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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12615001277538
ACTRN12615001277538
Completed
Not Applicable

A clinical window study in colorectal cancer patients to assess the effects of high dose vitamin C administration on tumour biology

Prof Margreet Vissers0 sites12 target enrollmentNovember 24, 2015

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Colorectal cancer
Sponsor
Prof Margreet Vissers
Enrollment
12
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
November 24, 2015
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Prof Margreet Vissers

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\.Confirmed colorectal cancer (via biopsy histology) and scheduled to undergo surgery
  • 2\.Good physical functional status – ECOG grade 0 or 1
  • 3\.Aged \>/\= 18 years
  • 4\.Able to give informed consent to participate in the study
  • 5\.Signed informed consent to donate tissue (biopsy tissue and surplus tissue from surgery) and blood samples
  • 6\.Adequate bone marrow, hepatic, renal and cardiac function
  • 7\.Able to come to the clinical research unit four times in the week prior to surgery for IV infusions

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\.Receiving neoadjuvant therapy
  • 2\.Supplementing with vitamin C \>/\= 1g/d
  • 3\.Serum creatinine concentration \>175 µmol/L
  • 4\.Erythrocyte glucose\-6\-phosphate dehydrogenase activity deficiency
  • 5\.Serious gastrointestinal disorders including active bleeding
  • 6\.Patients with serious or uncontrolled infection, cardiac or neurological conditions
  • 7\.Dementia or altered mental status that would render informed consent impossible
  • 8\.Pregnant or lactating women
  • 9\.Any abnormal laboratory value or medical condition that would, in the investigators’ judgement, make the patient a poor candidate for the study
  • 10\.Current calcium oxalate nephropathies with the potential to block urinary flow

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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