Diindolylmethane in Treating Patients With Abnormal Cervical Cells

NCT ID: NCT00462813

Last Updated: 2013-08-07

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

3000 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-10-31

Study Completion Date

2010-01-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming. The use of diindolylmethane, a substance found in cruciferous vegetables, may keep cervical intraepithelial neoplasia or cervical cancer from forming.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying diindolylmethane to see how well it works compared to a placebo in treating patients with abnormal cervical cells.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Compare the effect of diindolylmethane vs placebo in reducing the prevalence of histologically proven high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in patients with low-grade cervical cytological abnormalities.
* Compare the effect of these regimens in reducing the prevalence of cytological abnormalities in these patients.
* Compare the effect of these regimens in changing the clinical appearance of the cervix in these patients.
* Determine if diindolylmethane offers benefits in relation to human papillomavirus (HPV) status, including HPV type, viral load, and integration.
* Determine the side effects of supplementation with diindolylmethane.
* Determine the effects of this drug on migraine, mastalgia, weight, and premenstrual syndrome (PMS).

OUTLINE: This is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive oral diindolylmethane once daily for 6 months.
* Arm II: Patients receive oral placebo once daily for 6 months. Patients undergo cervical sampling at baseline and at 6 months for Pap testing by liquid based cytology and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing by polymerase chain reaction. Some patients also undergo urine and hair sample collection at baseline and at 3 and 6 months. Samples are analyzed for estrogen and diindolylmethane metabolites, to monitor patient compliance and response to treatment. Some patients have a cervical photograph taken using a colposcope at baseline and at 6 months. All patients undergo colposcopy at 6 months.

Patients complete a questionnaire at baseline (i.e., for reproductive history, diet, smoking, and premenstrual symptoms) and at 6 months (i.e., for side effects, compliance, changes in smoking, and contraception use). Patients with moderate to severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS) also complete PMS questionnaires once monthly during months 1-6 and 4 months following completion of study therapy. All patients are instructed to maintain current diet and to keep cruciferous vegetables and soy products constant during study course.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for up to 7 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 3,000 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Cervical Cancer Precancerous Condition

Keywords

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cervical cancer cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 1

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Interventions

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oral microencapsulated diindolylmethane

Intervention Type DRUG

polymerase chain reaction

Intervention Type GENETIC

cervical Papanicolaou test

Intervention Type OTHER

cytology specimen collection procedure

Intervention Type OTHER

colposcopic biopsy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* No clinical suspicion of a concurrent invasive cervical cancer

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* No invasive cancer within the past 3 years
* No known HIV positivity
* Not pregnant or nursing
* Not planning to become pregnant within the next 6 months

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* No concurrent immunosuppressive drugs, warfarin, or theophylline
* No concurrent proton pump inhibitor drugs for ulcer or reflux disease (i.e., rabeprazole, esomeprazole magnesium, lansoprazole, omeprazole, or pantoprazole sodium)
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Peter Sasieni, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry

Locations

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Barts and the London School of Medicine

London, England, United Kingdom

Site Status

University Hospital of Wales

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

Related Links

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22075942

Effect of diindolylmethane supplementation on low-grade cervical cytological abnormalities: double-blind, randomised, controlled trial. Br J Cancer. 2012 Jan 3;106(1):45-52. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.496. Epub 2011 Nov 10.

Other Identifiers

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CDR0000539352

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

ISRCTN47437431

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-20717

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CRUK-CRISP-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id