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Adenocarcinoma of the ProstatePhase 2NCT00450749

Lycopene in Treating Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing therapeutic conventional surgery, laboratory biomarker analysis and lycopene in people with Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate and Stage I Prostate Cancer, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This randomized phase II trial studies how well different doses of lycopene work in treating patients undergoing radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. The use of lycopene, a substance found in tomatoes, may keep prostate cancer from growing or coming back after surgery. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, men only
What is being tested?
therapeutic conventional surgery, laboratory biomarker analysis and lycopene
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
10 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Feb 2008to May 2010
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • Men only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Criteria:

  • Creatinine normal
  • Biopsy-confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate
  • Localized disease
  • Planned radical prostatectomy
  • ECOG performance status (PS) 0-2 OR Karnofsky PS 60-100%
  • WBC >= 3,000/mm^3
  • Platelet count >= 100,000/mm^3
  • Bilirubin normal
  • AST and ALT =< 2.5 times upper limit of normal
  • Fertile patients must use effective barrier contraception
  • No other invasive cancer (except nonmelanoma skin cancer) within the past 2 years
  • Patients who received curative treatment and have shown no evidence of recurrence within the past 2 years are eligible
  • No history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to lycopene (e.g., other carotenoids, including lutein and beta-carotene)
  • More than 30 days since prior regular (> once weekly) lycopene supplementation (>= 15 mg/day) and meets the following criteria: no more than 2 servings of tomato sauce, juice, or soup per week; no more than 4 servings of grapefruit, raw tomato, or watermelon per week
  • Must not consume 1 serving of tomato sauce, juice, or soup per week AND more than 2 servings of grapefruit, raw tomato, or watermelon per week
  • More than 30 days since prior and no concurrent investigational medication
  • No concurrent chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormonal therapy, or immunotherapy
  • No history of allergy to foods containing lycopene (e.g., tomatoes or tomato products, watermelon, guava, and pink grapefruit)
  • No concurrent uncontrolled illness including, but not limited to, any of the following: ongoing or active infection; symptomatic congestive heart failure; unstable angina pectoris; cardiac arrhythmia; psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • No prior therapy for prostate cancer, including radiotherapy to the prostate or pelvis, androgen ablation, or antiandrogen systemic therapy
  • No other concurrent lycopene (>= 15 mg/day)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030

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About this study

Official title: Phase II Placebo Controlled Trial of Preoperative Lycopene Supplementation in Prostate Cancer Patients

This randomized phase II trial studies how well different doses of lycopene work in treating patients undergoing radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. The use of lycopene, a substance found in tomatoes, may keep prostate cancer from growing or coming back after surgery.

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. Compare the differences in tissue concentrations of lycopene in patients with prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy treated with different doses of neoadjuvant lycopene supplementation.

II. Compare the change in serum lycopene concentration from baseline and at 4-7 weeks in patients treated with different doses of lycopene.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. Determine the effect of this treatment in down-regulating 5-alpha-reductase activity by measuring the change in the ratio of testosterone (T) to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in serum at baseline and at 4-7 weeks and the ratio of T:DHT in prostatic surgical tissue post-treatment.

II. Determine the effect of this treatment in attenuating baseline blood serum concentrations of total prostate-specific antigen (PSA), free PSA, and human kallikrein 2 in these patients.

III. Determine the effect of this treatment on growth potential by examining post-treatment radical prostatectomy tissue specimens for proliferative index (PI) by Ki-67 expression, apoptotic index (AI) by TUNEL assay, and PI:AI ratio in these patients.

IV. Determine the effect of this treatment in modulating putative biomarkers of lycopene efficacy, including serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 and IGF binding protein-3, lymphocyte oxidative DNA damage capacity by Comet assay, and GST-pi expression in prostatic tissue from these patients.

  1. Compare the histological effect of different doses of lycopene on putative prognostic features, including the presence and extent of high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, prostatitis, total tumor volume, local invasion (vascular and lymphatic, capsular, seminal vesicle), pathologic stage, Gleason score, surgical margins, and lymph node status in these patients.

VI. Determine the effect of this treatment in modulating the RNA expression of androgen-related genes by microarray analysis in these patients.

OUTLINE:

This is a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center. Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 treatment arms.

ARM I: Patients receive placebo orally (PO) once daily (QD) for 4-7 weeks, and then undergo radical prostatectomy.

ARM II: Patients receive low-dose lycopene PO QD for 4-7 weeks, and then undergo radical prostatectomy.

