LHRH-a is an important hormone treatment in breast cancer especially in high-risk hormone receptor-positive patients or hormone receptor-negative but needing ovarian function protecting. The climacteric symptoms caused by LHRH-a are often and prominent, which is a common clinical problem.
Ovarian function suppression (OFS) or protection has been studied widely in breast cancer. As an common drug in clinic, LHRH-a is an important method for OFS in breast cancer especially in high-risk hormone receptor-positive patients or hormone receptor-negative but needing ovarian function protecting. The climacteric symptoms caused by LHRH-a are often and prominent, which is a common clinical problem. Remifemin (cimicifuga racemosa / black cohosh) is effective in climacteric symptoms as a hormone replacement treatment, some research concluded that it is also safe in breast cancer patients who are postmenopausal or taking tamoxifen suffering from climacteric symptoms. While in China, more than 2/3 breast cancer patients are pre/peri-menopause, and some part of them should take OFS as an hormone treatment. OFS can cause sever climacteric symptoms in a short time. The investigators aim to estimate the effect and safety of Remifemin in climacteric symptoms caused by OFS in breast cancer.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
85
Remifemin 0.2g po bid\*12 weeks at the beginning of the LHRH-a treatment
Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Kupperman Item (KMI)
Scoring according to Kupperman item scale (Total: 0-48, the score higher the symptoms are severer) which includes of hot flash, sweat, insomnia, anxious, depressed, vertigo, fatigue, arthralgia, headache, palpitate (each item has a weighting coefficient according to four grade scores: no symptom \*0, sometimes \*1, always \*2, influent life \*3).
Time frame: 3 months after treatment
Disease free survival
Disease free survival rate in 2 years
Time frame: 2 years
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