The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the cardioprotective effect of pentoxifylline against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. What is the change in ejection fraction (primary outcome) in breast cancer patients receiving pentoxifylline compared to those who do not? 2. What are the changes in serum levels of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP), and TNF-α (secondary outcomes) in breast cancer patients receiving pentoxifylline compared to those who do not? Researcher will compare breast cancer patients receiving standard chemotherapy alone (Group one: Positive control group; n=23) to breast cancer patients receiving standard chemotherapy plus pentoxifylline (Group two: pentoxifylline group; n=23) to see if pentoxifylline mitigates the cardiac side effects associated with doxorubicin treatment. Participants will: Be randomized to receive either a chemotherapeutic regimen alone or with pentoxifylline.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
46
patient will receive standard chemotherapy for breast cancer plus pentoxifylline 400 mg orally 3 times per day with meals.
Damnhour Oncology Center
Damanhūr, Egypt
RECRUITINGchange in ejection fraction
Time frame: 3 MONTHS
changes in serum levels of the measured biological markers
Time frame: 3 MONTHS
Sahar kamal Hegazy professor
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