Study of Acai Juice in Asymptomatic or Minimally Symptomatic Prostate Cancer Patients With Rising PSA
Status: | Completed |
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Conditions: | Prostate Cancer, Cancer |
Therapuetic Areas: | Oncology |
Healthy: | No |
Age Range: | 18 - 89 |
Updated: | 6/8/2018 |
Start Date: | November 4, 2011 |
End Date: | February 1, 2018 |
A Phase 2 Study Acai Juice Product in Asymptomatic or Minimally Symptomatic Prostate Cancer Patients With Rising Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)
Men who have Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) recurrence with low PSA levels and long doubling
times do not require immediate treatment with androgen deprivation therapy and may be safely
observed. In these situations where current treatment options may cause more unnecessary side
effects than anticipated benefit, it is reasonable to use a low-risk natural product such as
Acai Juice Product with antioxidant properties to evaluate whether there are any anti-cancer
effects.
times do not require immediate treatment with androgen deprivation therapy and may be safely
observed. In these situations where current treatment options may cause more unnecessary side
effects than anticipated benefit, it is reasonable to use a low-risk natural product such as
Acai Juice Product with antioxidant properties to evaluate whether there are any anti-cancer
effects.
In this study, patients who meet eligibility criteria will take Acai Juice 2 ounces by mouth
twice daily on a continuous basis.
twice daily on a continuous basis.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically confirmed prostate adenocarcinoma.
- Evidence of rising PSA, on 2 separate occasions, at least one week apart.
- Baseline PSA must be ≥ 0.2 ng/mL at the time of screening. Radiographic evidence of
disease is not required.
- Patients must have sufficient PSA time points prior to enrollment (a minimum of 3 PSA
levels within a six month period) to calculate a baseline PSA doubling time.
- Patients may not be on active Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone (LHRH) agonist
therapy and must have testosterone level > 50 ng/dL.
- Patients must not be on active anti-androgen therapy or 5-alpha reductase inhibitors.
However, patients who have been on a stable dose of 5-alpha reductase inhibitor for
benign prostatic hypertrophy for at least 6 months may continue taking this agent.
- Patients who are on active surveillance for localized disease may participate in this
study.
- Patients who are candidates for local salvage therapy must have had this option
pursued or discussed; and the patient must have either declined salvage therapy or was
deemed not to be a candidate for salvage therapy.
- Patients who have PSA recurrence after local salvage therapy may participate in this
study.
- Patients with hormone sensitive disease who received prior androgen deprivation
therapy as part of primary/salvage local treatment or patients receiving intermittent
androgen deprivation therapy will be allowed to participate.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2.
- Adequate hematologic function (absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,500 cells/µL;
hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL, platelets ≥ 75,000/µL).
- Adequate renal function (serum creatinine ≤ 2 X the ULN).
- Adequate hepatic function (total bilirubin ≤ 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN), alanine
aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3 x ULN, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3 x ULN).
- Agree not to take any other forms of natural or herbal supplements during study
duration.
- Chemotherapy for prostate cancer is allowed as long as it was not given for
hormone-refractory disease.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to swallow liquids, or any medical condition that interferes with normal
gastrointestinal absorption.
- Major surgery, radiation, or treatment with any other investigational drug within 2
weeks of study treatment.
- Documented hypersensitivity reaction to acai or any product contained in Acai Juice
(see complete list in Appendix 1).
- Uncontrolled intercurrent disease (e.g. diabetes, hypertension, thyroid disease,
coronary artery disease).
- Known chronic infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or viral hepatitis.
- Symptomatic prostate cancer as determined by cancer-related pain requiring narcotic
pain medication.
- History of another cancer is exclusionary unless it is believed to be likely cured or
is unlikely to be fatal in the next 3 years (e.g. squamous cell carcinoma, superficial
bladder cancer, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, etc).
- Very fast PSA doubling time of less than 4 weeks, if the absolute PSA is > 2 ng/mL.
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