Flaxseed in Treating Postmenopausal Women With Hot Flashes Who Have a History of Breast Cancer or Other Cancer or Who Do Not Wish to Take Estrogen Therapy
Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Hot Flashes, Menopausal Symptoms, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
In brief
RATIONALE: Estrogen can relieve the symptoms of menopause, but can also cause the growth of breast cancer cells. Flaxseed may reduce the number of hot flashes and improve mood and quality of life in postmenopausal women not receiving estrogen therapy. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying flaxseed to see how well it works in treating postmenopausal women with hot flashes who have a history of breast cancer or other cancer or who do not wish to take estrogen therapy.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00956813
- Run by
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- People needed
- 210
- Starts
- 2009-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-04-04
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Boulder Community Hospital — Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Penrose Cancer Center at Penrose Hospital — Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
- St. Anthony Central Hospital — Denver, Colorado, United States
- Porter Adventist Hospital — Denver, Colorado, United States
- Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center — Denver, Colorado, United States
- St. Joseph Hospital — Denver, Colorado, United States
- Rose Medical Center — Denver, Colorado, United States
- CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program — Denver, Colorado, United States
- Swedish Medical Center — Englewood, Colorado, United States
- St. Mary's Regional Cancer Center at St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center — Grand Junction, Colorado, United States
- North Colorado Medical Center — Greeley, Colorado, United States
- Sky Ridge Medical Center — Lone Tree, Colorado, United States
- Hope Cancer Care Center at Longmont United Hospital — Longmont, Colorado, United States
- McKee Medical Center — Loveland, Colorado, United States
- St. Mary - Corwin Regional Medical Center — Pueblo, Colorado, United States
- North Suburban Medical Center — Thornton, Colorado, United States
- Exempla Lutheran Medical Center — Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States
- Saint Francis/Mount Sinai Regional Cancer Center at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center — Hartford, Connecticut, United States
- Trinity Cancer Center at Trinity Medical Center - 7th Street Campus — Moline, Illinois, United States
- Study site — Moline, Illinois, United States
- St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers - Beech Grove Campus — Beech Grove, Indiana, United States
- Elkhart Clinic, LLC — Elkhart, Indiana, United States
- Elkhart General Hospital — Elkhart, Indiana, United States
- Howard Community Hospital — Kokomo, Indiana, United States
- Aurora Presbyterian Hospital — Aurora, Colorado, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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