The Men's Eating and Living (MEAL) Study: A Randomized Trial of Diet to Alter Disease Progression in Prostate Cancer Patients on Active Surveillance
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Prostate Cancer
Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

 
Participating Organizations: Alliance/Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (lead); ECOG-ACRIN/ECOG-ACRIN 
Medical Research Foundation, Inc; NRG/NRG Oncology Foundation, Inc; SWOG/SWOG 
 
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ALLIANCE FOR CLINICAL TRIALS IN ONCOLOGY 
 
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The Men’s Eating and Living (MEAL) Study: A Randomized Trial of Diet to 
Alter Disease Progression in Prostate Cancer Patients on Active Surveillance 
 
Study Chair 
J. Kellogg Parsons, M.D., MHS 
Moores Cancer Center 
University of California, San Diego 
 
 
 
 
Study Co-Chair and Prevention Subcommittee Chair 
 
 
 
 
Prevention Subcommittee Co-Chair 
Quality of Life Subcommittee Co-Chair 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Correlative Science Co-Chair 
Pathology Co-Chair 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GU Surgery Co-Chair 
CCHO Committee Chair 
 
 
 
 
 
Primary Statistician 
Staff Statistician 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Data Manager 
Protocol Coordinator 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Alliance 
Central Protocol Operations Program 
 
 
 
 
Alliance Statistics and Data Center 
Mayo Clinic 
 
 
Alliance Patient Registration 
 
Alliance Biorepository at 
Ohio State University 
The Ohio State University 
Department of Pathology 
 
 
 
 
CALGB 70807 Nurse Liaison 
 
 
 
CANCER TRIALS SUPPORT UNIT (CTSU) ADDRESS AND CONTACT INFORMATION 
To submit site 
registration documents: 
For patient 
enrollments:  
Submit study data directly to the 
Lead Cooperative Group  
CTSU Regulatory Office 
 
 
 
 
Please refer to the 
patient enrollment 
section for instructions 
on using the OPEN 
system. 
Forms must be submitted electronically 
using the “Submit to CALGB” button 
located at the bottom of the last page 
of each form (see Section 6.1). 
 
Do not submit study data or forms to 
CTSU Data Operations. Do not copy the 
CTSU on data submissions.   
The study protocol and all related forms and documents must be downloaded from the 
protocol-specific Web page of the CTSU Member Web site located at https://www.ctsu.org.  Sites 
must use the current form version and adhere to the instructions and submission schedule 
outlined in the protocol. 
CTSU sites should follow procedures outlined in the protocol for Site registration, Patient 
Enrollment, Adverse Event Reporting, Data Submission (including ancillary studies), and Drug 
Procurement. 
For patient eligibility or treatment-related questions contact the Study Chair. 
For questions unrelated to patient eligibility, treatment, or data submission contact the 
CTSU Help Desk by phone or e-mail: CTSU General Information Line – 
, or 
 All calls and correspondence will be triaged to the appropriate CTSU 
representative.  
For detailed information on the regulatory and monitoring procedures for CTSU sites please 
review the CTSU Regulatory and Monitoring Procedures policy located on the CTSU members’ 
website https://www.ctsu.org. 
The CTSU Web site is located at https://www.ctsu.org. 
Endorsing cooperative group: 
SWOG 
SWOG Coordinating Center 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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The Men’s Eating and Living (MEAL) Study: A Randomized Trial of Diet to Alter Disease 
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Preregistration Eligibility Criteria 
Required Initial  
Laboratory Values 
Biopsy-proven adenocarcinoma of the prostate, clinical stage 7D 
diagnosed within 24 months prior to pre-registration (see Sec. 4.1.1) 
Less than 25% of biopsy tissue cores positive for cancer. 
Serum PSA < 10 ng/mL 
d 50% of any one biopsy tissue core positive for cancer. 
Patients who have prostate cancer with distant metastases are not eligible. 
Patients who have had prior treatment for prostate cancer by surgery, irradiation, local ablative or   
androgen deprivation therapy are not eligible. 
Patients with a history of non-cutaneous malignancy in the previous 5 years are not eligible. 
Patients must be able to read and comprehend English language text and be able to understand spoken 
English over the phone. 
Life expectancy of at least 3 years. 
Patients may be currently taking vitamin supplements including lycopene and beta-carotene. 
Patients receiving treatment with 5-alpha reductase inhibitors within 90 days prior to preregistration are not 
eligible (see Section 4.1.7). 
Patients who are currently taking coumadin are not eligible. 
Participants will be men aged 50 to 80 years. 
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MEAL Program Intervention: The counseling protocol will be divided into four phases, with the 
first three phases completed in 7 months. The fourth phase will continue for 17 months.  
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The first phase, comprised of six counseling calls, will focus on education and the rapid 
development of self-efficacy.  
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The second phase, comprised of four calls over a 2-month period, will focus on practical 
and consistent implementation of the dietary pattern. 
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The third phase, comprised of four calls over a 4-month period, will help participants 
habituate to the dietary pattern by providing regular performance reviews. 
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The fourth phase, comprised of 8 calls over a 17-month period, will be a maintenance 
phase. 
Quality of Life Measures: Seven quality of life measures will be used: Personal Habits 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 
SECTION 
PAGE 
1.0 
 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 5 
2.0 
OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................... 13 
3.0 
ON STUDY GUIDELINES ..................................................................... 13 
4.0 
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ........................................................................ 13 
5.0 
REGISTRATION ................................................................................... 14 
6.0 
DATA SUBMISSION AND SAMPLE SUBMISSION ................................. 17 
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REQUIRED DATA ................................................................................ 23 
8.0 
INTERVENTION ................................................................................... 24 
9.0 
OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT/QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURES ................. 29 
10.0 CORRELATIVE STUDIES ..................................................................... 33 
11.0 STATISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS ......................................................... 38 
12.0 REFERENCES ..................................................................................... 41 
13.0 MODEL CONSENT FORM .................................................................... 48 
14.0 MODEL CONSENT FORM: Addendum for patients who consented to 
participate in the embedded companion study to 70807 prior to the approval of 
Update 8 ....................................................................................................... 58 
 
 
 

