Perioperative ketorolac in high risk breast cancer patients: Rationale, feasibility and methodology of a prospective randomized placebo-controlled trial

  • Patrice Forget* (Corresponding Author)
  • , Martine Berlière
  • , Aline van Maanen
  • , Francois P. Duhoux
  • , Jean-Pascal Machiels
  • , Pierre G. Coulie
  • , Gauthier Bouche
  • , Marc De Kock
  • , Ketorolac in Breast Cancer trial (KBCtrial) group
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Ketorolac, a NSAID routinely used during surgery proposed to have anticancer effects, is a promising way to improve postoperative oncological outcome. This effect may be particularly prominent in patients with elevated preoperative inflammatory scores, like the neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio. In this paper, we describe the rationale, the preliminary analyses in our patients, the feasibility and the methodology of a prospective randomized trial called “Ketorolac in Breast Cancer trial” (KBCt) (NCT01806259).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)707-712
Number of pages6
JournalMedical Hypotheses
Volume81
Issue number4
Early online date9 Aug 2013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2013

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Financial support
This work is financed by Reliable Cancer Therapies and supported by the Belgian Society of Anaesthesia and Resuscitation, the Fondation Saint-Luc, the Departments of Anesthesiology, and the Commission du Patrimoine of the Université catholique de Louvain, St-Luc Hospital.

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