Clinical Trial: Effects of Tamoxifen in Premenopausal Women With Benign Breast Disease Not at High-Risk of Developing Breast Cancer

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: A Single Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial of the Comparative Effects of Tamoxifen and Evening Primrose Oil in Premenopausal Non-high Risk Patients With Benign Breast Disease With Respect to the Est

Brief Summary:

The purpose of the study is to determine the efficacy and relapse rate of low dose, short duration treatment with tamoxifen in benign breast disease amenable to hormonal therapy with respect to etiology and estrogen receptor status and to realize its side-effects and cost of therapy.

To do a comparative analysis of the results with evening primrose oil which is one of the first line management in benign breast disease.