Natural History Evaluation Among Female Breast Cancer Survivors with Endocrine Therapy-Induced Alopecia

Overview

Información sobre este estudio

The purpose of this study is to learn about potential side effects facing people who are undergoing treatments for their cancer, specifically, hair loss. While this is not a well-documented side effect of hormone-blocking medications (such as tamoxifen, letrozole, anastrozole, or exemestane), we have preliminary evidence that it is a problem for some patients getting this treatment.  This study will include some patients receiving the hormone therapy and some patients who are not, so we can better understand whether patients getting the hormonal therapy have more hair loss than patients who are not getting such.

Elegibilidad para la participación

Los requisitos de elegibilidad de los participantes incluyen la edad, el sexo, el tipo y el estadio de la enfermedad, y los problemas de salud o tratamientos previos. Las pautas difieren de un estudio a otro e identifican quiénes pueden o no pueden participar. No hay garantía de que cada persona elegible que desee participar en un ensayo se inscribirá. Comunícate con el equipo del estudio para analizar la elegibilidad del estudio y la posible participación.

Registration - Inclusion Criteria

  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Women with a diagnosis of breast cancer who are being treated with curative intent, with the one exception being women who are receiving CDK4/6 inhibitors (these patients being allowed to have more advanced disease).
  • Provide written informed consent.
  • Ability to complete questionnaire(s) by themselves or with assistance.
  • Filling into one of the 5 groups discussed in section 5.0 (understanding that groups will close once they complete their accrual goals of 30 patients.
  • Willingness to complete questionnaires every 3 months.
  • Ability to complete the first questionnaire within 2 weeks of therapy initiation (for the four arms that are receiving adjuvant hormonal therapy).

Registration - Exclusion Criteria

  • Verbal baseline alopecia ≥ 2 on an 11 point scale (from none=0 to severe=10).   The question to use for this item is: Please rate your hair thinning or loss on a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 being no hair loss and 10 being complete hair loss.
  • Planned receipt of chemotherapy or another cancer-directed therapy concurrently (e.g., everolimus, etc.; note that a CDK4/6 inhibitor is allowed within cohort 3).
  • Prior use of endocrine therapy for breast cancer.
  • Receipt of chemotherapy over the previous 6 months.

Eligibility last updated 7/18/22. Questions regarding updates should be directed to the study team contact.

Sedes participantes de Mayo Clinic

Los estatus de los estudios cambian con frecuencia. Comunícate con el equipo del estudio para obtener la información más actualizada acerca de la posibilidad de participar.

Sede de Mayo Clinic Estatus Contacto

Rochester, Minn.

Investigador principal de Mayo Clinic

Elizabeth Cathcart-Rake, M.D.

Abierto para la inscripción

Contact information:

Cancer Center Clinical Trials Referral Office

(855) 776-0015

Mankato, Minn.

Investigador principal de Mayo Clinic

Stephan Thome, M.D.

Abierto para la inscripción

Contact information:

Cancer Center Clinical Trials Referral Office

(855) 776-0015

Albert Lea, Minn.

Investigador principal de Mayo Clinic

Mina Hanna, M.D.

Abierto para la inscripción

Contact information:

Cancer Center Clinical Trials Referral Office

(855) 776-0015

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Información adicional de contacto

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