Conditions: Breast Cancer
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 35
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
To evaluate the antitumor activity, toxicity, and effectiveness of the combination of goserelin (Zoladex) and anastrozole (Arimidex) in the treatment of premenopausal women with hormone receptor positive metastatic carcinoma of the breast.

Detailed description:
Pre-menopausal women with estrogen and/or progesterone receptor positive, metastatic or recurrent breast cancer were enrolled and treated with goserelin (Zoladex) monthly and began anastrozole (Arimidex) daily for 21 days following the first injection of goserelin. Participants continued on treatment until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Arms:
arm 1: Participants received goserelin 3.6 mg subcutaneously monthly. Beginning on Day 22 after the first dose of goserelin, participants began taking anastrozole 1 mg orally daily. No dose attenuation or escalation was allowed for either goserelin or anastrozole.

Interventions: intervention 1: Anastrozole (Arimidex) intervention 2: Goserelin (Zoladex)
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Anastrozole is a prescription hormonal treatment that helps fight breast cancer by lowering the amount of estrogen in the body. It is a non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor, which significantly lowers serum estradiol (estrogen) concentrations, without interfering with the formation of adrenal corticosteroids or aldosterone intervention 2: Goserelin is a palliative treatment of advanced breast cancer in pre- and perimenopausal women

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