Evaluating the Use of a Medication 'Switch' vs Guideline-directed Interventions for Relieving Side Effects of Aromatase Inhibitors Among Breast Cancer Patients
Recruiting
Phase 2
Interventional Study
Breast Cancer
Adjuvant Treatment
Early Stage Breast Cancer
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Prior Safety Data
This treatment has already been tested in at least one earlier human trial.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Trial phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 62 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center · Other
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About This Trial
Researchers have learned that about 50% of women do not finish the standard 5-year breast cancer treatment with an aromatase inhibitor. An aromatase inhibitor is hormone therapy that lowers the chance of breast cancer coming back (recurring) after surgery by blocking an enzyme in fat tissue called aromatase; aromatase changes other hormones in the body to estrogen. Women who do not complete the st…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Histologic documentation of DCIS or invasive breast cancer by core needle or incisional biopsy.
* The DCIS or invasive cancer must be estrogen receptor alpha (ER)-positive
* The invasive cancer must be HER2-negative (IHC 0-1+, or with a FISH ratio of \<1.8 if IHC is 2+ or if I…
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