A Randomized, Multi-center, Open-label, Phase III Trial of Fulvestrant Versus Capecitabine as Maintenance Therapy After First-line Chemotherapy in Patients With Hormone Receptor Positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2 Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer (FAMILY)
This phase III trial aims to compare the efficacy and safety of fulvestrant or capecitabine as maintenance therapy after first-line chemotherapy in hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 negative metastatic breast cancer.
• Adult female patients with advanced breast cancer diagnosed by pathology (aged 18-75, including 18 and 75 years old), not suitable for surgical resection or radiation therapy for the purpose of cure;
• Pathological examination confirmed ER and / or PR positive, HER-2 negative (Positive ER expression: immunohistochemistry \>1% tumor cell staining; Positive PR expression: immunohistochemistry \>1% tumor cell staining; HER-2 negative: immunohistochemistry is 0,1+, or FISH/CISH negative when immunohistochemistry is 2+);
• Patients with advanced breast cancer who have no disease progression after a 4-8-course first-line chemotherapy regimen (the effect is evaluated as complete response/ partial response/ stable disease). Capecitabine monotherapy as first-line chemotherapy is allowed and the courses of treatment should be limited to 6.
• WHO physical status 0-1 points, estimated lifetime at least 3 months;
• Imaging examinations within 3 weeks before enrollment were required for assessing tumor lesions before maintenance treatment (Examination results from local Tertiary A hospital are available);
• Previous treatment-related toxicity should be relieved to ≤ Grade 1 according to NCI CTCAE (version 4.03) before randomization (Except for hair loss and other toxicities that are not at risk to the patient's safety based on the investigator's judgment);
• The routine blood test was normal within 1 week before enrollment: WBC ≥3.0×10\^9/L, b. ANC ≥1.5×10\^9/L, c. PLT ≥100×10\^9/L;
• The liver and kidney function test was normal within 1 week before enrollment (Take the normal value of the laboratory of each research center as the standard): a. TBIL≤1.5× Upper Limit of Normal (ULN)b. ALT/AST≤2.5×ULN(Liver metastasis patients ≤5xULN) c. Serum Cr ≤1.5×ULN, or Ccr ≥60 ml/min;
• Informed consent form signed before enrollment.