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Phase 2 N=291 Randomized Single-blind Prevention

Broccoli Sprout Intervention in Qidong, P.R. China

Environmental Carcinogenesis

Enrolled (actual)
291
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Sep 2013
Primary outcome: Primary: Effect of Treatment on Levels of Air Toxics Mercapturic Acids Over Intervention Period — 1.700; 1.065 pmol/mg creatinine

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Interventions
Broccoli Sprout Extract Beverage (Drug); placebo beverage (Drug)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 21+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Primary completion
Jan 2012

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Effect of Treatment on Levels of Air Toxics Mercapturic Acids Over Intervention Period
1.700; 1.065
SECONDARY
Levels of Sulforaphane and Its Metabolites at the End of Intervention Period (After 84 Daily Doses)
1; 62

Summary

This study is a 12 week placebo-controlled Phase II broccoli sprout intervention to be conducted in Qidong, P.R. China. One thousand two hundred people from the farming townships will be screened and three hundred eligible individuals will be enrolled in the study. Participants will be randomized into two treatment groups: one will receive a juice beverage containing glucoraphanin- and sulforaphane-rich broccoli sprout extract, pineapple juice, lime juice, and water and the other will receive a placebo beverage containing pineapple juice, lime juice and water. Participants will drink their assigned beverage every evening and provide biweekly urine samples and monthly blood samples. The principal endpoints of this study are pharmacokinetic evaluation of elimination of glucoraphanin/sulforaphane and their metabolites in urine and pharmacodynamic evaluation through measures of urinary levels of exposure biomarkers for dietary and air-borne toxins, which are known to be high in this population.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • age 21-65 years
  • in good general health with no history of chronic illness
  • normal liver function tests: alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), bilirubin)
  • normal renal function tests (creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, urinalysis)
  • serum alpha-fetoprotein negative

Exclusion Criteria

  • personal history of cancer except for non-melanoma skin cancer
  • use of prescribed medications
  • hepatomegaly by clinical exam
  • for women, a positive pregnancy test
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01437501). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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