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Standard of Care Neoadjuvant… (NCT04677816)

Impact of Vitamin D Supplementation on the Rate of Pathologic Complete Response in Vitamin D Deficient Patients: a one-minute explainerNCT046778161 min

Standard of Care Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (NAC) trial for Triple Negative Breast Cancer (NCT04677816). This is a short film with English narration. The transcript is on this page, and the written brief is separate.

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This trial is for adults with operable breast cancer meeting the study’s triple-negative criteria, before preoperative chemotherapy. Participants are grouped by vitamin D levels.

The idea: deficient patients take oral vitamin D3, 50,000 international units weekly for 20 weeks, alongside chemotherapy. Activated vitamin D binds receptors that change gene activity. Researchers test whether supplementation affects complete tumor clearance at surgery. Patients with sufficient vitamin D form an observational group; this is not random assignment.

This phase 2 study plans 50 patients. Emily Douglas leads at Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, the sole recruiting US site.

Public record; not medical advice.

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