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Circadian Disturbances After Breast Cancer Surgery (CIRCA)

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Melissa Voigt Hansen, Herlev Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01171508
First received: July 26, 2010
Last updated: March 7, 2013
Last verified: March 2013
History of Changes
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to investigate circadian disturbances after breast cancer surgery by means of monitoring sleep and heart-rate variability, by measuring a metabolite of melatonin in urine and by questionnaires and a sleep-diary.


Condition Intervention
Circadian Rhythm Disorders
Anxiety
Breast Cancer
 Device: Wrist-Actigraph - Octagonal Basic Motionlogger, Ambulatory monitoring Inc, New York, USA
Device: Polysomnograph - Embla A10 (Medcare, Reykjavik, Iceland)
Device: Holter monitor - Medilog AR12 (Oxford Instruments, Oxford, England)
Procedure: Urine 6-sulphatoxymelatonin (aMT6s)
Other: Karolinska Sleepiness Scale
Other: Visual Analog Scale and 10 point-scales to measure fatigue, general well-being, subjective sleep and pain
Other: Sleep-diary

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title: Circadian Disturbances After Breast Cancer Surgery

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Further study details as provided by Herlev Hospital:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Preoperative sleep architecture of breast cancer patients [ Time Frame: 1 day preoperatively ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Sleep architecture measured by Polysomnography (awake, stadium I-IV, REM sleep, sleep latency, awakenings).

  • Postoperative sleep architecture of breast cancer patients (early phase) [ Time Frame: The first postoperative night ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Sleep architecture measured by Polysomnography (awake, stadium I-IV, REM sleep, sleep latency, awakenings)

  • Postoperative sleep architecture of breast cancer patients (late phase) [ Time Frame: The 14th postoperative night ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Sleep architecture measured by Polysomnography (awake, stadium I-IV, REM sleep, sleep latency, awakenings)

  • Sleep quality, fatigue, well-being and pain. [ Time Frame: 1 day preoperatively till 14 days postoperatively ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Fatigue, generel well-being, subjective sleep and pain scores on a Visual Analog Scale - questionnaires filled out daily. Sleepiness measured by Karolinska Sleepiness Scale. A sleep-diary recording sleep quantity of day and night sleep.

  • Preoperative melatonin levels and amplitude [ Time Frame: 1 day preoperatively ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Excretion of aMT6s in urine. Urine will be collected from 23-07, quantified and 2 samples will be taken to measure aMT6s.

  • Postoperative melatonin levels and amplitude (early phase) [ Time Frame: The first postoperative night ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Excretion of aMT6s in urine. Urine will be collected from 23-07, quantified and 2 samples will be taken to measure aMT6s.

  • Postoperative melatonin levels and amplitude [ Time Frame: The 14th postoperative night ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Excretion of aMT6s in urine. Urine will be collected from 23-07, quantified and 2 samples will be taken to measure aMT6s.

  • Sleep architecture [ Time Frame: 1 day preoperatively till 14 days postoperatively ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Actigraphy (total minutes asleep, sleep effectiveness, sleep latency, awakenings). A wrist actigraph wil be worn from 1 day preoperatively and taken off on the 14th postoperative day.


Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Preoperative heart-rate variability of breast cancer patients [ Time Frame: 1 day preoperatively ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Heart-rate variability measured by Holter monitor and a following analysis of frequency domain parameters.

  • Postoperative heart-rate variability of breast cancer patients (early phase) [ Time Frame: The first postoperative night ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Heart-rate variability measured by Holter monitor and a following analysis of frequency domain parameters.

  • Postoperative heart-rate variability of breast cancer patients (late phase) [ Time Frame: The 14th postoperative night ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Heart-rate variability measured by Holter monitor and a following analysis of frequency domain parameters.


