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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Roswell Park Cancer Institute National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
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Information provided by: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00887432 |
RATIONALE: Cholecalciferol may help prostate cancer cells become more like normal cells, and to grow and spread more slowly.
PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well cholecalciferol supplement works in treating patients with localized prostate cancer undergoing observation.
Condition | Intervention |
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Prostate Cancer |
Dietary Supplement: cholecalciferol Other: placebo |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control |
Official Title: | Randomized Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Study of Cholecalciferol Replacement in Patients on Expectant Management for Localized Prostate Cancer |
Estimated Enrollment: | 100 |
Study Start Date: | April 2009 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | October 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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Arm I: Experimental
Patients receive oral cholecalciferol once daily for 9 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After a wash-out period of 3 months, patients then receive oral placebo once daily for 9 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
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Dietary Supplement: cholecalciferol
Given orally
Other: placebo
Given orally
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Arm II: Experimental
Patients receive oral placebo once daily for 9 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After a wash-out period of 3 months, patients then receive oral cholecalciferol once daily for 9 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
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Dietary Supplement: cholecalciferol
Given orally
Other: placebo
Given orally
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OBJECTIVES:
Primary
Secondary
OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to Gleason score (≤ 6 vs > 6) and season of study entry (winter/spring vs summer/fall). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
United States, New York | |
Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Recruiting |
Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263-0001 | |
Contact: Clinical Trials Office - Roswell Park Cancer Institute 877-275-7724 |
Principal Investigator: | Donald L. Trump, MD | Roswell Park Cancer Institute |
Responsible Party: | Roswell Park Cancer Institute ( Donald L. Trump ) |
Study ID Numbers: | CDR0000640525, RPCI-I-128308 |
Study First Received: | April 23, 2009 |
Last Updated: | April 23, 2009 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00887432 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | Unspecified |
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