The Effect of Coconut Oil on Alopecia

NCT ID: NCT06818370

Last Updated: 2025-02-12

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

86 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-02-03

Study Completion Date

2026-01-31

Brief Summary

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İn this study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of coconut oil on alopecia in 86 female breast cancer patients treated at Dr Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital between 01.02.2025-31.12.2025.

Detailed Description

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Cancer is a disease in which the cells in our body multiply uncontrollably and develop by metastasizing, and the symptoms, course and consequences of the disease can show complex qualities in each patient. Cancer treatments have benefits and harms. One of these side effects is alopecia.

Alopecia due to cancer treatments is a condition of hair loss, partial or complete, usually temporary but rarely permanent.

In chemotherapy-induced alopecia, the hair follicle is damaged due to the pause in the anagen phase and causes the hair to break off spontaneously during activities such as washing and brushing the hair.

Various scales are used in the evaluation of alopecia due to cancer treatments, such as the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Side Effects and the Dean Alopecia Scale.

Some applications are made to prevent and treat alopecia. These include strategies and pharmacological applications to physically reduce the amount of medication given to the hair follicle.

Coconut oil helps regrow damaged hair. It provides essential proteins necessary for hair and softens the scalp and hair.

In the literature, it has been observed that studies showing the effects of coconut oil for the prevention and treatment of alopecia are insufficient. This study will be conducted on 86 breast cancer patients to determine the effect of coconut oil on the development of alopecia.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

It will be conducted in a randomized controlled experimental design.
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants
Patients with breast cancer in the experimental and control groups will be masked.

Study Groups

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Experimental group

At the beginning of the study,patients will be asked to fill out an individual information form containing demographic information and disease process before the first chemotherapy application.The coconut oil application protocol will be explained to the patients in the experimental group and 10 milliliters of coconut oil will be applied to the hair follicles once a week. Alopecia assessment will be done every week.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Coconut Oil

Intervention Type OTHER

The coconut oil application protocol will be explained to the patients in the experimental group and 10 milliliters of coconut oil will be applied to the hair follicles once a week. Alopecia assessment will be done every week.

Control Group

At the beginning of the study,patients will be asked to fill out an individual information form containing demographic information and disease process before the first chemotherapy application. Patients in the control group will be asked not to apply anything to their hair. In each subsequent week, the presence of hair loss of the patients will be evaluated with the alopecia evaluation scale.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Coconut Oil

The coconut oil application protocol will be explained to the patients in the experimental group and 10 milliliters of coconut oil will be applied to the hair follicles once a week. Alopecia assessment will be done every week.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* • To have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

* The chemotherapy treatment plan should be planned as the Doxorubicin-Cyclophosphamide protocol.
* Volunteer to participate in the study.
* Be 18 years of age or older.
* Being a woman.

Exclusion Criteria

* • Having any health problem or disability that prevents communication (vision-hearing problems, neurological, psychiatric diseases).

* Planning other treatments other than the Doxorubicin-Cyclophosphamide protocol for the treatment of breast cancer.
* Not volunteering to participate in the study.
* Having previously experienced any disease/skin problem that causes hair loss.
* Having received chemotherapy before.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Çankırı Karatekin University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Dr Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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İsmail DAKDEVİR

Nurse

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Onkoloji Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

Ankara, Yenimahalle, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

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İsmail Dakdevir, Nurse

Role: CONTACT

+905533228416

Other Identifiers

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Ankara Onkoloji EAH

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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