Diet Modification in pAtients With Luminal Early Breast Cancer Candidate for Primary Surgery

NCT ID: NCT04469296

Last Updated: 2026-01-16

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

75 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-05-18

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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to analyze the feasibility for patients with early luminal breast cancer to be compliant with a diet modification - ketogenic or proteins restricted diet - during 9 +/- 1 days, before breast cancer surgery.

It's a Pilot study, monocentric, randomized

Detailed Description

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Many patients are modifying their diet after the diagnosis of cancer. There is a supposedly benefit, among the general public, of starving cancer cells with several diet deprivations.

Due to the lack of coherent scientific data, no evidence base recommendations can be made regarding the optimal diet during cancer and its effect on cancer growth.

The objective of this trial is to analyze the feasibility for patients with early luminal breast cancer to be compliant with a diet modification - ketogenic or proteins restricted diet - during 9 +/- 1 days, before breast cancer surgery.

The primary objective of the trial is to evaluate the compliance to the proposed diet.

The study will be conducted in patients with luminal early breast cancer, candidate to primary surgery, in order to study an homogeneous population of patients, with good performance status and without nutritional deprivation.

Metabolic changes on the main metabolic pathways and the potential antitumor effects related to these metabolic changes following the diet will be analyzed as secondary objectives of the study. We hope to find biological hypotheses to further test in a next larger prospective trial.

The impact of the patient's beliefs, anxiety and/or depression on the compliance will be analyzed as well.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer Surgery

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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control arm

In the control arm, patients will continue their usual diet without further recommendation.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

specific diet arm "Ketogenic arm"

In the specific diet arms, the study diet will be calculated with a dietician, for the ketogenic diet, an iso-caloric ketogenic will be proposed and explained to the patient Each diet will be respected by the patient during 9 days +/- 1 day.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

iso-caloric ketogenic diet

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Each patient will be offered a daily diet plan that includes the different groups of low glycemic index foods to bring to each meal and snack, with the notion of quantity. Carbohydrate-free foods can be consumed ad libitum. Dietary advice will be given to increase the consumption of lipid foods (vegetable oils, butter, cheeses, fatty fish, etc.) so that 65% of the total energy intake is provided by lipids. In addition, a list of unauthorized sugars and sweeteners substitutes will be proposed as well as a low glycemic index food composition table centered on carbohydrates for better control of food choice

specofoc diet arm "protein restricted diet"

In the specific diet arms, the study diet will be calculated with a dietician, for the protein restricted diet, a 20% protein restriction as compared to the usual diet will be calculated and the diet will be explained to the patient.

Each diet will be respected by the patient during 9 days +/- 1 day.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

protein restricted diet

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

A diet reducing by 20% the amount of protein compared to the usual intake of the patient will be proposed. This new ration will be carried out by calculating the proportion of total energy intake provided by the amount of protein reduced by 20% compared to the usual intake, and by modifying lipid and carbohydrate intakes to obtain an isocaloric ration.

Interventions

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iso-caloric ketogenic diet

Each patient will be offered a daily diet plan that includes the different groups of low glycemic index foods to bring to each meal and snack, with the notion of quantity. Carbohydrate-free foods can be consumed ad libitum. Dietary advice will be given to increase the consumption of lipid foods (vegetable oils, butter, cheeses, fatty fish, etc.) so that 65% of the total energy intake is provided by lipids. In addition, a list of unauthorized sugars and sweeteners substitutes will be proposed as well as a low glycemic index food composition table centered on carbohydrates for better control of food choice

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

protein restricted diet

A diet reducing by 20% the amount of protein compared to the usual intake of the patient will be proposed. This new ration will be carried out by calculating the proportion of total energy intake provided by the amount of protein reduced by 20% compared to the usual intake, and by modifying lipid and carbohydrate intakes to obtain an isocaloric ration.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women 18 to 80 years old
* Invasive breast carcinoma, non-metastatic, stage I to III, pathologically proven, ER and/or PR positive, HER2 negative (luminal)
* No treatment yet for the current breast cancer
* Candidate for primary surgery
* Body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 30 for women up to 70 years old and between 21 and 30 for women between 70 and 80 years old.
* For patient ≥ 70 years, score of the Oncodage G8 questionnaire \> 14 (if score ≤ 14, consultation with an oncogeriatrician required to validate the possibility of following a diet
* No addiction (alcohol, tobacco, drug, electronic cigarette) that modifies the metabolism (alcohol : ≤ 2 glasses/d or ≤10 glasses/week ; tobacco : only occasional or stopped for ≥ 6 months)
* Performance status 0-1
* Fasting blood test :

