OMega-3 Fatty Acid for the Immune Modulation of Colorectal Cancer

Summary

This is a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial to assess the effects of daily 4-gram marine omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (MO3PUFA), through treatment with AMR101 (VASCEPA, icosapent ethyl) on the tumor immune microenvironment and gut microbiome in patients who are diagnosed with colorectal cancer or with a colorectal mass or polyp suspected to be a cancer or advanced adenoma and will undergo surgical resection or interventional endoscopy at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). It uses the novel "window-of-opportunity" clinical trial design to take advantage of the window of time between cancer/mass/polyp diagnosis and surgery to examine the effect of therapeutic agents on tumor pathologic and molecular features unperturbed by prior therapies.

Timeline

Start

2019-11-30

Primary completion

2021-11-30

Completion

2021-11-30

Publications

• Hang D, Kvaerner AS, Ma W, Hu Y, Tabung FK, Nan H, Hu Z, Shen H, Mucci LA, Chan AT, Giovannucci EL, Song M. Coffee consumption and plasma biomarkers of metabolic and inflammatory pathways in US health professionals. Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 Mar 1;109(3):635-647. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy295.
• Kvaerner AS, Hang D, Giovannucci EL, Willett WC, Chan AT, Song M. Trajectories of body fatness from age 5 to 60 y and plasma biomarker concentrations of the insulin-insulin-like growth factor system. Am J Clin Nutr. 2018 Aug 1;108(2):388-397. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy103.

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