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Impact of Dietary Intervention on Tumor Immunity: the DigesT Trial (DIgesT)
February 24, 2019 updated by: Filippo de Braud, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano
Impact of Dietary Intervention on Tumor Immunity: the DigesT Trial.
This trial aims to assess the immunological and metabolic changes induced by the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) in the pre-operative and post-operative setting in breast cancer and melanoma patients.
Three cohorts of patients will be enrolled: 1) Cohort A: patients with resectable breast cancer (cT1N0M0 stage or cT1cN1M0-cT2cN0M0 stages not requiring pre-operative systemic treatment at the judgment of the investigator) who are candidate to curative surgery; 2) Cohort B: patients with malignant melanoma patients candidate to dissection of the lymph node basin because of a positive sentinel lymph node (stage IIIA-IIIB-IIIC); 3) Cohort C: patients with resected malignant melanoma (including radicalization and, in case, lymph node dissection) who are not candidate to any adjuvant treatment, but only to clinical and radiological follow-up (stage IIB-IIC).
Patients in cohorts A and B will undergo one 5-days FMD cycle about 13-15 days before surgical removal of primary tumor (breast) or lymph nodes (breast, melanoma).
Patients in cohort C will undergo 4 consecutive FMD cycles every 28 days, starting one month after surgery.
Study Overview
Detailed Description
Preclinical evidences suggest that reducing the concentration of blood metabolites and growth factors reduces the in vivo growth of several tumor models, while protecting normal tissues from the cytotoxic effects of chemotherapeutical treatments.
In recent years, a plant-based, calorie-restricted, low-carbohydrate, low-protein diet, also known as Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD), has been proposed as a potential anticancer dietary intervention.
The FMD is safe when administered cyclically (every 21-28 days) to healthy volunteers, and is capable of significantly reducing the concentration of plasma glucose, serum insulin and IGF-1, while increasing levels of plasma IGFBPs and ketone bodies.
The FMD has been shown to inhibit the in vivo growth of several tumor models, including breast cancer and melanoma mice models.
The anticancer effects of the FMD are likely mediated by two concomitant mechanisms: 1) one direct anticancer effect that is mediated by the inhibition of energy production and anabolic pathways, such as protein and fatty acid synthesis, in cancer cells; 2) one indirect effect that is mediated by the activation of antitumor immunity, with the result of enhanced tumor infiltration by cytotoxic CD8+ T-lymphocytes and reduced infiltration by immunosuppressive populations.
According to the currently accepted model, the anticancer and immunomodulatory effects of the FMD mostly derive from the reduction of circulating glucose, insulin and IGF-1 levels, and a parallel increase of ketone body and IGF-1 binding protein concentration.
However, recent observations in healthy volunteers and cancer patients, suggest that FMD-mediated changes in many other metabolites, such as specific amino acids or fatty acids, could contribute to the cell-autonomous or immune-mediated anticancer effects of the FMD.
While the study of the effects of the FMD in combination with standard treatments (e.g.
chemotherapy, molecular targeted therapy) in advanced cancers represents the final objective of the ongoing studies, fully uncovering the metabolic and immunological effects of the FMD alone is essential to design future combination studies.
From this perspective, the pre- and post-operative clinical settings in cancer patients who are not candidate to other medical treatments represent an ideal context to assess the effects of the FMD without other confounding factors.
This trial primarily aims to assess the immunological and metabolic changes induced by the FMD in the pre-operative and post-operative setting in breast cancer and melanoma patients.
Three cohorts of patients will be enrolled: 1) Cohort A: patients with resectable breast cancer (cT1N0M0 stage or cT1cN1M0-cT2cN0M0 stages not requiring pre-operative systemic treatment at the judgment of the investigator) who are candidate to curative surgery; 2) Cohort B: patients with malignant melanoma patients candidate to dissection of the lymph node basin because of a positive sentinel lymph node (stage IIIA-IIIB-IIIC); 3) Cohort C: patients with resected malignant melanoma (including radicalization and, in case, lymph node dissection) who are not candidate to any adjuvant treatment, but only to clinical and radiological follow-up (stage IIB-IIC).
