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The endocrine and therapeutic effects of the aromatase inhibitor fadrozole hydrochloride have been assessed in 80 post-menopausal patients with recurrent breast cancer after tamoxifen failure. Treatment allocation was randomly 0.5, 1.0 or 2.0 mg orally b.d. Eight patients were not assessable for response. All patients were evaluated for toxicity (intent-to-treat analysis). In general, the patients' characteristics were well balanced between the three randomised groups. The endocrine data from this study previously reported suggest a dose-related suppression of oestrone, but not oestradiol or oestrone sulphate. The objective response rate was 17% (95% CI 8.9-27.3%) with no complete responders. Fifteen patients (21%) had stable disease (NC) and 45 patients (63%) had progressive disease (PD). The median duration of objective response was 36 weeks. The median time to treatment failure was 12.7 weeks. The log-rank test showed no statistical difference between the dosage groups. The main adverse events reported were mild to moderate severity: nausea in 11 patients (15%), hot flashes in four (5%) and somnolence in three (4%). No serious adverse events were reported. In conclusion, fadrozole is a clinically active aromatase inhibitor with a low incidence of side-effects and phase III clinical trials in post-menopausal women are currently under way.
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Bonnefoi, H., Smith, I., Dowsett, M. et al. Therapeutic effects of the aromatase inhibitor fadrozole hydrochloride in advanced breast cancer. Br J Cancer 73, 539–542 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1996.93
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