S0715: Acetyl-L-Carnitine in Preventing Neuropathy in Women With Stage I, II, or IIIA Breast Cancer Undergoing Chemo
Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Chemotherapeutic Agent Toxicity, Fatigue, Neuropathy, Neurotoxicity
In brief
RATIONALE: Acetyl-L-carnitine may prevent or lessen neuropathy caused by chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether acetyl-L-carnitine is more effective than a placebo in preventing neuropathy caused by chemotherapy. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying acetyl-L-carnitine to see how well it works compared with a placebo in preventing neuropathy in women with stage I, stage II, or stage III breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00775645
- Run by
- SWOG Cancer Research Network
- People needed
- 437
- Starts
- 2009-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-08-14
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Alaska Regional Hospital Cancer Center — Anchorage, Alaska, United States
- Providence Cancer Center — Anchorage, Alaska, United States
- Fairbanks Cancer Treatment Center at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital — Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
- Kaiser Permanente - Deer Valley — Antioch, California, United States
- Alta Bates Summit Comprehensive Cancer Center — Berkeley, California, United States
- Peninsula Medical Center — Burlingame, California, United States
- East Bay Radiation Oncology Center — Castro Valley, California, United States
- Eden Medical Center — Castro Valley, California, United States
- Valley Medical Oncology Consultants - Castro Valley — Castro Valley, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente - Fremont — Fremont, California, United States
- Valley Medical Oncology — Fremont, California, United States
- Glendale Memorial Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center — Glendale, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Hayward — Hayward, California, United States
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital — Los Angeles, California, United States
- Contra Costa Regional Medical Center — Martinez, California, United States
- Tibotec Therapeutics - Division of Ortho Biotech Products, LP — Marysville, California, United States
- El Camino Hospital Cancer Center — Mountain View, California, United States
- Highland General Hospital — Oakland, California, United States
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Summit Campus — Oakland, California, United States
- Bay Area Breast Surgeons, Incorporated — Oakland, California, United States
- CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute — Oakland, California, United States
- Larry G Strieff MD Medical Corporation — Oakland, California, United States
- Tom K Lee, Incorporated — Oakland, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Oakland — Oakland, California, United States
- Providence Cancer Center at Providence Hospital — Mobile, Alabama, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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