Curcumin in Preventing Gastric Cancer in Patients With Chronic Atrophic Gastritis or Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia

Major Program
Phase 0 I II Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Program
Research Group
Gastrointestinal and Other Cancers
Sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Status
Active, not recruiting
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
For more information, see ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02782949
This randomized phase IIb trial studies how well curcumin works in preventing gastric cancer in patients with chronic atrophic gastritis and/or gastric intestinal metaplasia. Curcumin is an antioxidant compound found in plants that may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.
Intervention
Curcumin, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Quality-of-Life Assessment, Placebo Administration
Condition
Chronic Atrophic Gastritis
Investigators
Marcia R Cruz-Correa

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