A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Clinical Outcome of Using FR-Mask in Breast Cancer Patients With Radiation-irritated Skin After Radiotherapy

NCT ID: NCT04190381

Last Updated: 2019-12-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

10 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-09-06

Study Completion Date

2021-12-31

Brief Summary

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The breast radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery reduces the risk of recurrence and death and is widely used for standard treatment for breast cancer. However, radiation dermatitis is a major adverse event of breast radiotherapy. Radiation-irritated skin is a treatment-induced symptom caused by radiation dose-limiting toxicity. It damages skin structure and causes a variety of symptoms of cuticle thinning, sweat glands damage, sebaceous glands damage and basal membrane damage. Radiation-irritated skin also leads to lost work productivity, wound care costs, social isolation and altered body image. Thus, radiation-irritated skin can greatly impact the quality of life.

Several studies have examined the effects of numerous topical agents to reduce the dryness of skin. However, the reported results have not been clinically significant. Previous studies have shown that deer antler velvet extract possess inflammatory function and repair damaged follicles, sweat glands and sebaceous gland. And biocellulose membrane is a highly efficient media to introduce velvet extract to damaged skin tissue.

In this study, velvet extract combined with biocellolose membrane will be used in breast cancer patients to test the safety and efficacy to alleviate their radiation-irritated skin symptoms.

The investigational medical product of this study is a biomedical repair mask, FR-MASK ;the formula of FR-Mask is deer antler velvet, which is a traditional Chinese tonic medicine combined with high-adhesion biocellulose membrane.

The primary objective of this study is to test the safety and clinical outcomes of FR-Mask application in breast cancer patients who have radiation-irritated skin due to the post-operative radiotherapy.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Keywords

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deer antler velvet radiation-irritated skin

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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FR-Mask application

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

FR-Mask

Intervention Type OTHER

The investigational medical product of this study is a biomedical repair mask, FR-MASK, acting like moisturizing lotion applied on breasts.

The FR-Mask is applied to users' radiation-irritated breast skin for 15 to 20 minutes every 3 days.

Interventions

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FR-Mask

The investigational medical product of this study is a biomedical repair mask, FR-MASK, acting like moisturizing lotion applied on breasts.

The FR-Mask is applied to users' radiation-irritated breast skin for 15 to 20 minutes every 3 days.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participants must be males or non-pregnant females at least 20 years of age.
* Diagnosis of, non-inflammatory breast adenocarcinoma or in situ breast cancer and completed post-operative radiotherapy without concurrent chemotherapy.
* Breast adenocarcinoma previously treated by unilateral lumpectomy with or without adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy or hormonal treatment.
* Patients were scheduled to receive at least three sessions of radiotherapy per week (1 session per day) for at least five weeks using standard irradiation fraction (with at least 1.8 Gy per session) for total dose of at least 45 Gy.
* A time period of at least two weeks after radiotherapy before beginning the study.
* Participant must give informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

* Bilateral breast cancer
* Previous radiotherapy to the chest
* Chemotherapy concurrent with radiation treatment
* Prior breast reconstructions, implants, and/or expanders
* Known radiosensitivity syndromes (e.g. Ataxia-telangiectasia)
* Collagen vascular disease, vasculitis, unhealed surgical sites, breast infections or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
* Participation in any clinical trial in the prior 30 days from baseline.
* Any condition that, in the judgement of the investigator could impose hazards to the patient if study therapy is initiated or affect the participation of the patient in the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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China Medical University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ying-Chun Lin

Attending Physician, Division of Radiation Oncology, Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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China Medical University Hospital

Taichung, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Taiwan

Central Contacts

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Ying-Chun Lin

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 0975682364

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Ying-Chun Lin

Role: primary

References

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Chen X, Wang Y, Wu Y, Wang L, Li W. [Protective effects of peptides from velvet antler of Cervus nippon on acute ischemic myocardial injury in rats]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2009 Aug;34(15):1971-4. Chinese.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19894547 (View on PubMed)

Suh JS, Eun JS, So JN, Seo JT, Jhon GJ. Phagocytic activity of ethyl alcohol fraction of deer antler in murine peritoneal macrophage. Biol Pharm Bull. 1999 Sep;22(9):932-5. doi: 10.1248/bpb.22.932.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10513615 (View on PubMed)

Kim KS, Choi YH, Kim KH, Lee YC, Kim CH, Moon SH, Kang SG, Park YG. Protective and anti-arthritic effects of deer antler aqua-acupuncture (DAA), inhibiting dihydroorotate dehydrogenase, on phosphate ions-mediated chondrocyte apoptosis and rat collagen-induced arthritis. Int Immunopharmacol. 2004 Jul;4(7):963-73. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2004.04.010.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15182735 (View on PubMed)

Fraser A, Haines SR, Stuart EC, Scandlyn MJ, Alexander A, Somers-Edgar TJ, Rosengren RJ. Deer velvet supplementation decreases the grade and metastasis of azoxymethane-induced colon cancer in the male rat. Food Chem Toxicol. 2010 May;48(5):1288-92. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.02.024. Epub 2010 Feb 20.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20176070 (View on PubMed)

Kuo CY, Wang T, Dai TY, Wang CH, Chen KN, Chen YP, Chen MJ. Effect of the Velvet Antler of Formosan Sambar Deer (Cervus unicolor swinhoei) on the Prevention of an Allergic Airway Response in Mice. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:481318. doi: 10.1155/2012/481318. Epub 2012 Dec 23.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23346203 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CMUH108-REC3-090

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id