    Trial results View results
    Index
    A. PROTOCOL INFORMATION
    B. SPONSOR INFORMATION
    C. APPLICANT IDENTIFICATION
    D. IMP IDENTIFICATION
    D.8 INFORMATION ON PLACEBO
    E. GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE TRIAL
    F. POPULATION OF TRIAL SUBJECTS
    G. INVESTIGATOR NETWORKS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE TRIAL
    N. REVIEW BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY OR ETHICS COMMITTEE IN THE COUNTRY CONCERNED
    P. END OF TRIAL
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    A. Protocol Information
    A.1Member State ConcernedHungary - National Institute of Pharmacy
    A.2EudraCT number2004-000727-15
    A.3Full title of the trial
    A Randomized, Double Blind, Multicenter Study to Compare the Efficacy and Tolerability of Fulvestrant (FASLODEX™) vs. Exemestane (AROMASIN™) in Postmenopausal Women with Hormone Receptor Positive Advanced Breast Cancer with Disease Progression after Prior Non-Steroidal Aromatase Inhibitor (AI) Therapy
    A.4.1Sponsor's protocol code number9238IL/0048
    A.7Trial is part of a Paediatric Investigation Plan Information not present in EudraCT
    A.8EMA Decision number of Paediatric Investigation Plan
    B. Sponsor Information
    B.Sponsor: 1
    B.1.1Name of SponsorAstraZeneca AB
    B.1.3.4CountrySweden
    B.3.1 and B.3.2Status of the sponsorCommercial
    B.4 Source(s) of Monetary or Material Support for the clinical trial:
    B.4.1Name of organisation providing support
    B.4.2Country
    B.5 Contact point designated by the sponsor for further information on the trial
    B.5.1Name of organisation
    B.5.2Functional name of contact point
    D. IMP Identification
    D.IMP: 1
    D.1.2 and D.1.3IMP RoleTest
    D.2 Status of the IMP to be used in the clinical trial
    D.2.1IMP to be used in the trial has a marketing authorisation Information not present in EudraCT
    D.2.1.1.1Trade name Faslodex 250 mg/5 ml solution for injection
    D.2.1.1.2Name of the Marketing Authorisation holderAstraZeneca UK Limited
    D.2.1.2Country which granted the Marketing AuthorisationHungary
    D.2.5The IMP has been designated in this indication as an orphan drug in the Community No
    D.2.5.1Orphan drug designation number
    D.3 Description of the IMP
    D.3.1Product nameFaslodex 250 mg/5 ml solution for injection
    D.3.2Product code EU/1/03/269/001
    D.3.4Pharmaceutical form Solution for injection
    D.3.4.1Specific paediatric formulation Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.7Routes of administration for this IMPIntramuscular use
    D.3.8 to D.3.10 IMP Identification Details (Active Substances)
    D.3.8INN - Proposed INNfulvestrant
    D.3.9.1CAS number 129453-61-8
    D.3.9.2Current sponsor codeZD9238
    D.3.9.3Other descriptive nameICI 182780
    D.3.10 Strength
    D.3.10.1Concentration unit mg/ml milligram(s)/millilitre
    D.3.10.2Concentration typeequal
    D.3.10.3Concentration number50
    D.3.11 The IMP contains an:
    D.3.11.1Active substance of chemical origin Yes
    D.3.11.2Active substance of biological/ biotechnological origin (other than Advanced Therapy IMP (ATIMP) No
    The IMP is a:
    D.3.11.3Advanced Therapy IMP (ATIMP) Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.3.1Somatic cell therapy medicinal product No
    D.3.11.3.2Gene therapy medical product No
    D.3.11.3.3Tissue Engineered Product Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.3.4Combination ATIMP (i.e. one involving a medical device) Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.3.5Committee on Advanced therapies (CAT) has issued a classification for this product Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.4Combination product that includes a device, but does not involve an Advanced Therapy Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.5Radiopharmaceutical medicinal product No
    D.3.11.6Immunological medicinal product (such as vaccine, allergen, immune serum) No
    D.3.11.7Plasma derived medicinal product Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.8Extractive medicinal product Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.9Recombinant medicinal product Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.10Medicinal product containing genetically modified organisms No
