Guaraná for Radiation Related Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

We hypothesize that Guaraná, a native plant from the Amazon, might improve radiation-induced fatigue in breast cancer patients undergoing treatment. In order to assess this, we randomized patients to either guaraná extract or to placebo, switching the assigned treatment mid-term through the radiation.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Faculdade de Medicina do ABC

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• histological diagnosis of early stage Breast Cancer

• 18 years old or older

Exclusion Criteria:

• prior breast radiation

• anemia

• clinical depression

• unable to sign informed consent