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Green Tea Extract in Preventing Cancer in Former and Current Heavy Smokers With Abnormal Sputum

NCT00573885 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 53

Last updated 2012-03-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming. Green tea extract may keep cancer from forming.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying green tea extract in preventing cancer in former and current heavy smokers with abnormal sputum.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

defined green tea catechin extract

Given orally

OTHER

placebo

Given orally

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Cincinnati

    collaborator OTHER

  • British Columbia Cancer Agency

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stephen Lam, MD · British Columbia Cancer Agency

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
74 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-11-30
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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