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Pilot Study Evaluating Broccoli Sprouts in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer [POUDER Trial]

NCT01879878 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2015-05-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of the POUDER trial is to determine the feasibility of a randomized controlled trial regarding the application of freeze-dried broccoli sprouts rich in sulforaphane and quercetin in patients with advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma that receive palliative chemotherapy.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Verum, broccoli sprout grain

Patients will be randomly classified into two groups - verum and placebo. The patients in the experimental arm will receive capsules with broccoli sprout grain containing a total of 90mg sulforaphane active substance per day over one year as nutrition supplement whereas patients assigned to the placebo group will receive inactive substance (methylcellulose) with identical capsule and portion distribution.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

placebo

Patients assigned to the placebo group will receive inactive substance (methylcellulose) with identical capsule and portion distribution as the experimental arm.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Cancer Research Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • Heidelberg University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Peter Schemmer, Prof. Dr. med. · Heidelberg University

  • Ingrid Herr, Prof. Dr. · Heidelberg University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-12-31
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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Diseases

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