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Status unknownNCT02785523Updated May 30, 2016

Clinical Trial on Ganoderma Spore Lipids Combined With Chemo in Patients With G.I. Cancers

A Phase 3 interventional study of Ganoderma Spore Lipids and Placebo in Gastrointestinal Neoplasms, sponsored by Xiaonan Cui. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-05-30.

Sponsored by Xiaonan Cui · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified May 2016), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

A phase III double-blind randomized clinical trial on the effects of ganoderma spore lipids to the immunological response in patients with G.I. Cancers. The trial is randomized, double-blind. Cancer patients are diagnosed based on pathology or cell biology. Patients are randomized into 2 groups: both groups receive chemotherapy. Either group receives ganoderma spore lipids or placebo capsules 600mg three times a day (TID) in addition to the chemotherapy. Clinical evaluation includes chemotherapy drug toxicities, life quality improvement. Blood biochemistry tests mainly include malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), adrenaline, nor-adrenaline, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-1b, interleukin (IL)-6, cell flow cytometry on Th1, Th2, Th17, Treg cytokines, as well as serum cortisol, estradiol (female), progesterone (female), testosterone (male), etc.

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Conditions studied

  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
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In context

Gastrointestinal Neoplasms

779 studies on the registry are indexed under Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; 231 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 60 is close to the median of 60 across 569 interventional studies indexed under Gastrointestinal Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Xiaonan Cui is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Age: 18-80, male and female.
  • Diagnosis: imaging, cell and pathology report.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) O-2, life expectancy more than 3 months.
  • Chemotherapy is not contraindicated.
  • No apparent surgical trauma during the previous 2 weeks.
  • Past treatment:

    • Biological treatment: at least 4 weeks after previous treatment with immunotherapy or other biological; chemotherapy, at least 6 months after last treatment with chemotherapy and or target therapy.
    • Surgery: had not received transplantation surgery, at least 2 weeks after last major surgery.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • A purulent and chronic infection of wound healing delayed.
  • Diseases of the blood system.
  • Abnormal blood coagulation function.
  • Severe brain disease or primary brain tumors without control, and mentally ill person.
  • Patients with brain metastases.
  • Pregnant or lactating women.
  • Patients (male/female) with fertility, But the patients themselves or their spouses do not take effective contraception.
  • Allergic constitution.
  • In addition, patients taking part in other clinical trials, being treated with other biotherapy or immunotherapy and researchers consider not suitable for clinical subjects for other reasons will be excluded.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    G. SPORE LIPIDS

    Form: Capsule Dosage and frequency: This group receives ganoderma spore lipids capsules 600mg TID in addition to the chemotherapy. Duration: 6 chemotherapy cycles.

    Drug: Ganoderma Spore Lipids · Drug: Chemotherapy

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Form: Capsule Dosage and frequency: This group receives placebo capsules 600mg TID in addition to the chemotherapy. Duration: 6 chemotherapy cycles.

    Drug: Placebo · Drug: Chemotherapy

Interventions

  • DrugGanoderma Spore Lipids

    Also known as: G. SPORE LIPIDS

  • DrugPlacebo
  • DrugChemotherapy
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Adverse Events: neutropenia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, anemia, nausea, vomit, fatigue, loss of appetite.

    Time frame: Cycle 2, cycle 4, cycle 6(each cycle is 21 days).

  2. Assessing the quality of life(QOL) in 5 grades and recording: appetite, mental state, sleep, fatigue, pain, attitude towards treatment, daily life ability, treatment of severity of side effects.

    Time frame: Cycle 2, cycle 4, cycle 6(each cycle is 21 days).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Th1/Th2, Th17/Treg in blood.

    Time frame: Cycle 2, cycle 4, cycle 6(each cycle is 21 days).

  2. Interleukin(IL)-1b, interleukin(IL)-6, tumor necrosis factor(TNF)-α in blood.

    Time frame: Cycle 2, cycle 4, cycle 6(each cycle is 21 days).

  3. Estradiol (female), progesterone (female), testosterone (male) in blood.

    Time frame: Cycle 2, cycle 4, cycle 6(each cycle is 21 days).

  4. Vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) in urine.

    Time frame: Cycle 2, cycle 4, cycle 6(each cycle is 21 days).

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University
    Dalian, Liaoning 116000, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 30, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02785523
Lead sponsor
Xiaonan Cui
Responsible party
Xiaonan Cui (Professor, Chief Physician, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
May 30, 2016
Start date
May 2016
Primary completion
May 2017 (estimated)
Last update
May 30, 2016

Study contacts

Xiaonan Cui, MD, PhD
Contact
cxn23@sina.com
+8618098876725
Xiaonan Cui, MD, PhD
principal investigator · The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University
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