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Vitamin D Supplement in Preventing Colon Cancer in African Americans With Colon Polyps

NCT00870961 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2013-09-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming. The use of vitamin D may keep colorectal cancer from forming in patients with colon polyps.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase I trial is studying a vitamin D supplement to see how well it works compared with a placebo in preventing colorectal cancer in African Americans with colon polyps.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

cholecalciferol

Given orally

OTHER

placebo

Given orally

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Halla Nimeiri, MD · Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-02-28
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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