Lycopene in Preventing Prostate Cancer in Patients Who Are at High Risk of Developing Prostate Cancer

NCT00416325 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2013-06-26

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Summary

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs or substances to keep cancer from forming, growing, or coming back. The use of lycopene, a substance found in tomatoes, may keep prostate cancer from forming in patients at high risk of developing prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of lycopene in preventing prostate cancer in patients who are at high risk of developing prostate cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

lycopene

OTHER

laboratory biomarker analysis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Keith A. Rodvold · University of Illinois at Chicago

Study Design

Purpose
PREVENTION

Eligibility

Min Age
35 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Completion
2006-09-30

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