Aromatase inhibition 2013: clinical state of the art and questions that remain to be solved.

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Published in Endocr Relat Cancer on June 24, 2013

Authors

Per Eystein Lønning1, Hans Petter Eikesdal

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Oncology, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. per.lonning@helse-bergen.no

Associated clinical trials:

A Study of Palbociclib (PD-0332991) + Letrozole vs. Letrozole For 1st Line Treatment Of Postmenopausal Women With ER+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer (PALOMA-2) | NCT01740427

A Phase III Study of BKM120 With Fulvestrant in Patients With HR+,HER2-, AI Treated, Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer Who Progressed on or After mTORi (BELLE-3) | NCT01633060

A Randomized Phase II Trial Comparing Therapy Based on Tumor Molecular Profiling Versus Conventional Therapy in Patients With Refractory Cancer (SHIVA) | NCT01771458

Open-label, Phase II, Study of Everolimus Plus Letrozole in Postmenopausal Women With ER+, HER2- Metastatic or Locally Advanced Breast Cancer (Bolero-4) | NCT01698918

Letrozole in Treating Women With Primary Breast Cancer Who Have Received 5 Years of Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy | NCT00754845

A Prospective, Randomized Multicenter, Open-label Comparison of Preoperative Trastuzumab Emtansine (T-DM1) With or Without Standard Endocrine Therapy vs. Trastuzumab With Standard Endocrine Therapy Given for Twelve Weeks in Patients With Operable HER2+/HR+ Breast Cancer Within the ADAPT Protocol. (ADAPT; T-DM1) | NCT01745965

RO4929097 and Letrozole in Treating Post-Menopausal Women With Hormone Receptor-Positive Stage II or Stage III Breast Cancer | NCT01208441

Randomized Phase II Trial of Letrozole With or Without Dasatinib as First and Second-line Treatment for Hormone Receptor-positive, HER2-negative Post-menopausal Breast Cancer That is Unresectable, Locally Recurrent or Metastatic | NCT00696072

QUILT-2.015: A Study of AMG 479 With Exemestane or Fulvestrant in Postmenopausal Women With Hormone Receptor Positive Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer | NCT00626106

Letrozole in Treating Postmenopausal Women Who Have Received Hormone Therapy for Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer | NCT00382070

Vorinostat in Treating Patients With Stage IV Breast Cancer Receiving Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy | NCT01153672

GCC 0901 - Study of How Well Letrozole Works in Combination With Lapatinib Followed by an Addition of Everolimus in Postmenopausal Women With Advanced Endocrine Resistant Breast Cancer | NCT01499160

Everolimus Beyond Progress for Patients Who Had Progress Under Everolimus and Exemestane (Evelyn) | NCT01773460

Fulvestrant With or Without AZD6244 in Treating Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer That Progressed After Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy | NCT01160718

Dimethyldiguanide Combined With Aromatase Inhibitor (AI) in Metastatic Breast Cancer | NCT01654185

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