Green Tea Anticancer Mechanisms in Smokers

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether green tea may lower the risk of certain cancers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01162642

Run by

Philip Diaz

People needed

43

Starts

2010-06-01

Expected to finish

2013-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-21

Who can join

Age: 23 and older, up to 40. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy 23-40 year old males and non-pregnant females, who are moderately heavy smokers (1-1.75 packs/day, > 2 years)

You may not qualify if…

• Habitual tea intake
• Habitual flavonoid supplementation
• Soy product intake over twice a week (soy is high in flavonoids).
• Pulmonary diseases
• Chronic or acute infection
• Admission of heavy alcohol intake (> 14 beers or drinks a week)
• Body mass index (BMI) > 30 (moderately overweight subjects will be taken)
• Abnormal EKG
• History of heart or other major health problems (ie arthritis, diabetes).
• Subjects with slightly high blood pressure will be eligible for the project, but more severe hypertension (>150/100)

Where it is running

• The Ohio State University — Columbus, Ohio, United States

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