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Protein acetylation as a diet-modifiable biomarker of colorectal cancer risk

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Colorectal cancer/bowel health
Cancer
Malignant neoplasm of rectosigmoid junction
Registration Number
ISRCTN90852168
Lead Sponsor
niversity of Sheffield (UK)
Brief Summary

2009 protocol in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19765278 2015 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26462274

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
140
Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 40 years and above, either sex for interventional arm and male only for cross-sectional arm
2. Adenoma, normal or cancer colon (30 of each group)
3. Body mass index (BMI) between 20 and 29 kg/m^2; 1. Aged 40 years and above, either sex for interventional arm and male only for cross-sectional arm
2. Adenoma, normal or cancer colon (30 of each group)
3. Body mass index (BMI) between 20 and 29 kg/m^2

Exclusion Criteria

1. Severe medical or psychiatric illness
2. Unable to understand or communicate effectively; 1. Severe medical or psychiatric illness
2. Unable to understand or communicate effectively

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Altered faecal short chain fatty acid (SCFA) production.<br><br>In the cross-sectional arm there is a single sampling timepoint and all primary and secondary measures are made at this point. For the intervention arm sampling is performed at baseline and after 8 weeks of intervention.;Altered faecal short chain fatty acid (SCFA) production.<br><br>In the cross-sectional arm there is a single sampling timepoint and all primary and secondary measures are made at this point. For the intervention arm sampling is performed at baseline and after 8 weeks of intervention.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Altered bowel crypt cytokinetics (proliferation, apoptosis and apoptosis regulators)<br>2. Identification of candidate biomarker acetylations<br><br>In the cross-sectional arm there is a single sampling timepoint and all primary and secondary measures are made at this point. For the intervention arm sampling is performed at baseline and after 8 weeks of intervention.;1. Altered bowel crypt cytokinetics (proliferation, apoptosis and apoptosis regulators)<br>2. Identification of candidate biomarker acetylations<br><br>In the cross-sectional arm there is a single sampling timepoint and all primary and secondary measures are made at this point. For the intervention arm sampling is performed at baseline and after 8 weeks of intervention.
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