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Cold Cap Therapy for Breast Cancer

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Waitlist Available
Led By James R Waisman
Research Sponsored by City of Hope Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up up to 1 year
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Study Summary

This trial is testing a new portable scalp cooling system to see if it can help reduce hair loss from chemotherapy for people with metastatic breast cancer.

Eligible Conditions
  • Metastatic Breast Cancer
  • Breast Cancer

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~up to 1 year
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to 1 year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Success in hair preservation
Secondary outcome measures
Burden on nurses and infusion center team
Hair loss recovery
Incidence of adverse events of PSCS
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Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Supportive care (PSCS)Experimental Treatment3 Interventions
Patients undergo scalp cooling using the PSCS 30 minutes before, during, and for up to 2 hours after completion of chemotherapy for 6 chemotherapy sessions.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

City of Hope Medical CenterLead Sponsor
565 Previous Clinical Trials
1,921,460 Total Patients Enrolled
43 Trials studying Breast Cancer
6,649 Patients Enrolled for Breast Cancer
National Cancer Institute (NCI)NIH
13,660 Previous Clinical Trials
40,924,272 Total Patients Enrolled
940 Trials studying Breast Cancer
1,543,360 Patients Enrolled for Breast Cancer
James R WaismanPrincipal InvestigatorCity of Hope Medical Center

Frequently Asked Questions

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Are there current opportunities for individuals to join this trial?

"Unfortunately, according to the details available on clinicaltrials.gov this medical research project is not presently recruiting participants. The trial was first listed on December 14th 2022 and most recently updated on September 6th 2022. Nevertheless, there are currently 2289 other studies that are still looking for volunteers."

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Portable Scalp Cooling System for the Improvement of Chemotherapy-Induced Hair Loss in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer
2022. "Portable Scalp Cooling System for the Improvement of Chemotherapy-Induced Hair Loss in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05533320.
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