Effect of Montelukast on Doxorubicin Induced Cardiotoxicity in Breast Cancer

Summary

This is a prospective, randomized (1:1) controlled trial that will be carried out on 50 patients who are candidate to evaluate the effect of montelukast on doxorubicin induced cardiotoxicity after 4 cycles of AC. Patients will be randomly allocated into two equal groups (25 patients each); group (A) for controlled (placebo), and group (B) for montelukast. Blood samples will be collected from the study subjects and analyzed for serum levels of the NF-KB and pro-BNP. Assessment of the biomarkers will be done at two time points: at baseline and after treatment with montelukast.

Timeline

Start

2023-03-01

Primary completion

2024-11-30

Completion

2024-12-01

Publications

• Background Said MM, Bosland MC. The anti-inflammatory effect of montelukast, a cysteinyl leukotriene receptor-1 antagonist, against estradiol-induced nonbacterial inflammation in the rat prostate. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2017 Feb;390(2):197-205. doi: 10.1007/s00210-016-1325-4. Epub 2016 Dec 1.
• Background Elnoury HA, Elgendy SA, Baloza SH, Ghamry HI, Soliman M, Abdel-Aziz EA. Synergistic impacts of Montelukast and Klotho against doxorubicin-induced cardiac toxicity in Rats. Toxicol Res (Camb). 2022 Jun 20;11(4):592-604. doi: 10.1093/toxres/tfac023. eCollection 2022 Aug.
• Gomaa NF, Werida RH, El-Gowily AG, El-Bassiouny NA. Evaluating the role of montelukast on doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients. Support Care Cancer. 2025 Oct 1;33(10):897. doi: 10.1007/s00520-025-09947-z.

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