Patients in cohorts A and B will undergo one 5-days FMD cycle about 13-15 days before surgical removal of primary tumor (breast) or lymph nodes (breast, melanoma).
Patients in cohort C will undergo 4 consecutive FMD cycles every 28 days, starting one month after surgery.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Anticipated)
100
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Contact
- Name: Filippo De Braud, Professor
- Phone Number: 0039 02/23902148
- Email: filippo.debraud@istitutotumori.mi.it
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Claudio Vernieri, MD
- Phone Number: 0039 02/23903066
- Email: claudio.vernieri@istitutotumori.mi.it
Study Locations
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Milan, Italy, 20133
- Recruiting
- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
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Contact:
- Claudio Vernieri, M.D., Ph.D.
- Phone Number: +39 02 23903066
- Email: claudio.vernieri@istitutotumori.mi.it
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18 and ≤ 75 years.
- Evidence of a personally signed and dated informed consent document (ICD) indicating that the patient has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the study before enrollment and FMD prescription.
- Willingness and ability to comply with the FMD protocol, the scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests and other procedures.
- Histologically confirmed diagnosis of invasive breast cancer candidate to curative surgery (Cohort A), or resected malignant melanoma requiring dissection of the regional lymph node basin for sentinel lymph node involvement (Cohort B), or malignant melanoma treated with curative surgery (including, in case, lymph node removal and lymph node dissection) (Cohort C). For breast cancer patients, any biological subgroup (including estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-positive, triple-negative breast cancer) will be admitted; HER2-positive tumors will be defined on the basis of an IHC score of 3, or a score of 2 with ISH evaluation indicative of gene amplification.
- Availability of archival FFPE tissue blocks of primary breast cancer (Cohort A) or melanoma (Cohort B, Cohort C).
- Presence of an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1.
Presence of adequate bone marrow and organ function as defined by the following laboratory values:
- ANC ≥ 1.5 x 109/l
- platelets ≥ 100 x 109/l
- hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dl
- calcium (corrected for serum albumin) within normal limits or ≤ grade 1 according to NCI-CTCAE version 4.03 if not clinically significant
- potassium within the normal limits, or corrected with supplements
- creatinine < 1.5 ULN
- blood uric acid < 10 mg/dl
- ALT and AST ≤ 2.5 x ULN
- total bilirubin < ULN except for patients with Gilbert syndrome who may only be included in the total bilirubin is < 3.0 x ULN or direct bilirubin < 1.5 x ULN
- Albumin > 3 g/dL
- Fasting glucose ≤ 200 mg/dl.
- Total Cholesterol ≤ 300 mg/dl.
- Triglycerides ≤ 300 mg/dl.
- Female patients of childbearing potential must agree to sexual abstinence or to use two highly effective method of contraception throughout the study and for at least 30 days after the end of the FMD. Abstinence is only acceptable if it is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the patient. Examples of contraceptive methods with a failure rate of < 1% per year include tubal ligation, male sterilization, hormonal implants, established, proper use of combined oral or injected hormonal contraceptives, and certain intrauterine devices. Alternatively, two methods (e.g., two barrier methods such as a condom and a cervical cap) may be combined to achieve a failure rate of < 1% per year. Barrier methods must always be supplemented with the use of a spermicide. A patient is of childbearing potential if, in the opinion of the Investigator, she is biologically capable of having children and is sexually active.
Female patients are not of childbearing potential if they meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Have undergone a documented hysterectomy and/or bilateral oophorectomy
- Have medically confirmed ovarian failure
- Achieved post-menopausal status, defined as: (≥ 12 months of non-therapy-induced amenorrhea) or surgically sterile (absence of ovaries) and have a serum FSH level within the laboratory's reference range for postmenopausal females.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior systemic treatment for breast cancer or melanoma.
- Diagnosis of a concurrent malignancy other than breast cancer or melanoma, or malignancy other than breast cancer or melanoma diagnosed within 5 years of treatment enrollment, with the exception of adequately treated, basal or squamous cell carcinoma, non-melanomatous skin cancer or curatively resected cervical cancer.