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1.0 
 INTRODUCTION 
1.1 
Prostate Cancer: The Concept of Overtreatment 
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed non-cutaneous cancer among US men. 
Approximately 192,000 new cases were identified in 2009 (1). Although prostate cancer is 
the second leading cause of cancer death among US men, the probability of dying from 
prostate cancer is relatively low. The lifetime risk of prostate cancer diagnosis is 16%, but 
the lifetime risk of death from prostate cancer is only 3% (1). This discrepancy between 
prostate cancer incidence and mortality, due in large part to detection of pre-symptomatic 
tumors by the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) assay, is distinct among cancers. As a 
result of widespread PSA testing, 50% of newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients now 
present with localized, lower-risk disease (2). 
Most patients with lower-risk prostate cancer are treated with surgery or radiation (3). 
Although the probability of cure with these modalities is high, both are associated with 
urinary, bowel, and sexual morbidities that significantly diminish quality of life (4, 5). 
Moreover, despite the high probability that these men will remain disease-free, whether 
the treatments actually reduce prostate cancer-specific or overall mortality in lower-risk 
patients is not known. Many men with localized, higher-risk prostate cancer have 
aggressive disease that warrants aggressive intervention (6); many others, with lower-risk, 
generally indolent prostate cancer, even younger men likely to live 15 years or more from 
diagnosis, derive few, if any, survival benefits from treatment (7-10). 
Population studies suggest that a substantial proportion of men diagnosed with lower-
risk prostate cancer in the US are over-treated (2-4). In a recent study of the US SEER 
registry, Miller and colleagues concluded that approximately 50% of men with lower-risk 
prostate cancer received unnecessarily aggressive treatment, surgery or radiation (4). The 
staggering scope of this public health problem that is, unnecessarily aggressive treatment 
of lower risk prostate cancer, treatment that diminishes quality of life for tens of 
thousands of US men each year, challenges us to develop innovative therapeutic and 
diagnostic models to refine treatment paradigms within this patient population. 
1.2 
Active Surveillance (AS) for Lower-Risk Prostate Cancer 
The concept that substantial proportions of men diagnosed with lower-risk prostate 
cancer are over-treated has fostered growing interest in a management approach known 
as active surveillance (AS). AS entails vigilant monitoring of men with localized, lower-risk 
prostate cancer by serial PSA measurements, frequent digital rectal examinations, and 
intermittent prostate biopsies. Intervention with surgery, radiation, or other therapies is 
reserved until patients show evidence of disease progression (9,11-16). 
Active surveillance protocols for identification of patients with lower-risk disease vary by 
institution, but are generally similar. Clinical criteria for enrollment in a surveillance 
program typically include total PSA < 10 ng/mL, tumor that is non-palpable, or palpable 
but small on digital rectal examination (clinical stage T1 or T2) and lower-risk tumor 
characteristics on prostate biopsy, namely, low-grade (Gleason sum ≤ 6) and low-volume 
(tumor evident only in a small number and percentage of biopsy cores) disease (9,11-16). 
Similarly, while there remains no clinical consensus, disease progression while on 
surveillance is broadly defined as a rapidly increasing PSA (manifested as decreased PSA 
doubling time or increased PSA velocity) or worrisome pathology on repeat biopsy 
(Gleason score ≥ 7 or increased tumor volume) (9,11-16). 
In carefully selected men with lower-risk prostate cancer, AS is a viable and safe 
treatment option. Warlick and colleagues, confirming earlier results (9), observed that 
patients followed on AS for up to 6 years who then progressed by PSA or pathological 
criteria and underwent surgery were just as likely to be cured of their disease as men who 
underwent surgery immediately after diagnosis (14). 
Approximately 30% of patients on AS will progress based on current PSA or pathological 
criteria and thus receive intervention with surgery or radiation, typically within 2 years of 
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within 26 months (13, 15). In the Toronto cohort, 34% progressed after 64 months; 
however, the definition of progression for most of the follow-up period was based on a PSA 
DT of 2 years or pathology progression to Gleason grade 8. Klotz estimated that 20 
percent of patients would progress on the basis of a PSA DT of 3 years, while 5 to 10% 
would progress on the basis of tumor grade progression. Moreover, up to 12% of men who 
do not meet objective criteria for progression will opt for intervention (11). Thus, in total, 
over 40% of men on AS will progress or proceed to treatment. Reducing the proportion of 
men who progress or choose treatment while on AS for prostate cancer represents a novel 
opportunity to minimize treatment-associated morbidity, improve patient quality of life, 
and contain health care costs. 
1.3 
Diet and Prostate Cancer 
The existence of a distinct, relatively indolent phenotype in prostate cancer presents an 
important opportunity. A potential means of decreasing the number of men on AS who 
proceed to treatment is dietary change. There is great interest in the role of diet in the 
etiology and natural history of prostate cancer (17, 18). Accumulating evidence suggests 
that diet may alter prostate cancer initiation and progression. Macronutrients and 
micronutrients associated with decreased prostate cancer risk include retinoids, 
carotenoids (particularly lycopene), cruciferous vegetables, dietary fat, soy products, 
folate, retinol, vitamin D, and omega fatty acids (17-23). A range of phytochemicals in 
fruits and vegetables could have effects on a metabolically active organ like the prostate, 
and a number of plausible mechanisms have been proposed (24-39). 
Experimental studies based on cell line and animal models suggest that vegetable intake 
may lessen the risk or retard the progress of prostate cancer. Rats fed tomato powder 
have decreased prostate-cancer specific mortality compared to controls (24) and, in vitro, 
lycopene inhibits DNA synthesis in prostate epithelial cells (25). Cell line and animal data 
support the anti-carcinogenic properties of isothiocyanates, which are components of 
cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and cabbage. Isothiocyanates induce expression 
of cytoprotective phase 2 enzymes in multiple prostate tumor cell lines (26, 31) promote 
apoptosis of prostate cancer PC-3 cells in vitro, and inhibit growth of PC-3 xenografts in 
nude mice (28). In a prostatectomy model, men fed a tomato intensive diet had distinct 
biological changes potentially associated with suppression of prostate tumors (30). 
Indirect evidence from epidemiology, ecological, case-control and cohort studies in 
humans suggests that altering nutritional intake may provide beneficial effects against 
prostate cancer (18). This evidence suggests a diet that emphasizes vegetable intake and 
de-emphasizes meat and fat intake may decrease the risk of prostate cancer initiation 
and progression. The most direct evidence for this supposition has been provided by 
studies of whole foods rather than micronutrients. Red meat and fat intakes tend to be 
associated with increased risk (particularly of aggressive cancer); cruciferous vegetables 
and tomatoes and tomato products tend to be most closely associated with decreased risk 
(20-23, 33).  
Recent observational data also indicate that weight loss may alter the natural history of 
prostate cancer: among men in the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort, weight 
loss >11 lbs over 10 years was associated with a 40% reduction for high-grade cancer risk 
(34). Follow up of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial cohort indicated that a BMI > 30 
kg/m2 was associated with an 18% decreased risk of low-grade prostate cancer and a 
29% increased risk of high-grade prostate cancer (35). Low serum cholesterol was 
associated in this same study with decreased risk of high grade prostate cancer (36). 
To date, human experimental evidence supporting epidemiologic and pre-clinical findings, 
though intriguing, is limited. Isothiocyanates derived from cruciferous vegetables enter 
the human prostate following oral consumption and may be associated with anti-
carcinogenic, phase 2 enzyme activity in prostate tissue (29, 31). In a small intervention 
study, patients with recurrent prostate cancer experienced decreased PSA doubling times 
six months after beginning treatment with diet modification and stress reduction (37). In 
another small clinical trial of active surveillance patients, randomization to a plant-based 
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serum PSA concentrations, inhibition of prostate cancer cell growth, and progression to 
active treatment; (38) another non-randomized pilot study utilizing a similar intervention 
(plant based whole foods coupled with exercise and stress management) resulted in 
significant changes in prostate gene expression (39). 
These studies provide preliminary clinical evidence that diet change may slow prostate 
cancer progression. Still, they were small studies with only short-term (~ 1 year) follow-
up. Moreover, as it is impossible to isolate the effects of diet from those of exercise, stress 
management, and group support, these changes in PSA and cancer cell growth cannot 
with certainty be attributed solely to dietary change. On the other hand, the most likely 
factor driving these changes is diet. In addition, whether intensive lifestyle modifications 
such as exercise, yoga, and stress management would be practicable, sustainable 
behaviors in large groups of patients remain to be seen. An adequately powered trial, 
focusing on diet as a primary form of intervention, is needed. 
We previously designed and implemented a telephone-based dietary intervention for 
prostate cancer patients based on well-established principles of social cognitive theory. 
This relatively straightforward intervention, the first to use diet change as a primary 
treatment for low risk prostate cancer, produced robust, beneficial diet changes (i.e. 
significantly increased vegetable intakes) and led to increased plasma levels of potentially 
anti-carcinogenic carotenoids in prostate cancer patients (40-42). We believe that the next 
step is to determine, in a suitable study sample, whether these diet changes, marked by 
increased plasma carotenoid levels, will exert a clinically relevant and sustainable effect 
on prostate cancer progression. 
1.4 
Dietary Intervention in an Active Surveillance (AS) Population 
Men on AS represent a compelling population for studying diet change and prostate 
cancer for at least 4 reasons. First, approximately 100,000 men are diagnosed with lower-
risk prostate cancer every year in the US. Some 42% of men on AS progress to treatment 
(30% because of disease progression, 12% because of anxiety); reducing this proportion 
represents a realistic and valuable therapeutic and public health goal (8, 9, 11, 13). 
Second, clinically localized, lower-risk cancer may potentially be more affected by dietary 
change than more advanced, aggressive disease. If diet is related to the risk of prostate 
cancer, it may well exert an impact on the earliest phases of prostate cancer; its impact 
may best be tested in an AS population. Third, AS patients are not receiving active 
therapy (i.e. radiation, surgery, or androgen) that would otherwise obscure or modify any 
beneficial effects of dietary change. Finally, AS patients would likely be receptive to 
nutritional interventions with proven benefits for cardiovascular and overall health (8, 11, 
43). 
Indeed, because prostate cancer diagnosis is a source of considerable anxiety and 
diminished quality of life for many patients diagnosed with lower-risk disease (44-46), 
dietary change might not only exert therapeutic biological effects on the tumor, but might 
also encourage men with lower-risk prostate cancer and no signs of progression to remain 
within an AS program. As previously noted, up to 12% of patients with no objective PSA 
or pathologic indications of progression nonetheless opt for treatment that may not 
improve their prognosis (11). Treatment preferences in this situation are generally 
believed to arise, to a large extent, from patient anxiety and discomfort over not receiving 
curative therapy. This attitude is likely fostered by the action-oriented approach that 
characterizes our current health care system (8). However, prostate cancer-related anxiety 
and its effects on treatment choice have not as yet been prospectively studied in an AS 
population. 
Diet change presents an ideal opportunity for AS patients to alter the perception of their 
disease by providing an intervention on which to focus. This approach may dissuade 
otherwise lower-risk men from pursuing unnecessarily aggressive, morbidity-generating 
treatments. Such an approach would promulgate a novel therapeutic paradigm for lower-
risk prostate cancer: medical management, without radical intervention, in a chronic 
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1.5 
Quality of Life Among Prostate Cancer Patients 
Cancer patients often report significant anxiety about their disease. Several investigators 
have documented fear of recurrence to be highly prevalent in a number of different cancer 
patient populations (47-50). Cancer survivors may experience lingering psychological 
sequelae, including fear of diagnostic tests and fear of recurrence for long periods of time 
after diagnosis and treatment (53). 
Prostate cancer patients are not immune to worry over their disease (5, 44-46, 52, 53). 
However, treatment may also diminish fear of recurrence. Among prostate cancer patients 
undergoing definitive treatment, fear of recurrence peaked prior to treatment, then 
decreased within 6 months after treatment (52). A possible explanation for this finding is 
that patients were reassured about their prognosis after having undergone treatment. 
Providing prostate cancer patients the opportunity to exert control over a change in their 
dietary intake, a diet-based intervention may perhaps help patients overcome fear of 
recurrence, particularly if the intervention stabilizes PSA. 
Part of the impact of a diet change program may involve social cognitive theory, which 
governs most current attempts to change behavior. A key element of social cognitive 
theory is self-efficacy. According to social cognitive theory, the interaction of the 
individual with the environment is influenced by his or her cognitions and beliefs about 
ability, expectation of behavioral outcomes, and evaluation and modification of behavior 
toward specific goals (54). Components of social cognitive theory include self-efficacy 
(confidence in ability to perform a particular behavior to accomplish a specific goal), 
outcome expectancies (belief that a particular behavior will result in a particular 
consequence), and self-regulation (adopting personal standards for behavior, appraising 
behavior against such standards, and creating incentives that motivate and guide 
behavior). Participating in diet change, as in this study, may increase patient feelings of 
self-efficacy, defined as their “judgments of their capabilities to organize and execute 
courses of action required to attain designated types of performance (55-57).” According 
to Bandura (56), mastery experiences are the most reliable source of efficacy information. 
Applied to this study, feelings of greater self-efficacy will increase patients’ ability to 
control their diet and consequently their health. Identifying and reinforcing patients’ 
present success is a factor that Bandura (54, 56), and Strecher and colleagues (58) 
suggest clinicians use to improve self-efficacy. Building a sense of self-efficacy is part of 
the MEAL program. Self-efficacy has been incorporated into various interventions: self-
management interventions and educational programs in patients with chronic disease 
(61) and prostate cancer (57). Breast and colon cancer patients randomized to either an 
educational or nutritional intervention arm had significantly fewer depressive symptoms 
and better physical functioning than patients in the control group, primarily accounted 
for by self-efficacy (60). Cancer patients with greater self-efficacy have been found to be 
better adjusted and have a better overall quality of life (55, 57-59).  
We expect that participating in the MEAL intervention will improve the quality of life for 
low risk prostate cancer patients. The literature is largely supportive, indicating that this 
intervention’s focus on self-efficacy will add measurably to quality of life (56-63). One of 
the implicit messages that participants take from being in this study will be that low risk 
prostate cancer is a condition to monitor, but neither a death sentence nor a condition 
that requires radical, immediate, life-changing intervention. We will not be able to 
compare trial participants to non-participants. We will, however, be able to compare those 
randomized to the diet change to those randomized to the comparison group. 
Low risk prostate cancer is a substantial public health issue that affects tens of 
thousands of men each year in the US. Epidemiologic, pre-clinical, and preliminary 
clinical studies suggest that diet is related to prostate cancer risk, so that changing to a 
high-vegetable diet may decrease prostate cancer progression in lower risk patients. 
Clearly, mature clinical data on use of diet to treat prostate cancer are lacking. We have 
developed a novel, practical, telephone-based intervention that has been shown to 
increase vegetable intake and serum carotenoid levels in men with prostate cancer. We 
propose to document the impact of this dietary intervention in an extended clinical trial 
using prostate cancer patients under AS; for such patients, the likelihood of treatment 

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efficacy, even after delay, is relatively high. Patient anxiety is a prominent yet 
understudied complaint among AS patients; diet change may decrease prostate-cancer 
related anxiety among these patients. Further study of diagnosis-related anxiety will yield 
potentially important information for improving the psychological care of prostate cancer 
patients. 
1.6 
Pilot Data Supporting Dietary Intervention: The Women’s Healthy Eating and Living 
(WHEL) Study for Breast Cancer 
A CALGB pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of implementing dietary changes among 
cancer patients in the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living study (WHEL), a multi-center 
trial of diet change for breast cancer (40-42,64). Utilizing well-established behavior 
change techniques, this intervention achieved substantial changes in vegetable, fiber and 
fruit consumption, along with a substantial change in fat consumption (64). 
The dietary intervention we developed employs telephone-based communication. The 
conceptual framework of the intervention is derived from Social Cognitive Theory (54), 
which emphasizes strengthening of individual self-regulatory skills, including goal-
setting, self-monitoring and evaluative judgments. We utilize lay coaches to help 
participants frame options for decisions. The coaches focus on self-efficacy, or participant 
belief that they can actually succeed in behavior change (64, 65). The lay coaches also 
provide a supportive environment for regular discussion of triumphs and failures as 
participants seek to change.  The lay coaches are well versed in basic nutrition, and they 
are supervised by experienced and knowledgeable dietitians; nonetheless, they function 
less as authority figures than as facilitators or guides, and as supporters, helping 
participants optimize their options as they proceed through change (66). 
The intervention efforts are timed so that they provide the greatest support and guidance 
when the challenges of change, hence the threats of failure, are greatest: at the beginning 
(65). We have demonstrated that major changes can be implemented during the first 
month of the intervention (40-42, 65). The subsequent challenge is to integrate change 
into the participant lifestyle, then to reinforce and maintain the change. The counselors 
during this time watch for signs that participant self-efficacy is waning; declining self-
efficacy may be an indicator that failure is increasingly likely (65). We have shown that 
this approach results in substantial dietary change that can be maintained for several 
years (67). 
This telephone-based approach has been shown to result in change that can be seen in 
accepted biomarkers of nutritional practice (40-42). Carotenoids, which are fat-soluble 
pigments found almost exclusively in vegetables and fruits, accumulate in blood. The 
most common of these, alpha carotene, beta-carotene, lutein, lycopene and crytoxanthin, 
reflecting the intake of a wide range of plants, were used as general biomarkers of plant 
intake (65). The WHEL study intervention, on which our pilot trial was based, caused the 
diets and blood carotenoids of 1500 experimental subjects and 1500 control subjects to 
diverge substantially within a year of beginning the intervention; after that, we observed, 
over a period of 3 to 4 years, a slight decline in the difference between the dietary 
practices of experimental and control subjects (66). Nonetheless, experimental subjects in 
the WHEL study spent the bulk of their study participation time consuming a diet that 
was radically different than both their pre-enrollment diet and that of comparison 
subjects. 
A nuance of diet change trials is that subjects are not blinded to their assignment; thus, 
there is always a possibility that subject behavior will be changed by subject knowledge of 
intervention. In particular, experimental subjects may be inclined to exaggerate their 
compliance with diet goals. Subjects cannot, however, readily exaggerate their blood 
carotenoid levels except by changing their diet. These are integrated over an extended 
period, and experimental subjects are unlikely to change these other than by changing 
their diet.  
While it is certainly true that any methodology involving prospective dietary change poses 
challenges, the WHEL data, and the to-be discussed MEAL data, indicate that we can 

