Intermittent Fasting in Prostate Cancer Patients Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexMale
Age18+
SponsorState University of New York at Buffalo

About this trial

This is a a pilot study to assess the feasibility of intermittent caloric restriction (plus a plant-enriched diet optionally) in prostate cancer patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy. Study feasibility measures will include enrollment rate, drop-out rate and compliance with diet measured by self-reports.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Be willing and able to provide written informed consent for the trial.

Be male at birth and least 18 years of age on day of signing informed consent.

Have measurable prostate cancer disease and be eligible for androgen deprivation therapy.

Have a performance status of 0-2 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Scale.

Disqualifiers

Has an ECOG performance of 2 or higher.

Is currently participating and receiving study therapy or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 4 weeks of the beginning of the treatment.

Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment.

Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the trial, or is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Intermittent Fasting

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group