- Body Mass Index (BMI) < 20 Kg/m2.
- Anamnesis of alcohol abuse.
- Unintentional weight loss ≥ 5% in the last three months, unless the patient has a BMI > 25 Kg/m2 at study enrollment. Intentional weight loss is permitted if < 10% in the last three months and patient BMI is > 22 kg/m2.
- Severe heart, liver, pulmonary, kidney comorbidities.
- Current status of pregnancy or lactation, where pregnancy is defined as the state of a female after conception and until the termination of gestation, confirmed by a positive hCG laboratory test (> 5 mIU/mL).
- Active HBV or HCV infection.
- Severe infections within 4 weeks prior to FMD initiation, including, but not limited to, hospitalization for complications of infection, bacteremia, or severe pneumonia.
- Active autoimmune diseases that require systemic treatment (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs).
- History of recent diagnosis of hypothyroidism for which replacement therapy (eg., thyroxine) and blood endocrine profile are not stabilized yet.
- Established diagnosis of diabetes mellitus type I or diabetes mellitus type II that requires pharmacological treatment (including, but not limited to, insulin, insulin secretagogues and metformin).
- Severe impairment of the gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may alter the digestion and absorption of nutrients during the re-feeding phase (e.g. active ulcerative diseases of the stomach or intestine, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, or small bowel resection).
- Known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection.
Clinically significant heart disease and/or recent cardiac events including:
- history of angina pectoris, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), symptomatic pericarditis, or myocardial infarction within 12 months prior to the start of study treatment;
- history of documented congestive heart failure (NYHA III-IV);
- documented cardiomyopathy.
- History of cardiac arythmias, (e.g. ventricular tachycardia, chronic atrial fibrillation), complete left bundle branch block, high grade AV block (e.g. bifascicular block, Mobitz type II and third degree AV block), supraventricular, nodal arrhythmias, or conduction abnormality in the previous 12 months.
- Uncontrolled hypertension defined by a Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) ≥ 160 mmHg and/or Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) ≥ 100 mmHg, with or without anti-hypertensive medication.
- Known reduction of left-ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) to less than 50%, as assessed by multigated radionuclide scintigraphic scan (MUGA) or echocardiography.
- Previous episodes of symptomatic hypotension causing unconsciousness.
- Baseline fasting plasma glucose ≤ 65 mg/dl.
- Ongoing therapy with systemic corticosteroids, or systemic corticosteroid therapy ≤ 2 weeks before study enrollment, or who have not recovered from side effects of such treatment. The following uses of corticosteroids are permitted: topical applications (e.g. for rash), inhaled sprays (e.g. for obstructive airways diseases), eye drops.
- Any serious medical or psychiatric illness that in the assessment of the investigator renders the patient not suitable for participation in this clinical study.
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: FMD Arm
The intervention consists in 5-day FMD (Fasting Mimicking Diet) to be followed for one cycle (Cohorts A and B) or for 4 consecutive every-four week cycles postoperatively.
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The Fasting Mimicking Diet (or FMD) consists in a 5-day plant-based, low-calorie (about 600 Kcal on day 1, followed by about 300 KCal/day on days 2 to 5), low-carbohydrate low-protein diet
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Absolute and relative changes in PBMCs
Time Frame: 3 years
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Absolute and relative changes in PBMCs by 10-color cytofluorimetry before and after the FMD.
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3 years
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Phenotypic modifications in PBMCs
Time Frame: 3 years
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Phenotypic modifications in PBMCs, as detected by by 10-colors citofluorimetry and single-cell "mass cytometry" (CyTOF)
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3 years
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Functional modifications in PBMCs
Time Frame: 3 years
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Functional modifications in PBMCs, as detected by by 10-colors citofluorimetry and single-cell "mass cytometry" (CyTOF)
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3 years
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Functional modifications in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes
Time Frame: 3 years
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Functional modifications in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, as detected by by 10-colors citofluorimetry and single-cell "mass cytometry" (CyTOF)
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3 years
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Phenotypic modifications in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes
Time Frame: 3 years
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Phenotypic modifications in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, as detected by by 10-colors citofluorimetry and single-cell "mass cytometry" (CyTOF)
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3 years
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Functional modifications of immune cell population in LNs
Time Frame: 3 years
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Functional modifications of immune cell populations in LNs, as detected by single-cell "mass cytometry" (CyTOF).
