Celecoxib in Preventing Cancer in Patients With Rectal Polyps or Colorectal Neoplasia
- Conditions
- Colorectal Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT00043043
- Lead Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Celecoxib may be effective in preventing colorectal cancer in patients who have a history of rectal polyps or colorectal neoplasia.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to study the effectiveness of celecoxib in preventing colorectal cancer in patients who have a history of rectal polyps or colorectal neoplasia.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
* Compare the effects of celecoxib vs placebo on the number of rectal aberrant crypt foci in patients with premalignant rectal polyps or prior sporadic colorectal neoplasia.
Secondary
* Compare the effects of these drugs on proliferation index, apoptotic index, and gene expression patterns in ascending and descending colon tissue from these patients before and after treatment.
* Assess gene expression patterns in normal mucosa from the ascending vs descending colon in patients referred for screening, surveillance, or diagnostic colonoscopy.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, chemoprevention study. Patients are stratified according to age (18 to 49 vs 50 and over) and number of rectal aberrant crypt foci (5-9 vs 10 or more).
All patients undergo a baseline biomarker assessment and full colonoscopy to resect all neoplasms, quantitate rectal aberrant crypt foci, and biopsy rectal mucosa.
Depending on the results of the biomarker assessments, patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. Patients with no adenomas of 5 mm or greater receive no further treatment.
* Arm I: Patients receive oral celecoxib twice daily.
* Arm II: Patients receive oral placebo twice daily. In both arms, treatment continues for 6 months in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.
All patients undergo an endoscopic exam of the colorectum at completion of study.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 100 patients will be accrued for the baseline biomarker assessment and a total of 40 patients (20 per arm) will be accrued for the chemoprevention study within 1 year.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Studies Support
🇺🇸Bethesda, Maryland, United States
National Naval Medical Center
🇺🇸Bethesda, Maryland, United States