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Prostate and Urologic Cancer Research Group

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Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Agent: Polyphenon E
Contact: Nagi Kumar, Ph.D.
DCP Program Director: Howard Parnes, M.D.

The purpose of this study is to see if polyphenon E can reduce the prevalence of prostate cancer in men with a pre-cancerous condition known as High Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia (HGPIN). Those taking part in the study will receive either polyphenon E or placebo for 12 months. The study is being conducted at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center. The study will be open to accrual in the fall of 2007.

[This is a phase 2 randomized double-blind placebo controlled trial of polyphenon E for the chemoprevention of prostate cancer in subjects with High Grade PIN. The primary endpoint is the prevalence of biopsy detected prostate cancer in the group receiving polyphenon E as compared to the group receiving placebo.]