Green Tea or Polyphenon E in Preventing Lung Cancer in Former Smokers With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Lung Cancer Prevention

In brief

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain substances to keep cancer from forming, growing, or coming back. The use of green tea or polyphenon E may prevent cancer from forming in former smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well green tea or polyphenon E work in preventing lung cancer in former smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00363805

Run by

Sherry Chow

People needed

178

Starts

2004-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-11-28

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare - Shea — Tucson, Arizona, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson — Tucson, Arizona, United States
• Arizona Cancer Center at University of Arizona Health Sciences Center — Tucson, Arizona, United States

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