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Chemoprevention of Colorectal Cancer: the Role of Non-digestible Carbohydrates


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16 Years
85 Years
Open (Enrolling)
Both
Colorectal Cancer

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Trial Information

Chemoprevention of Colorectal Cancer: the Role of Non-digestible Carbohydrates


This project is designed to enhance understanding of links between food and the health of
the gut. The particular purpose of the project is to investigate the impact of a
well-defined intervention in human volunteers on a panel of novel, and established,
diet-related biomarkers of bowel cancer risk. We have developed a number of novel biomarkers
of diet-related CRC risk measured in colo-rectal mucosal biopsies (and in stool). These
biomarkers include differentially expressed proteins, DNA methylation markers and
inflammation markers. In our on-going BORICC Study we are investigating the relationships
between dietary exposure and nutritional status for these biomarkers in a cross-sectional
study. The next logical step in this research is to determine whether a selected panel of
the most promising biomarkers responds to a dietary intervention i.e. to test their utility
as biomarkers of GI health and potential as surrogate endpoints in future human studies.

We propose to use Hi-maize 260 and polydextrose (PD) as our model resistant starch (RS)
intervention agents. RS describes the fraction of dietary starch which is not digested in
the small bowel and which flows to the colon where it is a substrate for bacterial
fermentation. (Asp, 1996) PD is produced by the bulk melt polycondensation of glucose and
sorbitol to produce an oligosaccharide with a mean degree of polymerisation of 12 which is
resistant to mammalian GI enzymes and, like other RSs, is a substrate for bacterial
fermentation. (Auerbach, 2007) Both Hi-maize and PD are fermented (to a greater or lesser
extent) producing short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) including butyrate. (Asp, 1996) Butyrate
has beneficial effects on gut physiology and immune function including anti-inflammatory
effects. (Wächtershäuser, 2000; Dronamraju, 2009)

In the present project we will investigate the impact of PD and RS, as food-borne substrates
for delivery of butyrate, on biomarkers of bowel cancer risk.


Inclusion Criteria:



Attended for flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy and no macroscopic pathology identified

Exclusion Criteria:

- Age <16 or >85

- Familial polyposis syndrome

- Lynch syndrome

- Known colorectal tumour

- Previous colorectal resection

- Pregnancy

- Chemotherapy in last 6 months

- Therapy with aspirin/other NSAID

- Other immunosuppressive medication

- Active colonic inflammation at endoscopy

- Incomplete left sided examination

- Colorectal carcinoma found at endoscopy

- Iatrogenic perforation at endoscopy

- Colorectal cancer on histology

- Warfarin or other anticoagulant use

- Diabetes mellitus

- Crohn's disease

- Cognitive impairment

Type of Study:

Interventional

Study Design:

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Outcome Measure:

Faecal calprotectin concentration

Outcome Time Frame:

50 days

Safety Issue:

No

Principal Investigator

John Mathers, PhD

Investigator Role:

Study Director

Investigator Affiliation:

Newcastle University

Authority:

United Kingdom: National Health Service

Study ID:

002

NCT ID:

NCT01214681

Start Date:

May 2010

Completion Date:

December 2012

Related Keywords:

  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Biomarkers
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Resistant starch
  • Polydextrose
  • Non-digestible carbohydrate
  • Colorectal Neoplasms

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