Submission date
19/08/2002
Registration date
19/08/2002
Last edited
27/01/2015
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Cancer
Retrospectively registered
? Protocol not yet added
? SAP not yet added
? Results not yet added and study completed for more than 2 years
? Raw data not yet added
Study completed

Plain English Summary

Not provided at time of registration

Study website

Contact information

Type

Scientific

Contact name

- - -

ORCID ID

Contact details

UKCCCR Register Co-ordinator
MRC Clinical Trials Unit
222 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DA
United Kingdom

Additional identifiers

EudraCT/CTIS number

IRAS number

ClinicalTrials.gov number

Protocol/serial number

BR3004

Study information

Scientific title

Comparison of second-line hormonal agents medroxyprogesterone acetate and aminoglutethimide in advanced breast cancer

Acronym

Study hypothesis

Not provided at time of registration.

Ethics approval(s)

Not provided at time of registration.

Study design

Randomised controlled trial

Primary study design

Interventional

Secondary study design

Randomised controlled trial

Study setting(s)

Not specified

Study type

Treatment

Patient information sheet

Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet

Condition

Breast cancer

Intervention

Patients are randomised to receive either:
1. Group A: Medroxyprogesterone acetate 250 mg four times daily until disease progression or failure of treatment.
2. Group B: Aminoglutethimide 250 mg twice daily plus hydrocortisone 20 mg twice daily until disease progression or failure of treatment. There is a crossover option on disease progression or failure of treatment.

Intervention type

Drug

Pharmaceutical study type(s)

Phase

Not Applicable

Drug/device/biological/vaccine name(s)

Medroxyprogesterone acetate, aminoglutethimide, hydrocortisone

Primary outcome measure

Not provided at time of registration.

Secondary outcome measures

Not provided at time of registration.

Overall study start date

01/08/1991

Overall study end date

01/08/1996

Reason abandoned (if study stopped)

Eligibility

Participant inclusion criteria

1. Advanced breast cancer
2. Relapsed or failed following tamoxifen treatment
3. Postmenopausal

Participant type(s)

Patient

Age group

Not Specified

Sex

Not Specified

Target number of participants

Not provided at time of registration

Participant exclusion criteria

Not provided at time of registration

Recruitment start date

01/08/1991

Recruitment end date

01/08/1996

Locations

Countries of recruitment

England, United Kingdom

Study participating centre

UKCCCR Register Co-ordinator
London
NW1 2DA
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Organisation

Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals (Switzerland)

Sponsor details

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Switzerland

Sponsor type

Industry

Website

ROR

https://ror.org/02f9zrr09

Funders

Funder type

Industry

Funder name

Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals, Farmitalia Carlo Erba

Alternative name(s)

Funding Body Type

Funding Body Subtype

Location

Results and Publications

Publication and dissemination plan

Not provided at time of registration

Intention to publish date

Individual participant data (IPD) sharing plan

IPD sharing plan summary

Not provided at time of registration

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?

Additional files

Editorial Notes