Study to Prevent Radiation Induced Damage to Bowel Using a Prebiotic Enhanced Diet.

August 10, 2011 updated by: University College London Hospitals

A Double-blind Placebo-controlled Trial of Dietary Supplementation With 15g/Day FOS for Five Weeks in Patients With Endometrial/Cervical Carcinoma or 7.5 Weeks in Patients With Prostate Carcinoma Undergoing Pelvic Radiotherapy.

The study will consist of pair of double-blind placebo-controlled trials of dietary supplementation with 15g/day FructoOligoSaccharide (FOS) for 7.5 weeks in patients with prostate carcinoma or 5 weeks in patients with cervical or endometrial carcinoma who are to undergo pelvic radiotherapy with intent to cure.

Study Overview

Status

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Unknown

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

The study will consist of pair of double-blind placebo-controlled trials of dietary supplementation with 15g/day FructoOligoSaccharide (FOS) for 7.5 weeks in patients with prostate carcinoma or 5 weeks in patients with cervical/endometrial carcinoma who are to undergo pelvic radiotherapy with intent to cure. Patients having post-operative adjuvant irradiation will be eligible, but not those having purely palliative treatment for symptom control. The clinical trials will be based at University College Hospital. Patients will attend a screening visit, a baseline visit, and follow-up visits at completion of radiotherapy, and then at three and six months.

Patients will be randomised to take a daily dietary supplement of either placebo (a non-prebiotic carbohydrate) or FOS (a mixture of 70% oligofructose and 30% inulin), provided as a single 15g sachet that can be dissolved in water or added to food. Randomisation in the gynaecological trial will be stratified according to diagnosis. In other respects management will be that offered routinely to patients undergoing pelvic radiotherapy for prostate malignancy or endometrial/cervical malignancy.

The studies are powered to detect the primary outcome measure of a clinical response (lower frequency of acute radiation enteritis/proctitis at 5 or 7.5 weeks respectively) using a 2-sample binomial arcsine where the predicted rate of acute radiation induced bowel disease when on FOS is 50% and 80% on placebo, to a significance of 0.05 and at a power of 90%.

Fifty-one patients will be required in each group to detect a significant difference between FOS and placebo. Therefore 110 patients will be recruited to each of the two studies to allow for attrition.

The primary endpoint will be the clinical gastrointestinal status at 7.5 weeks or 5 weeks at completion of radiotherapy. This status will be enumerated in comparison with placebo treated patients from the Birmingham score of intestinal symptoms (a simple clinical score from 0-15, usually employed in ulcerative colitis). Most patients commencing radiotherapy for these malignancies will have a pre-treatment score of zero or 1. A score of 4 or more is indicative of active coloproctitis, and differences of more than 2 points are to be considered clinically meaningful.

Secondary clinical endpoints will include the quantity of anti-diarrhoeal medication required, the international harmonised criteria for radiation toxicity, the EuroQol score of quality of life, and the appearance of the rectal mucosa: as judged endoscopically using the Baron score (a 0-3 scale usually employed in ulcerative colitis); and semi-quantitatively from histological assessment.

The Birmingham score and each of the clinical secondary endpoints will be assessed again at 3 and 6 months after completion of the radiotherapy. Endoscopic and histological assessment will be repeated only at 6 months after completion of radiotherapy.

Laboratory endpoints will include the measurement of short chain fatty acids (SCFA) (including butyrate) in faeces at baseline and at completion of radiotherapy, and study of the microbiota profile in the mucosa as determined by fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH). Haematological and biochemical parameters will be monitored as in standard practice.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

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220

Phase

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  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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  • Name: Alastair Forbes, MD;FRCP;FHEA
  • Phone Number: 9011 0845 1555 000
  • Email: a.forbes@ucl.ac.uk

Study Locations

  • United Kingdom
      • London, United Kingdom, NW1 2BU
        • Recruiting
        • University College London Hospital
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • The study group will comprise men and women aged 18 years or older with a histologically proven diagnosis of carcinoma of the prostate or carcinoma of the cervix or endometrium in whom radical radiotherapy has been selected in their treatment plan following assessment by the prostate oncology or gynecological oncology multidisciplinary team

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Exclusion criteria will preclude the recruitment of those having radiotherapy for purely palliative reasons. Patients known to have a current infection with an enteric pathogen, or who have used antibiotics within the past month, consumed any probiotic or prebiotic within the last month, or used any rectal/topical therapy within the last month will also be ineligible. Those known or suspected to have inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease) will be ineligible. Patients requiring hospitalisation, and those considered by the chief investigator (CI) to have important hepatic, renal, endocrine, respiratory, neurological or cardiovascular disease will also be ineligible.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Active Comparator: FOS
Prebiotic (FructoOligoSaccharide-FOS.
Dietary supplement: FructoOligoSaccharide
A mixture of 70% oligofructose and 30% inulin.
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Maltodextrin (non-prebiotic carbohydrate).
Dietary supplement: Maltodextrin
a non-prebiotic carbohydrate

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Gastrointestinal Status
Time Frame: 5 weeks or 7.5 weeks
To determine whether there is a difference in gastrointestinal status at 5 weeks (enumerated through the Birmingham score) in patients undergoing pelvic irradiation for gynaecological malignancy or at 7.5 weeks in patients undergoing radiotherapy for prostate malignancy given a prebiotic enhanced diet and those on placebo.
5 weeks or 7.5 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Short Term Toxicity
Time Frame: 5 weeks or 7.5 weeks
To determine the effects of FOS on the short-term toxicity of pelvic irradiation (in comparison to placebo).
5 weeks or 7.5 weeks
See Effects of FOS
Time Frame: 5 or 7.5 weeks, 6 months
To establish the effects of FOS on intestinal integrity, determined endoscopically, biochemically and histologically, after pelvic irradiation, both immediately and at 6 months follow-up
5 or 7.5 weeks, 6 months
Effect of FOS on Chronic Radiation Bowel Disease
Time Frame: 5 weeks or 7.5 weeks, 3 months, 6 months
To provide pilot data to determine whether FOS given during pelvic irradiation has an effect on the risk of clinically apparent chronic radiation bowel disease.
5 weeks or 7.5 weeks, 3 months, 6 months
Effect on Gut Microbiota
Time Frame: 5 weeks or 7.5 weeks, 3 months, 6 months
To confirm using fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) the changes in the gut microbiota in patients on FOS enhanced diet in comparison with standard diet.
5 weeks or 7.5 weeks, 3 months, 6 months

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Sponsor

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University College London Hospitals

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  • Principal Investigator: Alastair Forbes, Bsc;MD;FRCP;FHEA, University College London Hospitals/University College London

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August 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

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June 1, 2012

Study Completion (Anticipated)

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August 1, 2012

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August 10, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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August 10, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

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August 11, 2011

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August 11, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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August 10, 2011

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August 1, 2010

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  • 09/H0715/61

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