Breast CancerNCT00909662
Fatigue Caused by Chemotherapy in Women Who Have Undergone Surgery for Breast Cancer and in Healthy Volunteers
An observational study of Breast Cancer and Cognitive/Functional Effects, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at 2 sites in United States.
Trial summary
RATIONALE: Gathering information over time from women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer may help doctors learn more about mental and physical fatigue caused by treatment. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Breast Cancer, Cognitive/Functional Effects, Fatigue
- What is being tested?
- assessment of therapy complications, cognitive assessment and fatigue assessment and management
- Type of treatment
- Surgery or procedure
- How many people
- 18 participants
- Where
- 2 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- Jul 2008to Dec 2010
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Female patients with operable breast cancer intending to undergo adjuvant chemotherapy will be enrolled from the outpatient oncology clinics of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. Twenty female control subjects will be recruited, consisting predominantly of age-matched (i.e. +/- 10 years of age) friends or family members of the patients.
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Meets either of the following criteria:
- Has completed surgery for stage I-III breast cancer AND meets the following criteria:
- No bilateral axillary dissection
- Clinically free of active disease
- Planning to receive adjuvant chemotherapy for operable breast cancer
- Friend or relative of patient matched for age (± 10 years) (control)
- Hormone receptor status not specified
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Known menopausal status
- Able to read English
- No history of significant cardiovascular disease or stroke, polyneuropathy, amyotrophy, myosthenic syndrome, or pulmonary compromise
- Prior depression allowed provided that it was not significant
- Willing to come to the Cleveland Clinic for 3 assessments
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
Trial locations and contacts
2 sites in 1 country.
United States2 sites
Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-5065
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio, 44195
About this study
Official title: Physiology of Chemotherapy Induced Fatigue and Cognitive Dysfunction in Early Stage Breast Cancer
RATIONALE: Gathering information over time from women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer may help doctors learn more about mental and physical fatigue caused by treatment.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying fatigue caused by chemotherapy in women who have undergone surgery for stage I, stage II, or stage III breast cancer and in healthy volunteers.
Read the detailed description
OBJECTIVES:
- To assess treatment-related fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, and recovery in women undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy for stage I-III breast cancer as compared with a patient-selected control population.
- To determine whether fatigue induced by sustained isometric contraction (SIC) is more of central or peripheral (muscular) origin in patients with and without treatment-related fatigue.
- To characterize changes from baseline in potential abnormal signal processing in the brain while performing cognitive-assessment testing (CAT) in patients experiencing chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction compared with the controls.
OUTLINE: Patients and participants undergo assessment of treatment-related fatigue and cognitive dysfunction (i.e., mental fatigue) at baseline, after completion of 3-4 courses of standard adjuvant chemotherapy, and 1-3 weeks after completion of the most recent treatment. Patient recovery will be assessed at approximately 1 year from baseline. Study assessments will include a brief fatigue inventory, a cognitive assessment, and muscle fatigability testing through a sustained isometric contraction. Additional assessments will include quantification of brain and muscle signal alterations in patients with and without treatment-related fatigue and cognitive-assessment testing in patients experiencing chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction.
Patients and participants also undergo collection of data to obtain information on patient age, body mass index, and menopausal status at baseline and at 1 year. Additional information is collected on type of chemotherapy treatment and any hormonal or other anticancer treatments administered throughout the course of the study. Cancer recurrences or new cancer events are also recorded.
