Clinical trials: Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Telephone-Based Cancer Education With or Without Telephone-Based Counseling in Young Participants
RATIONALE: Telephone-based cancer education and counseling may help participants learn about ways of preventing cancer and choose a lifestyle that will help them stay healthy as they grow older.
- Trial name
- NCT00459238
- Testing
- counseling intervention, educational intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Cancer
Laboratory Assay in Determining Cancer Resistance in Patients With Metastatic Cancer and in Healthy Participants
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood and tissue in the laboratory from patients with cancer and from healthy participants may help doctors learn more about cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00899496
- Testing
- immunological diagnostic method, physiologic testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Health Education in Improving the Understanding of Medical Information
RATIONALE: Understanding the risk of disease and prevention and screening activities to lower disease risk may help individuals make informed medical decisions.
- Trial name
- NCT00387998
- Testing
- AHRQ staying healthy booklet, Risk primer
- Volunteers
- 555 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Individual Counseling and/or Computer-Based Counseling in Helping Healthy Women Adopt a Cancer Prevention Diet
RATIONALE: Eating a diet high in fruits and vegetables and low in fat may lower the risk of some types of cancer. Dietary counseling may be effective in helping women change to a healthy diet.
- Trial name
- NCT00217490
- Testing
- dietary counseling via computer, dietary counseling via nutritionist, combined computer and nutritionist
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 621 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Indole-3-Carbinol in Preventing Cancer in Healthy Participants
RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming, growing, or coming back. The use of indole-3-carbinol may prevent cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00100958
- Testing
- indole-3-carbinol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Leukemia
Decision Making About Participating in Pharmacokinetic Studies in Patients Enrolled in a Phase I Treatment Clinical Trial
RATIONALE: Gathering information about why patients or their guardians agree or decline to participate in the optional pharmacokinetic portion of a phase I treatment study may help doctors plan clinical trials in the future.
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Leukemia, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific, Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
- Trial name
- NCT00890435
- Testing
- questionnaire administration, psychosocial assessment and care
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Pain, Solid Tumor
Pain Control in Hospice Patients With Cancer-Related Pain
RATIONALE: Gathering information over time about cancer-related pain from patients in a hospice and their caregivers may help doctors learn more about pain control.
- Trial name
- NCT00609297
- Testing
- medical chart review, questionnaire administration, survey administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Nutrition Education for Low-Income Healthy Participants Who Eat an Unhealthy Diet
RATIONALE: Decreasing the amount of fat in the diet and increasing fruit and vegetable intake may help prevent some types of cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00301691
- Testing
- behavioral dietary intervention, educational intervention, preventative dietary intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Personalized Nutrition Education in Improving Eating Habits of Healthy Participants Who Eat an Unhealthy Diet
RATIONALE: Decreasing the amount of fat in the diet and increasing fruit, vegetable, and fiber intake may help prevent some types of cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00301678
- Testing
- behavioral dietary intervention, educational intervention, preventative dietary intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,520 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Bowman-Birk Inhibitor Concentrate in Preventing Cancer in Healthy Men
This randomized phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of Bowman-Birk inhibitor concentrate in preventing cancer in healthy men.
- Trial name
- NCT00287833
- Testing
- Bowman-Birk inhibitor concentrate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Thromboembolism, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Detecting Abnormal Blood Clotting in Patients With Metastatic Cancer Undergoing Surgery
RATIONALE: A test that detects abnormal blood clotting in patients with cancer may help doctors plan cancer surgery. PURPOSE: This laboratory study is looking at a new blood test to detect abnormal clotting in patients with…
- Trial name
- NCT00096590
- Testing
- coagulation study, immunoenzyme technique, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Breast Cancer, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Effects of Fetal, Infant, and Early Childhood Exposures on Adult Cancer Risk in Women
RATIONALE: Gathering information about pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood exposures may help doctors identify cancer risk factors, and may help the study of cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00559039
- Testing
- questionnaire administration, evaluation of cancer risk factors
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 128,700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Sulindac Capsules Compared With Sulindac Tablets in Healthy Volunteers
RATIONALE: Giving healthy volunteers sulindac capsules or sulindac tablets may help doctors learn which form of the drug may be more effective in preventing cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00343629
- Testing
- sulindac, pharmacological study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Internet-Based Nutrition Education Program in Preventing Cancer in Participants of Health Maintenance Organizations
RATIONALE: Websites for nutrition education may be an effective method to help people eat more fruits and vegetables which may lower their risk of cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00169312
- Testing
- behavioral dietary intervention, dietary intervention, educational intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,619 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Josephine Ford Cancer Center
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Green Tea Extract (Polyphenon E) in Preventing Cancer in Healthy Participants
RATIONALE: Green tea extract (Polyphenon E) contains ingredients that may prevent the development of cancer. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying how well green tea extract works in preventing cancer in healthy participants.
- Trial name
- NCT00091325
- Testing
- defined green tea catechin extract
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Promoting Physical Activity In After-School Programs for Urban Adolescents
RATIONALE: Physical activity may lower the risk of some types of cancer and other chronic diseases. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying ways to increase physical activity in urban adolescents who attend after-school programs.
- Trial name
- NCT00301158
- Testing
- exercise intervention, counseling intervention, educational intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montclair State University
Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer
Family Quality of Life Among Families With a Member Who is a Cancer Patient
RATIONALE: Developing a questionnaire that can be used to assess the quality of life among people who have a family member with cancer may help the study of cancer in the future.
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Lung Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00544336
- Testing
- questionnaire administration, survey administration, quality-of-life assessment
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 366 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Hematopoietic/Lymphoid Cancer, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Quality of Life in Caregivers of Hospitalized Older Patients With Cancer
This clinical trial studies quality of life in caregivers of hospitalized older patients with cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT01866969
- Testing
- questionnaire administration, quality-of-life assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 211 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
UMCC 2003-064 Resveratrol in Preventing Cancer in Healthy Participants
RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming, growing, or coming back. The use of resveratrol may prevent cancer.
- Trial name
- IRB 2004-535 (NCT00098969)
- Testing
- resveratrol
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Collecting Tissue Samples From Patients With Cancer Undergoing Radiation Therapy and Healthy Participants
RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of tissue from patients with cancer to test in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future.
- Trial name
- NCT00992303
- Testing
- biologic sample preservation procedure, medical chart review, questionnaire administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center