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Investigating the Therapeutic Effectiveness of Aloe Barbadensis in Reducing Cutaneous Side-Effects of Radiation Treatment for Breast Cancer.

NCT00156806 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 231

Last updated 2017-01-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Breast cancer treatment often involved radiation to the breast. A side-effect of this treatment is skin redness, itching and burning. Some patients have quite severe reactions. Our current treatment for this is to avoid any soaps or other skin irritants and to use a moisturizing cream once all radiation is finished. Aloe vera is believed by many people to be useful for treatment of skin burns but this has never been proven in a randomized study. The aim of this study is to compare aloe vera gel versus plan gel versus the standard treatment to determine if there is any benefit. If there was a benefit of gel treatment over standard it could make radiation treatments more tolerable for cancer patients.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Aloe barbadensis topical application in a moisturizing cream vehicle.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • AHS Cancer Control Alberta

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Donna L. Hoopfer, PhD · AHS Cancer Control Alberta

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-03-31
Primary Completion
2005-05-31
Completion
2006-05-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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