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3 years
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mRNA profiling in tumor cells
Time Frame: 3 years
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Gene expression profiling (through mRNA quantification) in tumor cells (Cohort A).
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3 years
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mRNA profiling in immune cells
Time Frame: 3 years
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Gene expression profiling (through mRNA quantification) in PBMCs and immune cell populations inside lymph nodes (Cohort B).
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3 years
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miRNA profiling in tumor cells
Time Frame: 3 years
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miRNA profiling in tumor cells (Cohort A)
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3 years
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miRNA profiling in immune cells
Time Frame: 3 years
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miRNA profiling in PBMCs and immune cell populations inside lymph nodes (Cohort B).
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3 years
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Changes in the expression of metabolic genes in PBMCs
Time Frame: 3 years
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Changes in the expression of selected metabolic genes (including hexokinase 1, phosphofructokinase 1, pyruvate kinase 2) through mRNA quantification in PBMCs before and after the FMD.
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3 years
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FMD-induced changes in blood metabolic parameters
Time Frame: 3 years
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FMD-induced changes in blood (glucose, triglycerides, fatty acids, cholesterol, amino acids)
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3 years
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FMD-induced changes in urine metabolites
Time Frame: 3 years
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FMD-induced changes in urine metabolites (ketone bodies)
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3 years
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FMD-induced changes in serum growth factors.
Time Frame: 3 years
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FMD-induced changes in serum growth factors.
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3 years
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Qualitative changes in tumor-infiltrating immune cells
Time Frame: 3 years
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Qualitative changes in the type of tumor-infiltrating immune cell populations before and after the diet in breast cancer patients undergoing curative surgery (Cohort A).
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3 years
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Quantitative changes in tumor-infiltrating immune cells
Time Frame: 3 years
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Quantitative changes in the number of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, machrophages, MDSCs before and after the diet in breast cancer patients undergoing curative surgery (Cohort A).
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3 years
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Changes in tumor proliferation
Time Frame: 3 years
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Changes in tumor proliferation index (Ki67) IHC in breast cancer patients (Cohort A).
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3 years
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Changes in tumor cell apoptosis
Time Frame: 3 years
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Changes in tumor cell apoptosis (caspase 3 by IHC) in breast cancer patients (Cohort A).
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3 years
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Changes in tumor metabolic pathways
Time Frame: 3 years
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Changes in tumor levels of glycolytic enzymes by IHC (Glut1, HK1, PFK1/2, PK2) in breast cancer patients (Cohort A).
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3 years
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Changes in expression of hormone receptors and HER2
Time Frame: 3 years
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Changes in expression of estrogen and/progesterone receptor and HER2 oncoprotein by IHC in breast cancer patients (Cohort A).
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3 years
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Qualitative changes in immune cell suspensions from lymph nodes
Time Frame: 3 years
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Changes in the type of immune cells (CD8+ T-lymhocytes, CD 4+ lymphocytes, Treg) found in lymph node suspensions of melanoma patients undergoing one FMD cycle before lymph node dissection (Cohort B).
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3 years
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Quantitative changes in immune cell suspensions from lymph nodes
Time Frame: 3 years
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Quantitative changes in the absolute and relative amount of immune cell populations in lymph node suspensions of melanoma patients undergoing one FMD cycle before lymph node dissection (Cohort B).
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3 years
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Changes in DNA methylomic profiles in lymph node specimens
Time Frame: 3 years
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Changes in genome-wide DNA methylomic profiles with high-density arrays in lymph node specimens from patients undergoing the FMD before surgery (Cohorts A and B).
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3 years
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Changes in DNA methylomic profiles in tumor specimens
Time Frame: 3 years
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Changes in genome-wide DNA methylomic profiles with high-density arrays in tumor specimens from patients undergoing the FMD before surgery (Cohorts A and B).
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3 years
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Changes in gut microbiota composition.
