Green Tea, Black Tea, or Water in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer Undergoing Surgery

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Prostate Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Green tea contains ingredients that may prevent or slow the growth of certain cancers. It is not yet known whether green tea is more effective than black tea or water in treating prostate cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying green tea to see how well it works compared with black tea and water in treating patients with prostate cancer undergoing surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00685516

Run by

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

People needed

113

Starts

2007-09-01

Expected to finish

2015-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-12-31

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 75. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• subject consents to participate in the trial.
• subject is 40-75 years of age and has a diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the prostate.
• Scheduled to undergo radical prostatectomy.
• The subject agrees to stop consumption of tea or tea-containing products throughout the entire intervention period except for the tea provided during study intervention.
• The subject agrees to stop consumption of dietary or vitamin supplements (e.g., lycopene, Vitamin E, selenium, genistein) or herbal supplements (e.g., saw palmetto, PC-SPES)

You may not qualify if…

• history of hepatitis or liver dysfunction
• ongoing alcohol abuse
• significant medical or psychiatric conditions that would make the patient a poor protocol candidate
• prior sensitivity or allergic reaction to tea, tea products, or tea supplements
• allergy or sensitivity to multiple food items or nutritional supplements
• concurrent luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists, androgen receptor blocking agents, or finasteride
• prior bilateral orchiectomy

Where it is running

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - West Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA — Los Angeles, California, United States

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