Common heartburn & pain pills put to the test in colon cancer prevention hunt

NCT ID NCT06378398

Summary

This small, early study aimed to find biological clues in the colon that might show if a combination of low-dose aspirin and omeprazole (a common heartburn medicine) could help prevent polyps from turning into cancer. It involved 21 adults with a history of many colon polyps. Participants took the two pills daily for about a month, and researchers took tiny tissue samples during colonoscopies before and after to look for changes in cell growth and genes.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

  • The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

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