Biospecimen Retention:   Samples Without DNA

Urine


Enrollment: 12
Study Start Date: February 2011
Study Completion Date: November 2011
Primary Completion Date: November 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Groups/Cohorts Assigned Interventions
Breast cancer patients
12 breast cancer patients aged 30-70 years undergoing a lumpectomy at Herlev Hospital. ASA score I-III.
 Device: Wrist-Actigraph - Octagonal Basic Motionlogger, Ambulatory monitoring Inc, New York, USA
Wrist-Actigraph to be worn on the non-dominant arm on day 0-3-17 of the study.
Device: Polysomnograph - Embla A10 (Medcare, Reykjavik, Iceland)
Polysomnography on day 0-3-17 of the study. This is a portable polysomnograph with 16 digital channels for recording of electroencephalogram (EEG), electrooculograph (EOG) and electromyograph (EMG).
Device: Holter monitor - Medilog AR12 (Oxford Instruments, Oxford, England)
Holter monitoring on day 0-3-17 of the study. Measurements are done by superficial skin-electrodes placed after standardised rules from the producer of the device.
Procedure: Urine 6-sulphatoxymelatonin (aMT6s)
Urine sampling for measurement of the primary metabolite of melatonin - 6-sulphatoxymelatonin (aMT6s) will be done on day 0-3-17 of the study. The analysis will be done by a radioimmunoassay.
Other: Karolinska Sleepiness Scale
Karolinska Sleepiness Scale to measure sleepiness will be filled out twice a day every day of the entire study period of 17 days.
Other: Visual Analog Scale and 10 point-scales to measure fatigue, general well-being, subjective sleep and pain
Visual Analog Scale and 10 point-scales to measure fatigue, general well-being, subjective sleep and pain will be filled out twice a day everyday of the study period of 17 days.
Other: Sleep-diary
Sleep-diary to measure subjective sleep quantity will be completed every morning and after every nap in the day.

Detailed Description:

An increasing number of studies have shown that circadian variation in the excretion of hormones, the sleep-wake cycle, the core body temperature, the tone of the autonomic nervous system and the activity rhythm are important both in health and disease processes. More attention is being paid towards the circadian variation in endogenous rhythms in relation to surgery and whether this can affect postoperative recovery, morbidity and mortality.

Studies have been done on circadian disturbances after major and minor surgery but never in relation to breast cancer surgery.

This study will investigate circadian disturbances in this specific group of patients by using Actigraphy, Polysomnography (PSG), Holter-monitoring (HRV), the primary metabolite of melatonin in urine 6-sulfatoxymelatonin (aMT6s), questionnaires and a sleep-diary.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   30 Years to 70 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population

Department of Breast Surgery at Herlev University Hospital in Copenhagen

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • women, age 30-70, with breast cancer who are admitted for a lumpectomy at Herlev Hospital
  • ASA score I-III

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known sleep apnea
  • Pre-operative treatment with beta-blockers
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Known pre-operative depressive illness or dementia
  • Previous or current cancer
  • Known medically treated sleep-disorder (insomnia, restless legs etc)
  • Shift-work
  • Daily alcohol intake of more than 5 units
  • Pre-operative treatment with psychopharmacological drugs, opioids or anxiolytics (including all sleeping pills)
  • Predicted bad compliance
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding
  • Pre- or post-operative complications or events which are expected to increase morbidity or pain the first post-operative days.
  • Missing written consent
  • Pre-operative MMSE score less than 24
  • Urine or fecal incontinence
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01171508

Locations
Denmark
Herlev Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2730
Sponsors and Collaborators
Melissa Voigt Hansen
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Melissa V Hansen, MD Herlev Hospital
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Melissa Voigt Hansen, M.D. ph.D student, Herlev Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01171508     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: MVH-02
Study First Received: July 26, 2010
Last Updated: March 7, 2013
Health Authority: Denmark: The Danish National Comittee on Biomedical Research Ethics
Denmark: Danish Dataprotection Agency

Keywords provided by Herlev Hospital:
Circadian Rhythm Disorders
Breast Neoplasms Surgery
Sleep
Heart Rate

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anxiety Disorders
Breast Neoplasms
Chronobiology Disorders
Mental Disorders
Neoplasms by Site
 Neoplasms
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Nervous System Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 16, 2013