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Filter by:One of the standard treatments for women with breast cancer is hormone therapy, but this treatment can cause hot flashes. Hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, is most often prescribed for hot flashes for women in menopause but cannot be given to women on hormone therapy for breast cancer. Fezolinetant, an alternative to HRT, treats hot flashes for women in menopause. As hot flashes happen in the same way for women on hormone therapy for breast cancer, fezolinetant could help these women. In this study, women on hormone therapy for breast cancer who have moderate to severe hot flashes will take part. They will either take fezolinetant or a placebo to treat their hot flashes. The placebo looks like fezolinetant but doesn't have any medicine in it. The main aim of this study is to confirm if women who take fezolinetant have fewer hot flashes that are less severe compared to women who take the placebo. Women 18 years or older seeking treatment for hot flashes. They can take part in the study if they have an average of 7 or more moderate to severe hot flashes each day. They are having hormone therapy for breast cancer from stage 0 (cancer cells that have not spread to nearby tissue) up to stage 3+ (the cancer has spread from the breast to the lymph nodes near the breast or the chest wall). The women will be assigned 1 of 2 study treatments (fezolinetant or placebo) by chance alone. Treatment will be double-blinded. That means that the women in the study and the study doctors will not know who takes which of the study treatments (fezolinetant or placebo). Women who take part in the study will take 1 tablet every day for 52 weeks (1 year). Each woman will be given an electronic handheld device with an app to track their hot flashes. Some women may be able to use the app on their own smartphone. In the last 10 days before their next clinic visit, the women will record information about their hot flashes. They will also use another device to answer questions about how hot flashes affect their daily life. During the study, the women will visit their study clinic about every 4 weeks for a health check. This will include some blood tests. Some visits will also include a bone scan (called a DXA scan) and a liver ultrasound. Women who have a womb (uterus) will also have a test called a transvaginal ultrasound. A probe is gently placed inside the vagina. Sound waves will create a picture of the organs in the pelvis. This will allow the study doctor to look more closely at the uterus and surrounding organs. The last clinic visit will be 3 weeks after the women take their last tablet of study treatment (fezolinetant or placebo).
The goal of this randomized intrapatient cross-over study is to assess the efficacy of oxybutynin versus venlafaxine in reducing hot flashes in women using endocrine therapy after breast cancer. The objectives it aims to answer are: - To assess the efficacy of oxybutynin versus venlafaxine in reducing hot flashes in women using endocrine therapy after breast cancer - To assess side effects of oxybutynin versus venlafaxine. - To assess the personal preference of women for oxybutynin versus venlafaxine in reducing hot flashes. - To assess quality of life of women when reducing hot flashes in women using endocrine therapy after breast cancer. Participants will fill-out a patient diary during 15 weeks total on a daily basis and receive an (online) questionnaire three times total. Researchers will compare two groups (venlafaxine group versus oxubutynine group) to assess its efficacy concerning hot flashes.
The investigators plan to conduct the randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of electro-press needle (EPN), a novel acupuncture needle combining shallow and gentle insertion with transdermal electrical stimulation, on menopause-associated hot flash in comparison with gamma-oryzanol group among women during menopausal transition and postmenopausal periods.
This study intends to further evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture by comparing the intervention effects of different acupuncture treatment regimens on hot flashes in breast cancer ; and to explore the central effect regulation mechanism of acupuncture intervention on hot flashes based on integrated PET/MRI technology.
This study intends to further evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture by comparing the intervention effects of different acupuncture treatment regimens on hot flashes in breast cancer ; and to explore the central effect regulation mechanism of acupuncture intervention on hot flashes based on functional magnetic resonance imaging technology.
Risk-reducing surgery with salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) is the standard recommended treatment for all female carriers of BRCA genes 1 and 2. The post-surgical menopause induced is invariably accompanied by hot flashes and other symptoms, which can severely impair quality of life and function. Hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) is the standard conventional treatment for these symptoms, though these drugs do not always provide adequate relief and many patients either cannot receive them due to a diagnosis of breast cancer or hypercoagulable state; or are unwilling to take them due to their concern about the associated increased risk for developing hormone-induced breast cancer. Acupuncture and acupressure have been researched extensively and shown to be both safe and effective in reducing hot flashes in post-menopausal patients and in those with breast cancer receiving anti-hormonal drugs. The present study will examine the effectiveness of acupuncture, with/without self-acupressure, on 200 post- RRSO patients who suffer from at least 5 hot flashes per day, including those treated with HRT. All participants will receive 8 weekly treatments with acupuncture, and then randomly assigned to receive (or not) self-administered acupressure, to be performed daily at home. The response to the study interventions will be assessed using daily Hot Flash Scores, the Menopause Specific Quality of Life (MenQoL) and Measure Yourself Concerns and Wellbeing (MYCAW) questionnaires (at baseline; at the end of the 8-week intervention; and at 16 weeks). The safety of the study treatments will be assessed throughout.
We use Hot Flash Diaries to record the change of daily hot flush symptoms, The Hot Flash Related Daily Interference Scale to record how much did hot flush effect daily life, the Kupperman menopausal index to evaluate the severity of menopausal symptoms, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index to evaluate sleep disorder, wireless temperature monitor to record hot flush and body temperature during sleeping, and classify patients' traditional Chinese constitution by using Physical classification and judgment self-test table. With these evaluations, we can take apart of different syndromes with different symptom of menopause, thus to confirm the specificity and the severity of menopausal hot flush, and give patients correct treatment.