The HOBOE study was amended in November 2009, and, after reaching enrollment of the first 500 patients, the study began recruiting premenopausal patients only. The primary objective of the extended study is to compare disease free survival in premenopausal patients with early breast cancer. Patients receive triptorelin and are randomized in a 1:1:1 fashion to receive tamoxifen or letrozole, or letrozole + zoledronic acid. The purpose of the HOBOE study, Version 1, was to compare the adjuvant hormonal therapy treatments of Tamoxifen, Letrozole and Letrozole + Zoledronate for their effects on bone loss in breast cancer patients. Postmenopausal and premenopausal patients were eligible, the latter also receiving monthly triptorelin. Upon reaching the enrollment of the first 500 patients in March 2010, the study began recruiting premenopausal patients only.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1,294
20 mg daily for 5 years
Premenopausal patients will receive triptorelin 3.75 mg IM at the beginning of therapy and every 4 weeks for 5 years or up to age 55
2.5 mg daily for 5 years
4 mg every 6 months
S. Giuseppe Moscati
Avellino, AV, Italy
Azienda Ospedaliera Treviglio - Caravaggio
Treviglio, BG, Italy
Azienda Ospedaliera G. Rummo
Benevento, BN, Italy
Ospedale Senatore Antonio Perrino
Brindisi, BR, Italy
Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori
Meldola, FC, Italy
Presidio Ospedaliero Di Saronno Aziendo Ospedaliera di Busto Arsizio
Saronno, VA, Italy
Ospedale Santa Maria Annunziata
Bagno a Ripoli, Italy
Istituto Nazionale per la ricerca Sul Cancro
Genova, Italy
Ospedale Riuniti
Livorno, Italy
Ospedale Unico della Versilia
Lucca, Italy
...and 10 more locations
disease free survival in premenopausal patients
Time frame: observation period is 10 years from initiation of treatment
bone mineral density
Time frame: 12 months from initiation of therapy
Bone mineral density measured
Time frame: yearly after first year of therapy
disease free survival in postmenopausal patients
Time frame: observation period is 10 years from initiation of treatment
overall survival
Time frame: observation period is 10 years from initiation of treatment
toxicity of letrozole + triptorelin and letrozole + zoledronic acid + triptorelin in premenopausal patients
Time frame: monthly
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