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NCT06378346RecruitingPhase 2

GU-01: Glycyrrhizin in Prostate Cancer

GU-01: Glycyrrhizin in Prostate Cancer: A Window-of-Opportunity Trial

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 23 Feb 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a pilot, randomized, window-of-opportunity treatment trial in which participants with previously untreated prostate cancer (PCa) who are candidates for surgery (radical prostatectomy)

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60 (estimated)
First submitted
18 Apr 2024
Start date
25 Jul 2024
Primary completion date
31 Mar 2027
Lead sponsor
University of Illinois Chicago
NCT number
NCT06378346

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 60
  • From 25 Jul 2024 to the primary completion date, 31 Mar 2027
  • 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

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Any prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment has the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of this investigational regimen, as determined by the treating urologic oncology team.
  • Previous chemotherapy, biological therapy, radiation therapy, androgens, thalidomide, immunotherapy, other anticancer agents and/or investigational agents within 30 days of starting study treatment.
  • Potent or moderate inhibitors and inducers of CYP3A4 if taken within a 1 week wash-out period

Lab values

  • Concomitant medications known to prolong QT interval, or with factors that increase the risk of QTc prolongation, or History of Torsades de Pointes. This may include patients who have sub-optimally controlled hypertension, serum potassium levels \<4.0 mEq/L, serum magnesium ≤1.8 mg/dL, prolonged gastrointestinal transit time, or decreased 11-β-hydroxysteriod dehydrogenase-2 activity.

Who the study is looking for

  • Age ≥ 18 years of age at time of consent
  • ECOG performance status of 0, 1, or 2
  • Histologic diagnosis of prostate cancer
  • Patient suitable for radical prostatectomy as determined by surgical team
  • Able to provide written informed consent and HIPAA authorization for release of personal health information, via an approved UIC Institutional Review Board (IRB) informed consent form and HIPAA authorization.
  • Willing to use barrier contraceptive method during study intervention

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: Male · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University of Illinois
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ChicagoUnited StatesRecruiting

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.