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Fingernails in Evaluating Bone Health in Postmenopausal Women With Breast Cancer Undergoing Hormone Therapy on Clinical Trial IBCSG-1-98

NCT00899288 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2012-07-27

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Summary

RATIONALE: Studying samples of fingernails in the laboratory from patients with breast cancer may help in evaluating bone health in postmenopausal women undergoing hormone therapy for breast cancer.

PURPOSE: This laboratory study is examining fingernails as a way of evaluating bone health in postmenopausal women with breast cancer undergoing hormone therapy on clinical trial IBCSG-1-98.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

spectroscopy

Nails will be chemically characterized using Raman spectroscopy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • ETOP IBCSG Partners Foundation

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Mark Towler, MD · Materials & Surface Science Institute at the University of Limerick

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-04-30
Primary Completion
2007-07-31
Completion
2007-07-31

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