Glutamine in Preventing Acute Diarrhea in Patients With Pelvic Cancer
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Official title
Phase III Double-Blind Study of Glutamine Versus Placebo in the Prevention of Acute Diarrhea in Patients Receiving Pelvic Radiation Therapy
Brief summary
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RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Glutamine may be an effective treatment for acute diarrhea caused by radiation therapy. It is not known if glutamine is an effective treatment for acute diarrhea caused by radiation therapy. PURPOSE: Randomized double-blinded phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of glutamine in preventing acute diarrhea in patients who have pelvic cancer and who are receiving radiation therapy.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00003170
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 129 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 1998 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- May 2003 (Actual)
- Completion
- Jun 2003 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Jul 14, 2016
1998 – 2003
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 17
- U.S. states
- 11
- U.S. cities
- 17
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program | Scottsdale | Arizona | 85259-5404 | — |
| CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association | Peoria | Illinois | 61602 | — |
| CCOP - Carle Cancer Center | Urbana | Illinois | 61801 | — |
| CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | 52403-1206 | — |
| CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association | Des Moines | Iowa | 10309-1016 | — |
| Siouxland Hematology-Oncology | Sioux City | Iowa | 51101-1733 | — |
| CCOP - Wichita | Wichita | Kansas | 67214-3882 | — |
| CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48106 | — |
| CCOP - Duluth | Duluth | Minnesota | 55805 | — |
| Mayo Clinic Cancer Center | Rochester | Minnesota | 55905 | — |
| CentraCare Clinic | Saint Cloud | Minnesota | 56303 | — |
| CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium | Omaha | Nebraska | 68131 | — |
| Quain & Ramstad Clinic, P.C. | Bismarck | North Dakota | 58501 | — |
| CCOP - Merit Care Hospital | Fargo | North Dakota | 58122 | — |
| CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program | Toledo | Ohio | 43623-3456 | — |
| CCOP - Geisinger Clinical and Medical Center | Danville | Pennsylvania | 17822-2001 | — |
| CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | 57105-1080 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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- Last update posted Jul 14, 2016 · Synced Oct 24, 2026
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