This randomized phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best way to give lyophilized black raspberries in preventing oral cancer in high-risk patients previously diagnosed with stage I-IV or in situ head and neck cancer. Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming. The use of lyophilized black raspberries may prevent oral cancer. Studying samples of oral cavity scrapings, blood, urine, and saliva in the laboratory from patients receiving lyophilized black raspberries may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and the effect of lyophilized back raspberries on biomarkers.
Age range
21 Years
Sex
ALL
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Define tolerability and potential adverse effects of long-term black raspberry administration of post-surgical HN cancer patients
Timeframe: up to 6 months
Effects of dose and delivery vehicle on the degree of uptake of black raspberry components in target oral tissues of post-surgical HN cancer patients over time and determine the relationships between adherence/exposure data and uptake.
Timeframe: up to 2 years
Correlation between change in gene expression within key regulatory pathways and dose and delivery method
Timeframe: up to 2 years
Sustainability of the measures within genes found to show significant berry effects beyond the 6-month exposure period
Timeframe: up to 2 years