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profoundly change diet. In addition, these data confirm that comparison subjects will not 
in large part change their diets. 
Although the effect of these changes on breast cancer recurrence was null for the overall 
study, a sub-group analysis based on hot flash status demonstrated significantly 
decreased risk of additional breast cancer events among women without hot flashes who 
had higher vegetable, fruit and fiber and lower fat intakes (70). These data tentatively 
support the notion that diet change may alter the natural history of breast cancer in 
select groups of patients. 
1.7 
The Men’s Eating and Living (MEAL) Pilot Study  
Based on the WHEL experience, we designed and implemented a pilot study of diet 
change in men with prostate cancer based on similar principles of behavior change: the 
Men’s Eating and Living (MEAL) Study (40-42). This randomized, controlled clinical pilot 
trial of 74 men, most with clinically localized prostate cancer, utilized the same diet-
change intervention outlined in this application. To increase the number of change 
patients for evaluation, we randomized 2 patients to intervention for every one 
randomized to comparison. This trial was different from the WHEL study, in that we 
invited the spouse or significant other of the patient, and not just the patient, to 
participate in the diet counseling. The study demonstrated that diet change with 
telephone-based counseling results in increased vegetable intake and increased plasma 
carotenoid concentrations among men with prostate cancer. 
Dietary changes: vegetables 
Consistent with counseling targets, vegetable intakes in the intervention arm increased 
significantly at six months, while those in the control arm remained static (Table 1). Diet 
was measured by a series of three 24-hour recalls collected interactively via telephone 
interview. In the intervention arm, mean daily intakes of total vegetables, crucifers, 
tomato products and other vegetables increased by 76%, 143%, 292%, and 55%, 
respectively. The intervention emphasized vegetable, rather than fruit intake, and white 
potatoes and lettuce did not count. As a result, fruit, lettuce, and potato intake declined 
for experimental subjects (40-42). In the control arm, there were no significant changes in 
mean intakes of total vegetables, crucifers, tomato products, lettuce and potatoes, or 
other vegetables. 
Table 1. Vegetable intake* at baseline and 6 months as assessed by 24 hour 
dietary recall in the Men’s Eating and Living (MEAL) Study 
 
Intervention 
n=45 
Control  
n=23 
 
Baseline 
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Months 
Change 
Baseline 
6 
Months 
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Total 
vegetables 
4.1 
7.2 
76%†‡ 
3.7 
4.2 
12% 
Cruciferous 
vegetables 
0.7 
1.7 
143%†‡ 
0.4 
0.6 
44% 
Tomatoes 
0.6 
2.3 
292%†‡ 
0.7 
0.8 
5% 
Lettuce and 
potatoes 
1.0 
0.4 
-58%†‡ 
0.6 
0.6 
-3% 
Other 
vegetables 
1.8 
2.8 
55%† 
1.9 
2.2 
12% 
            *All intakes measured in servings per day 
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            ‡Significant difference (p<0.05) within groups 
Dietary changes: non-vegetables 
Intakes of whole grains and beans in the intervention group increased, while fat intake 
decreased; mean daily intakes of whole grains and beans increased by 28% and 95%, 
respectively, while fat intake decreased by 12% (p<0.05). In the control arm, whole grain 
and fiber intakes decreased by 33% and 21%, respectively (p<0.05), and there were no 
significant changes in fruit, beans, fiber, or fat intakes (data not shown) (40-42). 
Plasma carotenoid concentrations 
Consistent with increased vegetable consumption, carotenoid concentrations increased in 
the intervention but not in the control group (Table 2). At baseline, plasma total 
carotenoid concentrations of intervention and control participants were virtually the 
same. At six months, however, those of intervention and control participants, 
respectively, rose by 26% and 3% (p=0.02). In the intervention group, α-carotene, β-
carotene, lutein, and lycopene concentrations increased significantly, while those in the 
control group remained static (p<0.05). Cryptoxanthin levels changed in neither group. 
That the changes observed were qualitatively larger than those observed in such 
prevention interventions as the Polyp Prevention Trial (69) suggests that this test of 
dietary intervention might be much more sensitive and powerful than either the Polyp 
Prevention Trial or the Women’s Health Initiative (70).  
Although the MEAL study was not strictly intended for AS patients, the patients on AS 
(53% of the study sample) experienced dietary change and plasma carotenoid results 
identical to those for the entire group (42).These data support the feasibility of 
implementing a larger clinical trial of a telephone-based diet intervention in men with 
prostate cancer treated with AS. 
Our data, which include blood-based biomarkers, indicate that experimental subjects 
changed their diets, but that comparison subjects did not. Other data, including the 
Polyp Prevention Trial (71) and the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living study (66), 
confirm that comparison subjects in diet intervention trials in general do not change their 
diets to nearly the extent that experimental subjects do.  
Table 2. Plasma carotenoid concentrations at baseline and 6 months in the Men’s 
Eating and Living (MEAL) Study 
Carotenoid 
(mmol/L) 
Intervention 
n=45 
Control 
n=23 
Baseline 
6 Months 
Change 
Baseline  
6 Months 
Change 
α-Carotene 
0.17 
0.23 
33%‡ 
0.16 
0.17 
5% 
β-Carotene 
0.61 
0.83 
36%†‡ 
0.63 
0.66 
5% 
Lutein 
0.44 
0.53 
19%†‡ 
0.43 
0.43 
0 
Lycopene 
0.79 
1.03 
30%†‡ 
0.86 
0.87 
2% 
Cryptoxanthin 
0.19 
0.17 
-11% 
0.17 
0.18 
11% 
Total 
Carotenoids 
2.21 
2.79 
26%†‡ 
2.24 
2.32 
3% 
         †Significant difference (p<0.05) between groups 
         ‡Significant difference (p<0.05) within groups 
MEAL: Program satisfaction 
The response to the intervention was almost universally positive. In a very preliminary 
attempt to document the extent to which the participants experienced this program 
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them to describe their satisfaction on a 5-point scale, with 1 indicating strong 
dissatisfaction and 5 strong satisfaction. The responses were extremely positive; 31 of 33 
rated their counselor a 5 for being prompt and convenient with sessions; 30 of 33 rated 
the counselor a 5 for listening; 32 of 33 rated the counselor a 5 for being easy to talk to; 
29 of 33 rated the counselor a 5 for knowledge; 26 of 33 gave the counselor a 5 for being 
helpful; 25 of 33 gave the counselor a 5 for motivating them; and 24 of 33 gave the 
counselor a 5 for helping them to overcome barriers. 
1.8 
Study Design  
In summary, these promising pilot data support the feasibility of a larger clinical trial of a 
telephone-based dietary intervention in men with prostate cancer treated with AS. The 
synthesis of these two aims-optimizing management of active surveillance patients 
through diet-represents a novel approach to this topic with a high potential for providing 
near-term patient benefits that would serve both the prostate cancer population and the 
broader public health. An adequately powered trial, focusing on diet as a primary form of 
intervention is needed. 
CALGB 70807 is a randomized, phase III clinical trial designed to test this practical, diet-
based intervention for prostate cancer in a broader clinical setting. Patients on AS will be 
randomized either to an intervention of centralized, telephone-based dietary counseling 
and structured dietary education or to a comparison control condition in which they 
receive the Prostate Cancer Foundation booklet entitled “Nutrition, Exercise and Prostate 
Cancer.” Study endpoints will include disease progression, incidence of treatment, and 
health-related quality of life. 
1.9 
Inclusion of Women and Minorities 
Because prostate cancer occurs primarily in men above the age of 50, recruitment of 
participants for this study will focus upon men aged 50 years and older. Since women 
and children are not subject to prostate cancer, they will be excluded from this study. 
Efforts will be made to enroll individuals of all races and ethnic backgrounds, with the 
added goal of recruiting relatively high numbers of individuals of Hispanic origin and of 
African-American origin. The increased risk of prostate cancer and especially of lethal 
prostate cancer among African Americans makes it imperative that we secure adequate 
representation of African Americans in this study.  
CALGB has a long history of effort to ensure adequate representation of minorities in all 
clinical trials, including prevention trials. The recent experience of the Selenium and 
Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) (80) is instructive: 29% of the CALGB 
participants were African Americans. In our MEAL pilot study, 12% of participants were 
non-white. Our goal with the full MEAL trial is for 29% of participants to be members of 
racial minorities, especially African Americans. 
Racial Categories 
DOMESTIC PLANNED ENROLLMENT REPORT 
Ethnic Categories 
Not Hispanic or Latino 
Hispanic or Latino 
Total 
Female 
Male 
Female 
Male 
American Indian/Alaska Native 
0 
3 
0 
0 
3 
Asian 
0 
9 
0 
0 
9 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific 
Islander 
0 
1 
0 
0 
1 
Black or African American 
0 
53 
0 
1 
54 
White  
0 
381 
0 
16 
397 
More Than One Race 
0 
0 
0 
00 
0 

