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Brief Title: Capecitabine Metronomic Chemotherapy Plus Aromatase Inhibitor for Postmenopausal Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer
Official Title: Capecitabine Metronomic Chemotherapy Combined With Aromatase Inhibitors in Postmenopausal Hormone-receptor-positive Breast Cancer
Study ID: NCT01924078
Brief Summary: The present study is to determine the adverse effects and clinical efficacy of AI combined with Capecitabine metronomic chemotherapy in postmenopausal breast cancer patients with Estrogen receptor and/or Progestrogen receptor positive.
Detailed Description: Capecitabine (Xeloda ®) is currently the most biologically active oral fluoropyrimidine drug, and is widely used as first-line and second-line rescue therapy for advanced breast cancer ,third-generation aromatase inhibitors (AI) is the preferred adjuvant endocrine therapy for Postmenopausal hormone-sensitive breast cancer. Study showed that AI combined with metronomic chemotherapy could improve the objective response and clinical benefit in neoadjuvant therapy.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers: No
FUSCC, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Name: Guang-yu Liu, MD
Affiliation: Fudan University
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR