Fatigue Caused by Chemotherapy in Women Who Have Undergone Surgery for Breast Cancer and in Healthy Volunteers

NCT ID: NCT00909662

Last Updated: 2015-10-02

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Total Enrollment

18 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-07-31

Study Completion Date

2010-12-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Gathering information over time from women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer may help doctors learn more about mental and physical fatigue caused by treatment.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying fatigue caused by chemotherapy in women who have undergone surgery for stage I, stage II, or stage III breast cancer and in healthy volunteers.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* To assess treatment-related fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, and recovery in women undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy for stage I-III breast cancer as compared with a patient-selected control population.
* To determine whether fatigue induced by sustained isometric contraction (SIC) is more of central or peripheral (muscular) origin in patients with and without treatment-related fatigue.
* To characterize changes from baseline in potential abnormal signal processing in the brain while performing cognitive-assessment testing (CAT) in patients experiencing chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction compared with the controls.

OUTLINE: Patients and participants undergo assessment of treatment-related fatigue and cognitive dysfunction (i.e., mental fatigue) at baseline, after completion of 3-4 courses of standard adjuvant chemotherapy, and 1-3 weeks after completion of the most recent treatment. Patient recovery will be assessed at approximately 1 year from baseline. Study assessments will include a brief fatigue inventory, a cognitive assessment, and muscle fatigability testing through a sustained isometric contraction. Additional assessments will include quantification of brain and muscle signal alterations in patients with and without treatment-related fatigue and cognitive-assessment testing in patients experiencing chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction.

Patients and participants also undergo collection of data to obtain information on patient age, body mass index, and menopausal status at baseline and at 1 year. Additional information is collected on type of chemotherapy treatment and any hormonal or other anticancer treatments administered throughout the course of the study. Cancer recurrences or new cancer events are also recorded.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer Cognitive/Functional Effects Fatigue Long-term Effects Secondary to Cancer Therapy in Adults

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Patients

Female patients with operable breast cancer intending to undergo adjuvant chemotherapy

assessment of therapy complications

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

1. Questionnaires: Brief Fatigue Inventory, Brief Mental Fatigue and BDI FastScreen
2. Cognitive Task (2 timed 2-minute tests) with Concomitant EEG
3. Physical Task (Sustained Elbow Flexion) with Concomitant EEG and EMG plus TMS
4. Borg 15-Category Scale

cognitive assessment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Cognitive Task (2 timed 2-minute tests) with Concomitant EEG

fatigue assessment and management

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

1. Questionnaires: Brief Fatigue Inventory, Brief Mental Fatigue and BDI FastScreen
2. Cognitive Task (2 timed 2-minute tests) with Concomitant EEG
3. Physical Task (Sustained Elbow Flexion) with Concomitant EEG and EMG plus TMS
4. Borg 15-Category Scale

Participants

Female control subjects will be recruited, consisting predominantly of age-matched (i.e.+/- 10 years of age) friends or family members of the patients.

assessment of therapy complications

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

1. Questionnaires: Brief Fatigue Inventory, Brief Mental Fatigue and BDI FastScreen
2. Cognitive Task (2 timed 2-minute tests) with Concomitant EEG
3. Physical Task (Sustained Elbow Flexion) with Concomitant EEG and EMG plus TMS
4. Borg 15-Category Scale

cognitive assessment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Cognitive Task (2 timed 2-minute tests) with Concomitant EEG

fatigue assessment and management

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

1. Questionnaires: Brief Fatigue Inventory, Brief Mental Fatigue and BDI FastScreen
2. Cognitive Task (2 timed 2-minute tests) with Concomitant EEG
3. Physical Task (Sustained Elbow Flexion) with Concomitant EEG and EMG plus TMS
4. Borg 15-Category Scale

Interventions

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assessment of therapy complications

1. Questionnaires: Brief Fatigue Inventory, Brief Mental Fatigue and BDI FastScreen
2. Cognitive Task (2 timed 2-minute tests) with Concomitant EEG
3. Physical Task (Sustained Elbow Flexion) with Concomitant EEG and EMG plus TMS
4. Borg 15-Category Scale

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

cognitive assessment

Cognitive Task (2 timed 2-minute tests) with Concomitant EEG

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

fatigue assessment and management

1. Questionnaires: Brief Fatigue Inventory, Brief Mental Fatigue and BDI FastScreen
2. Cognitive Task (2 timed 2-minute tests) with Concomitant EEG
3. Physical Task (Sustained Elbow Flexion) with Concomitant EEG and EMG plus TMS
4. Borg 15-Category Scale

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Meets either of the following criteria:

* Has completed surgery for stage I-III breast cancer AND meets the following criteria:

* No bilateral axillary dissection
* Clinically free of active disease
* Planning to receive adjuvant chemotherapy for operable breast cancer
* Friend or relative of patient matched for age (± 10 years) (control)
* Hormone receptor status not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Known menopausal status
* Able to read English
* No history of significant cardiovascular disease or stroke, polyneuropathy, amyotrophy, myosthenic syndrome, or pulmonary compromise
* Prior depression allowed provided that it was not significant
* Willing to come to the Cleveland Clinic for 3 assessments

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Disease Characteristics
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Halle Moore, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Joseph Baar, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Locations

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Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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P30CA043703

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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CASE7107

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CASE-7107-CC400

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CASE7107

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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