Glutamine in Preventing Acute Diarrhea in Patients With Pelvic Cancer
Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Cancer
In brief
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Glutamine may be an effective treatment for acute diarrhea caused by radiation therapy. It is not known if glutamine is an effective treatment for acute diarrhea caused by radiation therapy. PURPOSE: Randomized double-blinded phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of glutamine in preventing acute diarrhea in patients who have pelvic cancer and who are receiving radiation therapy.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00003170
- Run by
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- People needed
- 129
- Starts
- 1998-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2003-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-07-14
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
- CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association — Peoria, Illinois, United States
- CCOP - Carle Cancer Center — Urbana, Illinois, United States
- CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project — Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
- CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- Siouxland Hematology-Oncology — Sioux City, Iowa, United States
- CCOP - Wichita — Wichita, Kansas, United States
- CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- CCOP - Duluth — Duluth, Minnesota, United States
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center — Rochester, Minnesota, United States
- CentraCare Clinic — Saint Cloud, Minnesota, United States
- CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium — Omaha, Nebraska, United States
- Quain & Ramstad Clinic, P.C. — Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
- CCOP - Merit Care Hospital — Fargo, North Dakota, United States
- CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program — Toledo, Ohio, United States
- CCOP - Geisinger Clinical and Medical Center — Danville, Pennsylvania, United States
- CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium — Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
- Saskatchewan Cancer Agency — Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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