    D.3.11.11Herbal medicinal product No
    D.3.11.12Homeopathic medicinal product No
    D.3.11.13Another type of medicinal product No
    D.IMP: 2
    D.1.2 and D.1.3IMP RoleComparator
    D.2 Status of the IMP to be used in the clinical trial
    D.2.1IMP to be used in the trial has a marketing authorisation Information not present in EudraCT
    D.2.1.1.1Trade name Aromasin
    D.2.1.1.2Name of the Marketing Authorisation holderPharmacia & Upjohn
    D.2.1.2Country which granted the Marketing AuthorisationHungary
    D.2.5The IMP has been designated in this indication as an orphan drug in the Community No
    D.2.5.1Orphan drug designation number
    D.3 Description of the IMP
    D.3.1Product nameAromasin
    D.3.4Pharmaceutical form Capsule*
    D.3.4.1Specific paediatric formulation Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.7Routes of administration for this IMPOral use
    D.3.8 to D.3.10 IMP Identification Details (Active Substances)
    D.3.8INN - Proposed INNexemestane
    D.3.10 Strength
    D.3.10.1Concentration unit mg milligram(s)
    D.3.10.2Concentration typeequal
    D.3.10.3Concentration number25
    D.3.11 The IMP contains an:
    D.3.11.1Active substance of chemical origin Yes
    D.3.11.2Active substance of biological/ biotechnological origin (other than Advanced Therapy IMP (ATIMP) No
    The IMP is a:
    D.3.11.3Advanced Therapy IMP (ATIMP) Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.3.1Somatic cell therapy medicinal product No
    D.3.11.3.2Gene therapy medical product No
    D.3.11.3.3Tissue Engineered Product Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.3.4Combination ATIMP (i.e. one involving a medical device) Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.3.5Committee on Advanced therapies (CAT) has issued a classification for this product Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.4Combination product that includes a device, but does not involve an Advanced Therapy Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.5Radiopharmaceutical medicinal product No
    D.3.11.6Immunological medicinal product (such as vaccine, allergen, immune serum) No
    D.3.11.7Plasma derived medicinal product Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.8Extractive medicinal product Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.9Recombinant medicinal product Information not present in EudraCT
    D.3.11.10Medicinal product containing genetically modified organisms No
    D.3.11.11Herbal medicinal product No
    D.3.11.12Homeopathic medicinal product No
    D.3.11.13Another type of medicinal product No
    D.8 Information on Placebo
    D.8 Placebo: 1
    D.8.1Is a Placebo used in this Trial?Yes
    D.8.3Pharmaceutical form of the placeboSolution for injection
    D.8.4Route of administration of the placeboIntramuscular use
    D.8 Placebo: 2
    D.8.1Is a Placebo used in this Trial?Yes
    D.8.3Pharmaceutical form of the placeboCapsule*
    D.8.4Route of administration of the placeboOral use
    E. General Information on the Trial
    E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation
    E.1.1Medical condition(s) being investigated
    Hormone receptor positive breast cancer with disease progression after prior non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor (AI) therapy
    MedDRA Classification
    E.1.3Condition being studied is a rare disease No
    E.2 Objective of the trial
    E.2.1Main objective of the trial
    To assess the efficacy of AstraZeneca ZD9238 (fulvestrant, FASLODEX™) vs exemestane (AROMASIN™, Pharmacia & Upjohn) in hormone receptor-positive postmenopausal women with breast cancer progression after prior non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor (AI) therapy, by evaluation of time to disease progression (TTP).
    E.2.2Secondary objectives of the trial
    To compare objective response (OR) rates (complete response [CR] + partial response [PR]), duration of response (DoR), clinical benefit rate (CB), overall survival (OS), tolerability, quality of life (QoL), and health care resource use between the patients described above on fulvestrant and those on exemestane.
    E.2.3Trial contains a sub-study Information not present in EudraCT
    E.3Principal inclusion criteria
    1. Histological/cytological confirmation of breast cancer.