Blood cell counts : Neutrophils \> 1000/µL, Platelets \> 100 000/µL, Hb \> 11g/dL Hepatic biology: GOT, GPT, GGT, Phosphatases alcalines \< 2x normal value Renal function : clearance \> 60 mL /min Lipid profile : Total cholesterol \< 1.5 x normal value, HDL\>0.35g/L, LDL \< 2.2 g/L (\<5.7 mml/L), Triglycerides \< 1.5 x normal value Fasting blood glucose \< 1.26 g/l Measurement of electrolytes: Potassium, Sodium, Calcium, Magnesium (according to normal laboratory values)

* ECG with a QTc interval ≤ 450 msec
* Patient able to understand, participate and give a written consent for participation to the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Metabolic disease or other disease impairing the metabolism analysis
* High level athlete
* Unintentional weight loss ≥ 5% during the last month, or 10% during the last 6 months or compared to usual weight
* Unjustified dietary supplement (not justified by a measured deficiency) during the last month
* Restricted of unbalanced diet (vegan diet, restricted hypocaloric, hyper or hypo protein…) during the last month
* Practice of fasting during the last 3 months
* Corticoids that can't be stopped or not stopped for 2 weeks
* Mellitus diabetes (with or without insulin)
* Hypercholesterolemia requiring a treatment
* Invasive lobular carcinoma
* Pregnant or breast-feeding women
* Participation to another study with an investigational treatment during the last 30 days
* Individuals under the protection of a conservator
* Unaffiliated patient to Social Protection System.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'Aurelle

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Veronique D'HONDT, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

ICM Val d'Aurelle

Locations

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Icm Val D'Aurelle

Montpellier, Herault, France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Aurore Moussion

Role: CONTACT

04 67 61 31 02 ext. +33

Emmanuelle Texier

Role: CONTACT

04 67 61 31 02 ext. +33

Facility Contacts

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Veronique D'HONDT, MD

Role: primary

References

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O'Flanagan CH, Smith LA, McDonell SB, Hursting SD. When less may be more: calorie restriction and response to cancer therapy. BMC Med. 2017 May 24;15(1):106. doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0873-x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 28539118 (View on PubMed)

Weber DD, Aminzadeh-Gohari S, Tulipan J, Catalano L, Feichtinger RG, Kofler B. Ketogenic diet in the treatment of cancer - Where do we stand? Mol Metab. 2020 Mar;33:102-121. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2019.06.026. Epub 2019 Jul 27.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 31399389 (View on PubMed)

A D B. The Ketogenic Diet in Epilepsy. Can Med Assoc J. 1931 Jan;24(1):106-7. No abstract available.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20318124 (View on PubMed)

Kushi LH, Doyle C, McCullough M, Rock CL, Demark-Wahnefried W, Bandera EV, Gapstur S, Patel AV, Andrews K, Gansler T; American Cancer Society 2010 Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee. American Cancer Society Guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention: reducing the risk of cancer with healthy food choices and physical activity. CA Cancer J Clin. 2012 Jan-Feb;62(1):30-67. doi: 10.3322/caac.20140.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22237782 (View on PubMed)

Rock CL, Doyle C, Demark-Wahnefried W, Meyerhardt J, Courneya KS, Schwartz AL, Bandera EV, Hamilton KK, Grant B, McCullough M, Byers T, Gansler T. Nutrition and physical activity guidelines for cancer survivors. CA Cancer J Clin. 2012 Jul-Aug;62(4):243-74. doi: 10.3322/caac.21142. Epub 2012 Apr 26.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22539238 (View on PubMed)

Cairns RA, Mak TW. Fire and water: Tumor cell adaptation to metabolic conditions. Exp Cell Res. 2017 Jul 15;356(2):204-208. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2017.04.029. Epub 2017 Apr 27.

Reference Type RESULT
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Vander Heiden MG, DeBerardinis RJ. Understanding the Intersections between Metabolism and Cancer Biology. Cell. 2017 Feb 9;168(4):657-669. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.12.039.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 28187287 (View on PubMed)

Chen Y, Ling L, Su G, Han M, Fan X, Xun P, Xu G. Effect of Intermittent versus Chronic Calorie Restriction on Tumor Incidence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Animal Studies. Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 22;6:33739. doi: 10.1038/srep33739.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 27653140 (View on PubMed)

Fontana L, Partridge L. Promoting health and longevity through diet: from model organisms to humans. Cell. 2015 Mar 26;161(1):106-118. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.02.020.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 25815989 (View on PubMed)

Lv M, Zhu X, Wang H, Wang F, Guan W. Roles of caloric restriction, ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting during initiation, progression and metastasis of cancer in animal models: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2014 Dec 11;9(12):e115147. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115147. eCollection 2014.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 25502434 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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PROICM 2019-05 MAC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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