This research study is designed to work in cooperation with another study being conducted by the National Cancer Institute. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is studying the effects of a drug called raloxifene on premenopausal women believed to have a high risk of developing breast cancer (98-C-0123). In this study, researchers are interested in learning about the effects of raloxifene on the...
Date First Received: November 3, 1999
Last Updated: March 3, 2008
Verified by: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC), October 2005
Clinical Trial Phase: N/A | Start Date: November 1998
Overall Status: Completed
Estimated Enrollment: 60
Brief Summary
Official Title: “Sonographic Evaluation of the Effects of Raloxifene on the Uterus and Ovaries in Premenopausal Patients at High Risk for Developing Breast Cancer”
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This research study is designed to work in cooperation with another study being conducted by the National Cancer Institute. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is studying the effects of a drug called raloxifene on premenopausal women believed to have a high risk of developing breast cancer (98-C-0123).
In this study, researchers are interested in learning about the effects of raloxifene on the uterus and ovaries of the women participating in the NCI study. To do this researchers plan to conduct ultrasounds on the patients enrolled in the NCI study. In addition researchers plan to take samples of the lining of the uterus in these patients (endometrial biopsy) if found to be necessary.
The purpose of this study is to determine the reproductive effects of raloxifene on women who have normal functioning ovaries by taking ultrasounds of the ovaries and lining of the uterus (endometrium).
Study Type: Observational
Study Design: N/A
Detailed Clinical Trial Description
Raloxifene is a selective estrogen receptor-modulating agent that has been recently approved by the FDA for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal patients. A phase II trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of raloxifene in premenopausal patients at high risk for developing breast cancer has been recently approved by the IRB (98-C-0123). In this protocol, for assessment of the effects of raloxifene on the endometrium and ovaries, patients are scheduled to be studied with transvaginal sonography and hysterosonography, once during their menstrual cycle at periodic intervals. They are also scheduled to have endometrial biopsies as indicated. It is known that all SERMs (clomiphene, tamoxifen and in one small study raloxifene) raise the area under the curve of estradiol levels throughout the cycle in premenopausal women. Our study is designed to study the reproductive effects of raloxifene in these young women with competent ovaries using sonography of the ovaries and endometrium, and correlating it with steroid hormone levels which would be obtained under protocol 98-C-0123.
Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial
- Women must be enrolled in NCI Study 98-C-0123.
Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Female
Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A
Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A
Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: No
Clinical Trial Sponsor Information
Lead Sponsor: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
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References
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Additional Information
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 02, 2009
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00001837
Study ID Number: 990013
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00001837
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government
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