Clinical trial · Interventional
The Effect of Coconut Oil on Alopecia
The Effect of Coconut Oil on Alopecia in Women Receiving Doxorubucin-Cycylophosphamide Treatment for Breast Cancer
NCT06818370CI-TRIAL-00085875recruitingN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
İn this study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of coconut oil on alopecia in 86 female breast cancer patients treated at Dr Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital between 01.02.2025-31.12.2025.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coconut Oil | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Experimental group
- description
- At the beginning of the study,patients will be asked to fill out an individual information form containing demographic information and disease process before the first chemotherapy application.The coconut oil application protocol will be explained to the patients in the experimental group and 10 milliliters of coconut oil will be applied to the hair follicles once a week. Alopecia assessment will be done every week.
- interventionNames
- Other: Coconut Oil
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control Group
- description
- At the beginning of the study,patients will be asked to fill out an individual information form containing demographic information and disease process before the first chemotherapy application. Patients in the control group will be asked not to apply anything to their hair. In each subsequent week, the presence of hair loss of the patients will be evaluated with the alopecia evaluation scale.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * • To have been diagnosed with breast cancer. * The chemotherapy treatment plan should be planned as the Doxorubicin-Cyclophosphamide protocol. * Volunteer to participate in the study. * Be 18 years of age or older. * Being a woman. Exclusion Criteria: * • Having any health problem or disability that prevents communication (vision-hearing problems, neurological, psychiatric diseases). * Planning other treatments other than the Doxorubicin-Cyclophosphamide protocol for the treatment of breast cancer. * Not volunteering to participate in the study. * Having previously experienced any disease/skin problem that causes hair loss. * Having received chemotherapy before.
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