Review Article

Polyphenols in Colorectal Cancer: Current State of Knowledge including Clinical Trials and Molecular Mechanism of Action

Table 4

Recent clinical trials on PP against CRC.

PolyphenolStudy description (patients)Institution and status

CurcuminA Phase II, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial for the effectiveness of holistic turmeric supplementation on polyp burden among patients with FAP (40)Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel; started February 2017

CurcuminEarly Phase I, curcumin in combination with 5-FU in chemoresistant metastatic colorectal cancer (14)Baylor Research Institute, USA; started March 2016

CurcuminRandomized Phase II trial studies in treating patients with FAP (44)Johns Hopkins University USA; completed in 2017 but results have not been published yet

CurcuminPhase I, pharmacokinetic trial of curcuminoids (24)University of Michigan Cancer Center, USA; completed but no publication

CurcuminPhase I, microarray analysis to identify genes that are modified by curcumin that could be used as biomarkers (40)University of North Carolina, USA; completed but no publication

EGCGPhase I, chemopreventive effects in patients with curative resections (50)The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA; started January 2017 and recruiting

EGCGGreen tea extracts for the prevention of colorectal adenomas and colorectal cancer (176)Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea; completed and found favourable outcome for the chemoprevention [153]

GenisteinPhase I/II, incorporation of genistein in FOLFOX treatment regimen against metastatic CRC (13)Sofya Pintova, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in collaboration with DSM Nutritional Products, Inc., USA; completed January 2017 but result has not been published yet