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NCT00354640 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · Phase 2

Simvastatin and Anastrozole in Treating Postmenopausal Women With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ or Invasive Breast Cancer

A Phase 2 study, sponsored by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins.

Completed
Registry status
Phase 2
Development phase
11
Enrollment target

NCT00354640: Completed Phase 2 study, sponsored by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins.

NCT00354640 is a Phase 2 study that has completed, run by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. The registered enrollment target is 11 participants, below the 133-participant average among 30,622 other Phase 2 trials with a reported enrollment target (92% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT00354640, a Phase 2 study, has completed, sponsored by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins.

COMPLETED
Registry status
Phase 2
Development phase
11 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming, growing, or coming back. The use of simvastatin and anastrozole may stop cancer from forming, growing, or coming back in patients with invasive breast cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ, or a high risk of breast cancer. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving simvastatin together with anastrozole works in treating postmenopausal women with invasive breast cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ, or a high risk of breast cancer.

Primary Outcome

The change in blood concentrations of anastrozole at baseline and 14 days was measured.

Interventions

  • OTHER pharmacological study
  • DRUG anastrozole
  • PROCEDURE adjuvant therapy
  • DRUG simvastatin

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 11 participants
Start Date 2006-06
Est. Completion 2011-11
Phase Phase 2

What the finished NCT00354640 record still lists

NCT00354640 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registry caps enrollment at 11 participants, a relatively small participant target, below the 133-participant average among 30,622 other Phase 2 trials with a reported enrollment target (92% lower).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 4 interventions - of which pharmacological study is the first listed.

NCT00354640 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT00354640 about?

NCT00354640 is a clinical study titled "Simvastatin and Anastrozole in Treating Postmenopausal Women With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ or Invasive Breast Cancer". RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming, growing, or coming back. The use of simvastatin and anastrozole may stop cancer from forming, growing, or coming back in patients with invasive breast cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ, or a high risk of breast cancer...

What is the current status of trial NCT00354640?

This trial is currently completed. It is a Phase 2 study. The enrollment target is 11 participants. The study started on 2006-06. Estimated completion is 2011-11.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT00354640?

The interventions under investigation include: pharmacological study (OTHER), anastrozole (DRUG), adjuvant therapy (PROCEDURE), simvastatin (DRUG).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT00354640?

This trial is sponsored by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, which has 523 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT00354640's enrollment target sits among peer trials

11 1967th of 2000 higher than 33 of 2,000 other Phase 2 trials

participants (enrollment target), bucketed by value

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00354640, the US trial registry maintained by the National Library of Medicine. NCT00354640 (small enrollment · none site footprint · completed) retrieved and formatted by PlainTrial, see methodology.