Phenethyl Isothiocyanate in Preventing Lung Cancer in Smokers

Research Group
Lung and Upper Aerodigestive Cancer
Sponsor
University of Minnesota
Status
Completed
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
For more information, see ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00691132
RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming. The use of phenethyl isothiocyanate may prevent lung cancer in people who smoke cigarettes.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying phenethyl isothiocyanate to see how well it works in preventing lung cancer in smokers.
Intervention
phenethyl isothiocyanate, placebo
Condition
Lung Cancer, Tobacco Use Disorder
Investigators
Dorothy K. Hatsukami, PhD

See list of participating sites