Clinical trial · Interventional
Letrozole and Metronomic Capecitabine in ER-positive HER2 Negative Advanced Breast Cancer (B-001 Study)
Letrozole With or Without Metronomic Capecitabine in First Line Treatment of Patients With ER-positive HER2 Negative Advanced Breast Cancer: A Randomized Phase II Study.
NCT04571437CI-TRIAL-00047438B-001unknownPhase 2ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
A phase II clinical trial designed to test the effect of combining endocrinal therapy (Letrozole) with chemotherapy (Capecitabine) in first line treatment of advanced cases of female breast cancer with ER positive disease.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Estrogen Receptor-positive Breast Cancer | Breast Neoplasm | PROBABILISTIC | 0.70 |
| Metastatic Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capecitabine | Drug | Capecitabine | ALIAS |
| Letrozole 2.5mg | Drug | Letrozole | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Chemo endocrine treatment (A)
- description
- Letrozole 2.5mg PO daily + Capecitabine 500mg/m2 bid PO continously
- interventionNames
- Drug: Capecitabine
- Drug: Letrozole 2.5mg
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Endocrine treatment only (B)
- description
- Letrozole 2.5mg PO daily
- interventionNames
- Drug: Letrozole 2.5mg
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- 6 months Progression free survival rate
- timeFrame
- 6 months from the start of treatment
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 70 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Female sex * Age 18-70 * ECOG-PS 0-II. * Histopathological proof of breast cancer * ER positive (Allred score of ≥3 out of 8), and HER2 negative by IHC (or ISH if HER2 +2). * Metastatic/recurrent disease as proven by CT scan, bone scan or clinical examination (for skin lesions). Biopsy of the recurrent lesions is encouraged but not mandatory. * Either hormone sensitive setting (Denovo metastatic disease or disease progression after more than 1 year of ending adjuvant endocrine therapy) or secondary resistance to tamoxifen therapy (disease relapse after more than 2 years of starting and less than 1 year of ending adjuvant endocrine therapy, or DP of metastatic disease after more than 6 months of first line tamoxifen). * Adequate organ function. * Signed informed consent Exclusion criteria: * Inadequate organ functions. * Disease progression while on prior aromatase inhibitor therapy. * Primary endocrine resistance. * Double primary cancer (history of other malignancy apart from a non melanoma skin cancer). * Refusal to sign consent.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDAzim HA, Saleh MA, Essam Eldin P, Abdelhafeez AAM, Hassan M, Kassem L. Combination of metronomic capecitabine and letrozole in metastatic hormone receptor positive, HER2 negative breast cancer: a randomized phase II trial. J Chemother. 2025 Apr;37(2):159-167. doi: 10.1080/1120009X.2024.2342741. Epub 2024 May 20. PMID 38764430