Prostate Cancer Trial: Pomegranate Juice in Treating Patients With Rising Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels After Surgery

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Jul 23, 2008 - 9:22:49 PM

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Pomegranate Juice in Treating Patients With Rising Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels After Surgery or Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer

Pomegranate Juice in Treating Patients With Rising Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels After Surgery or Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer

RATIONALE: Pomegranate juice may keep prostate cancer from growing in patients with rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels after surgery or radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying how well pomegranate juice works in treating patients with rising PSA levels after surgery or radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Prostate Cancer	Drug: placebo Drug: pomegranate juice	Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Prostate Cancer Surgery

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control

Official Title: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Pomegranate Juice for Men With Rising Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels Following Surgery or Radiation for Prostate Cancer

Find Related Studies by Searching for the Conditions, Interventions, and Sponsors found in this study:

1 Conditions listed in this trial

Prostate Cancer

2 Additional conditions recognized in this trial

Prostatic Neoplasms

3 More general conditions related to this trial

Genital Diseases, Male

Genital Neoplasms, Male

Neoplasms

Neoplasms by Site

Prostatic Diseases

Urogenital Neoplasms

4 Interventions listed in this trial

placebo

pomegranate juice

5 Sponsors listed in this trial

Roll International

National Cancer Institute (NCI

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