Application of Patient Blood Management in the Oncology Patient Affected by Breast Cancer

ConditionBreast Cancer
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorRegina Elena Cancer Institute

About this trial

Evaluation of the percentage of transfusions in patients with breast cancer undergoing surgery after preventive treatment with haematinics.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

age > 18 years;

patients diagnosed with histologically confirmed breast cancer and whether or not they have undergone neoadjuvant chemotherapy;

patients who are candidates for destructive and reconstructive breast surgery or not;

Hb values less than or equal to 11 g/dL and/or transferrin saturation less than or equal to 20%;

Disqualifiers

patients with known allergies to ferric carboxymaltose or its excipients;

ferritin values greater than 500 ng/ml;

patients unable to sign consent and comply with procedures.

Trial population

Patients with breast cancer who have undergone or not undergone neoadjuvant chemotherapy and with Hb values lower than or equal to 11 g/dl, candidates for destructive and/or reconstructive surgery.

Trial design

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

Not listed

Trial groups

78 Participants
are grouped into 1 trial group
Group A: Patients with breast cancer who have received neoadjuvant chemotherapy or not

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Number of transfusions

To evaluate the percentage, in number of transfusions in patients affected by breast cancer, candidates for destructive and/or reconstructive breast surgery after preventive treatment with haematinics

Time frame
18 months

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Regina Elena Cancer Institute

Lead sponsor

Campus Bio-Medico University

Collaborator

Umberto I Hospital, Frosinone Italy

Collaborator