The Effect of Coconut Oil on Alopecia

Dr Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Treatments: Other: Coconut Oil

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06818370

Ankara Onkoloji EAH

Details and patient eligibility

About

İn this study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of coconut oil on alopecia in 86 female breast cancer patients treated at Dr Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital between 01.02.2025-31.12.2025.

Full description

Cancer is a disease in which the cells in our body multiply uncontrollably and develop by metastasizing, and the symptoms, course and consequences of the disease can show complex qualities in each patient. Cancer treatments have benefits and harms. One of these side effects is alopecia.

Alopecia due to cancer treatments is a condition of hair loss, partial or complete, usually temporary but rarely permanent.

In chemotherapy-induced alopecia, the hair follicle is damaged due to the pause in the anagen phase and causes the hair to break off spontaneously during activities such as washing and brushing the hair.

Various scales are used in the evaluation of alopecia due to cancer treatments, such as the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Side Effects and the Dean Alopecia Scale.

Some applications are made to prevent and treat alopecia. These include strategies and pharmacological applications to physically reduce the amount of medication given to the hair follicle.

Coconut oil helps regrow damaged hair. It provides essential proteins necessary for hair and softens the scalp and hair.

In the literature, it has been observed that studies showing the effects of coconut oil for the prevention and treatment of alopecia are insufficient. This study will be conducted on 86 breast cancer patients to determine the effect of coconut oil on the development of alopecia.

Enrollment: 86 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • To have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

  • The chemotherapy treatment plan should be planned as the Doxorubicin-Cyclophosphamide protocol.
  • Volunteer to participate in the study.
  • Be 18 years of age or older.
  • Being a woman.

Exclusion criteria

• • Having any health problem or disability that prevents communication (vision-hearing problems, neurological, psychiatric diseases).

  • Planning other treatments other than the Doxorubicin-Cyclophosphamide protocol for the treatment of breast cancer.
  • Not volunteering to participate in the study.
  • Having previously experienced any disease/skin problem that causes hair loss.
  • Having received chemotherapy before.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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86 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

At the beginning of the study,patients will be asked to fill out an individual information form containing demographic information and disease process before the first chemotherapy application.The coconut oil application protocol will be explained to the patients in the experimental group and 10 milliliters of coconut oil will be applied to the hair follicles once a week. Alopecia assessment will be done every week.

Treatment:

Other: Coconut Oil

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

At the beginning of the study,patients will be asked to fill out an individual information form containing demographic information and disease process before the first chemotherapy application. Patients in the control group will be asked not to apply anything to their hair. In each subsequent week, the presence of hair loss of the patients will be evaluated with the alopecia evaluation scale.