This phase II trial determines if giving goserelin acetate injections in the upper gluteal region is as effective for ovarian function suppression (OFS) as giving injections in the abdomen for ovarian function suppression (OFS) in premenopausal patients with hormone receptor positive breast cancer that has not spread to other parts of the body (localized) or that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced). Goserelin acetate is a drug used to treat prostate cancer, relieve the symptoms of advanced breast cancer, and treat problems with the endometrium (lining of the uterus). Goserelin acetate initially causes the pituitary gland to make more luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), temporarily increasing testosterone levels in men and estrogen levels in women. With continued use, goserelin acetate lowers the amount of LH and FSH the pituitary gland releases, leading to a drop in testosterone levels in men and estrogen levels in women. Goserelin acetate may stop the growth of cancer cells that need testosterone or estrogen to grow. It is a type of hormone therapy called a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist. Giving goserelin acetate injections in the upper gluteal region may be as effective for OFS as giving injections in the abdomen for OFS in premenopausal patients with localized or locally advanced hormone receptor positive breast cancer.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
98
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Ovarian function suppression (OFS) maintenance
Failure to maintain OFS (yes; no) is defined as estradiol ≥ 10 pg/mL on two separate occasions. Will be based on calculating the within-arm sample proportion of patients for whom upper gluteal region administration of goserelin for 6 months failed to maintain OFS after switching from monthly abdominal administration of goserelin and corresponding upper bound of the one-sided 97.5% confidence interval (CI). Provided that the upper bound of the one sided 97.5% CI excludes 10%, the primary aim for that arm will have been met.
Time frame: 6 months
Provider-reported adverse events (AEs)
Will be scored using the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 5.0. The maximum grade for each type of AE will be recorded for each patient and frequency tables will be reviewed to determine overall patterns.
Time frame: Up to 1 year
Injection site preference
Will be measured by single-question site preference survey (abdomen, upper gluteal region, no preference or unsure).
Time frame: Up to 1 year
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