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Total 
0 
447 
0 
17 
464 
2.0 
OBJECTIVES  
2.1 
Primary Objective 
To determine if a telephone-based dietary intervention compared to no intervention will 
decrease clinical progression in AS patients. 
2.2 
Secondary Objectives 
2.2.1 To compare the incidence of active treatment (surgery, irradiation, local ablation, or 
androgen deprivation) in AS patients receiving dietary intervention compared to no 
intervention. 
2.2.2 To compare prostate cancer-related anxiety in AS patients receiving dietary 
intervention compared to no intervention. 
2.2.3 To compare health-related quality of life in AS patients receiving dietary intervention 
compared to no intervention. 
[See Section 10.0 for correlative science objectives.] 
3.0 
ON STUDY GUIDELINES 
The following guidelines are to assist physicians in selecting patients for whom protocol 
therapy is safe and appropriate. Physicians should recognize that the following might increase 
the risk to the patient entering this protocol: 
• 
Patients with medical conditions which, in the opinion of the treating physician, would 
make this protocol unreasonably hazardous for the patient should not be enrolled. Such 
conditions may include uncontrolled chronic diseases (including uncontrolled diabetes 
mellitus, cardiac disease, ulcerative colitis, and Crohn’s disease); or psychiatric 
illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements and/or 
prevent the patient from giving informed consent. 
• 
Intolerance of cruciferous vegetables. 
• 
Unwillingness to adopt a vegetable-intense diet. 
4.0 
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 
4.1 
Preregistration Eligibility 
4.1.1 Histologic Documentation: The initial biopsy showing diagnosis of prostate cancer 
should be used for the purposes of determining eligibility. However, if a subsequent 
biopsy performed before patient enrollment shows that the patient is ineligible, he 
may not be enrolled to the study. Eligible patients must meet all of the following 
criteria: 
• 
Biopsy-proven (consisting of ≥ 10 tissue cores) adenocarcinoma of the prostate 
diagnosed within 24 months prior to pre-registration.  
• 
< 25% of biopsy tissue cores positive for cancer. 
• 
≤ 50% of any one biopsy tissue core positive for cancer. 
• 
Clinical stage ≤ T2a. 
• 
Patients who have prostate cancer with distant metastases are not eligible. 
NOTE: If a patient undergoes a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) for 
benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and prostate cancer is diagnosed incidentally 
from the TURP specimen, eligibility for CALGB 70807 cannot be determined from the 
TURP specimen. However, if the patient subsequently undergoes a minimum 10-core 
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prostate cancer is detected in the biopsy specimen and meets the requirements above, 
the patient is eligible for this study. If prostate cancer is not detected in the biopsy 
specimen, the patient is not eligible. 
4.1.2 Prior Treatment: Patients who have had prior treatment for prostate cancer by 
surgery, irradiation, local ablative (i.e. cryosurgery or high-intensity focused 
ultrasound) or androgen deprivation therapy are not eligible. 
4.1.3 Patients who have had a history of non-cutaneous malignancy (other than non-
melanoma skin cancer) in the previous 5 years are not eligible. 
4.1.4 Language: Patients must be able to read and comprehend English language text and 
be able to understand spoken English over the phone. 
4.1.5 Life expectancy of at least 3 years. 
4.1.6 Patients who are currently taking vitamin supplements including lycopene and beta-
carotene are eligible. 
4.1.7 Patients receiving treatment with 5-alpha reductase inhibitors (e.g., finasteride, 
dutasteride) within 90 days prior to preregistration are not eligible. Treatment with 
these agents during the protocol intervention is not permitted. 
4.1.8 Patients who are currently taking coumadin are not eligible. 
4.1.9 Participants will be men aged 50 to 80 years. 
4.1.10 For men ≤ 70 years, biopsy Gleason score ≤ 6; for men > 70 years, biopsy Gleason 
score ≤ (3 + 4) = 7.  
4.1.11 Required Initial Laboratory Values:  
• 
Serum PSA < 10 ng/mL  
NOTE: Baseline PSA for determination of eligibility must be measured after 
discontinuation of any 5-alpha reductase inhibitors. 
4.2 
Registration Eligibility 
4.2.1 Successful completion of three 24-hour dietary recalls during the run-in period.  
4.2.2 Patients consuming ≥ 6 servings per day of fruits and vegetables (not including 
juices), as determined by the run-in dietary recalls are not eligible. 
5.0 
REGISTRATION  
Informed Consent: The patient must be aware of the neoplastic nature of his disease 
and willingly consent after being informed of the procedure to be followed, the 
experimental nature of the study, alternatives, potential benefits, side effects, risks and 
discomforts. 
Protected Health Information: In order to contact patients by telephone and by mail, it 
will be necessary to collect those participants’ names, addresses, and telephone numbers. 
This information will be sent to the University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer 
Center and will be destroyed upon completion of the study. 
5.1 
CTSU registration requirements 
This study is supported by the NCI Cancer Trials Support Unit (CTSU). 
Prior to the recruitment of a patient for this study, investigators must be registered 
members of a Cooperative Group. Each investigator must have an NCI investigator 
number and must maintain an “active” investigator registration status through the 
annual submission of a complete investigator registration packet (FDA Form 1572 with 
original signature, current CV, Supplemental Investigator Data Form with signature, and 
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Branch, CTEP, DCTD, NCI. These forms are available on the CTSU Web site (enter 
credentials at https://www.ctsu.org; then click on the Register tab) or by calling the PMB 
at 
Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. 
Each investigator or group of investigators at a clinical site must obtain IRB approval for 
this protocol and submit IRB approval and supporting documentation to the CTSU 
Regulatory Office before they can enroll patients. Study centers can check the status of 
their registration packets by querying the Regulatory Support System (RSS) site 
registration status page of the CTSU member web site by entering credentials at 
https://www.ctsu.org. 
Requirements for CALGB 70807 site registration: 
• 
CTSU IRB Certification 
• 
CTSU IRB/Regulatory Approval Transmittal Sheet 
5.2 
Patient Pre-registration 
Pre-registration must occur prior to providing patients with access to the online patient 
data entry site, login information or training. Pre-registration to the optional companion 
studies will be performed at the time pre-registration occurs to the intervention study.   
All site staff (Lead Group and CTSU Sites) will use OPEN to enroll patients to this study. 
OPEN can be accessed at https://open.ctsu.org or from the OPEN tab on the CTSU 
members’ side of the website at https://www.ctsu.org. 
Prior to accessing OPEN site staff should verify the following: 
• 
All eligibility criteria have been met within the protocol stated timeframes. Site staff 
should use the OPEN Enrollment forms provided on the group or CTSU web site as a 
tool to verify eligibility. 
• 
All 
patients 
have 
signed 
an 
appropriate 
consent 
form 
and 
HIPAA 
authorization form (if applicable).  
Access requirements for OPEN: 
• 
Site staff will need to be registered with CTEP and have a valid and active CTEP-IAM 
account. This is the same account (user id and password) used for the CTSU 
members' web site.  
• 
To perform registrations, the site user must have been assigned the 'Registrar' role on 
the relevant Group or CTSU roster.  
• 
To perform registrations on protocols for which you are a member of the Lead Group, 
you must have an equivalent 'Registrar' role on the Lead Group roster.  Role 
assignments are handled through the Groups in which you are a member  
• 
To perform registrations to trials accessed via the CTSU mechanism (i.e., non-Lead 
Group registrations) you must have the role of Registrar on the CTSU roster. Site 
and/or Data Administrators can manage CTSU roster roles via the new Site Roles 
maintenance feature under RSS on the CTSU members' web site. This will allow them 
to assign staff the "Registrar" role.  
The OPEN system will provide the site with a printable confirmation of pre-registration. 
Please print this confirmation for your records. 
Further instructional information is provided on the OPEN tab of the CTSU members’ side 
of the CTSU website at https://www.ctsu.org or at https://open.ctsu.org. For any 
additional 
questions 
contact 
the 
CTSU 
Help 
Desk 
at 
 
 
  
Within 24 hours of receiving the Confirmation of Preregistration, fax the C-2010, 
MEAL Participant Contact Information Form to Nutrition Shared Resource at UCSD 
at 
 and notify 
 via email at 
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5.3 
Preregistration to companion study 151105 
There is one substudy within CALGB 70807. This substudy must be offered to all 
patients enrolled on CALGB 70807 (although patients may opt not to participate). The 
substudy included within CALGB 70807 is CALGB 151105, “Carotenoid and 
polymorphism analysis of patients enrolled to CALGB 70807.” This study does not require 
separate IRB approval. 
If a patient answers “yes” to “I agree that my specimens may be used for the research 
described above,” (Question #1) in the Model Consent, he has consented to participate in 
the correlative science studies described in Sections 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4. The patient 
should be pre-registered to CALGB 151105 at the same time that he is pre-registered to 
CALGB 70807 and in addition to collecting the required plasma for carotenoid and 
cholesterol testing; whole blood, serum, and unstained slides should be collected per 
Section 6.2. Whole blood samples should be submitted at the time of pre-registration. 
5.4 
Run-In  
Within one week of receiving the C-2010, MEAL Participant Contact Information Form 
from sites, patients will be called by the nutrition unit at UCSD on randomly selected 
days to complete three 24-hour dietary recalls. The series of dietary recalls will be 
completed within 2-3 weeks. Participants will have two chances to successfully complete 
the run-in.  
5.5 
Patient Registration/Randomization  
Upon completion of the run-in, UCSD staff will notify the site and the study Data 
Coordinator about patient eligibility. Eligible patients who completed the run-in and 
consumed fewer than 6 servings of fruit and vegetables per day will then be registered 
and randomized by the site. Patients who are determined to be ineligible for the study 
should be notified by participating institution staff. 
Registration procedures: 
• 
Site staff will need to be registered with CTEP and have a valid and active CTEP-IAM 
account. This is the same account (user id and password) used for the CTSU 
members' web site.  
• 
To perform registrations, the site user must have been assigned the 'Registrar' role on 
the relevant Group or CTSU roster.  
The OPEN system will provide the site with a printable confirmation of registration. Please 
print this confirmation for your records. 
Once the randomization is complete, patients will be contacted by UCSD staff for their 
initial orientation telephone call. Patients will also receive an enrollment packet, provided 
by UCSD, which will contain the informational materials described in Section 8.3. 
5.6 
Registration to companion study 151105 
If a patient answered “yes” to “I agree that my specimens may be used for the research 
studies described above.” (Question #1) in the Model Consent, the patient should have 
been pre-registered to CALGB 151105 at the same time that he was pre-registered to 
70807. At this time, patients who were pre-registered to 151105 should be registered to 
the study and samples submitted per Section 6.2. 
5.7 
Stratification Factors 
1. Age 
a) Men ≤ 70 years 
b) Men > 70 years 
2. Race 
a) Black or African American 
b) Other 
3. Baseline Prostate Biopsy 
a) 0-12 months prior to pre-
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6.0 
DATA SUBMISSION AND SAMPLE SUBMISSION 
6.1 
Data Submission 
Forms should be submitted to the Alliance Statistics and Data Center (SDC) in 
compliance with the Data Submission Schedule below. 
Forms must be submitted electronically using the “Submit to CALGB” button located at 
the bottom of the last page of each form. Any required forms, supporting documentation 
or amended forms that cannot be submitted electronically should be mailed directly to 
the Alliance Data Center for scanning and quality review at the address below: 
Alliance Data Center 
 
 
 
 
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Data Submission Schedule: 
 
Form 
Submission Schedule 
 
Pre-Registration 
 
Pre-Registration Worksheet 
Submit at pre-registration 
 
 
 
C-2010 
MEAL Participant Contact Information Form 
Submit to UCSD staff (See Sec. 5.2) 
      
Registration 
 
Registration Worksheet 
Submit within 2 weeks of registration 
C-2012 
CALGB 70807 On Study Form 
 
 
C-2002 
CALGB 70807 Personal Habits Questionnaire 
To be administered to patients at 
the pre-registration visit and 
submitted to the Alliance Statistics 
and Data Center within 2 weeks of 
registration.  
C-2003 
CALGB 70807 MAX-PC Form 
C-2004 
CALGB 70807 Nutritional Self Efficacy Form 
C-2005 
CALGB 70807 IPSS Form 
C-2023 
CALGB 70807 EPIC-26 Form 
C-2007  
CALGB 70807 FACT-P Form 
      
During Intervention 
C-2013 
CALGB 70807 Follow Up Form 
Submit at 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24 
months  
 
 
C-2081 
CALGB 70807 PSA Doubling Time Form 
Submit at 6 months  
 
 
C-2003 
C-2005 
C-2023 
C-2007 
CALGB 70807 MAX-PC Form  
CALGB 70807 I-PSS Form 
CALGB 70807 EPIC-26 Form 
CALGB 70807 FACT-P Form 
Submit at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months 
 
 
 
C-2004 
CALGB 70807 Nutritional Self Efficacy Form 
Arm A patients only: Submit at 6, 12, 
18 and 24 months 
 
 
 
C-2008 
CALGB 70807 MEAL Study Counseling 
Evaluation Form 
Arm A patients only: Submit at 12 
and 24 months  
 
Post Intervention Follow-Up 
C-2013 
CALGB 70807 Follow Up Form 
Submit every 3 months until 2 years 
from date of registration (see Section 
8.7) 
      
Other 
C-260 
CALGB Remarks Addenda 
Submit as needed 
 
If a study participant chooses to withdraw from the study, submit the C-260 CALGB Remarks 
Addenda to the Alliance Data Center and copy by fax 
 
 
6.2 
Sample Collection and Submission 
Histopathology review will be conducted using specimens from prostate biopsies. The 
submission of these samples for histopathology review is required for all patients 
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In addition, submission of plasma samples for carotenoid and cholesterol analyses is 
required for all patients registered to this study. Rationale and methods for the scientific 
components of these studies are described in Section 10.1. 
Finally, all participating institutions must ask patients for their consent for the use of 
serum, whole blood, and unstained slides for the additional carotenoid and polymorphism 
analyses described in Sections 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4 (sub-study CALGB 151105).   
Submit slides and blood samples as described below. 
 
