Clinical trials: Selenium Supplementation
Burns
The Effect of Selenium Supplementation Among Pediatric Patients With Burns
The selenium status of children with major burns is suboptimal which may increase the incidence of infection. Se requirements during critical illness are not known.
- Trial name
- NCT00860379
- Testing
- Selenium1, Selenium2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Shriners Hospitals for Children
Lung Cancer
Selenium in Preventing Tumor Growth in Patients With Previously Resected Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the development or recurrence of cancer. It is not yet known if selenium is effective in preventing the growth of new tumors in patients with…
- Trial name
- NCT00008385
- Testing
- selenium
- Where
- 532 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,772 people
- Sponsor
- ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Prostate Cancer
Selenomethionine and Finasteride Before Surgery or Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage I or Stage II Prostate Cancer
RATIONALE: Selenomethionine may slow the growth of prostate cancer. Testosterone can cause the growth of prostate cancer cells. Finasteride may fight prostate cancer by lowering the amount of testosterone the body makes.
- Trial name
- NCT00736645
- Testing
- selenomethionine, finasteride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute