Celecoxib in Preventing Polyps in Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Stage I Colon Cancer

Stopped early · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Colorectal 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 whether celecoxib is effective in preventing polyps in patients with colon cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to study the effectiveness of celecoxib in preventing the development of polyps in patients who have undergone surgery for stage I colon cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00087256

Run by

NSABP Foundation Inc

People needed

18

Starts

2004-07-01

Expected to finish

2006-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-01-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Allegheny General Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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