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Soy Protein in Preventing Recurrent Cancer in Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Stage II Prostate Cancer

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Prostate Cancer
Interventions
Dietary Supplement: soy protein isolate
Other: placebo
Registration Number
NCT00765479
Lead Sponsor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Soy protein may help prevent prostate cancer recurrence in patients who have undergone surgery for prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase II/III trial is studying how well soy protein works and compares it to a placebo in preventing recurrent cancer in patients who have undergone surgery for stage II prostate cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine whether soy protein isolate reduces the PSA failure rate and time to PSA failure within 2 years following radical prostatectomy in patients who are at high risk for prostate cancer recurrence.

* Determine the effects of soy protein isolate on intermediate biomarkers of steroid hormone axis (testosterone, estradiol, and SHBG) and thyroid activity (T3 and T4).

* Determine the effects of soy protein isolate on intermediate biomarkers of apoptosis (soluble Fas and Fas-ligand), angiogenesis (VEGF and bFGF), antioxidant activity (8-isoprostanes), and IGF axis (IGF-1 and IGFBP-3).

* Compare patients who are equol producers to those who are non-producers.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to hospital/clinic site (NYU vs UIC or Jesse Brown VA Medical Center vs other sites), number of high-risk characteristics (1 vs \> 1), and race (African American vs non-African American \[i.e., non-Hispanic White, Hispanic, Asian, and other\]). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive an oral soy protein isolate beverage once daily.

* Arm II: Patients receive an oral casein placebo beverage once daily. Treatment in both arms continues for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Blood samples are collected periodically for biomarker laboratory studies. Samples are analyzed to measure PSA levels by Tosoh PSA assay; cholesterol levels; isoflavone and equol concentrations by HPLC and ESA; and indicators of steroid hormone axis (testosterone, estradiol, and SHBG), indicators of thyroid activity (T3 and T4), indicators of apoptosis (soluble Fas and Fas-ligand), indicators of angiogenesis (VEGF and bFGF), indicators of oxidative stress (8-isoprostanes), and indicators of IGF axis (IGF-1 and IGFBP-3) by ELISA.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
284
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Arm Isoy protein isolatePatients receive an oral soy protein isolate beverage once daily.
Arm IIplaceboPatients receive an oral casein placebo beverage once daily.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to PSA failure
Two-year PSA failure rate (as surrogate for recurrence)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Serum total cholesterol levels
Apoptotic activity as measured by serum soluble Fas and Fas-ligand levels
Oxidative stress as measured by serum 8-isoprostane levels
Equol production as measured by serum equol concentration
Angiogenesis as measured by serum VEGF and bFGF levels
Steroid hormone axis as measured by serum testosterone, estradiol, and SHBG levels
Thyroid activity as measured by serum T3 and T4 levels
Isoflavone uptake or compliance as measured by serum isoflavone concentration
IGF axis as measured by serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Illinois Cancer Center

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

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