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临床试验/NCT00176540
NCT00176540终止不适用

A Pilot Trial to Evaluate the Effects of Dextromethorphan in Patients Suffering From Cancer-Related Fatigue

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey2 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家目标入组 30 人开始时间: 2003年10月1日最近更新:
适应症
相关药物

试验速览

阶段
不适用
状态
终止
入组人数
30
试验地点
2
主要终点
Efficacy

研究概览

简要总结

RATIONALE: Dextromethorphan may help relieve fatigue in patients with cancer.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well dextromethorphan works in treating patients with fatigue caused by cancer.

详细描述

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Assess the effects of dextromethorphan hydrobromide in patients with cancer-related fatigue.

Secondary

  • Correlate the changes in cancer-related fatigue with the levels of plasma homocysteine versus red blood cell folate.

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
主要目的
Supportive Care
盲法
None

入排标准

年龄范围
12 Years 至 75 Years(Child, Adult, Older Adult)
性别
All
接受健康志愿者
否

入选标准

  • •DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • •Diagnosis of malignancy
  • •Must be undergoing active treatment for malignancy which may include hormonal therapy (e.g., tamoxifen citrate or leuprolide acetate), but not radiotherapy alone
  • •Fatigue score ≥ 4 on a verbal analogue scale of 0 to 10
  • •No untreated cancer-related anemia
  • •PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • •Hemoglobin > 10 g/dL
  • •Not pregnant or nursing
  • •Negative pregnancy test
  • •Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • •Able to swallow pills
  • •No known allergy to dextromethorphan hydrobromide
  • •No patients known to be phenotypically poor metabolizers of CYP2D6
  • •No untreated hypothyroidism
  • •PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • •See Disease Characteristics
  • •Prior single-dose inhibitors (e.g., ranitidine or cimetidine) for hypersensitivity prophylaxis allowed
  • •Erythropoietic growth factor therapy of > 8 weeks duration allowed
  • •No concurrent CYP2D6 inducers or inhibitors
  • •No concurrent monoamine oxidase inhibitors
  • •No other concurrent medications containing dextromethorphan hydrobromide
  • •No concurrent over-the-counter medication, herbal product, vitamin, food supplement, or any other type of special product unless permission to continue use is obtained from the Principal Investigator
  • •No other concurrent anticancer investigational agents or therapies

排除标准

  • 未提供

结局指标

主要结局

Efficacy

次要结局

  • Correlation of the changes in cancer-related fatigue with the levels of plasma homocysteine versus red blood cell folate

研究者

研究点 (2)

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