Active clinical trials for "Breast Neoplasms"

To investigate prospectively whether short term endocrine treatment can induce molecular changes, predictive for therapy response.

This phase II trial studies whether intermittent fasting works to improve outcomes in patients with stage I-III breast cancer receiving chemotherapy before surgery (neoadjuvant) with a body mass index >= 25. Intermittent fasting has been shown to elicit similar metabolic changes as calorie restriction such as reduction in blood glucose levels, improved insulin sensitivity, and reduction of tumor cell growth. Intermittent fasting may improve outcomes in patients with breast cancer

The purpose of this study is to examine the genetic material called microRNA of three types of specimens from women with breast cancer. The study also seeks to examine the effectiveness of using a new agent called oxytocin to increase the amount of nipple fluid that can be collected during surgery.

This phase II trial studies how well biopsy of breast after chemotherapy works in predicting pathologic response in patients with stage II-IIIA breast cancer undergoing breast conserving surgery. Tumor tissue collected from biopsy before surgery may help to check if chemotherapy destroyed the breast cancer cells and may be compared to the tumor removed during surgery to check if they are the same.

This phase III trial compares an additional support program (text message reminders and/or telephone-based counseling) with usual care in making sure breast cancer patients take their endocrine therapy medication as prescribed (medication adherence). Medication adherence is how well patients take the medication as prescribed by their doctors, and good medical adherence is when patients take medications correctly. Poor medication adherence has been shown to be a serious barrier to effective treatment for hormone receptor positive breast cancer patients. Adding text message reminders and/or telephone-based counseling to usual care may increase the number of days that patients take their endocrine therapy medication as prescribed.

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women worldwide. The incidence rate has reached approximately 16%. According to 2016 data from the Ministry of Health, the incidence of breast cancer in Turkey is 46.8 per 100,000 people and approximately 17,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. While breast cancer survival rate is 80% in developed countries, this rate varies between 40-60% in low-middle income countries. Survival can be increased with early diagnosis and more effective treatment methods. However, a wide range of treatment-related complications are observed during and/or after breast cancer treatment. Cancer survivors are exposed to a variety of direct (local/regional therapy, systemic therapy and supportive care) and indirect factors (modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors) that can have adverse effects on pulmonary, cardiovascular, hematologic and musculoskeletal components. Oxygen consumption in cancer patients may be adversely affected by aging, deconditioning, existing comorbidities, cancer pathophysiology and cancer treatments (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and hormone therapy). Although decreased functional capacity is common after breast cancer treatment, there are few studies evaluating maximal arm exercise capacity with oxygen consumption.

The goal of this research study is to develop and test a website to help primary care providers (PCPs) discuss the pros and cons of mammography with women aged 75 and older and to help participants make decisions about mammography.

Localized breast cancers are defined as high-risk when they include lymph node involvement, Ki67 >30%, vascular emboli, low hormone receptor expression, or an unfavorable genomic signature result. Under these conditions, sequential adjuvant chemotherapy with taxanes and anthracyclines is recommended. Patients over 75 years of age receiving adjuvant chemotherapy are at greater risk of side-effects, which may necessitate dose reductions and a reduction in the intensity of chemotherapy. For curative adjuvant treatment, it is recommended to maintain a relative dose intensity (RDI) > 85%. A few publications have demonstrated the prognostic impact of a relative dose intensity < 85% for patients aged over 65. For several years now, the need for a specific assessment of elderly patients has been emphasized, prior to initiating oncological treatment (G8 score, onco-geriatric consultation). This study is a retrospective descriptive study of patients aged over 75 treated with adjuvant chemotherapy from 01/01/2012 to 01/01/2020 for RH+ HER2 - breast cancer in Franche Comté. Thus the investigators wish to identify patients at risk of receiving sub-optimal relative dose intensity, in order to guide early and targeted supportive care or geriatric co-management interventions.

The prognosis of young patients with breast cancer is relatively poor. Chemotherapy damages ovarian function. Endocrine treatment for up to 10 years delays the childbearing time of patients. Treatment regimens in young breast cancer patients are still controversial in the following: 1. Exemption from chemotherapy based on gene prediction results; 2. Removing drugs that damage ovarian function from chemotherapy regimens; 3. Giving ovarian protection drugs during chemotherapy for patients with hormone receptor (HR)+; 4. The right time to get pregnant. In view of the above problems, the treatment scheme recommended in the guidelines cannot meet the personalized needs of young breast cancer patients. The project plans to establish a prognosis model for young patients with breast cancer, and provide the patients hierarchical and refined management, which is significant for prolonging survival time, improving quality of life, and protecting fertility. This project plans to observe the relationship between the characteristics of immune genes, pathological staging, molecular typing, treatment plans and prognosis in the cohort of young breast cancer patients, and establish a young breast cancer prognosis model and verify it. The project is expected to establish a prognosis model and provide a hierarchical and personalized precision treatment plan for young breast cancer patients, so as to prolong the survival time, improve the fertility rate, and improve the quality of life.

This is a Phase 1b open-label, single arm, multicenter, study of ALRN-6924 as a chemoprotection agent in patients with TP53-mutated HER2- breast cancer (stages IIa to IIIb) receiving neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy with doxorubicin, docetaxel, and cyclophosphamide (TAC). Chemotherapy affects cells that are dividing, whether they are tumor cells or healthy cells (including, bone marrow cells, hair follicle cells, and epithelial cells lining the gastrointestinal tract). ALRN-6924 is designed to stop cell division in healthy cells but not in tumor cells because they have a mutation of the TP53 gene. When this happens, tumor cells will still be destroyed by the chemotherapy but healthy cells that are not dividing may be spared from chemotherapy damage and the patient should have less side effects.