Phenethyl Isothiocyanate in Preventing Lung Cancer in People Who Smoke

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the development or recurrence of cancer. Phenethyl isothiocyanate may be effective in preventing lung cancer in smokers.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial of phenethyl isothiocyanate in preventing lung cancer in people who smoke.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: New York University School of Medicine; NYU Langone Health
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Phenethyl isothiocyanate

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Asymptomatic smokers who either refuse to or cannot stop smoking Urinary cotinine levels greater than 100 ng/mL Willing to adhere to certain dietary restrictions limiting intake of cruciferous vegetables (watercress, broccoli, radishes, mustard, brussels sprouts) while on study

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Not specified Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 1.6 mg/dL Transaminases less than 2 times normal Renal: Creatinine less than 1.6 mg/dL Urinary RBC levels 0-2 Urinary WBC levels at least 0-2 Pulmonary: No dyspnea at rest Other: No concurrent illness, condition, or symptom that would preclude study Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Not specified