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Phase 2 N=36 Prevention

Breast Cancer Risk Biomarkers in Premenopausal Women

Breast Cancer

Enrolled (actual)
36
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jul 2016
Primary outcome: Primary: The Proportion of Subjects That Complete an Intervention of Lovaza™ 4 Grams Per Day — 0.94 proportion of enrolled participants

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Interventions
Lovaza™ (Drug)
Age
Adult · 25+ yrs
Sex
Female
Sponsor
Carol Fabian, MD
Primary completion
Apr 2013

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
The Proportion of Subjects That Complete an Intervention of Lovaza™ 4 Grams Per Day
0.94
SECONDARY
Modulation of the Risk Biomarker Masood Score
-1 <0.001 sig
SECONDARY
Modulation of Ki-67 Expression
-1.45 0.021 sig
SECONDARY
Change in (DHA+EPA):AA Ratio for Phospholipids in Plasma.
0.61 <0.001 sig
SECONDARY
Change in Quality of Life.
1.0 0.48

Summary

This study is designed to gather information on how the prescription drug Lovaza™ which contains omega-3 fatty acids, affects blood and tissue risk biomarkers for breast cancer. This drug is currently approved by the FDA for reducing blood levels of triglycerides.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Subjects must be premenopausal and between the ages of 25 and 54 and must have had a menstrual period within the past 12 months. Women who are not menstruating regularly due to use of certain types of contraceptives may be entered with restrictions. Their estrogen progesterone, and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) levels must be documented at baseline random periareolar fine needle aspiration (RPFNA) and their off study RPFNA must take place at a similar portion of their cycle (high or low progesterone levels). In order to do this a serum progesterone will have to be obtained ~ 4 weeks before planned RPFNA and again 2 weeks later such that the RPFNA can be performed in the same phase of the "cycle" as baseline.
  • Subjects must be at increased risk for breast cancer on the basis of at least one of the following criteria:
  • A five-year Gail risk of ≥ 1.67% or three times the average risk for a woman of the same age using either the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER, http://seer.cancer.gov) database or the NCI Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (www.cancer.gov/bcrisktool)., or 10 yr Tyrer-Cuzick risk twice that of the population risk as listed in model, or RPFNA atypia
  • BMI 40 must have had a screening mammogram within 6 months of entering the interventional portion of the study and read as not suspicious for breast cancer or if suspicious must have completed all suggested tests including biopsy and found to have no evidence of cancer. Subjects of sufficient age and/or risk for a baseline mammogram must be willing to have an off-study mammogram performed 6 months after study entry.
  • Subjects must have had an RPFNA of the breast within six months prior to entering the intervention portion of the study and be willing to have another RPFNA at ~6.5 months after starting Lovaza™.
  • Tissue Eligibility: Subjects must have cytomorphologic evidence of hyperplasia with atypia or borderline atypia (Masood score 14 or higher). There must be ≥500 epithelial cells on the slide for cytomorphology and evidence of proliferation by Ki-67 staining. There must be sufficient reserved methanol- formalin-fixed material for real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Frozen tissue must also have been obtained for fatty acid analysis, reverse phase proteomics, adipokines and cytokines, and RT-qPCR.
  • Subjects must be willing to undergo phlebotomy at baseline, and 6 months and 6.5 months approximately 3 tablespoons of blood will be obtained at baseline, and 6 months and 6.5 months or 6 tablespoons if the subject decides to participate in the optional monocyte cytokine release assay .
  • Subjects must produce a spot urine sample at baseline, 6 months and at study conclusion. Baseline urine sample will in part be used to document that subject is not pregnant.
  • Subjects must be willing to complete questionnaires regarding diet and supplement use, quality of life, relevant family history, personal health and reproductive history and medications at initiation and conclusion of the intervention.
  • Subjects must be willing to sign an informed consent for the entire study and separate consent for repeat RPFNA

Exclusion Criteria

  • Women that have had a metastatic malignancy of any kind.
  • Women that have had prior invasive breast cancer, diagnosed or treated within the past five years.
  • Women who are currently taking anticoagulants.
  • Women who have breast implants.
  • Women who have undergone change in their hormonal milieu in the past 6 months this includes pregnancy, lactation, or stopping or starting hormonal contraceptives..
  • Women who have taken omega 3 fatty acid supplements within 3 weeks prior to their baseline RPFNA.
  • Women who regularly take NSAIDS (>7 tablets weekly).

Inclusion of Women and Minorities

-This study utilizes women at increased risk for breast cancer. Subjects recruited from an established cohort of women followed in the Breast Cancer Prevention Center. From previous trials we c

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01252277). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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