Breast cancer chemo study tracks calcium and vitamin changes
NCT ID NCT03249389
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at how calcium and vitamin markers change in 146 breast cancer patients receiving standard adjuvant chemotherapy. Researchers measured these markers before, during, and after treatment to understand metabolic effects. The goal was to see how often patients develop high calcium in urine and how vitamin balance shifts over the course of chemotherapy.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors better manage calcium and vitamin levels in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study with no treatment being tested, so it won't directly improve outcomes. Results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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146 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2015
- Finished
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Sep 2016
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Mammary adenocarcinoma to receive 6 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy. * Performance index according to who less than or equal to 1. * Patient older than 18 years and older. * Patient affiliated to a social security scheme or beneficiary of an equivalent French social protection system * The informed consent signed and before any procedures specific to the test screening. * Pregnancy test negative for women and a means of contraception for women and men of reproductive age Exclusion Criteria: * The presence of metastatic disease. * Other cancer (except basal-cell skin carcinoma and cancer of the cervix in situ treated adequately and curative) treated in the 3 previous years. * Contraindications for the calcium and colecalciferol:-severe hypersensitivity to vitamin D or calcium supplementation or any of the excipients * Pathology and/or conditions causing a hypercalcemia and/or hypercalciuria * Calcium lithiasis - tissue calcification * Hypervitaminosis D • Presence of significant co-morbidities: Uncontrolled endocrine disease. Known disorders of the phospho-calcium balance in the last 3 years. Osteopenia or osteoporosis proven treatment vitamin and calcium. * Concomitant treatment with experimental products. * Pregnant or nursing * Legal incapacity or limited legal capacity. Medical or psychological conditions, allowing the subject to complete the study or to sign the consent (art.) L.1121 - 6, L.1121 - 7, L.1211 - 8, L1211-9).
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institut régional du Cancer de Montpellier
Montpellier, 34298, France
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