The Effect of Simvastatin on Breast Cancer Cell Growth in Women With Stage I-II Breast Cancer
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Invasive Breast Carcinoma
- Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v7
- Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC v7
- Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC v7
- Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
- Stage IIA Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
- Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Design
- Allocation: N/AIntervention Model: Single Group AssignmentMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 19 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Only males
Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the relationship between short-term use of oral simvastatin on change in expression of Ki-67 as a candidate biomarker of breast tumor proliferation among women with clinical stage 1 or 2- primary invasive breast cancer. II. Evaluate the relationship between short-term...
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the relationship between short-term use of oral simvastatin on change in expression of Ki-67 as a candidate biomarker of breast tumor proliferation among women with clinical stage 1 or 2- primary invasive breast cancer. II. Evaluate the relationship between short-term use of oral simvastatin on changes in other candidate predictive markers of breast tumor proliferation (cyclin D1 and P27), changes in a marker of apoptosis (cleaved caspase-3 [CC3]), changes in a marker of inflammation (c-reactive protein [CRP]) and as novel additional biomarkers changes in the composition of the plasma membrane (lipid rafts) and changes in activation of signaling markers (phosphorylation [p]Akt, pMAPK, pEGFR, PHER2). III. To conduct exploratory analyses comparing the effect of statins on breast tumor proliferation and apoptosis in groups defined by tumor expression of hydroxymethylglutaryl co-enzyme A (CoA) reductase (HMG-CoA), estrogen receptor (ER)/progesterone receptor (PR) status, HER2neu, and tumor grade. OUTLINE: Patients receive simvastatin orally (PO) daily for 2-4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03454529
- Collaborators
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Michael Simon Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute