Evaluation of the Effects of Chinese Medical Treatment on Leucopenia After Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients

NCT ID: NCT01359501

Last Updated: 2012-10-23

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-05-31

Study Completion Date

2012-12-31

Brief Summary

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This is a two-year double blind, placebo-controlled, and randomized clinical trial, which is aimed to evaluate the effects of Chinese medical treatment on leucopenia after chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.

Detailed Description

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The study will be conducted in the Department of Breast Surgery in China Medical University Hospital, Taichung. One hundred newly diagnosed breast cancer patient (age ≧18, Stage I, II, IIIa) will be included. After the diagnosis, the patients will undergo operation. Then, each patient will receive one of the following protocol of chemotherapy according to her pathology report and overall evaluation: "FEC\*6", "FEC\*4+Taxotere\*4", and "FEC\*3+Taxotere\*3".

Every participator will start to take the powder of Chinese herb-LCH1 after her receiving first time of chemotherapy until she receives the next cycle.(While receiving "FEC", it will be 3 weeks. While receiving "Taxotere", it will be 4 weeks).

Just before receiving the next cycle of chemotherapy, the blood of the participator will be sampled to check her CBC, GOT/GPT, BUN/Cr and tumor maker.

The investigators also adopt the body constitution questionnaire (BCQ) to evaluate the Chinese medical constitutional status, the EORTC QLQ-C30, EORTC QLQ-BR23, and Karnofsky score to evaluate the quality of life, and to evaluate the adverse effects of the adjuvant chemotherapy with the NCI-CTCAE Version 3.0.

Each participator will take the powder of Chinese herb-LCH1 from her first chemotherapy till 3 weeks after the last cycle of chemotherapy. Over all, it will take about 18 weeks (FEC\*6) to 28 weeks (FEC\*4+Taxotere\*4) to complete the treatment.

This study will also investigate the influence of the chemotherapy on the Chinese medical constitutional status, and in order to provide the basis for the complementary treatment for the breast cancer by adjusting and balancing the constitutional status of the patients.

Conditions

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Leucopenia Breast Cancer

Keywords

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patients receiving chemotherapy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Chinese medical treatment

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Chinese medical treatment-LCH1

Intervention Type DRUG

Start to take the powder of Chinese herb-LCH1 3g\*BID just after the 1st chemotherapy, and Stop 2-3 weeks after the final cycle of chemotherapy.

Placebo

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Start to take the powder of Placebo 3g\*BID just after the 1st chemotherapy, and stop 2-3 weeks after the final chemotherapy.

Interventions

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Chinese medical treatment-LCH1

Start to take the powder of Chinese herb-LCH1 3g\*BID just after the 1st chemotherapy, and Stop 2-3 weeks after the final cycle of chemotherapy.

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Start to take the powder of Placebo 3g\*BID just after the 1st chemotherapy, and stop 2-3 weeks after the final chemotherapy.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Newly diagnosed breast cancer patient (age ≧18, Stage I, II, IIIa)
* Receive chemotherapy after operation

Exclusion Criteria

* Before receiving operation and chemotherapy, the patient already have other chronic diseases.
* Already have hematological malignancy and other lethal disease.
* Pregnant.
* Have severe psychological diseases.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Department of Health, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

China Medical University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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China Medical University Hospital

Principal Investigators

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Hwei-Chung Wang, MD.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Devision of Breast Surgery, China Medical University Hospital

Yi-Chang Su, MD., PhD.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University

Locations

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Devision of Breast Surgery, China Medical University Hospital

Taichung, Taiwan, Taiwan

Site Status ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Devision of Breast Surgery, China Medical University Hospital

Taichung, Taiwan, Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Division of General surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan

Site Status ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Countries

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Taiwan

Central Contacts

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Lin Jui-Shan, MD., PhD.

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 886-4-22053366

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Jui-shan Lin, MD., PhD.

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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CCMP99-RD-050

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

DMR99-IRB-259

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id