Time Frame: 3 years
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Changes in type of gut bacteria populations, as detected through 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing
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3 years
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Short-term modification of blood nutritional parameters.
Time Frame: 3 years
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Short-term (before vs after each FMD cycle) modification of blood nutritional parameters (levels of plasma cholesterol, prealbumin, transferrin, total lymphocytes)
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3 years
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Long-term modification of blood nutritional parameters.
Time Frame: 3 years
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Long-term (along subsequent FMD cycles) modification of blood nutritional parameters (levels of plasma cholesterol, realbumin, transferrin, total lymphocytes)
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3 years
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Short-term and long-term modification of BMI
Time Frame: 3 years
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Short-term and long-term modification of BMI
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3 years
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FMD-induced changes in white blood cell populations
Time Frame: 3 years
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FMD-induced changes in neutrophils, macrophages, lymphocytes
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3 years
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FMD-induced changes in hemoglobin
Time Frame: 3 years
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FMD-induced changes in hemoglobin
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3 years
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Assessment of patient compliance to the FMD.
Time Frame: 3 years
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Assessment of patient compliance to the FMD, as measured by quantifying the number of major and minor deviations of patients' diet relative to the prescribed FMD scheme
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3 years
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Assessment of FMD tolerability.
Time Frame: 3 years
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Assessment of FMD tolerability, as defined by the occurrence of G3-G4 adverse events, or serious adverse events (SAEs)
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3 years
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Correlation between FMD-induced changes in serum metabolites and changes in PBMCs
Time Frame: 3 years
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Correlation between FMD-induced changes in serum metabolites and changes in PBMCs, their activation status, and characteristics of tumor cell and immune infiltrate.
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3 years
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Correlation between FMD-induced metabolic and immunological changes
Time Frame: 3 years
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Correlation between FMD-induced metabolic and immunological changes with patient diet evaluated at study enrollment through food diaries.
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3 years
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Collaborators and Investigators
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Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Filippo De Braud, Professor, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
Publications and helpful links
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General Publications
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- Brandhorst S, Choi IY, Wei M, Cheng CW, Sedrakyan S, Navarrete G, Dubeau L, Yap LP, Park R, Vinciguerra M, Di Biase S, Mirzaei H, Mirisola MG, Childress P, Ji L, Groshen S, Penna F, Odetti P, Perin L, Conti PS, Ikeno Y, Kennedy BK, Cohen P, Morgan TE, Dorff TB, Longo VD. A Periodic Diet that Mimics Fasting Promotes Multi-System Regeneration, Enhanced Cognitive Performance, and Healthspan. Cell Metab. 2015 Jul 7;22(1):86-99. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2015.05.012. Epub 2015 Jun 18.
Study record dates
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Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
July 1, 2018
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
May 30, 2020
Study Completion (Anticipated)
December 31, 2020
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
January 29, 2018
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
March 2, 2018
First Posted (Actual)
March 5, 2018
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
February 26, 2019
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
February 24, 2019
Last Verified
February 1, 2019
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Other Study ID Numbers
- INT157/17
- B42F17000260006 (Other Grant/Funding Number: Italian Minister of Health)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
No
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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
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No
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Clinical Trials on Breast Cancer
