Randomized, placebo-controlled pilot trial of the effects of alpha-tocopherol supplementation on levels of autoantibodies against 5-hydroxymethyl-2-deoxyuridine in melanoma patients. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled pilot trial to assess whether supplementation of 1000 mg/day alpha-tocopherol for 3 months offered protection against DNA base damage in melanoma outpatients (n=46). Plasma autoantibodies (aAbs) against 5-hydroxymethyl-2-deoxyuridine (HMdU) were measured as an immune marker of DNA base damage. After 3 months of supplementation (final level), plasma levels of alpha-tocopherol increased significantly (P<0.0005) in the alpha-tocopherol compared with the placebo treatment group. Supplementation with alpha-tocopherol also resulted in a significant (P=0.04) decrease in plasma gamma-tocopherol levels among males. Overall, we did not find any significant differences in the plasma anti-HMdU aAb levels between the two treatment groups. However, when the patients were stratified by the clinical characteristics of the melanoma, we found that alpha-tocopherol supplementation resulted in a borderline significant (P=0.06) 48% decrease in plasma anti-HMdU aAb levels in patients with less aggressive melanomas (Breslow thickness

publication date

  • February 1, 2004

Research

keywords

  • Autoantibodies
  • DNA Damage
  • Melanoma
  • Thymidine
  • alpha-Tocopherol

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 1642289525

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/00008390-200402000-00008

PubMed ID

  • 15091194

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 14

issue

  • 1