Pre-registration* 
12 months** 
24 months** 
Ship to: 
 
Required for all patients registered to 70807 
H&E slides 
X 
 
X 
OSU 
Plasma 
(Green top) 
1 x 10 mL 
1 x 10 mL 
1 x 10 mL 
OSU 
 
Required for patients registered to 70807 and  
substudy 151105 
Serum 
(Red top) 
1 x 10 mL 
1 x 10 mL 
1 x 10 mL 
OSU 
Whole blood 
(Lavender top) 
1 x 10 mL 
 
 
OSU 
Unstained 
slides 
X 
 
 
OSU 
• 
Pre-registration samples should be submitted within two weeks after the patient has been 
registered and randomized to the study; except whole blood samples, which should be 
submitted on the same day as collection. If the patient does not complete the run-in, or is not 
registered/randomized to the study for any other reason, samples collected at pre-registration 
should be destroyed per institutional practice. The whole blood sample submitted at pre-
registration will be destroyed by staff at the Alliance Biorepository at OSU.  
** 
Blood samples should be collected and submitted regardless of whether the patient has 
progressed or elected to receive therapy. H & E slides at the 24-month time point are not 
required for patients who have started definitive treatment (e.g., prostatectomy or radiation 
therapy). 
USE OF THE ALLIANCE BIOSPECIMEN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (BioMS) IS 
MANDATORY AND ALL SPECIMENS MUST BE LOGGED AND SHIPPED VIA THIS 
SYSTEM.  
BioMS is a web-based system for logging and tracking all biospecimens collected on 
Alliance trials.  Authorized individuals may access BioMS at the following URL:  
http://bioms.allianceforclinicaltrialsinoncology.org using most standard web browsers 
(Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer).  For information on using the BioMS system, please 
refer to the ‘Help’ links on the BioMS web page to access the on-line user manual, FAQs, 
and training videos.  To report technical problems, such as login issues or application 
errors, please contact: 
.  For assistance in 
using the application or questions or problems related to specific specimen logging, please 
contact: 
 
After logging collected specimens in BioMS, the system will create a shipping manifest.  
This shipping manifest must be printed and placed in the shipment container with the 
specimens. 
All submitted specimens must be labeled with the protocol number (70807), patient study 
ID number, patient’s initials and date and type of specimen collected (e.g., serum, whole 
blood). A copy of the Shipment Packing Slip produced by BioMS must be printed and 
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Instructions for the collection of samples are included below. Please be sure to use a 
method of shipping that is secure and traceable. Extreme heat precautions should be 
taken when necessary.  
Shipment on Monday through Friday by overnight service to assure receipt is encouraged. 
If shipping on Friday, FedEx or UPS must be used and the air bill must be marked “For 
Saturday delivery.” Do not ship specimens on Saturdays. 
All specimens should be sent to the following address: 
Alliance Biorepository at Ohio State University 
The Ohio State University 
Innovation Centre 
 
 
 
 
6.2.1 Submission of H&E stained prostate biopsy slides (required for all patients) 
Pathology specimens will be collected with a minimum of 10 tissue cores obtained 
utilizing a standard, extended biopsy pattern for confirmation of prostate pathology. 
Prostate biopsy slides will be submitted at baseline and 24 months.  
Additional biopsies: If, at the discretion of the treating physician, a patient 
undergoes additional prostate biopsies at a time other than 24 months, the prostate 
biopsy slides from these additional prostate biopsies should be submitted as well.  
Representative stained hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) diagnostic slides from each 
biopsy site/container are to be submitted to the Alliance Biorepository at Ohio 
State University for review. The pre-registration sample should be from the initial 
biopsy showing diagnosis of cancer. Submission of paraffin embedded tissue blocks is 
not required. Submission of the local pathology report is required. The local pathology 
report should contain the number of cores obtained for each biopsy to allow central 
verification that ≥ 10 cores were obtained for each biopsy.  
Biopsy slides will be reviewed by 
. The Alliance 
Biorepository at Ohio State University will scan the slides and upload the images to a 
website and 
 will review the scanned images. She will forward her 
evaluation to the Alliance Statistics and Data Center.  
If H&E stained slides are not available for submission, digital images may be 
submitted. Please contact 
 for further instructions. 
6.2.2 Plasma samples (required for all patients) 
Throughout all stages of blood processing, shipping, and handling, it is very 
important to prevent prolonged exposure of samples and separated blood components 
to light. Work quickly and efficiently. When samples and sample components must be 
set aside, cover them or put them away from light. 
First prepare the vacutainer tubes for protection from light by wrapping aluminum 
foil around the tube prior to filling it or putting it in a red or amber colored specimen 
bag. 
Draw 10 mL of whole blood in a green top (heparin coagulant) tube and gently invert 
it once or twice to mix the additive with the blood. Immediately replace the tube into 
the previously prepared aluminum foil slip or place it into the red or amber colored 
specimen bag. 
Samples should be processed within 30 minutes of collection. If this is not possible, 
the tube(s) should be refrigerated until centrifugation. Before centrifugation, make 
sure the brake is off, the speed is set between 2,800 – 3,000 rpm, the temperature is 
4° to 8° C and the centrifugation time is set at 10 minutes.  

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After centrifuging for 10 minutes, allow the centrifuge to come to a complete stop 
before opening the cover. Do not use the brake as it may cause the red blood cells to 
become re-suspended in the plasma. Any tube containing red blood cells in the 
plasma should be re-centrifuged. Immediately return the tubes to the light protection 
device (aluminum foil pouch or red or amber bag). 
The plasma should be aliquotted into cryovials* within 15 minutes after centrifuging. 
All plasma samples will be pipetted as 0.8 mL amounts into the cryogenic storage 
vials. Place the samples in the -70°C freezer as soon as possible after aliquotting. 
Samples must be frozen at least 2 hours before packing them for shipment.  If a -70° 
C freezer is not available, the cryovials can be stored in a  -20°C freezer immediately 
after aliquotting, and then transferred to a -70° C freezer as soon as possible, but for 
no longer than 2 days (over the weekend). Placing the samples on wet ice or dry ice 
does not sufficiently preserve the sample; at least a -20° C freezer is required.  
Samples may NOT be thawed after freezing. See Section 6.2.4 for packing and 
shipping instructions. 
* 
Cryovial Choices: Some examples of acceptable 2.0 ml cryovials are: Nalgene (Cat 
#5012-0020), Fisher (Cat #05-669-57), Corning (Cat #430488), VWR (Cat 
#16001-102). 
6.2.3  Serum samples (required for patients enrolled to substudy 151105) 
Throughout all stages of blood processing, shipping, and handling, it is very 
important to prevent prolonged exposure of samples and separated blood components 
to light. Work quickly and efficiently. When samples and sample components must be 
set aside, cover them or put them away from light. 
First prepare the vacutainer tubes for protection from light by wrapping aluminum 
foil around the tube prior to filling it or putting it in a red or amber colored specimen 
bag. 
Draw 10 mL of whole blood in a red top tube and gently invert 5 times to mix clot 
activator with blood. Let blood clot for 30 minutes. Observe a dense clot. Immediately 
replace the tube into the previously prepared aluminum foil slip or place it into the 
red or amber colored specimen bag. 
Samples should be processed within 30 minutes of collection. If this is not possible, 
the tube(s) should be refrigerated until centrifugation. Before centrifugation, make 
sure the brake is off, the speed is set between 2,800 – 3,000 rpm, the temperature is 
4° to 8° C and the centrifugation time is set at 10 minutes. 
Before you start the centrifugation, make sure the brake is off, the speed is set 
between 2,800 - 3,000 rpm, the temperature is 4-degrees C to 8-degrees C and the 
centrifugation time is set at 10 minutes.  
After centrifuging for 10 minutes, allow the centrifuge to come to a complete stop 
before opening the cover. Do not use the brake as it may cause the red blood cells to 
become re-suspended in the serum. Any tube containing red blood cells in the serum 
should be re-centrifuged. Immediately return the tubes to the light protection device 
(aluminum foil pouch or red or amber bag).  
The serum should be aliquotted into cryovials* within 15 minutes after centrifuging. 
All serum samples will be pipetted as 0.8 mL amounts into the cryogenic storage 
vials. Place the samples in the -70°C freezer as soon as possible after aliquotting. 
Samples must be frozen at least 2 hours before packing them for shipment.  If a -70° 
C freezer is not available, the cryovials can be stored in a  -20°C freezer immediately 
after aliquotting, and then transferred to a -70°C freezer as soon as possible, but for 
no longer than 2 days (over the weekend).  Placing the samples on wet ice or dry ice 
does not sufficiently preserve the sample; at least a -20°C freezer is required.  
Samples may NOT be thawed after freezing. See Section 6.2.4 for packing and 
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* 
Cryovial Choices: Some examples of acceptable 2.0 ml cryovials are: Nalgene (Cat 
#5012-0020), Fisher (Cat #05-669-57), Corning (Cat #430488), VWR (Cat 
#16001-102). 
6.2.4 Packing and shipping instructions for plasma and serum samples 
(1) Place dry ice nuggets on the bottom of the insulated shipping container. 
(2) Place each freezer box in a sealed plastic bag. Remove as much air as possible 
from the bag before sealing. 
(3) Place the sealed bags in the insulated shipping container on top of the dry ice. 
(4) Layer additional* dry ice on top of and around the plastic bags. Place any 
remaining freezer boxes in sealed plastic bags on top of the dry ice. 
* 
Overnight deliveries should contain about 10-12 pounds of dry ice. This will 
allow the package to remain frozen for 48 hours in case the shipment is 
delayed. 
(5) Seal the shipping fiberboard box tightly and tape all seams with waterproof tape. 
To delay thawing, place the box in the -70° C freezer to await pickup.  This step 
need not be done if the box is packed within 2-3 hours of pickup. 
Ship specimens to: 
Alliance Biorepository at Ohio State University 
The Ohio State University  
Innovation Centre  
 
 
  
Shipment on Monday through Friday by overnight service to assure receipt 
is encouraged. If shipping on Friday, FedEx or UPS must be used and the air bill 
must be marked “For Saturday delivery.” Do not ship specimens on Saturdays. 
6.2.5 Whole blood (required for patients enrolled to substudy 151105) 
Draw 10 mL whole blood in a lavender top (EDTA coagulant) tube and keep 
refrigerated until shipped overnight to the Alliance Biorepository at Ohio State 
University. Label the tube with the patient’s initials, patient study ID number, study 
number (CALGB 70807), and date of collection. The sample should be shipped the 
same day on a cold pack by overnight mail to:  
Alliance Biorepository at Ohio State University 
The Ohio State University  
Innovation Centre  
 
 
  
 
Shipment on Monday through Friday by overnight service to assure receipt 
is encouraged. If shipping on Friday, FedEx or UPS must be used and the air bill 
must be marked “For Saturday delivery.” Do not ship specimens on Saturdays. 
6.2.6 Submission of unstained diagnostic prostate biopsy slides (required for patients 
enrolled to substudy 151105) 
Submit ten, or as many slides as contain cancer, 5 µm unstained sections on charged 
glass slides from the formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded, diagnostic prostate biopsy 
blocks to the Alliance Biorepository at The Ohio State University (see Section 6.2). 
Label the slides with patient study ID number, accession number, and order of 
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7.0 
REQUIRED DATA  
Guidelines for Pre-Study Testing 
To be completed within 3 months before preregistration 
- Baseline PSA, history and physical, DRE 
To be completed within 24 months before preregistration 
 - Prostate Biopsy  
 
Preregis-
tration 
Run-
in 
Month* 
3 
6 
9 
12 
15 
18 
21 
24 
Test and Observations 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
History and Physical 
X 
 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
Height†  
X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weight† 
X 
 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
DRE 
X 
 
 
 
 
PRN 
 
 
 
PRN 
Diet Recall  
 
A 
 
 
 
A 
 
 
 
A 
Labs and Staging 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSA 
X 
 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
QOL Instruments 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Personal Habits 
Questionnaire 
B 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MAX-PC 
B 
 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
Nutritional Self-Efficacy 
B 
 
 
D 
 
D 
 
D 
 
D 
I-PSS 
B 
 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
EPIC-26 
B 
 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
FACT-P 
B 
 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
MEAL Counseling 
Evaluation 
 
 
 
 
 
D 
 
 
 
D 
Sample Submission 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plasma for Carotenoid 
Analysis 
C 
 
 
 
