To evaluate the role of Hydroxy-progesterone in prevention of chemotherapy induced neurotoxicity in women with breast cancer
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Postmenopausal Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer Patients
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/11/006381
- Lead Sponsor
- Tata Memorial Centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 240
1 Post-menopausal women up to 75 years of age.
2 Breast cancer patients with clinically operable or locally advanced stage of disease being planned for taxane based chemotherapy in the adjuvant or neoadjuvant setting.
3 Patients with adequate baseline marrow function defined as ANC > 1500/mm3 and Platelet count > 1, 00,000/mm3.
4 Patients with acceptable liver function tests (normal bilirubin and AST/ALT < 2 times the upper limit of normal) and normal renal function tests at baseline.
5 Patients willing to provide informed consent.
6 Patients fit for chemotherapy with adequate cardiac reserve (defined as baseline LVEF >40%)
7 Taxane naive patients.
1 Inflammatory breast cancer patients.
2 Pre-existent neuropathy (e.g. diabetes neuropathy, plexopathy, alcohol, toxin, hereditary or any other cause) of any grade.
3 Patients with presence of neuropathic pain or peripheral polyneuropathy or identified causes of painful paresthesia including radiotherapyâ??induced or malignant plexopathy, lumbar or cervical radiculopathy existing prior to baseline.
4 Patients with a prior history of any malignancy.
5 Uncontrolled hypertension or other cardiac abnormalities.
6 Patients who are illiterate compromising their ability to fill out the CIPN questionnaire.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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