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Lycopene in Preventing Prostate Cancer in Healthy Participants

Not Applicable
Conditions
Prostate Cancer
Interventions
Dietary Supplement: lycopene
Other: placebo
Registration Number
NCT00322114
Lead Sponsor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Brief 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.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well lycopene works in preventing prostate cancer in healthy participants.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Determine whether lycopene supplementation affects percent free and bound prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in healthy participants.

Secondary

* Determine whether lycopene reduces oxidative stress in these participants, as indicated by lipid peroxidation assay.

* Determine whether a 21-day washout period is sufficient to return lycopene, PSA, and lipid peroxidation products to baseline.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, placebo-controlled study. Participants are randomized to 1 of 3 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Participants receive an oral tomato dietary supplement containing lycopene twice daily for 3 weeks.

* Arm II: Participants receive an oral tomato dietary supplement containing lycopene at a higher dose twice daily for 3 weeks.

* Arm III: Participants receive oral placebo twice daily for 3 weeks. Urine and blood samples are collected on days 0, 21, and 42.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 150 participants will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
150
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Arm IlycopeneParticipants receive an oral tomato dietary supplement containing lycopene twice daily for 3 weeks.
Arm IIlycopeneParticipants receive an oral tomato dietary supplement containing lycopene at a higher dose twice daily for 3 weeks.
Arm IIIplaceboParticipants receive oral placebo twice daily for 3 weeks.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Measurement of changes in percent free and total serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) induced by lycopene
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Illinois Cancer Center

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

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