ARM III: Patients receive high-dose lycopene PO QD for 4-7 weeks, and then undergo radical prostatectomy.

Tumor samples are collected from prostatectomy for laboratory studies, including GST-pi expression by immunohistochemistry; histological analysis; microarray analysis of androgen-related genes; ratio of testosterone (T) to dihydrotestosterone (DHT); Ki-67 expression; and lycopene tumor-concentration measurement.

Patients undergo blood collection at baseline, week 4, and week 7 for laboratory studies, including serum lycopene concentration measurement; level of T or DHT by high-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS) analysis; serum concentrations of total prostate-specific antigen (PSA), free PSA, and human kallikrein 2; lymphocyte oxidative DNA damage capacity; and serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 and IGF binding protein-3 by radioimmunological assay.

Being tested
placebo, therapeutic conventional surgery, laboratory biomarker analysis, lycopene
Medical subject headings
Prostatic Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • placeboOther

    Also called PLCB

    Given PO

  • therapeutic conventional surgeryProcedure or surgery

    Undergo radical prostatectomy

  • laboratory biomarker analysisOther

    Correlative studies

  • lycopeneDrug

    Also called all-trans-Lycopene, Lyc-O-Mato, LYCO, psi,psi-Carotene

    Given PO

Study groups in NCT00450749
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Arm I (placebo)Placebo comparatorPatients receive placebo PO QD for 4-7 weeks, and then undergo radical prostatectomy.
Receives: Other: placebo; Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery; Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Arm II (low-dose lycopene)ExperimentalPatients receive low-dose lycopene PO QD for 4-7 weeks, and then undergo radical prostatectomy.
Receives: Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery; Other: laboratory biomarker analysis; Drug: lycopene
Arm III (high-dose lycopene)ExperimentalPatients receive high-dose lycopene PO QD for 4-7 weeks, and then undergo radical prostatectomy.
Receives: Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery; Other: laboratory biomarker analysis; Drug: lycopene

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Concentration of Lycopene in Prostatic Surgical Tissue

    Total tissue lycopene concentrations in radical prostatectomy specimens in participants receiving 6 weeks (± 1 week) of preoperative supplementation with 60 mg/day lycopene, 30 mg/day lycopene, or placebo. Concentration of lycopene in prostatic surgical tissue calculated using the high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method.

    Measured: At 4-7 weeks

  2. Serum Levels (ug/dL) of Total Lycopene at Baseline and During Treatment by Group

    Serum levels (ug/dL) of total lycopene at baseline and during treatment by group were measured.

    Measured: Baseline and weeks 4 and 7

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. Ratio of T:DHT in Prostatic Surgical Tissue

    Measured: At 4-7 weeks

  2. Serum Concentrations of Total Prostate-specific Antigen (PSA), Free PSA, and Human Kallikrein 2

    Measured: Baseline and at 4-7 weeks

  3. Growth Potential Assessed by the Ratio of Proliferation (Ki-67):Apoptosis (TUNEL) in Prostatic Surgical Tissue

    Measured: At 4-7 weeks

  4. Serum Concentrations of Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF)-1 and IGF Binding Protein-3

    Measured: At baseline and at 4-7 weeks

  5. Lymphocyte Oxidative DNA Damage Capacity as Measured by Comet Assay

    Measured: At baseline and at 4-7 weeks

  6. Expression of GST-pi in Prostatic Surgical Tissue

    Measured: At 4-7 weeks

  7. Histological Characteristics of Prostatic Surgical Tissue

    Measured: At 4-7 weeks

  8. Modulation of Expression of Androgen-related Genes as Measured by Microarray in Prostatic Surgical Tissue

    Measured: At 4-7 weeks

  9. Ratio of Testosterone (T) to Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in Serum

    Measured: Baseline and at 4-7 weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted22 Mar 2007 (estimated)
  2. Study startFeb 2008
  3. Primary completionMay 2010
  4. Study completionMay 2010

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator
Enrolment
10 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00450749
Sponsor's protocol ID
NCI-2009-00857
Other IDs
NCI-2009-00857, MSKCC-06118, MDA-CC-2006-0388, CDR0000653464, CDR0000532938, 06-118, 2006-0388, MDA04-3-01
Status last verified
Dec 2019
First submitted
20 Mar 2007
Last updated
18 Dec 2019
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing therapeutic conventional surgery, laboratory biomarker analysis and lycopene in people with Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate and Stage I Prostate Cancer, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Dec 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 16 Jul 2012). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Concentration of Lycopene in Prostatic Surgical Tissue (time frame: At 4-7 weeks). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 18 Dec 2019.

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