    2. Objective evidence of recurrence or progression of disease, which is not considered amenable to curative treatment.

    3. Postmenopausal woman, defined as a woman fulfilling any 1 of the following criteria:
    - Age ≥ 60 years
    - Age ≥ 45 years with amenorrhea for ≥12 months with an intact uterus
    - Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels in post menopausal range (utilizing ranges from the testing laboratory facility). If previous treatment with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) analogue, then the last depot of LH-RH analog must have been administered greater than 4 months prior to randomization and menses must not have restarted.
    - Having undergone a bilateral oophorectomy

    4. Progression while receiving a non-steroidal AI for locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer or recurrence while receiving a non-steroidal AI as adjuvant therapy or within 6 months of treatment discontinuation.
    Note: Patients who received only one chemotherapy regimen for advanced disease prior to receiving a non-steroidal AI are allowed.

    5. Evidence of hormone sensitivity either ER+ and/or PgR+.

    6. Patients fulfilling one of the following criteria are eligible to participate in this study:
    - Patients with measurable disease as per RECIST criteria. This is defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as ≥ 20 mm with conventional technique or as ≥ 10 mm with spiral CT scan or MRI.
    - Patients with bone lesions, lytic or mixed (lytic + sclerotic), in the absence of measurable disease as defined by RECIST criteria.

    7. Performance status of 0, 1, or 2.

    8. Written informed consent to participate in the study.
    E.4Principal exclusion criteria
    1. Previous treatment with fulvestrant or exemestane.

    2. Extensive radiotherapy within previous 4 weeks (greater than or equal to 30% of marrow-bearing bone, eg, whole pelvis or half spine). Strontium-90 (or other radiopharmaceutical) within previous 3 months.

    3. Current or previously active systemic malignancy within 3 years prior to randomization (other than breast cancer, or adequately treated in-situ carcinoma of the cervix, uteri, or basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin).

    4. Any intercurrent systemic anti-cancer therapy after prior non-steroidal AI therapy.

    5. Currently receiving (and are unwilling to discontinue) hormone replacement therapy.

    6. Laboratory results sustained at:
    - Platelets < 100 x 10e9 /L
    - International normalized ratio (INR) > 1.6
    - Total bilirubin > 1.5 x ULRR
    - ALT or AST >2.5 x ULRR if no demonstrable liver metastases or
    >5 x ULRR in presence of liver metastases
    No more than 3 retests within screening period

    7. Risk (in the investigator’s opinion) of transmitting human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B or C, through blood or other bodily fluids.

    8. History of:
    - bleeding diathesis (ie, disseminated intravascular coagulation [DIC], clotting factor deficiency) or
    - long-term anticoagulant therapy (other than antiplatelet therapy).

    9. Non-approved/experimental drug treatment within previous 4 weeks before randomization.

    10. Any severe concomitant condition which makes it undesirable for the patient to participate in the study or which would jeopardize compliance with the protocol eg, severe renal or hepatic impairment or currently unstable or uncompensated respiratory or cardiac conditions.

    11. History of hypersensitivity to active or inactive excipients of fulvestrant and/or exemestane (ie castor oil or Mannitol).

