NCT01823549Completed
Nutritional Supplements & Complementary/Alternative Medicine by Prostate & Breast Cancer Patients
Use of Nutritional Supplements and CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) by Prostate and Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Dec 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study was a survey to determine the frequency of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) use in patients recently diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer who were starting radiation therapy. The survey was repeated at three time points to assess changes in CAM use over time.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 109 (actual)
- First submitted
- 28 Mar 2013
- Start date
- 11 Dec 2002
- Primary completion date
- Sept 2014
- Lead sponsor
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Diseases
- Prostate cancer
- NCT number
- NCT01823549
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 109
- From 11 Dec 2002 to the primary completion date, Sept 2014
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Criteria the registry did not label
- Inclusion/Exclusions
- Men that have histologically proven carcinoma of the prostate and have chosen some form of radiation therapy as their primary therapy for prostate cancer.
- Women who are undergoing external beam radiation therapy to the breast as primary or adjuvant therapy are eligible.
- All participants must be able to read and write.
- Subjects with dementia and mental retardation that complicates completing the questionnaires will not be enrolled.
- Subjects with known metastatic disease will be excluded.
- There are no age restrictions for this study.
Age in the registry: 21 years to 70 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Unknown status |
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