Diet before chemo may cut side effects in breast and prostate cancer
NCT ID NCT01802346
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether eating a low-calorie diet before chemotherapy can reduce side effects like fatigue, nausea, and mouth sores, and also improve how well the treatment works. About 130 people with breast or prostate cancer will be randomly assigned to either follow the diet or eat normally before their chemo. The goal is to make treatment easier to tolerate and more effective.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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130 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2013
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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19 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically confirmed breast cancer for which chemotherapy with AC (doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide) is being utilized in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting OR metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma for which Docetaxel will be administered * Body mass index (BMI) \>= 18.5 * Subjects do not need to have measurable or evaluable disease; chemotherapy may be administered in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant, or metastatic setting * Prior therapy: * Breast cancer subjects may not have received prior chemotherapy, with the exception of curative-intent chemotherapy for a separate malignancy more than 3 years ago * Prostate cancer subjects may have received prior treatment with metronomic cyclophosphamide as this is considered anti-angiogenic/immunomodulatory and not cytotoxic * Prostate cancer subjects may be receiving a 2nd course of docetaxel provided that \*\* The first course resulted in a PSA response (\> 30% reduction in prostate specific antigen \[PSA\] and/or improvement in radiographic findings or pain) and the last dose was \>= 9 months ago * Prior Radiotherapy is allowed, provided at least 2 weeks have elapsed from completion of radiotherapy to initiation of protocol treatment * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1 * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \< 2x upper limit of normal (ULN) * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \> 1500 * Platelets (plts) \> 90,000 * Premenopausal women must have a negative pregnancy test and must agree to use barrier contraception throughout the study period Exclusion Criteria: * Diabetes Mellitus * Peripheral Neuropathy \>= grade 1 * Prior therapy with inhibitors of IGF-1 * Concurrent use of somatostatin * Significant food allergies which would make the subject unable to consume the food provided (ex: shellfish, soy or egg allergy)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mayo Clinic Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States
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USC Norris Oncology/Hematology-Newport Beach
Newport Beach, California, 92663, United States
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