Selenium for Prevention of Adenomatous Colorectal Polyps
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2018-05-17
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the
development or recurrence of cancer. Selenium may be effective in preventing the recurrence
of adenomatous colorectal polyps.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying selenium to see how well it works in
preventing the recurrence of polyps in patients with adenomatous colorectal polyps.