Trial Outcomes & Findings for Case-Control-Study on the Breast Cancer Risk of Mirena® Compared With Copper IUDs (NCT NCT00461253)

NCT ID: NCT00461253

Last Updated: 2016-01-25

Results Overview

Breast cancer (invasive carcinoma or carcinoma in situ) in women aged \<50 years at diagnosis. Cases were excluded if they had died before study start or had a history of malignancy.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Target enrollment

25565 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

retrospective, January 2000 to December 2007

Results posted on

2016-01-25

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Cases
Cases were defined as women who were diagnosed with breast cancer (invasive carcinoma or carcinoma in situ) between 1/2000 and 12/2007 and aged \<50 years at diagnosis.
Controls
Controls were selected randomly from the national population registry (Finland) or via neighborhood controls by a controlled random route method (Germany).
Overall Study
STARTED
10093
40250
Overall Study
COMPLETED
5113
20452
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
4980
19798

Reasons for withdrawal

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure
Cases
Cases were defined as women who were diagnosed with breast cancer (invasive carcinoma or carcinoma in situ) between 1/2000 and 12/2007 and aged \<50 years at diagnosis.
Controls
Controls were selected randomly from the national population registry (Finland) or via neighborhood controls by a controlled random route method (Germany).
Overall Study
Death
985
0
Overall Study
Protocol Violation
613
236
Overall Study
no response
2609
11789
Overall Study
administrative
773
7773

Baseline Characteristics

Case-Control-Study on the Breast Cancer Risk of Mirena® Compared With Copper IUDs

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Cases
n=5113 Participants
Cases were defined as women who were diagnosed with breast cancer (invasive carcinoma or carcinoma in situ) between 1/2000 and 12/2007 and aged \<50 years at diagnosis.
Controls
n=20452 Participants
Controls were selected randomly from the national population registry (Finland) or via neighborhood controls by a controlled random route method (Germany).
Total
n=25565 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous
44.5 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.1 • n=5 Participants
44.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.1 • n=7 Participants
44.3 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.1 • n=5 Participants
Gender
Female
5,113 participants
n=5 Participants
20,452 participants
n=7 Participants
25565 participants
n=5 Participants
Gender
Male
0 participants
n=5 Participants
0 participants
n=7 Participants
0 participants
n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Germany
1815 participants
n=5 Participants
7260 participants
n=7 Participants
9075 participants
n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Finland
3298 participants
n=5 Participants
13192 participants
n=7 Participants
16490 participants
n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: retrospective, January 2000 to December 2007

Population: Frequency of breast cancer (in situ and invasive) in LNG-IUD users and Cu-IUD users

Breast cancer (invasive carcinoma or carcinoma in situ) in women aged \<50 years at diagnosis. Cases were excluded if they had died before study start or had a history of malignancy.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
LNG IUD
n=5346 Participants
Women who currently or ever used a LNG IUDs (Mirena) at time of breast cancer diagnosis
Cu-IUD
n=5428 Participants
Women who currently or ever used a copper IUDs at time of breast cancer diagnosis
Breast Cancer Risk
1076 participants
1068 participants

Adverse Events

LNG IUD

Serious events: 1085 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Cu-IUD

Serious events: 1130 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Serious adverse events
Measure
LNG IUD
n=5346 participants at risk
Users of LNG IUDs (Mirena)
Cu-IUD
n=5428 participants at risk
Users of copper IUDs
Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps)
Breast cancer
20.3%
1085/5346 • Number of events 1085 • Retrospective population based case-control study identifying breast cancer cases in the between January 2000 and December 2007 in women younger than 50 years of age at time of diagnosis.
20.8%
1130/5428 • Number of events 1130 • Retrospective population based case-control study identifying breast cancer cases in the between January 2000 and December 2007 in women younger than 50 years of age at time of diagnosis.

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Dr. Jürgen Dinger

Center for Epidemiology and Health Research, Germany

Phone: 0049 (0) 30 945 101 20

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place