 
X 
 
 
 
X 
H & E biopsy slides‡ 
C 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X(1) 
Correlative Study 
See Section 6.2. 
Serum 
Whole Blood 
Unstained Slides‡ 
A 
To be conducted by UCSD staff. 
B 
To be administered to all patients at the pre-registration visit and submitted after the patient is 
registered to the study. 
C 
To be collected for all patients at the pre-registration visit and submitted after the patient is 
registered to the study. 
D 
To be administered to patients randomized to Arm A only. 
* 
Clinic visits may be done within +/- 2 weeks of the scheduled 3-, 6-, 9-, etc. month visit. These visits 
are to be scheduled from the date of randomization. 
† 
Refer to Section 8.1 for height and weight measurement instructions. 
‡ 
Slides should be from the initial biopsy showing diagnosis of cancer. 
1 
24-month biopsy is not required for patients who have started definitive treatment (e.g., 
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8.0 
INTERVENTION 
The principal strategy to promote dietary change in the intervention arm will be a telephone 
counseling protocol with individualized, one-on-one assistance tailored to each participant. 
The intervention will last 24 months. Intervention participants will engage in a series of 
telephone-based diet counseling sessions throughout the study. The first phase of sessions 
will guide initial diet-change attempts, the second will help participants complete their diet 
changes, and the third and fourth phases will enable participants to maintain and monitor 
their diet changes. This highly structured, computer-assisted telephone counseling protocol 
will facilitate standardization of the intervention. 
8.1 
Preregistration 
8.1.1 Contact information and QOL assessments: At preregistration participants will 
complete the C-2010, MEAL Participant Contact Information Form. This form is to be 
faxed by institutional staff to UCSD within 24 hours of preregistration. 
All patients will be asked to complete the QOL instruments listed in Section 7.0. 
These forms should be submitted to the Alliance Statistics and Data Center after the 
run-in period and within 2 weeks of registration. 
8.1.2 Blood sample collection: In addition, all patients will be asked to provide a 6-hour 
fasting blood sample for carotenoid and cholesterol analysis. This sample should not 
be submitted until within 2 weeks after registration. 
8.1.3 Clinical assessments 
Urologic assessment: At initial assessment, participants will be evaluated in a 
urology clinic as per typical AS protocols and current standard of care (2-4, 11, 13). 
Urological evaluations will be conducted by the GU Investigator or appropriate 
designee at each site. The baseline visit will include a DRE to confirm clinical stage. 
DRE will entail palpation of the posterior and posterolateral aspects of the entire 
prostate in the standard fashion. 
Height and weight must be obtained during preregistration. Below are recommended 
guidelines to obtain these measurements in an accurate manner. 
Height: Measure the participant’s height without shoes, using a stadiometer. Ask 
participant to stand up with heels together and weight equally distributed. Ideally, 
participants heels, buttocks, shoulders, and head should all touch the vertical board; 
however, in some cases this may not be possible. In this event, take the measurement 
with buttocks and heels touching the vertical board, or with head and buttocks 
touching the vertical board. Ask the participant to breath in deeply at which juncture 
the movable headboard should be placed on the head with only enough pressure to 
slightly compress the hair. Record height to the nearest 0.25 inch, rounding down. 
Weight: Weigh each participant on a medical balance or electronic scale in light 
clothing without shoes. Each participant should be weighed on the same scale 
throughout the study. Place the scale on a level uncarpeted floor surface. Before each 
weighing, check the scale to confirm that it reads zero in the absence of a load, and if 
necessary adjust it to read zero. If the participant’s feet are bare, one may place a 
disposable paper towel on the scale platform. Ask the participant to stand still on the 
scale platform, arms down at their sides, and feet centered on the platform with 
weight evenly distributed. Record weight to the nearest pound. 
8.2 
Run-In 
Eligible patients will be contacted by UCSD staff within a week to schedule a series of 
three 24-hour dietary recalls which will be completed within 3 weeks.  
8.3 
Registration/Randomization 
Upon completion of the run-in, UCSD staff will notify the site and the study Data 
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run-in and consumed fewer than 6 servings of fruits and vegetables (not including juices) 
per day will then be randomized.  
After randomization, all patients will participate in a 5-10 minute telephone orientation 
conducted by staff from the Moores UCSD Cancer Center explaining the randomization 
results and the next study-related events. The orientation call for intervention 
participants randomized to Arm A will briefly explain the counseling program, the dietary 
targets, and the scientific rationale supporting these targets. The UCSD study staff will 
mail all participants (Arm A and Arm B) a copy of the Prostate Cancer Foundation Booklet 
entitled “Nutrition, Exercise and Prostate Cancer.” In addition, participants randomized to 
the counseling intervention (Arm A) will also be mailed a copy of the study-specific 
“Lifestyle Intervention Manual” which will be referred to during every counseling call. The 
manual outlines the dietary targets, offers supporting information on strategies to achieve 
these targets, supplies reference tools to help participants accurately estimate servings of 
target foods, and offers recipes and articles about diet and prostate cancer.  
All counseling will be performed by telephone from the Moores UCSD Cancer Center 
using a counseling program and infrastructure of personnel developed during the WHEL 
(68) and MEAL (40, 42) studies. The protocol will follow a step-wise, phased approach 
employing strategies adopted from social cognitive theory. Motivational interviewing 
techniques will be utilized to help patients maintain responsibility for their own behavior 
change. 
Each participant in Arm A will be assigned to a personal counselor/coach; if the 
participant has a spouse or significant other, the counselor/coach will also seek to enlist 
his or her cooperation and support. Counselors will work morning, afternoon, or evening 
shifts, and every effort will be made to assign participants to a counselor working when 
they prefer to receive calls. Call length will range from 20-40 minutes. Calls will be more 
frequent and of longer duration during the early phases of counseling. 
Educational materials will be sent to patients on a schedule that supports the 
behavioral intervention goals. 
The Lifestyle Intervention Manual that patients enrolled to Arm A receive will include 
background material on dietary targets, as well as monitoring forms that patients can use 
to monitor their dietary change.  
Newsletters: In order to maintain participant morale, UCSD staff will develop eight 
newsletters for participants on both arms of the study. Each newsletter will be four pages 
and will contain information about diet and healthy lifestyle, as well as diet and cancer. 
Recipes will also be included in these newsletters. The content of the first three pages of 
the newsletters will be nearly identical. The fourth page of the newsletters, which will 
provide recipes to participants, will vary by group. 
These newsletters will be distributed to participants by participating sites every three 
months (quarterly). Electronic versions of the newsletters will be made available on the 
Alliance and the CTSU Web sites. Institutions must receive IRB approval of these 
newsletters prior to their distribution to patients. Care should be taken to ensure that 
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Each participant will receive a total of 8 newsletters, beginning with the newsletter 
scheduled for distribution during the quarter in which they were randomized. For 
example, patients randomized during the first quarter of 2012 should receive the 
newsletter entitled “Comfort Foods” as their first newsletter while on study. The planned 
distribution schedule is as follows: 
Number 
Topic 
Distributed 
to study 
participants 
 
Number 
Topic 
Distributed 
to study 
participants 
1 
Portion 
Control 
July-Sept. 
2011 
 
