Overview

Green Tea Extract in Preventing Cancer in Former and Current Heavy Smokers With Abnormal Sputum

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2008-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming. Green tea extract may keep cancer from forming. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying green tea extract in preventing cancer in former and current heavy smokers with abnormal sputum.
Phase:
Phase 2
Details
Lead Sponsor:
British Columbia Cancer Agency
Collaborators:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
University of Cincinnati
Treatments:
Epigallocatechin gallate