TY - JOUR AU - Mürdter, Thomas E AU - Schroth, Werner AU - Goetz, Matthew P AU - Tremmel, Roman AU - Igel, Svitlana AU - Schaeffeler, Elke AU - Jäger, Simon AU - Loibl, Sibylle AU - Gerteis, Andreas AU - Pfaff, Lena AU - Bechtner, Christina AU - Wrobel, Denise AU - Bernhöft, Ilka AU - Fischer, Imma AU - Meisner, Christoph AU - Block, Michael AU - Brauch, Hiltrud AU - Schwab, Matthias TI - Supplementation of Tamoxifen with Low-Dose Endoxifen in Patients with Breast Cancer with Impaired Tamoxifen Metabolism (TAMENDOX): A Randomized Controlled Phase I/II Trial. JO - Clinical cancer research VL - 31 IS - 23 SN - 1078-0432 CY - Philadelphia, Pa. [u.a.] PB - AACR M1 - DKFZ-2025-02672 SP - 4903 - 4911 PY - 2025 AB - :Tamoxifen undergoes bioactivation to its active metabolite (Z)-endoxifen, which blocks estrogen-dependent breast tumor growth at high potency. We tested the feasibility and safety of supplementing standard tamoxifen therapy with low-dose (Z)-endoxifen in patients with breast cancer with compromised tamoxifen bioactivation.:We conducted a prospective, interventional, three group randomized trial including 235 patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer who received standard tamoxifen therapy (20 mg/day). Patients were stratified by CYP2D6 genotype (n = 78), defining poor, intermediate, and normal metabolizers, or by baseline (Z)-endoxifen plasma concentration (n = 78), defining ≤15, 15 to 25, and ≥25 nmol/L. Co-treatment with (Z)-endoxifen 3 and 1.5 mg/day or placebo was performed, respectively. A control group (n = 79) received placebo regardless of metabolizer phenotype. The primary endpoint was the number of patients with (Z)-endoxifen levels >32 nmol/L after 6 weeks of treatment. Adverse events were continuously monitored.A higher proportion of patients in both intervention groups achieved target concentrations >32 nmol/L compared with control (P < 0.0001). At 3 mg (Z)-endoxifen supplementation, 92.3 KW - Humans KW - Female KW - Breast Neoplasms: drug therapy KW - Breast Neoplasms: pathology KW - Breast Neoplasms: genetics KW - Breast Neoplasms: metabolism KW - Tamoxifen: administration & dosage KW - Tamoxifen: analogs & derivatives KW - Tamoxifen: pharmacokinetics KW - Tamoxifen: adverse effects KW - Middle Aged KW - Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6: genetics KW - Aged KW - Adult KW - Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal: administration & dosage KW - Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal: adverse effects KW - Prospective Studies KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Genotype KW - Tamoxifen (NLM Chemicals) KW - Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6 (NLM Chemicals) KW - 4-hydroxy-N-desmethyltamoxifen (NLM Chemicals) KW - Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal (NLM Chemicals) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:41036998 DO - DOI:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-25-2103 UR - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/306679 ER -