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Study of Noni in Cancer Patients

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00033878
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 12, 2002
Last Update Posted : March 28, 2007
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

Tracking Information
First Submitted Date  ICMJE April 11, 2002
First Posted Date  ICMJE April 12, 2002
Last Update Posted Date March 28, 2007
Study Start Date  ICMJE November 2001
Primary Completion Date Not Provided
Current Primary Outcome Measures  ICMJE Not Provided
Original Primary Outcome Measures  ICMJE Not Provided
Change History
Current Secondary Outcome Measures  ICMJE Not Provided
Original Secondary Outcome Measures  ICMJE Not Provided
Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures Not Provided
Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures Not Provided
 
Descriptive Information
Brief Title  ICMJE Study of Noni in Cancer Patients
Official Title  ICMJE Phase I Study of Noni in Cancer Patients
Brief Summary The purpose of this Phase 1 study is to: 1. determine the maximum tolerated dose of capsules containing 500mg of freeze dried noni fruit extract, 2. define toxicities associated with the ingestion of noni, 3. collect preliminary information on the efficacy of noni in respect to anti-tumor and symptom control properties to help select specific patients for subsequent Phase 2 studies, 4. identify chemical constituents of the extract that can be used to characterize the bioavailability and pharmacokinetics of noni food supplement.
Detailed Description This Phase I study of noni in cancer patients represents a first step in the systematic study of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) practices that draw on Asian and Pacific Island cultural traditions of healing to control cancer and its related symptoms. Noni, extracted from Morinda citifolia or the Indian mulberry plant, is included in the traditional pharmacopoeias of Native Hawaiians, other Pacific Islanders and Asian populations, and has been used to treat various diseases for hundreds of years. It is now commonly taken by cancer patients based on purported usefulness in the disease although there is little scientific evidence to either support or refute these claims. A large marketing enterprise and at least eleven different suppliers supports the food supplement's popularity. The broad long range objectives which this study will initiate are to define the usefulness of noni extracts for cancer patients. The hypothesis to be tested is that noni at a specified dosing provides cancer patients with a sufficient benefit to toxicity profile to be useful as a therapeutic. Specific aims of this study are: 1. Determine the maximum tolerated dose of capsules containing 500mg of freeze-dried noni fruit extract. 2. Define toxicities associated with the ingestion of noni. 3. Collect preliminary information on the efficacy of noni in respect to anti-tumor and symptom control properties to help select specific patients for subsequent Phase II studies. 4. Identify chemical constituents of the extract that can be used to characterize the bioavailability and pharmacokinetics of noni food supplement.
Study Type  ICMJE Interventional
Study Phase  ICMJE Phase 1
Study Design  ICMJE Primary Purpose: Treatment
Condition  ICMJE
  • Neoplasms
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
Intervention  ICMJE Drug: Noni Extract
Study Arms  ICMJE Not Provided
Publications * Not Provided

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Recruitment Information
Recruitment Status  ICMJE Completed
Enrollment  ICMJE Not Provided
Original Enrollment  ICMJE Not Provided
Actual Study Completion Date  ICMJE June 2006
Primary Completion Date Not Provided
Eligibility Criteria  ICMJE

Patients must:

  • Have a pathologically or cytologically verified diagnosis of cancer and evidence of disease for which no standard treatment is available;
  • Be ambulatory, capable of self care, and up and about more than 50% of waking hours;
  • Have completed all other cancer treatments at least four weeks previously;
  • Have been on any medications considered by their physician to be essential to their health (e.g. lipid lowering, antidiabetic , antihypertensive) at consistent dosing at least four weeks prior to starting noni;
  • Agree to take no other CAM treatments while taking noni and agree to keep a diary, recording all medications taken daily, including all non prescription products and to record the time that noni is taken.
Sex/Gender  ICMJE
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Ages  ICMJE Child, Adult, Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers  ICMJE No
Contacts  ICMJE Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Listed Location Countries  ICMJE United States
Removed Location Countries  
 
Administrative Information
NCT Number  ICMJE NCT00033878
Other Study ID Numbers  ICMJE R21AT000896-01( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
Has Data Monitoring Committee Not Provided
U.S. FDA-regulated Product Not Provided
IPD Sharing Statement  ICMJE Not Provided
Current Responsible Party Not Provided
Original Responsible Party Same as current
Current Study Sponsor  ICMJE National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Original Study Sponsor  ICMJE Same as current
Collaborators  ICMJE Not Provided
Investigators  ICMJE
Principal Investigator: Brian F. Issell, MD, FRACP University of Hawaii
PRS Account National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Verification Date March 2007

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