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Brief Title: Comparative Study of Scalp Cooling System and Chemical Cold Cap (COHAIR Study)
Official Title: Comparative Study of Scalp Cooling System and Chemical Cold Cap on Prevention of Chemotherapy-induced Alopecia in Women With Breast Cancer
Study ID: NCT03711877
Brief Summary: This is a phase III, single-center, prospective, open-label, randomized,controlled study
Detailed Description: To conduct a prospective randomized controlled study comparing the effect of scalp cooling system (DigniCap) and chemical cold cap on preventing chemotherapy-induced alopecia in a group of breast cancer patients receiving standard anthracycline followed paclitaxel regimens. To obtain the exact data on the role of different methods of preventing alopecia in Chinese women with breast cancer. PASS 11 software was used to calculate the sample size. According to the results of previous studies, the hair retention rate of the cold cap group was 67.7%, the hair retention rate of the scalp cooling system group was 50.5%, α=0.05,Power=0.8. The sample size was calculated to be at least 128 cases in each group, 256 cases in total.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers: No
Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
Name: Xinying Yu, Master
Affiliation: Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR