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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Anyone else in remission?

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Jun 15 5:04am | Replies (37)
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I see where back in 2010, a Mayo physician reported that "green tea extract keeps cancer in check in the majority of CLL patients."

I read it. A doctor said that it is not a replacement for chemotherapy. And it ends with “Without a phase III clinical trial, we cannot make a recommendation that EGCG be used by CLL patients." And a couple of years later I read that EGCG
can cause transminitis (elevated liver levels).

So what happened in the phase III clinical trial? Thanks.

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Jul 30, 2021

It appears that the promise was not fulfilled, and perhaps later clinical phases were dropped. Here is an article from the NIH from 2018, stating that the efficacy was not proven in multiple small trials, and there were a number of side effects. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7397615/
Does this help answer your question?
Sue

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