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Trial reportJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2015

Randomized Multicenter Placebo-Controlled Trial of Omega-3 Fatty Acids for the Control of Aromatase Inhibitor-Induced Musculoskeletal Pain: SWOG S0927.

Dawn L Hershman, Joseph M Unger, Katherine D Crew, Danielle Awad, Shaker R Dakhil, Julie Gralow, Heather Greenlee, Danika L Lew, Lori M Minasian, Cathee Till and 3 more

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Trial report in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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50citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dawn L HershmanDawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Danielle Awad, and Heather Greenlee, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Joseph M. Unger, Danika L. Lew, and Cathee Till, Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center; Joseph M. Unger, Julie Gralow, Danika L. Lew, Cathee Till, and Carol M. Moinpour, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Shaker R. Dakhil, Cancer Center of Kansas, Wichita, KS; Lori M. Minasian, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; James L. Wade III, Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program/Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, IL; and Frank L. Meyskens, University of California at Irvine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA. dlh23@columbia.edu.
Joseph M UngerDawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Danielle Awad, and Heather Greenlee, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Joseph M. Unger, Danika L. Lew, and Cathee Till, Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center; Joseph M. Unger, Julie Gralow, Danika L. Lew, Cathee Till, and Carol M. Moinpour, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Shaker R. Dakhil, Cancer Center of Kansas, Wichita, KS; Lori M. Minasian, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; James L. Wade III, Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program/Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, IL; and Frank L. Meyskens, University of California at Irvine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA.
Katherine D CrewDawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Danielle Awad, and Heather Greenlee, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Joseph M. Unger, Danika L. Lew, and Cathee Till, Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center; Joseph M. Unger, Julie Gralow, Danika L. Lew, Cathee Till, and Carol M. Moinpour, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Shaker R. Dakhil, Cancer Center of Kansas, Wichita, KS; Lori M. Minasian, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; James L. Wade III, Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program/Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, IL; and Frank L. Meyskens, University of California at Irvine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA.
Danielle AwadDawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Danielle Awad, and Heather Greenlee, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Joseph M. Unger, Danika L. Lew, and Cathee Till, Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center; Joseph M. Unger, Julie Gralow, Danika L. Lew, Cathee Till, and Carol M. Moinpour, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Shaker R. Dakhil, Cancer Center of Kansas, Wichita, KS; Lori M. Minasian, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; James L. Wade III, Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program/Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, IL; and Frank L. Meyskens, University of California at Irvine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA.
Shaker R DakhilDawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Danielle Awad, and Heather Greenlee, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Joseph M. Unger, Danika L. Lew, and Cathee Till, Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center; Joseph M. Unger, Julie Gralow, Danika L. Lew, Cathee Till, and Carol M. Moinpour, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Shaker R. Dakhil, Cancer Center of Kansas, Wichita, KS; Lori M. Minasian, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; James L. Wade III, Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program/Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, IL; and Frank L. Meyskens, University of California at Irvine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA.
Julie GralowDawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Danielle Awad, and Heather Greenlee, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Joseph M. Unger, Danika L. Lew, and Cathee Till, Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center; Joseph M. Unger, Julie Gralow, Danika L. Lew, Cathee Till, and Carol M. Moinpour, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Shaker R. Dakhil, Cancer Center of Kansas, Wichita, KS; Lori M. Minasian, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; James L. Wade III, Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program/Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, IL; and Frank L. Meyskens, University of California at Irvine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA.
Heather GreenleeDawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Danielle Awad, and Heather Greenlee, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Joseph M. Unger, Danika L. Lew, and Cathee Till, Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center; Joseph M. Unger, Julie Gralow, Danika L. Lew, Cathee Till, and Carol M. Moinpour, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Shaker R. Dakhil, Cancer Center of Kansas, Wichita, KS; Lori M. Minasian, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; James L. Wade III, Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program/Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, IL; and Frank L. Meyskens, University of California at Irvine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA.
Danika L LewDawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Danielle Awad, and Heather Greenlee, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Joseph M. Unger, Danika L. Lew, and Cathee Till, Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center; Joseph M. Unger, Julie Gralow, Danika L. Lew, Cathee Till, and Carol M. Moinpour, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Shaker R. Dakhil, Cancer Center of Kansas, Wichita, KS; Lori M. Minasian, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; James L. Wade III, Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program/Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, IL; and Frank L. Meyskens, University of California at Irvine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA.
Lori M MinasianDawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Danielle Awad, and Heather Greenlee, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Joseph M. Unger, Danika L. Lew, and Cathee Till, Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center; Joseph M. Unger, Julie Gralow, Danika L. Lew, Cathee Till, and Carol M. Moinpour, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Shaker R. Dakhil, Cancer Center of Kansas, Wichita, KS; Lori M. Minasian, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; James L. Wade III, Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program/Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, IL; and Frank L. Meyskens, University of California at Irvine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA.
Cathee TillDawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Danielle Awad, and Heather Greenlee, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Joseph M. Unger, Danika L. Lew, and Cathee Till, Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center; Joseph M. Unger, Julie Gralow, Danika L. Lew, Cathee Till, and Carol M. Moinpour, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Shaker R. Dakhil, Cancer Center of Kansas, Wichita, KS; Lori M. Minasian, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; James L. Wade III, Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program/Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, IL; and Frank L. Meyskens, University of California at Irvine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA.
James L WadeDawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Danielle Awad, and Heather Greenlee, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Joseph M. Unger, Danika L. Lew, and Cathee Till, Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center; Joseph M. Unger, Julie Gralow, Danika L. Lew, Cathee Till, and Carol M. Moinpour, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Shaker R. Dakhil, Cancer Center of Kansas, Wichita, KS; Lori M. Minasian, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; James L. Wade III, Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program/Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, IL; and Frank L. Meyskens, University of California at Irvine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA.
Frank L MeyskensDawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Danielle Awad, and Heather Greenlee, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Joseph M. Unger, Danika L. Lew, and Cathee Till, Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center; Joseph M. Unger, Julie Gralow, Danika L. Lew, Cathee Till, and Carol M. Moinpour, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Shaker R. Dakhil, Cancer Center of Kansas, Wichita, KS; Lori M. Minasian, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; James L. Wade III, Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program/Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, IL; and Frank L. Meyskens, University of California at Irvine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA.
Carol M MoinpourDawn L. Hershman, Katherine D. Crew, Danielle Awad, and Heather Greenlee, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Joseph M. Unger, Danika L. Lew, and Cathee Till, Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center; Joseph M. Unger, Julie Gralow, Danika L. Lew, Cathee Till, and Carol M. Moinpour, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Shaker R. Dakhil, Cancer Center of Kansas, Wichita, KS; Lori M. Minasian, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; James L. Wade III, Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program/Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, IL; and Frank L. Meyskens, University of California at Irvine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA.
St. Joseph Medical Center · US

