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Pilot Study Evaluating Broccoli Sprouts in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer [POUDER Trial]


2013-12


2015-12


2015-12


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Study Overview

Pilot Study Evaluating Broccoli Sprouts in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer [POUDER Trial]

The goal of the POUDER trial is to determine the feasibility of a randomized controlled trial regarding the application of freeze-dried broccoli sprouts rich in sulforaphane and quercetin in patients with advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma that receive palliative chemotherapy.

Patients will be randomly classified into two groups - verum and placebo. The patients in the experimental arm will receive capsules with broccoli sprout grain containing a total of 90mg sulforaphane active substance per day over one year as nutrition supplement whereas patients assigned to the placebo group will receive inactive substance (methylcellulose) with identical capsule and portion distribution.

  • Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
  • DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT: Verum, broccoli sprout grain
  • DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT: placebo
  • POUDER
  • U1111-1144-2013 (OTHER Identifier) (OTHER: WHO)

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates Results Reporting Dates Study Record Updates

2013-06-13  

N/A  

2015-05-27  

2013-06-17  

N/A  

2015-05-28  

2013-06-18  

N/A  

2015-05  

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

Design Details

Primary Purpose:
Treatment


Allocation:
Randomized


Interventional Model:
Parallel


Masking:
Triple


Arms and Interventions

Participant Group/ArmIntervention/Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Verum, broccoli sprout grain

Active sulforaphane distributed in capsules each containing broccoli sprout grain

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT: Verum, broccoli sprout grain

  • Patients will be randomly classified into two groups - verum and placebo. The patients in the experimental arm will receive capsules with broccoli sprout grain containing a total of 90mg sulforaphane active substance per day over one year as nutrition sup
PLACEBO_COMPARATOR: Placebo

Inactive substances (methylcellulose) with identical capsule and portion distribution

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT: placebo

  • Patients assigned to the placebo group will receive inactive substance (methylcellulose) with identical capsule and portion distribution as the experimental arm.
Primary Outcome MeasuresMeasure DescriptionTime Frame
Feasibility of a randomized controlled trialMain objective is to test the feasibility of a randomized controlled trial regarding the application of freeze-dried broccoli sprouts rich in sulforaphane and quercetin in patients with advanced, surgically non-resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma treated with palliative chemotherapyOne year
Secondary Outcome MeasuresMeasure DescriptionTime Frame
Disease status (imaging and tumor markers)Disease status (cancer progress or regress): CT-imaging staging (if available) and serum tumor markers (CEA and CA-19-9) peaks as additional parameters that provide insight into disease status.One year

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Name: Peter Schemmer, Prof. Dr. med.

Phone Number: +49 6221 566205

Email: peter.schemmer@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Study Contact Backup

Name: Vladimir J. Lozanovski, M.D.

Phone Number: +49 6221 5636439

Email: vladimir.lozanovski@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person’s general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:
ALL

Sexes Eligible for Study:
18 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

    Inclusion Criteria:

  • Advanced, surgically non-treatable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (surgical exploration, intraoperative biopsy but also palliative bypass interventions (bileodigestive anastomosis and/or gastroenterostomy because of preoperative cholestasis or impaired gastric emptying due to tumor-mass effect)
  • Intact gastric emptying
  • Written informed consent
  • Patients ≥18 years of age
  • Palliative chemotherapy

  • Exclusion Criteria:

  • Intolerance to broccoli or its ingredients
  • Impaired mental status or language problems / barriers

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

  • German Cancer Research Center

  • STUDY_DIRECTOR: Peter Schemmer, Prof. Dr. med., Heidelberg University

Publications

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General Publications

  • Lozanovski VJ, Houben P, Hinz U, Hackert T, Herr I, Schemmer P. Pilot study evaluating broccoli sprouts in advanced pancreatic cancer (POUDER trial) - study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2014 Jun 3;15:204. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-204.