Curcumin in Advanced Cervical Cancer

Summary

Determine the efficacy and safety of turmeric in the treatment of patients with advanced cervical cancer. Efficacy will be determined through radiological and histopathological criteria through the rate of response to treatment, duration of response, the rate of objective response and disease control, as well as overall survival and disease-free survival. The safety of therapy will be evaluated according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) classification

Timeline

Start

2021-12-01

Primary completion

2023-01-31

Completion

2023-12-31

Publications

• Results Saadipoor A, Razzaghdoust A, Simforoosh N, Mahdavi A, Bakhshandeh M, Moghadam M, Abdollahi H, Mofid B. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II trial of nanocurcumin in prostate cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. Phytother Res. 2019 Feb;33(2):370-378. doi: 10.1002/ptr.6230. Epub 2018 Nov 14.
• Results Javvadi P, Segan AT, Tuttle SW, Koumenis C. The chemopreventive agent curcumin is a potent radiosensitizer of human cervical tumor cells via increased reactive oxygen species production and overactivation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. Mol Pharmacol. 2008 May;73(5):1491-501. doi: 10.1124/mol.107.043554. Epub 2008 Feb 5.
• Results Javvadi P, Hertan L, Kosoff R, Datta T, Kolev J, Mick R, Tuttle SW, Koumenis C. Thioredoxin reductase-1 mediates curcumin-induced radiosensitization of squamous carcinoma cells. Cancer Res. 2010 Mar 1;70(5):1941-50. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-3025. Epub 2010 Feb 16.
• Results Hejazi J, Rastmanesh R, Taleban FA, Molana SH, Hejazi E, Ehtejab G, Hara N. Effect of Curcumin Supplementation During Radiotherapy on Oxidative Status of Patients with Prostate Cancer: A Double Blinded, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study. Nutr Cancer. 2016;68(1):77-85. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2016.1115527. Epub 2016 Jan 15.
• Results Sasaki H, Sunagawa Y, Takahashi K, Imaizumi A, Fukuda H, Hashimoto T, Wada H, Katanasaka Y, Kakeya H, Fujita M, Hasegawa K, Morimoto T. Innovative preparation of curcumin for improved oral bioavailability. Biol Pharm Bull. 2011;34(5):660-5. doi: 10.1248/bpb.34.660.
• Results Zaman MS, Chauhan N, Yallapu MM, Gara RK, Maher DM, Kumari S, Sikander M, Khan S, Zafar N, Jaggi M, Chauhan SC. Curcumin Nanoformulation for Cervical Cancer Treatment. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 3;6:20051. doi: 10.1038/srep20051.
• Results Dhillon N, Aggarwal BB, Newman RA, Wolff RA, Kunnumakkara AB, Abbruzzese JL, Ng CS, Badmaev V, Kurzrock R. Phase II trial of curcumin in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Jul 15;14(14):4491-9. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-08-0024.

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