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Clinical Trial
. 1997 Apr;88(4):344-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1997.tb00387.x.

A randomized controlled trial for chemoprevention of gastric cancer in high-risk Japanese population; study design, feasibility and protocol modification

Y Tsubono  1 , S Okubo, M Hayashi, T Kakizoe, S Tsugane
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Clinical Trial

A randomized controlled trial for chemoprevention of gastric cancer in high-risk Japanese population; study design, feasibility and protocol modification

Y Tsubono et al. Jpn J Cancer Res. 1997 Apr.

Abstract

We have initiated a population-based, double-blind, randomized controlled trial to examine the effects of supplementation of beta-carotene and vitamin C on the incidence of gastric cancer. The subjects were participants in an annual health screening program conducted by four municipalities in Akita prefecture, one of the regions with the highest mortality from gastric cancer in Japan. We measured their serum levels of pepsinogens (PGs) I and II, and asked persons diagnosed with chronic atrophic gastritis (defined as PG I < 70 ng/ml and PG I/PG II ratio < 3.0) to take diet supplements containing 0 or 15 mg/day beta-carotene and 50 or 500 mg/day vitamin C for 5 years. During the first year of recruitment conducted in one village from June through September, 1995, 52% (635/1214) of screening participants had chronic atrophic gastritis and 73% (439/602) of eligible persons responded. However, in response to a National Cancer Institute press report released on January 18, 1996, indicating that two beta-carotene trials had shown no benefit and potential harm from the supplement, we discontinued the beta-carotene and continued with the trial using only vitamin C. Of 397 participants remaining at this point, 77% (305) consented to stay in the study. The results indicate that a randomized controlled trial for cancer prevention is feasible in the Japanese asymptomatic population.

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