Vitamin D for Women at Increased Risk of Developing Ovarian, Fallopian, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer

A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of Vitamin D3 Replacement of Placebo Followed by Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy for Women at Increased Risk of Developing Ovarian, Fallopian, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer.

The purpose of this research is to study Vitamin D3 replacement for patients at high risk of developing ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer, and see if the Vitamin D3 replacement may be able to prevent the cancer.

This study is being done because in the United States ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death among women with gynecologic cancer. Women with BRCA mutations, a personal history of breast cancer, and a family history of breast and ovarian cancer are at high risk of developing ovarian, fallopian, and primary peritoneal cancer. Novel treatments other than surgery which can decrease the risk of developing ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer are important. Vitamin D has been shown to reduce the risk of developing bladder, breast, colon, endometrial, esophageal, gallbladder, gastric, lung, pancreatic, prostate, rectal, renal, vulvar and Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and it may play a role in the prevention of ovarian cancer.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Ovarian Cancer; Fallopian Tube Cancer; Primary Peritoneal Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Dietary supplement: Placebo; Dietary supplement: Arm A: Vitamin D3 Group

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 7
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Illinois
    • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
      • Northwestern University
    • Evanston, Illinois, United States, 60201
      • Northshore University Healthsystem

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients must be undergoing prophylactic or therapeutic oophorectomy
• Patients must be considered to be at a high risk of developing ovarian, fallopian or primary peritoneal cancer, according to 1 or more of the following characteristics:
• Patients with a BRCA mutation including variants of uncertain significance
• Patients with Lynch syndrome
• Patients with a family history that places them at high risk of developing ovarian cancer
• Patients with a personal history of breast cancer
• Patients currently taking Vitamin D prior to registration will be eligible if serum Vitamin D levels are <60ng/ml. We believe that most of these patients will be on low replacement doses of Vitamin D3 to begin with but in order to prevent against toxicity their Vitamin D3 levels will be checked at the start of the trial.
• Patients must be women age 18 and older
• Patients who are of childbearing potential and sexually active must use contraception while on study.
• Patients must have a signed and witnessed informed consent and authorization permitting release of personal health information prior to registration on the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are unable to take Vitamin D3 supplementation are NOT eligible
• Patients who are unwilling or unable to undergo oophorectomy are NOT eligible
• Patients with suspicious or abnormal findings on preoperative physical exam, laboratory results, or imaging studies within 4 weeks of treatment start are NOT eligible
• Patients with a GFR <59 within 4 weeks of treatment start are NOT eligible
• Patients are NOT eligible if they exhibit any contraindications within 4 weeks of treatment start to 25 (OH) D supplement including:
• Hypercalcemia (>11.5mg/dL)
• Hypervitaminosis D
• Malabsorption syndrome
• Active gallbladder disease
• Active hepatic disease
• Hypoparathyroidism
• Leukemia
• Nephrolithiasis
• Renal failure sarcoidosis
• Renal disease (eGFR<59 ml/min/1.73m2)
• Patients currently receiving digoxin are NOT eligible
• Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding are NOT eligible. Patients must have a negative urine pregnancy test at baseline (within 4 weeks of treatment start) to confirm eligibility

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: DOUBLE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Arm A: Vitamin D3 Group; Patients will take Vitamin D3 by mouth in the weeks prior to and including the morning of surgery. If blood test done at the start of the study shows that patients have a low (< or = 30 ng/ml) Vitamin D level, patients will be given two 25,000 IU Vitamin D3 Tablets (for a total of 50,000 IU) to take once a week until surgery. If baseline Vitamin D level is >30ng/ml, patients will be given on 2,000 IU Vitamin D3 tablet to take once a day until day of surgery.	Dietary supplement: Arm A: Vitamin D3 Group
PLACEBO_COMPARATOR: Arm B: Placebo Group; Patients will take a placebo by mouth prior to and including the morning of surgery. If bloods tests done at the start of study show that the patients have a low (< or = 30 ng/ml) Vitamin D level, patients will be given 2 placebo tablets to take once a week until surgery. If baseline Vitamin D level is > 30 ng/ml, patients will be given on placebo tablet to take once a day until surgery.	Dietary supplement: Placebo

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The Outcomes That Will be Measured for the Primary Objectives of This Study Will be Surrogate Endpoint Biomarkers Markers of Cancer Prevention	Activation of apoptosis via immunohistochemical measurement of activation of caspase activity, as well as expression of BAX and BCL-2 The primary marker outcomes will be assessed for normality and compared between groups using a two-sample t-test or a Wilcoxon rank sum test. Other markers will be compared similarly if continuous, or by Fisher's exact test if categorical.	Up to 24 months
Other Surrogate Endpoint Biomarkers Markers of Cancer Prevention	Decrease in cellular proliferation measured by immunohistochemistry staining with KI67	Up to 24 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Review of Standard Pathologic Evaluation With Specific Attention to Histologic Markers	The outcomes that will be measured for the secondary objectives of this study will include the following: Review of standard pathologic evaluation with specific attention to histologic markers including serous hyperplasia, tubal atypia, and p53 signature in the ovary and fallopian tube, and examine via immunohistochemistry the effects of vitamin D supplementation on expression of the TGF-beta isoforms and CYP24	Up to 24 months
Review of the Differences in the Types and Incidence of Toxicities Associated With Vitamin D3 Replacement.	Differences in the types and incidence of toxicities associated with Vitamin D3 replacement, specifically hypercalcemia, with increasing levels of Vitamin D3 along with the effectiveness of Vitamin D3 supplementation on increasing serum levels of Vitamin D	Up to 24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Northwestern University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: October 1, 2012
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): April 1, 2014
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): April 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 30, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 5, 2012
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): December 7, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE): July 23, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 1, 2015
• Last Verified: July 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: High Risk
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Neoplasms; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Peritoneal Diseases; Genital Neoplasms, Female; Adnexal Diseases; Digestive System Neoplasms; Fallopian Tube Diseases; Abdominal Neoplasms; Fallopian Tube Neoplasms; Peritoneal Neoplasms; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Micronutrients; Vitamins; Bone Density Conservation Agents; Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents; Vitamin D; Cholecalciferol
• Other Study ID Numbers: STU00064898