Status:

COMPLETED

Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention (ATBC) Study

Lead Sponsor:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborating Sponsors:

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Conditions:

Stroke

Diabetes Mellitus

Eligibility:

MALE

50-69 years

Brief Summary

The project is a passive follow-up of the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention (ATBC) Study cohort. Originally, this was a large, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 2x2 factori...

Detailed Description

The ATBC study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, primary prevention trial to determine whether daily supplementation with a-tocopherol, beta-carotene, or both would reduce the incide...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Current smokers (five or more cigarettes per day at study entry) from Southwestern Finland.
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Females
  • Proven malignancy (except nonmelanoma skin cancer or cancer in situ)
  • Severe angina pectoris
  • Chronic renal insufficiency
  • Cirrhosis of the liver
  • Chronic alcoholism
  • Anticoagulant therapy
  • Use of supplements containing vitamin E greater than 20 mg/day, or vitaming A greater than 20,000 IU/day, or beta-carotene greater than 6 mg/day

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 3 1995

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    September 4 2020

    Estimated Enrollment :

    29133 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00342992

    Start Date

    March 3 1995

    End Date

    September 4 2020

    Last Update

    September 9 2020

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    National Institute of Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

    Helsinki, Finland