This is a single-center, double-blind, randomized clinical trial to explore the efficacy and safety of external mastalgia-oil versus placebo in premenopausal women with severe mastalgia.
Premenopausal females aged ≥ 18 years old
Pre-existing regular menstrual cycle (28 ± 5 days) with mastalgia lasting for at least 6 consecutive menstrual cycles; with severe mastalgia [visual analog scale (VAS) score ≥ 4 for at least 7 days] and without chest wall pain in the baseline menstrual cycle (nonmedicated menstrual cycle)
With breast ultrasound: BI-RADS classification 1-3; if mammography is required: also BI-RADS classification 1-3
Willingness to follow up and complete required tests; ability to complete questionnaires independently or with assistance
With suspected breast disease (e.g., mastitis, malignant breast tumor) other than breast pain or benign breast cysts, or with other malignant tumors
Use of hormonal medications (e.g., oral contraceptives, glucocorticoids, etc.), sex hormone modulators (SERMS, AIs, SERDs, etc.), B vitamins, essential oils, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or higher pain relievers in the past 3 months; use of tamoxifen or analogs in the past 6 months
Prior history of breast surgery (including minimally invasive surgery), history of malignancy, or history of thromboembolism within the last 5 years (history of varicose veins and superficial phlebitis allowed)
Smokers; essential oils or placebo systemic/skin sensitization
Parallel
mastalgia-oil
DrugExternal mastalgia-oil 1 ml/d per breast for 3 consecutive menstrual cycles
Mastalgia-oil placebo
DrugExternal mastalgia-oil placebo 1 ml/d per breast for 3 consecutive menstrual cycles
Mastalgia clinical response rate
The recruited patients with mastalgia will be asked to record their symptoms of breast pain using a daily VAS breast pain chart, and the sum of the daily VAS within a menstrual cycle is considered the breast pain score (BPS). Effective rate (%)= \[BPS (P) - BPS (T3)\]/BPS (P)\*100%, where BPS (P) indicates BPS of the placebo lead-in cycle and BPS (T3) indicates BPS at the end of the third treatment cycle. An effective rate of ≥50% is considered a clinical response.
Subgroup mastalgia clinical response rate
Mastalgia clinical response rate in women with cyclical mastalgia; Mastalgia clinical response rate in women with non-cyclical mastalgia
Breast nodularity
Breast nodularity will be assessed according to the Lucknow-Cardiff breast nodularity scale.The above breast nodularity scale is a 5-point ordinal scale depicting increasing order of nodularity in upper outer quadrants of the breasts. Grade-0 depicts a smooth textured breast with extreme extent of normalcy and grade-4 the maximum nodularity.
Pharmacokinetics of mastodynia-oil
Collection of blood samples for pharmacokinetic trough concentration-effect analysis of mastodynia-oil
Changes in blood metabolites
Comparison of changes in blood metabolites before and after treatment and their correlation with primary endpoints using metabolomics.
Click on the lead sponsor to view all of their trials.