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Cognitive/Functional Effects, Fatigue, Long-term Effects Secondary to Cancer Therapy in Adults
- Being tested
- assessment of therapy complications, cognitive assessment, fatigue assessment and management
- Keywords
- cognitive/functional effects, long-term effects secondary to cancer therapy in adults, fatigue, stage I breast cancer, stage II breast cancer, stage IIIA breast cancer, stage IIIB breast cancer, stage IIIC breast cancer
- Medical subject headings
- Breast Neoplasms, Fatigue
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
assessment of therapy complicationsProcedure or surgery
- Questionnaires: Brief Fatigue Inventory, Brief Mental Fatigue and BDI FastScreen
- Cognitive Task (2 timed 2-minute tests) with Concomitant EEG
- Physical Task (Sustained Elbow Flexion) with Concomitant EEG and EMG plus TMS
- Borg 15-Category Scale
cognitive assessmentProcedure or surgery
Cognitive Task (2 timed 2-minute tests) with Concomitant EEG
fatigue assessment and managementProcedure or surgery
- Questionnaires: Brief Fatigue Inventory, Brief Mental Fatigue and BDI FastScreen
- Cognitive Task (2 timed 2-minute tests) with Concomitant EEG
- Physical Task (Sustained Elbow Flexion) with Concomitant EEG and EMG plus TMS
- Borg 15-Category Scale
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Patients | Female patients with operable breast cancer intending to undergo adjuvant chemotherapy Receives: Procedure: assessment of therapy complications; Procedure: cognitive assessment; Procedure: fatigue assessment and management | |
| Participants | Female control subjects will be recruited, consisting predominantly of age-matched (i.e.+/- 10 years of age) friends or family members of the patients. Receives: Procedure: assessment of therapy complications; Procedure: cognitive assessment; Procedure: fatigue assessment and management |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Treatment-related fatigue as assessed by a brief fatigue inventory, a Brief Mental Fatigue Questionnaire, and a motor fatigability task with concurrent physiological measurements at baseline, during treatment, and 1 year after treatment completion
Measured: at baseline, after completion of 3-4 courses of standard adjuvant chemotherapy, and 1-3 weeks after completion of the most recent treatment.
Cognitive function as assessed by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale III at baseline, during treatment, and 1 year after treatment completion
Measured: at baseline, after completion of 3-4 courses of standard adjuvant chemotherapy, and 1-3 weeks after completion of the most recent treatment.
Recovery at 1 year
Measured: at 1 year
Quantification of brain and muscle signal alteration in patients and controls with and without treatment-related fatigue as assessed by high-density EEG or EMG and force
Measured: measurements at baseline, during treatment, and 1 year after treatment completion
Characterization of potential abnormal signal processing in the brain in patients experiencing chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction as evaluated by cognitive-assessment testing and high-density EEG
Measured: measurements at baseline, during treatment, and 1 year after treatment completion
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted28 May 2009 (estimated)
- Study startJul 2008
- Primary completionDec 2010
- Study completionDec 2010
Why it stopped: Funding unavailable
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Breast CancerStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Case-control
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 18 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Halle Moore, MD, Principal investigator, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer CenterJoseph Baar, MD, PhD, Principal investigator, Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00909662
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CASE7107
- Other IDs
- P30CA043703, CASE7107, CASE-7107-CC400
- Status last verified
- Oct 2015
- First submitted
- 27 May 2009
- Last updated
- 2 Oct 2015
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 2 Oct 2015. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Physiology of Chemotherapy Induced Fatigue and Cognitive Dysfunction in Early Stage Breast Cancer
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00909662
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CASE7107
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Cognitive/Functional Effects, Fatigue, Long-term Effects Secondary to Cancer Therapy in Adults
- Keywords
- cognitive/functional effects, long-term effects secondary to cancer therapy in adults, fatigue, stage I breast cancer, stage II breast cancer, stage IIIA breast cancer, stage IIIB breast cancer, stage IIIC breast cancer
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- TerminatedReason stopped: Funding unavailable
- Enrolment
- 18 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Study start
- Jul 2008
- Primary completion
- Dec 2010 (actual)
- Study completion
- Dec 2010 (actual)
- First posted
- 28 May 2009 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
RATIONALE: Gathering information over time from women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer may help doctors learn more about mental and physical fatigue caused by treatment.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying fatigue caused by chemotherapy in women who have undergone surgery for stage I, stage II, or stage III breast cancer and in healthy volunteers.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES:
- To assess treatment-related fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, and recovery in women undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy for stage I-III breast cancer as compared with a patient-selected control population.
- To determine whether fatigue induced by sustained isometric contraction (SIC) is more of central or peripheral (muscular) origin in patients with and without treatment-related fatigue.
- To characterize changes from baseline in potential abnormal signal processing in the brain while performing cognitive-assessment testing (CAT) in patients experiencing chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction compared with the controls.