1 
Portion 
Control 
July-Sept. 
2013 
2 
Quick & Easy 
Oct.-Dec. 
2011 
 
2 
Quick & Easy 
Oct.-Dec. 
2013 
3 
Comfort 
Foods 
Jan.-Mar. 
2012 
 
3 
Comfort 
Foods 
Jan.-Mar. 
2014 
4 
Social 
Support 
Apr.-June 
2012 
 
4 
Social 
Support 
Apr.-June 
2014 
5 
Breakfast 
July-Sept. 
2012 
 
5 
Breakfast 
July-Sept. 
2014 
6 
Meal and 
Energy Bars 
Oct.-Dec. 
2012 
 
6 
Meal and 
Energy Bars 
Oct.-Dec. 
2014 
7 
Solo Suppers 
Jan.-Mar. 
2013 
 
7 
Solo Suppers 
Jan.-Mar. 
2015 
8 
Cheap Eats 
Apr.-June 
2013 
 
8 
Cheap Eats 
Apr.-June 
2015 
8.4 
Clinic Visits  
PSA Measures (Every 3 Months) 
Serum PSA levels will be measured at baseline and at every 3 months thereafter. PSADT 
will be calculated as log2 divided by the slope (the least squares estimator) of log (PSA) 
observations over time using the last three PSA measurements (44, 83, 100). An example 
of a PSADT calculator can be found at www.ASURE.ca. 
History & Physical (Every 6 Months) 
Participants will be evaluated in a urology clinic at initial assessment and every 6 months 
thereafter as per typical AS protocols and current standard of care (2-4, 11, 13). Patients 
must be weighed and their height measured according to the instructions in Section 8.1. 
Urological evaluations will be conducted by the GU Investigator or appropriate designee 
(e.g., medical oncologist, PA, NP) at each site. The baseline visit will include a DRE to 
confirm clinical stage. Since PSA and biopsy changes are much more sensitive for 
detecting clinical progression than changes in prostate examination among patients on 
AS (11), subsequent DRE will be performed at the discretion of the individual urologist. 
These results will not be used to define progression.  
Prostate Biopsy (24 Months) 
Prostate biopsy will be performed by the treating urologist at 24 months with a minimum 
of 10 tissue cores obtained utilizing a standard, extended biopsy pattern. This practice is 
consistent with current standard of care in the urological community. The urologist or the 
participant will have the right to secure a biopsy earlier than 24 months. Although DRE is 
commonly used in oncologic practice, it is not highly quantifiable for men with the very 
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Blood Sample Submission (12, 24 Months)  
Six-hour fasting blood samples will be collected at preregistration, 12 and 24 months and 
will be submitted to the Alliance Biorepository at Ohio State University (see Section 6.2.1) 
and analyzed for carotenoid and cholesterol concentrations. 
Quality of Life Instruments (Every 6 Months) 
Seven quality of life measures will be used: Personal Habits Questionnaire will be 
completed at pre-registration only, the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale-
Prostate (FACT-P); Memorial Anxiety Scale for Prostate Cancer (Max-PC); International 
Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS); Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite 26 (EPIC-
26); and the Nutrition Self–Efficacy will be completed at preregistration and every 6 
months. Finally, the MEAL Study Counseling Evaluation Form will be completed at 12 
and 24 months (see Section 9.0).  
8.5 
Dietary Recall 
Diets will be evaluated at baseline and at 12 and 24 months by a series of three separate 
24-hour dietary recalls collected interactively via telephone interview conducted by the 
Moores Cancer staff. These telephone interviews will last approximately 20 minutes. 
Patient recalls will be performed on three randomly selected days over a three-week 
period and include two weekdays (Monday through Thursday) and one weekend (Friday 
through Sunday). Data will be catalogued and analyzed utilizing Minnesota Nutrition 
Data System (NDS) software (Nutrition Coordinating Center, University of Minnesota). 
8.6 
Telephone Counseling Intervention (Arm A Only) 
The counseling intervention will be divided into four phases, with the first three phases 
completed in 7 months. The fourth phase will continue for 17 months. Each counseling 
call will take an average of 30 minutes.  
Phase I: The first phase, composed of six counseling calls, will focus on education and 
the rapid development of self-efficacy skills. During this phase, frequent counseling 
sessions (every 3-4 days) will focus on short-term goals, emphasizing to participants and 
partners that the study dietary pattern can be compatible with their lifestyle. The 
counselor will monitor self-reported dietary intake interactively using dietary analysis 
software (The Food Processor for Windows, Version 7.8, ESHA Research, Salem, OR) to 
help the participant evaluate his performance and encourage him to concentrate on the 
positive aspects of his achievements before setting new sub-goals. Throughout this phase 
(and all other phases), counselors will encourage participants to report any difficulties in 
adopting the dietary pattern, and dietary targets will be adjusted accordingly to maximize 
chances of success.  
Phase 2: The second phase, composed of four calls over a 2-month period, will focus on 
practical and consistent implementation of the dietary pattern. Counselors will help 
participants make structural changes to their food environments, such as altering the 
type of food available in the house, modifying recipes and patterns of food preparation, 
and focusing on portion sizes. Participants will learn to monitor their performance 
regularly, as counselors encourage goal setting and review. 
Phase 3: The third phase, composed of four calls over a 4-month period, will help 
participants habituate to the dietary pattern by providing regular performance reviews. 
Studies of behavior change demonstrate that a declining sense of self-efficacy is 
associated with vulnerability to relapse. During this phase, social guidance and 
assistance in evaluating performance will be used to maintain interest in behavior 
maintenance, even as the level of necessary social guidance declines. 
Phase 4: The counselors will regularly check on progress (8 calls over a 17-month 
period), providing positive feedback on achievements in maintaining the study targets 
while monitoring for warning signs of declining interest or self-efficacy. Ensuring 
participants that they can maintain the change they have implemented will still be 
critical. Intervention contacts will take place once every other month by those in Arm A 
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Dietary Targets: Participants in the intervention arm will be encouraged to achieve a 
challenging but attainable dietary pattern: 7 servings per day of vegetables (2 cruciferous, 
2 tomato products, 3 other vegetables), 2 servings per day of whole grains, 1 serving per 
day of beans or other legumes, and 2 servings per day of fruit. Vegetable juice will be 
promoted as a means of increasing vegetable nutrients without the potential 
gastrointestinal problems of very high fiber intake.  As vegetable intake appears most 
strongly associated with protection, the intervention will emphasize vegetable intake. 
To maximize intake of the most bioactive nutrients and phytochemicals, intervention 
participants will be instructed to omit fruit juice, iceberg lettuce, and white potatoes from 
their calculations of plant vegetable and fruit servings. Counselor/coaches will emphasize 
colorful vegetables along with strong-flavored produce (cruciferous vegetables, onions, 
garlic), since strong flavor is an indicator (albeit crude) of phytochemical concentration.  
Within the context of these overall dietary targets, participants will be guided to obtain an 
adequate intake of all essential nutrients. 
8.6.1 Quality control 
Quality control will be enhanced by providing the telephone counseling from a 
centralized location at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center, thus enabling weekly case 
management meetings and flexibility in scheduling. Dietary counselors will be hired 
based on their demonstrated communication skills, telephone manner, knowledge of 
food and nutrition, and their enthusiasm for achieving the study dietary targets. 
Counselors will complete an intensive 80-hour training program addressing the 
rationale for the study, protocols for conducting 24-hour dietary recalls, the 
principles and practice of motivational interviewing and review of a random selection 
of recorded calls. 
All counselors will practice extensive role-playing before conducting their first 
coaching session. This training will be overseen by the UCSD behavior change study 
team; the team has been involved in a multitude of behavior change studies. 
We have developed a detailed, relational database that provides counselors with a 
computer-assisted coaching protocol for their participant contacts. All contacts will be 
recorded in the database, and the database will generate the call schedule for each 
counselor each day. Calls will then follow a script that includes suggested question 
phrasing and responses to key questions inserted into the database in real time; 
these standardize intervention delivery. Automatic range checks will ensure quality in 
the dataset. At the completion of each call, the counselor will be prompted for detailed 
comments that can be used in the next contact. These comments will be reviewed by 
the supervisor as a component of performance review. Each counselor’s performance 
will be compared to that of his or her peers, in terms of achieving dietary change 
toward study goals and in keeping the database complete. 
The database will provide weekly management reports to focus on key aspects of 
study progress, including delinquent data collection. The database will help us 
monitor regularly scheduled study operations, to comply with aspects of the protocol. 
For example, study reports will be generated, as needed, to identify intervention 
participants who have not been contacted as scheduled in the protocol. The reports 
will be provided to the counselors to help keep them on schedule, and to ensure that 
participants with lagging performance or possibly lagging interest do not drop out of 
the study. 
To maximize effectiveness of the intervention, we will seek participant permission, in 
advance, to monitor calls. We will then monitor 10% of calls. The calls will be audio-
taped and reviewed by peers and by supervisors to ensure that the intervention is 
standardized across participants. Throughout the study period, weekly case-
management sessions will be conducted; supervisors, study investigators and 
counselors will use these to resolve challenging issues that have emerged. 
A registered dietitian will supervise the telephone counseling intervention team. 
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study progress and in-service training on nutrition and behavior change counseling. 
On a quarterly basis, counselors will be provided with an assessment of their 
caseload’s adherence to the dietary targets as a means of maintaining or improving 
performance. Together, these procedures, have contributed to the success of the 
WHEL (68) and MEAL (40-42) interventions. 
8.7 
Completion of Intervention  
All patients are expected to participate in the diet intervention for 24 months.  
8.7.1 Off Treatment Criteria 
Off-Treatment criteria will include the following: 1) physician determination that 
continuation of the diet is medically contraindicated, 2) participant decision to 
withdraw from the dietary intervention, or 3) participant death. If a study participant 
chooses to withdraw from the study, submit the C-260 CALGB Remarks Addenda to 
the Alliance Data Center and copy by fax 
 
