Protein acetylation as a diet-modifiable biomarker of colorectal cancer risk
- Conditions
- Colorectal cancer/bowel healthCancerMalignant 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
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
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
Name Time Method 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
Name Time Method 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.