    12. Presence of life-threatening metastatic visceral disease, defined as extensive hepatic involvement, or any degree of brain or leptomeningeal involvement (past or present), or symptomatic pulmonary lymphangitic spread. Subjects with discrete pulmonary parenchymal metastases are eligible, provided their respiratory function is not compromised as a result of disease.
    E.5 End points
    E.5.1Primary end point(s)
    The primary endpoint of TTP is defined as the time from randomization to the time of the earliest evidence of disease progression or death from any cause. Patients who have not progressed or died at the time of the data cut-off date or who have been lost to follow-up will be right-censored at the date of their last disease assessment. Patients will be considered lost to follow-up if they have missed visits and there is no follow-up available for more than 6 months.
    E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial
    E.6Scope of the trial
    E.6.1Diagnosis No
    E.6.2Prophylaxis No
    E.6.3Therapy No
    E.6.4Safety Yes
    E.6.5Efficacy Yes
    E.6.6Pharmacokinetic No
    E.6.7Pharmacodynamic No
    E.6.8Bioequivalence No
    E.6.9Dose response No
    E.6.10Pharmacogenetic Information not present in EudraCT
    E.6.11Pharmacogenomic No
    E.6.12Pharmacoeconomic No
    E.6.13Others No
    E.7Trial type and phase
    E.7.1Human pharmacology (Phase I) No
    E.7.1.1First administration to humans No
    E.7.1.2Bioequivalence study No
    E.7.1.3Other No
    E.7.1.3.1Other trial type description
    E.7.2Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) No
    E.7.3Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) Yes
    E.7.4Therapeutic use (Phase IV) No
    E.8 Design of the trial
    E.8.1Controlled Yes
    E.8.1.1Randomised Yes
    E.8.1.2Open No
    E.8.1.3Single blind No
    E.8.1.4Double blind Yes
    E.8.1.5Parallel group Yes
    E.8.1.6Cross over No
    E.8.1.7Other No
    E.8.2 Comparator of controlled trial
    E.8.2.1Other medicinal product(s) Yes
    E.8.2.2Placebo Yes
    E.8.2.3Other No
    E.8.3 The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned No
    E.8.4 The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned Yes
    E.8.5The trial involves multiple Member States Yes
    E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA
    E.8.6.1Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA Yes
    E.8.6.2Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA Information not present in EudraCT
    E.8.6.3If E.8.6.1 or E.8.6.2 are Yes, specify the regions in which trial sites are planned
    E.8.7Trial has a data monitoring committee Information not present in EudraCT
    E.8.8 Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
    All patients will be followed up until there is objective progression of disease, irrespective of changes in systemic therapy for breast cancer. The alternative therapies and start dates will be recorded. All patients will be followed until death or until the final survival analysis end point has been met, whichever occurs first. QoL questionnaires and health care resource use must be completed at each scheduled and unscheduled clinic visit until progression, and at treatment discontinuation.
    E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial
    E.8.9.1In the Member State concerned years2
    E.8.9.1In the Member State concerned months10
    E.8.9.1In the Member State concerned days
    E.8.9.2In all countries concerned by the trial years4
    E.8.9.2In all countries concerned by the trial months3
    F. Population of Trial Subjects
    F.1 Age Range
    F.1.1Trial has subjects under 18 No
    F.1.1.1In Utero No
    F.1.1.2Preterm newborn infants (up to gestational age < 37 weeks) No
    F.1.1.3Newborns (0-27 days) No
    F.1.1.4Infants and toddlers (28 days-23 months) No
    F.1.1.5Children (2-11years) No
    F.1.1.6Adolescents (12-17 years) No
    F.1.2Adults (18-64 years) No
    F.1.3Elderly (>=65 years) Yes
    F.2 Gender
    F.2.1Female Yes
    F.2.2Male No
    F.3 Group of trial subjects
    F.3.1Healthy volunteers No
    F.3.2Patients Yes
    F.3.3Specific vulnerable populations Information not present in EudraCT
    F.3.3.1Women of childbearing potential not using contraception No
    F.3.3.2Women of child-bearing potential using contraception Information not present in EudraCT
    F.3.3.3Pregnant women No
    F.3.3.4Nursing women No
    F.3.3.5Emergency situation No
    F.3.3.6Subjects incapable of giving consent personally No
    F.3.3.7Others Yes
    F.3.3.7.1Details of other specific vulnerable populations
    women ≥ 45 years with amenorrhoea ≥ 12 months with an intact uterus
    F.4 Planned number of subjects to be included
    F.4.1In the member state20
    F.4.2 For a multinational trial
    F.4.2.1In the EEA 430
    F.4.2.2In the whole clinical trial 660
    F.5 Plans for treatment or care after the subject has ended the participation in the trial (if it is different from the expected normal treatment of that condition)
    Patients will recieve standard treatment after they leave the study
    G. Investigator Networks to be involved in the Trial
    N. Review by the Competent Authority or Ethics Committee in the country concerned
    N.Competent Authority Decision Authorised
    N.Date of Competent Authority Decision2004-12-03
    N.Ethics Committee Opinion of the trial applicationFavourable
    N.Ethics Committee Opinion: Reason(s) for unfavourable opinion
    N.Date of Ethics Committee Opinion2004-10-06
    P. End of Trial
    P.End of Trial StatusCompleted
    P.Date of the global end of the trial2014-09-04
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