Status:

COMPLETED

Soy Protein in Preventing Recurrent Cancer in Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Stage II Prostate Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

University of Illinois at Chicago

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Prostate Cancer

Eligibility:

MALE

40-75 years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Soy protein may help prevent prostate cancer recurrence in patients who have undergone surgery for prostate cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II/III trial is studying how well soy pro...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine whether soy protein isolate reduces the PSA failure rate and time to PSA failure within 2 years following radical prostatectomy in patients who are at high risk for prostate c...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Diagnosis of prostate cancer
  • Clinically localized (T1c or T2) disease
  • At high risk for recurrence, as defined by ≥ 1 of the following:
  • Preoperative PSA \> 20.0 ng/mL
  • Seminal vesicle invasion
  • Extracapsular extension (excluding the bladder neck)
  • Positive surgical margins (excluding apical margins)
  • Micrometastases in any removed pelvic lymph nodes
  • Final Gleason score of ≥ 8
  • Must have undergone radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer within the past 4 months
  • Must have an undetectable PSA (\< 0.07 ng/mL) at baseline, as measured by Tosoh PSA assay
  • No clinical evidence of locally recurrent or metastatic disease
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • No significant intake of soy (i.e., more than once a week) at baseline including, but not limited to, any of the following:
  • Vegetarians who regularly consume soy products (e.g., tofu)
  • Individuals with customary Asian dietary habits, including regular intake of soy products
  • Individuals who use soy-based milk replacements
  • No anemia, iron deficiency problems, or subclinical iron deficiency at baseline
  • No diabetes
  • No thyroid disease
  • No requirement for a sodium-free diet
  • No substantive tendency to be constipated (i.e., ≥ grade 2 constipation experienced regularly)
  • No medical problem that would preclude the consumption of the soy containing beverage powder, including allergies against soy (or milk protein)
  • No concurrent major disease, including major mental disease or major substance abuse problems
  • No significant side effects from medication
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No concurrent radiotherapy or hormonal therapy
  • No other concurrent adjuvant therapy for prostate cancer

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    December 1 2006

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    July 1 2013

    Estimated Enrollment :

    284 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00765479

    Start Date

    December 1 2006

    End Date

    July 1 2013

    Last Update

    September 20 2013

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    University of Illinois Cancer Center

    Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612-7243