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Phase IIa Clinical Trial of Curcumin for the Prevention of Colorectal Neoplasia

Overview of attention for article published in Cancer Prevention Research, March 2011
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Title
Phase IIa Clinical Trial of Curcumin for the Prevention of Colorectal Neoplasia
Published in
Cancer Prevention Research, March 2011
DOI 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-10-0098
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Authors

Robert E. Carroll, Richard V. Benya, Danielle Kim Turgeon, Shaiju Vareed, Malloree Neuman, Luz Rodriguez, Madhuri Kakarala, Philip M. Carpenter, Christine McLaren, Frank L. Meyskens, Dean E. Brenner

Abstract

Curcumin is derived from the spice tumeric and has antiinflammatory and antineoplastic effects in vitro and in animal models, including preventing aberrant crypt foci (ACF) and adenomas in murine models of colorectal carcinogenesis. Inhibiting the production of the procarcinogenic eicosanoids prostaglandin E₂ (PGE₂) and 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (5-HETE) can suppress carcinogenesis in rodents. Curcumin reduces mucosal concentrations of PGE₂ (via inhibition of cyclooxygenases 1 and 2) and 5-HETE (via inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase) in rats. Although preclinical data support curcumin activity in many sites, the poor bioavailability reported for this agent supports its use in the colorectum. We assessed the effects of oral curcumin (2 g or 4 g per day for 30 days) on PGE₂ within ACF (primary endpoint), 5-HETE, ACF number, and proliferation in a nonrandomized, open-label clinical trial in 44 eligible smokers with eight or more ACF on screening colonoscopy. We assessed pre- and posttreatment concentrations of PGE₂ and 5-HETE by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectroscopy in ACF and normal-tissue biopsies; ACF number via rectal endoscopy; proliferation by Ki-67 immunohistochemistry; and curcumin concentrations by high-performance liquid chromatography in serum and rectal mucosal samples. Forty-one subjects completed the study. Neither dose of curcumin reduced PGE₂ or 5-HETE within ACF or normal mucosa or reduced Ki-67 in normal mucosa. A significant 40% reduction in ACF number occurred with the 4-g dose (P < 0.005), whereas ACF were not reduced in the 2-g group. The ACF reduction in the 4-g group was associated with a significant, five-fold increase in posttreatment plasma curcumin/conjugate levels (versus pretreatment; P = 0.009). Curcumin was well tolerated at both 2 g and 4 g. Our data suggest that curcumin can decrease ACF number, and this is potentially mediated by curcumin conjugates delivered systemically.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 4 1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Belgium 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 338 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 47 14%
Researcher 46 13%
Student > Bachelor 41 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 33 10%
Other 28 8%
Other 65 19%
Unknown 86 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 77 22%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 44 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 36 10%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 31 9%
Chemistry 14 4%
Other 50 14%
Unknown 94 27%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 111. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 March 2024.
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#380,557
of 25,579,912 outputs
Outputs from Cancer Prevention Research
#48
of 1,453 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,199
of 120,196 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cancer Prevention Research
#2
of 27 outputs
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