Clinical Trial: Green Tea Extracts for the Prevention of Colorectal Adenomas and Colorectal Cancer

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Green Tea Extracts for the Prevention of Colorectal Adenomas and Colorectal Cancer

Brief Summary: Experimental studies have shown the chemopreventive properties of green tea extract (GTE) on colorectal cancer. And colorectal adenomas are precursors to colorectal cancers. The aim of this study is to determine the preventive effect of GTE supplements on metachronous colorectal adenomas by giving GTE tablets of which are equivalent of 9 cup-of-green tea per day (0.9 g/day GTE, 0.6 g/day Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).