Celecoxib in Preventing Lung Cancer in Former Heavy Smokers
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Official title
Lung Cancer Chemoprevention With Celecoxib In Ex-Smokers
Brief summary
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RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy uses certain drugs to try to prevent the development or recurrence of cancer. Celecoxib may be effective in preventing the development or recurrence of lung cancer in former heavy smokers. PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to study the effectiveness of celecoxib in preventing the development or recurrence of lung cancer in former heavy smokers who are at risk of developing cancer.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00055978
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 112 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 45 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
- Sep 30, 2002
- Primary completion
- Feb 29, 2008
- Completion
- Apr 30, 2009
- Last update posted
- Jun 19, 2011
2002 – 2009
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA | Los Angeles | California | 90095-1781 | — |
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- Last update posted Jun 19, 2011 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
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