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Northwestern UniversityEisai Inc.UnknownMale Breast Cancer | Stage II Breast Cancer | Stage IIIA Breast Cancer | Stage IIIB Breast Cancer | Triple-negative Breast Cancer | Stage IA Breast Cancer | Stage IB Breast Cancer | Stage IIIC Breast Cancer | Estrogen Receptor-negative Breast Cancer | Progesterone Receptor-negative Breast Cancer | HER2-negative...United States
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Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNational Cancer Institute (NCI); Rutgers Cancer Institute of New JerseyActive, not recruitingStage IIIA Breast Cancer | Stage IIIB Breast Cancer | Triple-negative Breast Cancer | Stage IIA Breast Cancer | Stage IIB Breast Cancer | Stage IIIC Breast Cancer | Estrogen Receptor-negative Breast Cancer | Progesterone Receptor-negative Breast Cancer | HER2-negative Breast CancerUnited States
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University of Southern CaliforniaNational Cancer Institute (NCI)TerminatedMale Breast Cancer | Stage IV Breast Cancer | Stage II Breast Cancer | Stage IIIA Breast Cancer | Stage IIIB Breast Cancer | Stage IA Breast Cancer | Stage IB Breast Cancer | Stage IIIC Breast Cancer | Recurrent Breast CancerUnited States
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University of WashingtonTerminatedBreast Cancer | Breast Cancer Stage I | Breast Cancer Stage II | Breast Cancer Stage III | Breast Cancer Stage IIB | Breast Cancer Stage IIA | Breast Cancer Stage IIIA | Breast Cancer Stage IIIB | Breast Cancer Stage IIIcUnited States
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CelgeneCompletedBreast Cancer | Metastatic Breast Cancer | Stage IV Breast Cancer | Triple-negative Breast Cancer | Recurrent Breast Cancer | Breast Tumor | Cancer of the Breast | Triple-negative Metastatic Breast Cancer | Estrogen Receptor- Negative Breast Cancer | HER2- Negative Breast Cancer | Progesterone Receptor- Negative...United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Spain, Canada, Portugal, Australia, Austria, Greece, Brazil, France
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University of Southern CaliforniaNational Cancer Institute (NCI)TerminatedHER2-positive Breast Cancer | Stage IV Breast Cancer | Stage II Breast Cancer | Stage IIIA Breast Cancer | Stage IIIB Breast Cancer | Stage IA Breast Cancer | Stage IB Breast Cancer | Stage IIIC Breast Cancer | Recurrent Breast CancerUnited States
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University of WashingtonNational Cancer Institute (NCI)CompletedHER2-positive Breast Cancer | Stage II Breast Cancer | Stage IIIA Breast Cancer | Stage IA Breast Cancer | Stage IB Breast Cancer | Estrogen Receptor-negative Breast Cancer | Estrogen Receptor-positive Breast Cancer | Progesterone Receptor-negative Breast Cancer | Progesterone Receptor-positive Breast...United States
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University of WashingtonNational Cancer Institute (NCI)CompletedHER2-positive Breast Cancer | Male Breast Cancer | Stage IV Breast Cancer | Stage II Breast Cancer | Stage IIIA Breast Cancer | Stage IIIB Breast Cancer | Stage IIIC Breast Cancer | Recurrent Breast CancerUnited States
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Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson...Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer FoundationCompletedStage II Breast Cancer | Stage IIIA Breast Cancer | Stage IIIB Breast Cancer | Triple-negative Breast Cancer | Stage IIIC Breast Cancer | Estrogen Receptor-negative Breast Cancer | Progesterone Receptor-negative Breast Cancer | HER2-negative Breast CancerUnited States
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University of Southern CaliforniaNational Cancer Institute (NCI)WithdrawnStage IV Breast Cancer | Stage II Breast Cancer | Stage IIIA Breast Cancer | Stage IIIB Breast Cancer | Triple-negative Breast Cancer | Stage IA Breast Cancer | Stage IB Breast Cancer | Stage IIIC Breast Cancer | Recurrent Breast Cancer
Clinical Trials on FMD
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Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese...Completed
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University Hospital, MontpellierUniversity Hospital, ParisRecruitingHealthy | COPD PatientsFrance
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University of ChileAgencia Nacional de Investigación y DesarrolloRecruitingStroke | Myocardial Injury | Surgery | Cardiac DeathChile
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AcusMu Medtech Co., Ltd.Taipei Medical University HospitalRecruiting
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Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences RohtakUnknown
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NHS Greater Glasgow and ClydeUniversity of GlasgowCompletedHypertension | COVIDUnited Kingdom
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Uniter OnlusUniversity of Rome Tor VergataCompletedObesity | Diet, Healthy | Olfaction DisordersItaly
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University of GenovaRecruitingInflammation | Frailty | Immune System DisorderItaly
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Fondazione Valter LongoUniversity of Palermo; University of Calabria; Regione Calabria / Comune Varapodio and other collaboratorsRecruitingRisk Behavior | Obesity | OverweightItaly
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Hypertension Institute, NashvilleL-Nutra IncCompleted