Acetylsalicylic Acid and Eflornithine in Treating Patients at High Risk for Colorectal Cancer
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Official title
Randomized Phase II Trial of Aspirin and Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) in Patients at High Risk of Colorectal Cancer
Brief summary
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This phase II trial is studying how well giving acetylsalicylic acid together with eflornithine works in treating patients at high risk for colorectal cancer. Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming. The use of acetylsalicylic acid and eflornithine may prevent colorectal cancer.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00983580
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 107 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Aspirin Drug
- Eflornithine Drug
- Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Other
- Placebo Other
- Telephone-Based Intervention Other
Drug · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 40 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
- Aug 19, 2009
- Primary completion
- Oct 6, 2016
- Completion
- Aug 12, 2019
- Last update posted
- Sep 3, 2019
2009 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago | Chicago | Illinois | 60612 | — |
| University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center | Chicago | Illinois | 60637 | — |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester | Minnesota | 55905 | — |
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- Last update posted Sep 3, 2019 · Synced Sep 9, 2026
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