Funding

SWOG Statistics & Data Management Center complex - extension supplement for GY06U10CA180819 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Michael L. LeBlanc · 2014 to 2026
$115.2M
SWOG NCORP Research BaseUG1CA189974 · NCI · THE HOPE FOUNDATION · PI CHARLES D. BLANKE, DAWN HERSHMAN · 2014 to 2026
$80.6M
NCI NIH HHS U10 CA180819NCI NIH HHS UG1 CA189974
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeMusculoskeletal symptoms are the most common adverse effects of aromatase inhibitors (AIs) and can result in decreased quality of life and discontinuation of therapy. Omega-3 fatty acids (O3-FAs) can be effective in decreasing arthralgia resulting from rheumatologic conditions and reducing serum triglycerides. PATIENTS AND

methodsWomen with early-stage breast cancer receiving an AI who had a worst joint pain/stiffness score ≥ 5 of 10 using the Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF) were randomly assigned to receive either O3-FAs 3.3 g or placebo (soybean/corn oil) daily for 24 weeks. Clinically significant change was defined as ≥ 2-point drop from baseline. Patients also completed quality-of-life (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Endocrine Symptoms) and additional pain/stiffness assessments at baseline and weeks 6, 12, and 24. Serial fasting blood was collected for lipid analysis.

resultsAmong 262 patients registered, 249 were evaluable, with 122 women in the O3-FA arm and 127 in the placebo arm. Compared with baseline, the mean observed BPI-SF score decreased by 1.74 points at 12 weeks and 2.22 points at 24 weeks with O3-FAs and by 1.49 and 1.81 points, respectively, with placebo. In a linear regression adjusting for the baseline score, osteoarthritis, and taxane use, adjusted 12-week BPI-SF scores did not differ by arm (P = .58). Triglyceride levels decreased in patients receiving O3-FA treatment and remained the same for those receiving placebo (P = .01). No between-group differences were seen for HDL, LDL, or C-reactive protein.

conclusionWe found a substantial (> 50%) and sustained improvement in AI arthralgia for both O3-FAs and placebo but found no meaningful difference between the groups.

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AgedAntineoplastic AgentsAromatase InhibitorsArthralgiaBreast NeoplasmsChemotherapy, AdjuvantDouble-Blind MethodDrug Administration ScheduleFatty Acids, Omega-3FemaleHumansMiddle AgedMusculoskeletal PainMusculoskeletal SystemNeoplasm StagingPatient SatisfactionAntineoplastic AgentsAromatase InhibitorsFatty Acids, Omega-3

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PMID25940724
PMCPMC4451174
OpenAlexW2096994776

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