OUTLINE: Patients and participants undergo assessment of treatment-related fatigue and cognitive dysfunction (i.e., mental fatigue) at baseline, after completion of 3-4 courses of standard adjuvant chemotherapy, and 1-3 weeks after completion of the most recent treatment. Patient recovery will be assessed at approximately 1 year from baseline. Study assessments will include a brief fatigue inventory, a cognitive assessment, and muscle fatigability testing through a sustained isometric contraction. Additional assessments will include quantification of brain and muscle signal alterations in patients with and without treatment-related fatigue and cognitive-assessment testing in patients experiencing chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction.
Patients and participants also undergo collection of data to obtain information on patient age, body mass index, and menopausal status at baseline and at 1 year. Additional information is collected on type of chemotherapy treatment and any hormonal or other anticancer treatments administered throughout the course of the study. Cancer recurrences or new cancer events are also recorded.
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-control
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Patients | – | Procedure: assessment of therapy complications, Procedure: cognitive assessment, Procedure: fatigue assessment and managementFemale patients with operable breast cancer intending to undergo adjuvant chemotherapy |
| Participants | – | Procedure: assessment of therapy complications, Procedure: cognitive assessment, Procedure: fatigue assessment and managementFemale control subjects will be recruited, consisting predominantly of age-matched (i.e.+/- 10 years of age) friends or family members of the patients. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Female patients with operable breast cancer intending to undergo adjuvant chemotherapy will be enrolled from the outpatient oncology clinics of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. Twenty female control subjects will be recruited, consisting predominantly of age-matched (i.e. +/- 10 years of age) friends or family members of the patients.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| assessment of therapy complications1. Questionnaires: Brief Fatigue Inventory, Brief Mental Fatigue and BDI FastScreen 2. Cognitive Task (2 timed 2-minute tests) with Concomitant EEG 3. Physical Task (Sustained Elbow Flexion) with Concomitant EEG and EMG plus TMS 4. Borg 15-Category Scale | Procedure or surgery | Participants, Patients |
| cognitive assessmentCognitive Task (2 timed 2-minute tests) with Concomitant EEG | Procedure or surgery | Participants, Patients |
| fatigue assessment and management1. Questionnaires: Brief Fatigue Inventory, Brief Mental Fatigue and BDI FastScreen 2. Cognitive Task (2 timed 2-minute tests) with Concomitant EEG 3. Physical Task (Sustained Elbow Flexion) with Concomitant EEG and EMG plus TMS 4. Borg 15-Category Scale | Procedure or surgery | Participants, Patients |
Primary outcome
Treatment-related fatigue as assessed by a brief fatigue inventory, a Brief Mental Fatigue Questionnaire, and a motor fatigability task with concurrent physiological measurements at baseline, during treatment, and 1 year after treatment completion
Time frame: at baseline, after completion of 3-4 courses of standard adjuvant chemotherapy, and 1-3 weeks after completion of the most recent treatment.
Cognitive function as assessed by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale III at baseline, during treatment, and 1 year after treatment completion
Time frame: at baseline, after completion of 3-4 courses of standard adjuvant chemotherapy, and 1-3 weeks after completion of the most recent treatment.
Recovery at 1 year
Time frame: at 1 year
Quantification of brain and muscle signal alteration in patients and controls with and without treatment-related fatigue as assessed by high-density EEG or EMG and force
Time frame: measurements at baseline, during treatment, and 1 year after treatment completion
Characterization of potential abnormal signal processing in the brain in patients experiencing chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction as evaluated by cognitive-assessment testing and high-density EEG
Time frame: measurements at baseline, during treatment, and 1 year after treatment completion
Results and safety
The study was stopped early (reason given: Funding unavailable). Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 2 Oct 2015.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Halle Moore, MD principal investigator
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Joseph Baar, MD, PhD principal investigator
Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
2 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Breast Cancer and Cognitive/Functional Effects, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at 2 sites in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Oct 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 2 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study was stopped early (reason given: Funding unavailable). Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Treatment-related fatigue as assessed by a brief fatigue inventory, a Brief Mental Fatigue Questionnaire, and a motor fatigability task with concurrent physiological measurements at baseline, during treatment, and 1 year after treatment completion (time frame: at baseline, after completion of 3-4 courses of standard adjuvant chemotherapy, and 1-3 weeks after completion of the most recent treatment.). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Oct 2015.