THE INFLUENCE OF FIVE YEARS OF EXEMESTANE ON BONE MINERAL DENSITY

Lundquist Institute For Biomedical Innovation At Harbor-Ucla Medical Center, Torrance CA

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This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. MAP.3B is a companion study to the NCIC CTG MAP.3 core study. The core study is evaluating whether an aromatase inhibitor, exemestane, will reduce breast cancer incidence in postmenopausal women. All women who enroll in the MAP.3 core study will be screened for MAP.3B companion study eligibility at their MAP.3 core study initial screening visit and, if eligible, invited to participate. This trial will be conducted in Canada and the United States and about 480 women will take part in this study. The study objectives are: 1. to assess the percentage change of Bone Mineral Density (BMD) of the spine and total hip at one and five years from baseline after randomization to the core protocol;2. to compare the proportion of women who develop BMD of the spine or total hip below the absolute threshold value for osteoporosis in the treatment groups and 3. to compare the long term clinical safety of exemestane with respect to osteoporosis. The effect on fracture incidence between exemestane and placebo will be evaluated on the entire MAP.3 population as part of the core protocol. This is a low risk study. There are no known described risks or side effects to the BMD measurements with DEXA scan. The subject will receive a very low dose of radiation from DEXA scan and the chance of this scan causing cancer is very small. The effects of drawing blood may cause pain, bleeding or bruise where the needle is inserted.