A Study of Topical Danazol for the Treatment of Pain Associated With Fibrocystic Breast Disease

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety of three doses of topically applied danazol compared to placebo in subjects with pain associated with fibrocystic breast disease and to determine the appropriate clinical dose for future studies.

Timeline

Start

2007-01

Primary completion

2009-04

Completion

2009-06

Publications

• Background Hughes LE, Mansel RE, Webster DJ. Aberrations of normal development and involution (ANDI): a new perspective on pathogenesis and nomenclature of benign breast disorders. Lancet. 1987 Dec 5;2(8571):1316-9. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(87)91204-9.
• Background Panahy C, Puddefoot JR, Anderson E, Vinson GP, Berry CL, Turner MJ, Brown CL, Goode AW. Effects of danazol on incidence of progesterone and oestrogen receptors in benign breast disease. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1987 Aug 22;295(6596):464-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6596.464.
• Background Gateley CA, Mansel RE. Management of cyclical breast pain. Br J Hosp Med. 1990 May;43(5):330-2.
• Background Barbieri RL. Danazol: molecular, endocrine, and clinical pharmacology. Prog Clin Biol Res. 1990;323:241-52. No abstract available.
• Background Gumm R, Cunnick GH, Mokbel K. Evidence for the management of mastalgia. Curr Med Res Opin. 2004 May;20(5):681-4. doi: 10.1185/030079904125003377.
• Background Vaidyanathan L, Barnard K, Elnicki DM. Benign breast disease: when to treat, when to reassure, when to refer. Cleve Clin J Med. 2002 May;69(5):425-32. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.69.5.425.
• Background Sitruk-Ware R, Sterkers N, Mauvais-Jarvis P. Benign breast disease I: hormonal investigation. Obstet Gynecol. 1979 Apr;53(4):457-60.
• Background Wang DY, Fentiman IS. Epidemiology and endocrinology of benign breast disease. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 1985;6(1):5-36. doi: 10.1007/BF01806008.
• Background Gledhill JM, Barker S, Wanless C, Hinson JP, Puddefoot JR, Panahy C, Goode AW, Vinson GP. Progesterone receptor induction by danazol in cultured cancer cells and the rat uterus. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 1992 Oct;43(4):289-96. doi: 10.1016/0960-0760(92)90163-d.

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