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Vitamin E, Selenium, and Soy Protein in Preventing Cancer in Patients With High-Grade Prostate Neoplasia

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Precancerous/Nonmalignant Condition
Prostate Cancer
Registration Number
NCT00064194
Lead Sponsor
NCIC Clinical Trials Group
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain substances to try to prevent the development or recurrence of cancer. Vitamin E, selenium, and soy protein may be effective in preventing the development of prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to study the effectiveness of combining vitamin E, selenium, and soy protein in preventing prostate cancer in patients who have high-grade prostate neoplasia.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine whether nutritional supplementation with soy protein isolate, vitamin E, and selenium can delay the time to development of invasive prostate cancer (disease-free survival) in patients with high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia.

* Determine the effect of this supplementation on intermediate endpoints that may reflect a lessened risk of invasive prostate cancer (e.g., serum PSA levels, hormone levels, lycopene, malondialdehyde, vitamin E, and reduced thiol groups) in these patients.

* Determine the safety of this supplementation in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double-blind, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive oral vitamin E, oral selenium, and oral soy protein isolate twice daily.

* Arm II: Patients receive oral placebo twice daily. In both arms, treatment continues for 3 years in the absence of invasive prostate cancer (demonstrated on biopsy) or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months for 2 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 306 patients (153 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 6 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
310
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Nova Scotia Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Princess Margaret Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Nova Scotia Cancer Centre
🇨🇦Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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