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surgery', 'description': 'The rate of breast conservative surgery among the patients receiving surgery'}, {'measure': 'Total pathologic complete response (tpCR)', 'timeFrame': 'At time of surgery', 'description': 'No residual invasive cancer in breast and ipsilateral axilla'}, {'measure': 'Analysis of biomarkers based on baseline specimen and residual tumor', 'timeFrame': 'Baseline and at time of surgery', 'description': '* Ki67 expression\n* cDNA microarray: gene expression profiling'}, {'measure': 'Association between clinical response rate and circulating tumor cells (CTCs)', 'timeFrame': 'Baseline and at time of surgery', 'description': 'Association between clinical response rate and circulating tumor cells (CTCs)\n\n: CTCs are measured by CytoGen (SEOUL, KOREA)"'}]}, 'oversightModule': {'oversightHasDmc': True}, 'conditionsModule': {'keywords': ['Breast cancer', 'HER2', 'ER', 'Postmenopausal', 'Trastuzumab', 'Letrozole', 'Neoadjuvant endocrine treatment'], 'conditions': ['Breast 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and ischemic change as normal\n * LVEF ≥ 55% measured by ECHO or MUGA scan\n\nOutcome measures\n\n* Primary End-point\n\n * The rate of pathologic complete response (pCR)\n\n * No residual invasive cancer in breast\n* Secondary End-point\n\n * Clinical Response Rate\n * Safety profiles for the preoperative use of concurrent trastuzumab and letrozole\n * The rate of breast conservative surgery\n * Total pathologic complete response (tpCR)\n\n * No residual invasive cancer in breast and ipsilateral axilla\n * Analysis of biomarkers based on baseline specimen and residual tumor\n* Ki67 expression\n* cDNA microarray: gene expression profiling\n* Association between clinical response rate and circulating tumor cells (CTCs)\n\n * CTCs are measured by CytoGen (SEOUL, KOREA)"'}, 'eligibilityModule': {'sex': 'FEMALE', 'stdAges': ['ADULT', 'OLDER_ADULT'], 'minimumAge': '18 Years', 'healthyVolunteers': False, 'eligibilityCriteria': 'Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Invasive cancer (clinical stage 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disease within 6 months\n * Congestive heart failure more than NYHA class II\n * Unstable angina\n * Clinically significant pericarditis\n * Amyloid heart disease'}, 'identificationModule': {'nctId': 'NCT02214004', 'acronym': 'HERAKLES', 'briefTitle': 'Neoadjuvant Trastuzumab and Letrozole for Postmenopausal Women', 'organization': {'class': 'OTHER', 'fullName': 'Gangnam Severance Hospital'}, 'officialTitle': 'A Phase II Trial of Preoperative HER2 Targeting and Endocrine Therapy in Postmenopausal Women With HER2 and HR Positive Breast Cancer', 'orgStudyIdInfo': {'id': 'HERAKLES'}}, 'armsInterventionsModule': {'armGroups': [{'type': 'EXPERIMENTAL', 'label': 'Trastuzumab and Letrozole', 'description': '\\- Concurrently initiate two drugs on Day 1 of Cycle 1', 'interventionNames': ['Drug: Trastuzumab', 'Drug: Letrozole']}], 'interventions': [{'name': 'Trastuzumab', 'type': 'DRUG', 'otherNames': ['Herceptin'], 'description': '\\- Eight times IV administration of trastuzumab per 3 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