S0000 Selenium and Vitamin E in Preventing Prostate Cancer

Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Prostate Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the development of cancer. It is not yet known which regimen of selenium and/or vitamin E may be more effective in preventing prostate cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of selenium and vitamin E, either alone or together, in preventing prostate cancer.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00006392
Run by
SWOG Cancer Research Network
People needed
35533
Starts
2001-07-01
Expected to finish
2012-09-01
Last updated by the study team
2015-11-20

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 120. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

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