ProDiet: A Phase II Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Green Tea Catechins and Lycopene in Men at Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer

J. Athene Lane, Vanessa Er, Kerry Avery, Jeremy Horwood, Marie Cantwell, Gema P Caro, alan crozier, George Davey Smith, Jenny Donovan, Elizabeth Down, Freddie C Hamdy, David Gillatt, Jeff M. P. Holly, Rhiannon Macefield, Hilary Moody, David E Neal, Eleanor Walsh, Richard Martin, Chris Metcalfe

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Abstract

Epidemiological studies suggest that diet can alter prostate cancer risk. This study aimed to establish the feasibility and acceptability of dietary modification in men at increased risk of prostate cancer. Men were invited with a prostate specific antigen (PSA) level of 2.0-2.95 ng/mL or 3.0-19.95 ng/mL with negative prostate biopsies. Randomization (3x3 factorial design) to daily green tea and lycopene: green tea drink (3 cups, unblinded) or capsules (blinded, 600 mg flavan-3-ol ()-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) or placebo) and lycopene-rich foods (unblinded) or capsules (blinded, 15 mg lycopene or placebo) for six months. Primary endpoints were randomization rates and intervention adherence (blinded assessment of metabolites) at six months with secondary endpoints of acceptability (from interviews), safety, weight, blood pressure and PSA. A total of 133/469 (28.4%) men approached agreed to be randomized and 132 were followed-up (99.2%). Mean lycopene was 1.28 (95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.09, 1.50, p = 0.003) times higher in the lycopene capsule group and 1.42 (95% CI 1.21-1.66, p<0.001) times higher in the lycopene-enriched diet group compared to placebo capsules. Median EGCG was 10.7 nM (95% CI 7.0, 32.0) higher in in the active capsule group and 20.0 nM (95% CI 0.0, 19.0) higher in the green tea drink group compared with placebo capsules (both p<0.001). All interventions were acceptable and well tolerated although men preferred the capsules. Dietary prevention is acceptable to men at risk of prostate cancer. This intervention trial demonstrates that a chemoprevention clinical trial is feasible.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)687-697
Number of pages11
JournalCancer Prevention Research
Volume11
Issue number11
Early online date11 Oct 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2018

Research Groups and Themes

  • BTC (Bristol Trials Centre)
  • BRTC
  • Centre for Surgical Research

Keywords

  • Prostatic neoplasms
  • randomized controlled trial
  • green tea
  • lycopene
  • catechins

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