Major Program
Phase 0 I II Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Program
Research Group
Gastrointestinal and Other Cancers
Sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Status
Completed
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
For more information, see ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00365209
Chemoprevention is the use of certain substances to keep cancer from forming, growing, or coming back. Curcumin is a compound found in plants that may prevent colon cancer from forming. This phase II trial is studying how well curcumin works in preventing colon cancer in smokers with aberrant crypt foci.
Intervention
curcumin, laboratory biomarker analysis, pharmacological study
Condition
Healthy, no Evidence of Disease, Tobacco Use Disorder
Investigators
Frank Meyskens