Lycopene in Preventing Prostate Cancer in Healthy Participants

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Prostate Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs or substances to keep cancer from forming, growing, or coming back. The use of lycopene, a substance found in tomatoes, may keep prostate cancer from forming. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well lycopene works in preventing prostate cancer in healthy participants.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00322114

Run by

University of Illinois at Chicago

People needed

150

Starts

2006-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-09-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

• University of Illinois Cancer Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States (enrolling)

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