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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00446147
Date of registration: 09/03/2007
Primary sponsor: Asan Medical Center
Public title: Study of Pyridoxine for Hand-Foot Syndrome
Scientific title: Double-Blind Phase III Study of Pyridoxine vs Placebo for the Prevention of Capecitabine-induced Hand-Foot Syndrome
Date of first enrolment: June 2004
Target sample size: 389
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00446147
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name:   Yoon-Koo Kang
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Affiliation:  Asan Medical Center IRB
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Gastrointestinal tract cancer patients treated with capecitabine-containing
chemotherapy as a first-line treatment were randomly allocated to concurrent
treatment with pyridoxine or placebo.

- All patients were 18 to 70 years old

- Had Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 2 or lower

- An estimated life expectancy > 3 months

- Adequate bone marrow function, including white blood cell (WBC) count of >3500
cells/? and platelet count of >100000/?

- Adequate renal function (serum creatinine concentration <1.5 mg/?)

- Adequate liver function with (serum bilirubin concentration <1.5 mg/?, transaminase
<3 times the upper normal limit, and serum albumin >2.5 mg/?).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Previous treatment for HFS

- Hypersensitivity to pyridoxine

- A combination of other malignancies

- Serious illnesses or medical conditions

- Immune suppression or positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) serology

- Pregnant or lactating women.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hand-foot Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Pyridoxine
Primary Outcome(s)
prevention of HFS
Secondary Outcome(s)
treatment of HFS
Secondary ID(s)
AMC-ONCGI-0403
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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