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Question clinique
Does increased vegetable intake reduce the risk of cancer progression in men with early-stage prostate cancer?
L’Essentiel
The Men's Eating and Living (MEAL) Study found that increasing vegetable intake did not prevent disease progression in men with early-stage prostate cancer managed with active surveillance. 1b
Référence
Plan de l'etude: Randomized controlled trial (single-blinded)
Financement: Government
Cadre: Outpatient (specialty)
Sommaire
Current recommendations widely circulated in the public domain encourage the consumption of diets high in vegetables to reduce the risk of disease progression in patients with early-stage prostate cancer. These investigators identified men, aged 50 to 80 years, with early-stage prostate cancer based on standard international diagnostic criteria and managed with active surveillance. Eligible patients (N = 443) randomly received assignment (concealed allocation) to either a telephone-based counseling intervention or a usual-care control group. Intervention participants were assigned to a counselor who encouraged the consumption of a diet high in leafy green, carotenoid, and cruciferous vegetables through 16 regularly scheduled counseling telephone calls over a 2-year period. Control participants received printed materials encouraging consumption of a vegetable-rich diet. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing occurred every 3 months, starting at baseline, and participants who did not meet the criteria for additional cancer treatment underwent an end-of-study biopsy at 24 months. The study was at least 80% powered to detect a predetermined clinically meaningful 10% group difference in cancer progression rates. Intervention participants reported a significant increase in daily total vegetable servings compared with controls. Plasma carotenoids measured at 12 months in a random of sample of participants validated self-reported dietary data. Using both per-protocol and intention-to-treat analyses, no significant group differences occurred in the primary outcome of PSA level of 10 ng/mL or greater, PSA doubling time of less than 3 years, or upgrading of either tumor volume or grade on follow-up prostate biopsy.
Reviewer
David C. Slawson, MD
Professor and Vice Chair of Family Medicine for Education and Scholarship
Atrium Health
Professor of Family Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill
Charlotte, NC