Vitamin D Deficiency, Muscle Pain, Joint Pain, and Joint Stiffness in Postmenopausal Women Receiving Letrozole For Stage I-III Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00416715

Last Updated: 2017-07-11

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-10-31

Study Completion Date

2010-05-31

Brief Summary

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This phase II trial is studying vitamin D deficiency, muscle pain, joint pain, and joint stiffness in postmenopausal women receiving letrozole for stage I-III breast cancer. Learning about vitamin D deficiency and muscle pain, joint pain, and joint stiffness in patients receiving letrozole for breast cancer may help doctors plan treatment and may help patients live more comfortably

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess the rate of vitamin D deficiency in breast cancer patients who experience myalgias, arthralgias and/or joint stiffness following initiation of adjuvant letrozole treatment.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine if there is a correlation between letrozole serum levels and the development of myalgias, arthralgias and/or joint stiffness.

II. To assess if vitamin D supplementation may alleviate myalgias, arthralgias and/or joint stiffness associated with letrozole in those subjects with vitamin D deficiency.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive letrozole orally (PO) once daily (QD). Patients, who experience muscle pain, joint pain, or joint stiffness that requires an intervention and who are found to be vitamin D deficient, also receive calcium PO and vitamin D3 PO. Treatment continues for up to 28 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Conditions

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Arthralgia Musculoskeletal Complications Pain Recurrent Breast Cancer Stage I Breast Cancer Stage II Breast Cancer Stage IIIA Breast Cancer Stage IIIB Breast Cancer Stage IIIC Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment (letrozole)

Patients receive letrozole PO QD. Patients, who experience muscle pain, joint pain, or joint stiffness that requires an intervention and who are found to be vitamin D deficient, also receive calcium and vitamin D3 PO. Treatment continues for up to 28 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

letrozole

Intervention Type DRUG

Given PO

calcium carbonate

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Given PO

laboratory biomarker analysis

Intervention Type OTHER

Optional correlative studies

calcium citrate

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Given PO

calcium glucarate

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Given PO

calcium gluconate

Intervention Type DRUG

Given PO

cholecalciferol

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Given PO

assessment of therapy complications

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Ancillary studies

musculoskeletal complications management/prevention

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Correlative studies

Interventions

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letrozole

Given PO

Intervention Type DRUG

calcium carbonate

Given PO

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

laboratory biomarker analysis

Optional correlative studies

Intervention Type OTHER

calcium citrate

Given PO

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

calcium glucarate

Given PO

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

calcium gluconate

Given PO

Intervention Type DRUG

cholecalciferol

Given PO

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

assessment of therapy complications

Ancillary studies

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

musculoskeletal complications management/prevention

Correlative studies

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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CGS 20267 Femara LTZ CaCO3 Acicontral CALCIT Citracal Tricalcium Citrate antacidin calcium D-glucarate calcium D-saccharate CGT Calcium D-gluconate CALGLUC Calglucon Calciol Vitamin D3 complications management/prevention, musculoskeletal management/prevention, musculoskeletal complications

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients must have a histologically confirmed diagnosis of Stage I, II or III breast carcinoma
* Patients must be prescribed letrozole for adjuvant breast cancer treatment
* Prior adjuvant tamoxifen is permitted
* Patients must be postmenopausal; for study purposes, postmenopausal is defined as: a prior documented bilateral oophorectomy, or a history of at least 12 months without spontaneous menstrual bleeding, or have a persistently postmenopausal estradiol in the past 6 months without menses, and clinically in menopause at the judgment of the treating physician, or age 60 or older with a prior hysterectomy without oophorectomy, or age less than 60 with a prior hysterectomy without oophorectomy (or in whom the status of the ovaries is unknown), with a documented FSH level demonstrating confirmatory elevation in the postmenopausal range for the lab

Exclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of Stage IV breast carcinoma
* Pre-existing myalgias, arthralgias and/or joint stiffness \>= Grade 1, as defined using CTEP CTC identified during baseline physical exam
* Inability to understand or cooperate with study procedures
* Receipt of investigational drug within 30 days before study entry
* Lack of physical integrity of the upper gastrointestinal tract or malabsorption syndrome
* Unwillingness to give informed consent
* Unwillingness to participate or inability to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study
* Patients with serum calcium \>= 14 mg/dL
* Patients with renal dysfunction defined as glomerular filtration rate \<10ml/min calculated using Cockroft-Gault equation
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Washington

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Hannah Linden

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Hannah Linden

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium

Locations

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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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NCI-2010-00621

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

6346

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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