Soy Bread Diet in Improving Immune Function in Participants With Prostate Cancer

The Effect of a Soy Bread Diet Intervention on Immune Function in Men With Prostate Cancer

This phase II trial studies the effects of a soy bread versus a wheat bread in improving immune function in participants who are beginning a course of androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. Components found in soy foods may influence the immune system in a way that may be beneficial for prostate cancer prevention and survivorship.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Prostate Adenocarcinoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Questionnaire Administration; Combination product: Dietary Intervention; Combination product: Dietary Intervention

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To precisely define the impact of soy on myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC) in a human model clinical trial.

OUTLINE: Participants are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I (SOY BREAD): Participants consume 2 slices of soy bread daily for approximately 20 weeks in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Concurrent with the intervention, participants will be staring androgen deprivation therapy at the direction of their medical oncologist.

ARM II (WHEAT BREAD): Participants consume 2 slices of wheat bread daily for approximately 20 weeks in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Concurrent with the intervention, participants will be staring androgen deprivation therapy at the direction of their medical oncologist.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 25
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Ohio
    • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
      • Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Have biopsy proven adenocarcinoma of the prostate (no small cell, sarcomatoid, or other rare subtypes)
• Be planning a course of at least 5 months of androgen deprivation therapy. Patients who have had androgen deprivation therapy in the past as part of salvage therapy or primary therapy, but are initiating a new course will be eligible.
• Have a testosterone concentration within normal limits.
• No neoadjuvant hormonal or chemotherapy (other clinical trials) for their prostate cancer
• Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1.
• Have blood, urea, nitrogen (BUN)/creatinine (Cr), liver enzymes, complete blood count (CBC), and prothrombin time (PT)/partial thromboplastin time (PTT)/international normalized ratio (INR) within normal limits
• Voluntarily agree to participate and a sign an informed consent document
• Agree to have prostate biopsy blocks provided to the study for evaluation
• Willing to discontinue all current vitamin/mineral supplements
• Not currently be taking complementary or alternative products (i.e. PC-SPES, Saw Palmetto) that target the prostate or may impact the hormonal environment
• Agree to consume a standardized vitamin and mineral supplement (provided by the study) and avoid other nutrition, dietary, or alternative medications/supplements for the duration of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Have an active malignancy other than prostate cancer that requires therapy
• No diagnosed hematologic malignancy
• Not currently taking steroid medications (i.e., chronic lymphocytic leukemia [CLL])
• No chronic infection (i.e., human immunodeficiency virus-positive [HIV+])
• No history of organ transplant requiring immunosuppressive medications
• History of nephrolithiasis (renal stones)
• Renal insufficiency with creatinine > 1.8, including anyone on dialysis regardless of nadir creatinine
• Have certain medical conditions. Have no history of malabsorptive disorders or other metabolic disorders requiring special diet recommendations (for example, Crohn?s disease or gluten enteropathy)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Arm I Soy Bread Intervention; Men who are scheduled to begin androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer will begin an intervention to consume 2 slices of soy bread daily for approximately 20 weeks. Blood, urine and toxicity data will be collected at regularly scheduled medical oncology visits.	Other: Questionnaire Administration; Ancillary studies; Combination product: Dietary Intervention; The dietary intervention requires men to consume 2 slices soy bread each day for 20 weeks while initiating hormone therapy; Other Names: Dietary Modification; Nutrition Intervention; Nutrition Interventions; Nutritional Interventions; Combination product: Dietary Intervention; The dietary intervention requires men to consume 2 slices wheat bread each day for 20 weeks while initiating hormone therapy; Other Names: Dietary Modification; intervention, dietary; Nutrition Intervention; Nutrition Interventions; Nutritional Interventions
Active Comparator: Arm II Wheat Bread Intervention; Men who are scheduled to begin androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer will begin an intervention to consume 2 slices of wheat bread for approximately 20 weeks. Blood, urine and toxicity data will be collected at regularly scheduled medical oncology visits.	Other: Questionnaire Administration; Ancillary studies; Combination product: Dietary Intervention; The dietary intervention requires men to consume 2 slices soy bread each day for 20 weeks while initiating hormone therapy; Other Names: Dietary Modification; Nutrition Intervention; Nutrition Interventions; Nutritional Interventions; Combination product: Dietary Intervention; The dietary intervention requires men to consume 2 slices wheat bread each day for 20 weeks while initiating hormone therapy; Other Names: Dietary Modification; intervention, dietary; Nutrition Intervention; Nutrition Interventions; Nutritional Interventions

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in peripheral blood myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC)	A two-sample t-test will be used to compare the differences (log-transformed if necessary to improve normality).	Week 0 to week 20
Treatment effect on peripheral blood MDSC	Mixed-effects regression models will be used to estimate the treatment effect on peripheral blood MDSC after adjusting for covariates such as age, compliance, and weight. A condition by time (pre versus [vs.] post) interaction will be included to test for a treatment effect. A random effect will be included for each subject to account for the dependency between the pre-post measurements. Correlations (Pearson and Spearman) between measures will be evaluated to determine if positive or negative relationships exist between the measures themselves or the week 0 to week 5 differences (e.g. MSDC vs. T-cell proliferation, MDSC vs. cytokines). Model adequacy and assumptions will be evaluated via residual plots. In the event that model assumptions are violated, outcomes will be transformed or non-parametric methods will be used. Tissue MDSC will be compared using linear regression.	Up to week 20
Treatment effects in plasma cytokines	Mixed-effects regression models will be used to estimate the treatment effect. Correlations (Pearson and Spearman) between measures will be evaluated to determine if positive or negative relationships exist between the measures themselves or the week 0 to week 5 differences (e.g. MSDC vs. T-cell proliferation, MDSC vs. cytokines). Model adequacy and assumptions will be evaluated via residual plots. In the event that model assumptions are violated, outcomes will be transformed or non-parametric methods will be used.	Up to week 20
Treatment effects in T-cell proliferation	Mixed-effects regression models will be used to estimate the treatment effect. Correlations (Pearson and Spearman) between measures will be evaluated to determine if positive or negative relationships exist between the measures themselves or the week 0 to week 20 differences (e.g. MSDC vs. T-cell proliferation, MDSC vs. cytokines). Model adequacy and assumptions will be evaluated via residual plots. In the event that model assumptions are violated, outcomes will be transformed or non-parametric methods will be used.	Up to week 20
Treatment effects in prostate specific antigen (PSA)	Mixed-effects regression models will be used to estimate the treatment effect.	Up to week 20

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
PSA response	Mixed-effects models will be used to explore treatment effects in PSA outcomes	Up to week 20

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Steven Clinton, MD, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• The Jamesline

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 15, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 9, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): March 9, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 29, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 29, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): August 31, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 4, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 2, 2025
• Last Verified: April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Carcinoma; Adenocarcinoma
• Other Study ID Numbers: OSU-12042; NCI-2018-00808 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program)); R01CA169363 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No