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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03175341
Date of registration: 29/04/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Academic Emergency County Hospital Sibiu
Public title: Intravenous Ascorbic Acid Supplementation in Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
Scientific title: Phase I/II Randomized Study to Evaluate the Role of Intravenous Ascorbic Acid Supplementation to Conventional Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Women With Breast Cancer
Date of first enrolment: October 1, 2018
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Unknown status
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03175341
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Participant).  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Romania
Contacts
Name:     Florin Grosu, MD,PhD
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Affiliation:  Academic Emergency County Hospital Sibiu
Name:     Catalin Florin Pop, MD
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Telephone:
Email: dr.florinpop@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Pop, MD
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Telephone: 0040740551854
Email: dr.florinpop@gmail.com
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score =2;

- Diagnosed high-risk breast cancers (tumours = 2cm and/or locally advanced breast
tumors) and scheduled to receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy;

- Agree to avoid any additional supplemental ascorbic acid throughout the study;

- Normal glucose-6- phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) activity;

- Normal renal function (serum creatinine = 1.2 mg/dl) and normal liver function;

- No evidence of urolithiasis;

- No evidence of chronic hemodialysis, iron overload (serum ferritin 500 ng/ml);

- Not pregnant or lactating women

Exclusion Criteria:

- Important psychosomatic diseases or known gastrointestinal disorders (ulcer,
gastritis, colitis, ileitis);

- Current smoking and/or alcohol consumption = 3UI per day;

- Current use of the following drugs:

Aspirin (exceeding 325 mg/day) Acetaminophen (exceeding 2 g/day) Glutathione Vitamin D
(important doses)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Breast Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: Ascorbic Acid
Drug: Placebos
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of Patients With Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability [Time Frame: during the six months of neoadjuvant chemotherapy]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Quality of life [Time Frame: At baseline and each 28 days during the six months of neoadjuvant chemotherapy]
Effect of AA supplementation on serum inflammatory cytokine [Time Frame: At baseline and every 8 weeks during the six months of neoadjuvant chemotherapy]
Objective Response Rate [Time Frame: every 8 weeks, up to 6 months]
Therapeutic efficacy [Time Frame: Approximately 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
6222/22.03.2017
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
CHU-UCL Namur (site Mont-Godinne), Belgium
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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