Herbal supplement tested for safety in prostate cancer – no cure expected
NCT ID NCT05375539
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-stage study tested the safety of a single dose of an Angelica herbal supplement (AGN-Cogni.Q) in 12 men aged 40 and older with prostate cancer. Researchers checked heart health and blood tests for any side effects, and measured how the supplement's compounds move through the body. The goal was only to gather safety and drug-level data, not to treat the cancer.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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12 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2023
- Finished
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Feb 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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40 years and older
- Sex
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Male participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Willingness and ability to give informed consent. 2. Agree to comply with all study procedures and attend all study visits to the best of their ability. 3. Male with age \>=40 years. 4. History of prostate cancer diagnosis. Subjects with history of neuroendocrine or small cell prostate cancer will be excluded. Subjects are eligible if meet one or more of the below criteria: 1. Patients treated forprostate cancer and no detectable disease on imaging and clinical determination are eligible for enrollment, regardless of risk category. 2. Patients in the low-risk and favorable intermediate-risk groups who are not currently receiving any treatment or have declined any treatment. 5. Not on concurrent androgen deprivation therapy. 6. ECOG performance status 0-2. 7. Life expectancy of greater than 12 months. 8. Subjects must have normal liver and kidney function as defined below: * a) total bilirubin within normal institutional limits, * b) AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) \< 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal, * c) Creatinine within 1.5 ULN of institutional limits OR creatinine clearance \> 50 mL/min/1.73 m2 for subjects with creatinine levels above institutional normal. * d) Adequate bone marrow function (Hgb ≥ 9.0 g/dL, Platelets ≥ 100 x 109/L, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) of ≥ 1.5 x 109/L), except for subjects with a history of chronic benign neutropenia, where an ANC of ≥ 1.0 x 109/L are eligible. 9. Subjects must agree to use two medically accepted method of contraception and must agree to continue use this method while on the trial and through at least one week after the last dose of study drug. Acceptable methods of contraception include abstinence, barrier method with spermicide, intrauterine device (IUD) known to have a failure rate of less than 1% per year, or steroidal contraceptive (oral, transdermal, implanted, or injected) in conjunction with a barrier method. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, post ovulation methods) withdrawal, spermicides only, or lactational amenorrhea are not acceptable methods of contraception. 10. Subjects must stop the CYP3A4 and CYP2C19 strong inhibitors or inducers 2 weeks prior to the start of the study and during the study. 11. Subjects currently taking herbal supplements containing AGN extract, including CognI.Q, Decursinol-50, Ache Action, Fast-Acting Joint Formula, EstroG-100/Profemin must discontinue these or any other supplements containing these products 4 weeks prior to starting study drug. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Subjects with distant metastatic cancer. Node positive prostate cancer patients are allowed after completion of treatment. 2. Subjects who are receiving chemotherapy, or oral TKI, or immunotherapy (checkpoint inhibitor). 3. Subjects who are receiving any other investigational agents. 4. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness that would limit compliance with study requirements. 5. All vulnerable patient populations. 6. History of New York Heart Association Class III or IV heart failure, history of a myocardial infarction within 6 months, any uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, or any other cardiac related problem that would be considered a contraindication for participation in the opinion of the treating physician. 7. Use of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) or anti-androgen therapy including LHRH agonist, antagonist, GNRH analogs, and antiandrogens. 8. Subjects who are taking Warfarin/Coumadin.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Penn State Cancer Institute
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States
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