Status:

COMPLETED

Colorectal Inflammatory Response to a Western-Style Diet

Lead Sponsor:

Rockefeller University

Conditions:

Colorectal Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

50-72 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators are involved in a research program to understand how different diets may affect the risk of colorectal polyps and cancer. To that end, the investigators are conducting a study of a w...

Detailed Description

Study subjects participate for about 3 months. During this time, there is one outpatient visit, a 4 week inpatient period, a 4 week outpatient period known as a wash out period and finally another 4 w...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy male and post-menopausal healthy female subjects, aged 50-72 years, who have had a colorectal adenoma removed, or have a first or second degree relative with colorectal neoplasia and thus are themselves at risk for colorectal cancer.

Exclusion

  • Personal history of cancer other than non-melanoma skin cancer within the past 10 years
  • History of hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer
  • Intestinal malabsorption, inflammatory bowel disease
  • Prior gastrointestinal surgery other than appendectomy or surgery of the esophagus
  • Any excess bleeding or coagulation disorders
  • Subjects taking anti-coagulants, sterol-binding resins, NSAIDs other than aspirin, \< 600mg per day, other study medications, or other multiple medications that might, in the view of the study physicians, alter colonic function of inflammation
  • Sustained blood pressure \> 150/95 mm Hg for three consecutive readings
  • Total cholesterol greater than 240mg/dL, triglycerides \>600mg, LDL-C \> 175
  • Subjects with a history of coronary artery disease, with EKG changes consistent with a past myocardial infarction
  • HIV positive subjects
  • Subjects taking antibiotics, anti-diabetes, hormone replacement therapy, oral, transplanted or injected contraceptives (thyroid hormone therapy is permitted as long as the subjects is euthyroid)
  • Subjects consuming a vegetarian diet or a very "prudent diet"
  • Withdrawal Criteria:
  • If a subject is suspected of having taken illicit drugs, the subject will be asked to take a urine test. If positive, the subject will be withdrawn from the study
  • The subject takes any medication prescribed without prior approval of the investigator
  • Persistent noncompliance with the diets prescribed by the RUH nutritionists

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

5 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00932308

Start Date

September 1 2006

End Date

May 1 2008

Last Update

February 17 2012

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Rockefeller University

New York, New York, United States, 10065