Vitamin D Supplement in Preventing Colon Cancer in African Americans With Colon Polyps
Stopped early · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer, Precancerous Condition
In brief
RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming. The use of vitamin D may keep colorectal cancer from forming in patients with colon polyps. PURPOSE: This randomized phase I trial is studying a vitamin D supplement to see how well it works compared with a placebo in preventing colorectal cancer in African Americans with colon polyps.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00870961
- Run by
- Northwestern University
- People needed
- 22
- Starts
- 2009-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-09-16
Who can join
Age: 50 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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