8.7.2 Clinical Criteria for Progression and Active Treatment 
The primary outcome of interest in this prevention trial is disease progression defined 
by (a) PSA doubling time (PSADT) less than 3 years, (b) PSA above 10 at any time, or 
(c) Gleason score on repeat biopsy ≥ 7 for men younger than 70 years and ≥ 4+3 = 7 
for men 70 years or older. These criteria are drawn from one of the largest active 
surveillance studies to date, the Toronto cohort (12). 
Participants who do not meet PSA or biopsy criteria for progression are strongly 
encouraged to remain on AS while in the study and not undergo treatment with 
surgery, radiation, local ablation, or androgen deprivation. These criteria reflect the 
current standard of care (11,12) and are as follows:  
a) PSA doubling time (PSADT) < 3 years 
b) PSA ≥ 10 ng/mL 
If the treating physician suspects that a single measurement of PSA ≥ 10 ng/mL 
represents a spurious rise unrelated to cancer progression (e.g., clinical 
prostatitis, asymptomatic prostatitis in association with a viral syndrome, or 
instrumentation of the urinary/gastrointestinal tracts), a repeat PSA may be 
drawn up to 2 weeks later. If the repeat PSA value is less than 10 ng/mL, then 
that repeat PSA value shall be recorded for that visit. If the repeat PSA value ≥ 10 
ng/mL, the first PSA value should be recorded for that visit. 
c) Repeat biopsy 
o 
≥ 25% of biopsy tissue cores positive for cancer 
o 
> 50% of any one biopsy tissue core positive for cancer 
o 
Men < 70 years at baseline: Gleason sum ≥ 7 
o 
Men ≥ 70 years at baseline: Gleason sum ≥ 4+3 = 7 
It is recognized that some participants will elect to pursue treatment during the study 
despite not meeting these criteria for progression. These participants will be censored 
at the time they begin treatment. 
8.7.3 Continuation of the Dietary Intervention 
Patients should continue intervention and follow-up for the two-year duration of the 
study regardless of progression or electing to receive therapy. 
9.0 
OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT/QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURES 
Seven quality of life measures will be used: Personal Habits Questionnaire, Functional 
Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale-Prostate (FACT-P); Memorial Anxiety Scale for Prostate 
Cancer (Max-PC); International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS); Expanded Prostate Cancer 
Index Composite 26 (EPIC-26); Nutrition Self –Efficacy and Satisfaction with the MEAL 
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9.1 
Personal Habits Questionnaire 
The personal habits questionnaire, used in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHEL) study 
(66), consists of 8 sets of questions that address a number of generic health behavior 
questions: cigarette smoking; alcohol consumption; weight change during adult life; 
adherence to any kind of special diet (e.g. low-calorie, low-fat, low-cholesterol, low salt, 
high-fiber); recreational physical activity, including mild, moderate and strenuous 
activity; and physical activity at various ages. These questions, which will be used mainly 
to make sure randomization produced comparable groups, are as appropriate for men as 
for women. 
9.2 
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale-Prostate [FACT-P] 
The FACT-P [version 4.0], developed by Cella and colleagues (44, 51) is a prostate cancer 
specific quality of life questionnaire which includes a 27 item 'core' quality of life measure 
[FACT-G] grouped into four subscales: physical well-being, social/family well-being, 
emotional well-being, and functional well-being. There are an additional 12 items specific 
to prostate cancer, 10 of which are prostate cancer-specific physical problems. Almost all 
FACT-P subscale items are rated on a 5 item Likert scale, from 0, 'not at all' to 4, 'very 
much'. The FACT-G has been tested on 630 patients with mixed cancer diagnoses. The 
internal consistency of the subscales ranges from .65-.82, with excellent internal 
consistency of the total score: an alpha coefficient of .89. Test-retest reliability is excellent 
within a 7 day period, with correlations ranging from .82-.92. Convergent validity has 
been demonstrated, with the FACT correlating significantly with other quality of life 
measures (FLIC, r=.79), and related constructs of psychological distress (e.g. Brief POMS, 
r=-.68) and the ECOG performance rating (r=-.52). The FACT-G has been able to 
distinguish between patients with metastatic and non-metastatic disease. Internal 
consistency of the Prostate-Specific Concerns subscale was of moderate strength (alpha 
coefficients ranging from .65-.69] when tested with 130 prostate cancer patients (44). 
Evidence of convergent validity of the Prostate-Specific Concerns subscale was provided 
by its significant negative correlations with depression (Inventory to Diagnose Depression, 
r= -.34, p< .001), and anxiety (Spielberger Trait Anxiety Scale, r= -.33, p< .001). Further, 
significantly greater Prostate-Specific Concerns scores were found for those with more 
advanced disease than those with earlier stage disease. Sensitivity to change over time 
was also demonstrated by significantly greater worsening of Physical and Functional 
Well-being, and Prostate-Specific Concerns subscale scores over a two month period for 
those with worsening Performance Status (44). 
9.3 
Memorial Anxiety Scale for Prostate Cancer [MAX-PC] 
The Memorial Anxiety Scale for Prostate Cancer [MAX-PC] is a prostate cancer-specific 
measure to assess patient anxiety due to prostate cancer, PSA tests and fears of 
recurrence (45, 46). It consists of 18 items: 11 items that parallel items from the Impact 
of Event Scale, including avoidant and intrusive thoughts about prostate cancer (48); 3 
items specific to PSA tests, and 4 items concerning fear of recurrence. The items are 
grouped into three subscales: Prostate Cancer Anxiety (PCA), PSA Anxiety, and Fear of 
Recurrence. Fourteen items are rated on a four point Likert scale ranging from 'not at all' 
to 'often' and 4 items are rated on a Likert scale ranging from 'strongly agree' to 'strongly 
disagree'. Internal consistency for the total score is excellent (alpha coefficient = .89). The 
PCA and Fear of Recurrence also demonstrated strong internal consistency (PCA alpha 
coefficient = .90; Fear = .85) (45). Test-retest reliability is excellent for the total score and 
three subscales (.74 - .89).  The three factor model was confirmed in a second study of 
the MAX-PC (46). Total scores correlated significantly with other measures of distress, 
including the HADS (r=.52, p< .0001) and the Distress Thermometer (r =.45, p< .0001). 
Significant correlations were also found between changes in the MAX-PC score with 
changes in the HADS total score (r=.30, p< .0001). Further, there was a significant 
difference among four PSA change groups (i.e. steady, rising, falling and unstable) for the 
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Anxiety reduction is a legitimate and robust outcome variable and a potential benefit of 
the counseling intervention. Moreover, it is likely that the distribution of printed dietary 
guidelines and intermittent phone calls to monitor diet intake, would potentially diminish 
anxiety in the control group because it involves more attention than active surveillance 
patients normally receive as part of clinical care (72).  
9.4 
International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) 
This is an 8-item scale, widely used in clinical practice, which measures lower urinary 
tract symptoms. It includes questions encompassing incomplete bladder emptying, 
frequent urination, urgency, nocturia, intermittency, weak stream, straining, and quality 
of life related to urinary symptoms (73). 
There are robust data to suggest that prostate cancer patients on active surveillance 
experience significantly decreased urinary health relative to men without prostate cancer. 
In a cohort analysis of 6,000 community dwelling older men, we observed that compared 
to men without prostate cancer, men with prostate cancer on active surveillance (i.e. 
those who had not undergone treatment) reported a significantly diminished quality of life 
due to urinary symptoms (74). In addition, several published studies have noted that high 
vegetable diets and higher serum carotenoid concentration are associated with decreased 
urinary symptoms (75-77). 
9.5 
Expanded Prostate Cancer Composite Index 26 (EPIC-26) 
This instrument is an abbreviated version of the Expanded Prostate Cancer Composite 
Index (EPIC). It contains 26 questions focusing on 5 distinct health-related quality of life 
domains relevant to prostate cancer: urinary incontinence, urinary irritation/obstruction, 
bowel, sexual and vitality/hormonal. Each domain has function and other subdomains. 
All of the domains for EPIC-26 are reported using a 0-100 score, with higher scores 
representing favorable health related quality of life. The EPIC-26 demonstrates robust 
consistency and validity for measuring these important outcomes related to prostate 
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9.6 
Nutrition Self-Efficacy Scale 
The Nutrition Self-Efficacy scale assesses the degree to which individuals are confident 
that that they can control their nutrition (79). The scale assesses perceived self-efficacy, 
the confidence in one’s ability to meet one’s goals, and coping self-efficacy, defined as 
optimistic beliefs about one’s capability to deal with barriers that arise in plans. The scale 
consists of 5 items rated on a 5 point Likert scale, ranging from ‘very confident’ to ‘not 
confident at all’. Internal consistency was excellent (alpha coefficient = .87, n= 1,722).  
Evidence of validity was provided by the Nutritional Efficacy Scale correlating significantly 
with nutritional behavior (r =.34, p< .01) (80). Because quality of life or anxiety has not 
been formally evaluated in an AS population or in the setting of a randomized clinical trial 
among AS patients, a battery of scores will be assessed as exploratory variables, with 
scores at each time point and changes in scores over time assessed between the 
intervention and control groups using student’s t-test and linear regression modeling. 
9.7 
Satisfaction with the MEAL Program 
At 12 and 24 months, those in the MEAL arm of the study will be asked to complete a 
series of questions about their satisfaction with the MEAL program (C-2008, CALGB 
70807 MEAL Study Counseling Evaluation Form). All but one question has been used in 
WHEL, (Women’s Healthy Eating and Living, the prior diet study on which this study is 
based). The MEAL Satisfaction Questionnaire, developed by Pierce and colleagues, 
includes 26 items with all items rated on Likert scales, with response categories varying 
by the type of question. The following areas of satisfaction are assessed: satisfaction with 
the nutritional plan, counseling calls, the counselor, the time and frequency of the calls, 
expectations that the diet will help to prevent recurrence and improve their overall health, 
barriers in attaining the dietary goals, and the difficulty encountered in changing and 
maintaining their diet. Internal consistency meets acceptable standards for the 
satisfaction with their food intake for the different types of food (5 questions, alpha 
coefficient = .71), satisfaction with the counselor (9 items, alpha coefficient = .87), and 
near an acceptable standard for the 2 items assessing how enjoyable and important the 
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10.0 CORRELATIVE STUDIES 
10.1 Plasma carotenoid and cholesterol analysis  
10.1.1 Background 
Carotenoids are organic, plant-based pigments. One of the most common 
carotenoids is lycopene. Lycopene is an antioxidant and free radical scavenger 
commonly found in tomatoes. Increased lycopene and tomato intake have been 
associated with decreased prostate cancer risk. An analysis of the Health 
Professionals Cohort observed a 21% lower prostate cancer incidence among those 
with the highest compared to the lowest lycopene intakes. Moreover, those with the 
highest frequencies of tomato and tomato-based product intake had up to a 35% 
risk reduction compared to those with the lowest intake (20). In a meta-analysis of 
21 published studies, Etminan and colleagues observed that participants with the 
highest intake (fifth quintile of intake) of raw tomatoes [Relative Risk (RR) 0.89, 95% 
CI 0.8 to 1.0] or cooked tomatoes (RR 0.81, 95% CI 0.71 to 0.92) had a modest 
reduction in prostate cancer risk (10). These investigators also noted that while 
lycopene consumption was not associated with prostate cancer risk (RR 0.99, 95% 
CI 0.93-1.06), higher serum lycopene concentrations were associated with decreased 
risk (RR 0.85, 95% CI 0.75-0.97) (81). 
Interest in the potential therapeutic benefits of lycopene and/or tomatoes has led to 
a small number of clinical trials that have produced promising, yet preliminary, 
results. Stacewicz-Sapuntzakis and Bowen placed 32 patients with prostate cancer 
on tomato paste-rich diet, 3 weeks before their scheduled prostatectomy. The 
patients consumed 26.8 mg of lycopene per day, compared with their usual mean 
intake of 5 mg/day. These investigators noted significant reductions in serum PSA 
concentrations and increases in apoptotic index in the intervention group compared 
with the controls (82). Similarly, Kucuk and colleagues randomized 26 patients with 
newly diagnosed prostate cancer to receive tomato oleoresin extract containing 30 
mg of lycopene or no supplementation for 3 weeks before radical prostatectomy. 
When compared with the intervention group was found to have smaller tumors, less 
involvement of surgical margins, and less diffuse involvement of the prostate by 
high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (83). Chen and colleagues observed in 
a radical prostatectomy model that men who consumed large amounts of tomato 
products prior to surgery had less oxidative damage in the prostate (30), while 
Barber and colleagues noted decreased PSA velocities in men with prostate cancer 
treated with lycopene supplementation (25). 
While these data are compelling, associations of carotenoids with prostate cancer 
remain unclear. In the MEAL pilot study, there was no significant association of 
plasma lycopene or other carotenoids with plasma PSA over a 6-month period for AS 
patients or patients with PSA-only recurrence following surgery or radiation (40-42). 
10.1.2 Objectives 
10.1.2.1 
To compare plasma carotenoid concentrations in AS patients receiving 
dietary intervention compared to no intervention. 
10.1.2.2 
To correlate plasma carotenoid concentrations with PSADT in AS patients. 
10.1.2.3 
To correlate plasma carotenoid concentrations with time to pathological 
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10.1.3 Methods 
Carotenoids: The blood nutrient analysis will take place at UCSD under the 
direction of 
 The carotenoid analysis will be done at UCSD. Plasma 
carotenoids will be separated and quantified using the HPLC methodology that we 
have used previously (40, 67, 68), with modifications to reduce oxidative loss and 
improve recovery of compounds during analysis. Standard reference materials from 
the manufacturer will be used to validate analytical precision of these procedures. At 
UCSD, samples will be stored at all times at -70º C or lower temperatures in freezers 
equipped with temperature alarms in the Moores UCSD Cancer Center that are 
under the direct supervision of 
. 
Cholesterol is analyzed using the KODAK EKTACHEM DT SLIDE. The slide is a 
multilayered film in a plastic support. It contains all the reagents necessary to 
determine cholesterol level in serum or plasma. A 10 uL drop of specimen is 
deposited on the slide. The sample spreads evenly and diffuses into the reagent 
layers.  Cholesterol in the sample undergoes a series of reactions in the slide to 
produce a colored compound. The intensity of the color ids proportional to the 
amount of cholesterol in the sample and is measured by the KODAK EKTACHEM 
DT60 analyzer. 
Principles of the procedure: The spreading layer distributes the sample evenly on the 
slide and causes the cholesterol to dissociate from lipoprotein carriers. Cholesterol 
esters are hydrolyzed to free cholesterol which then undergoes a series of reactions 
beginning with oxidation by the specific enzyme, cholesterol oxidase. In the final 
reaction, a colored dye is produced. By measuring the amount of light reflected from 
the dyed layer after a fixed incubation period, the DT60 Analyzer can calculate the 
amount of cholesterol present in the sample. 
10.2 Serum carotenoid analyses (Substudy 151105) 
Carotenoid analysis can be evaluated on plasma or serum. Therefore, in addition to the 
plasma sample, we will be collecting and banking serum for evaluation of carotenoids, if 
needed, as well as for the evaluation of other circulating markers of interest. 
10.3 Polymorphism Analysis (Substudy 151105) 
10.3.1 Background 
Multiple genetic variants have been identified which are linked to increase risk of 
developing prostate carcinoma (84-89). There is increasing evidence that genetic 
factors could not only predispose men to prostate cancer in general but specifically 
for aggressive disease. For example CASP8 and MDM2 contain variants associated 
with risk of aggressive prostate carcinoma (90, 91). Cheng et al (92) and Beebe-
Dimmer et al (93) demonstrated that at least some 8q24 variants are associated with 
risk of advanced disease. Duggan et al identified rs1571801, located in the DAB2IP 
gene, as a candidate which was associated with aggressive PCa in both European-
Americans (p=0.004) and African-Americans (p=0.02) (94). Mononen et al found that 
5’ untranslated variant in CYP17A1 was associated with an increased risk of high 
grade PCa (95).  
Identification of a population of patients at risk for aggressive disease is only useful 
if the disease can be prevented or treated effectively. Dietary manipulation holds 
promise as a way of preventing or ameliorating the risk of developing prosate 
carcinoma. There is a growing body of evidence that dietary factors may modify 
genetic risk. Several genes, such as MnSOD, XRCC1, and GST, may modify the 
association of specific nutrients and foods with prostate cancer risk and groups have 
called for further research to confirm these initial observations (96). For example, 
evidence from the Physicians Health Study suggests that manganese superoxide 
dismutase (MnSOD) polymorphism V16A may interact with selenium levels to modify 
risk of clinically aggressive PCa (97). MnSOD genotype were not associated with 
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selenium levels they found that the cohort with the highest selenium levels and AA 
genotype were protected against prostate cancer in general and clinically aggressive 
prostate cancer specifically. Another example of genotype environment interaction is 
vitamin D and Vitamin D Receptor polymorphisms. A study from the Physicians 
Health Study demonstrated that while the Vitamin D Receptor polymorphism BsmI 
or FokI were not associated with prostate carcinoma, men with FokI ff genotype and 
low vitamin D levels had the highest risk of developing PCa in general and aggressive 
disease specifically (98). Given that vitamin D oral formulations have been explored 
as a treatment option for PCa (99), identification of an interaction between genotype 
and environment could have potential clinical application.  
The MEAL study offers the ideal population to study the interaction between genetic 
risk and diet. First and foremost, if genetic risk is associated with aggressive disease, 
then patients with the high risk genetic background should be more likely to 
progress. What is unique about the MEAL study is to determine if dietary 
modification alters that genetic risk. If it does then genetically high risk patients 
could modify their diet at the time of diagnosis or possibly sooner. Alternatively, if 
diet does not modify risk of progression then more aggressive management could be 
instituted. 
10.3.2 Objectives 
10.3.2.1 To compare MnSOD, XRCC1, and GST gene polymorphisms to PSADT in AS 
patients receiving dietary intervention versus no intervention. 
10.3.2.2 To compare MnSOD, XRCC1, and GST gene polymorphisms to time to 
pathological progression in AS patients receiving dietary intervention versus 
no intervention. 
10.3.3 Methods 
Whole blood samples are being collected at baseline for DNA isolation and evaluation 
of genetic polymorphisms that affect antioxidant metabolism such as MnSOD. In 
addition, there is evidence of other interactions between antioxidant systems and 
dietary practice. Some of these could have an impact on the prostate such as 
catechol-o-methyl transferase and glutathione peroxidase. 
10.4 Analysis of diagnostic prostate biopsy sections (Substudy 151105) 
10.4.1 Background 
A great deal of information is contained in the prostate tissue in the diagnostic 
biopsy: the Gleason score, which indicates the aggressiveness of the cancer, and the 
size and location of the cancer. Higher Gleason score and larger tumor are associated 
with disease progression. The biopsy tissue can be used to describe the rates at which 
prostate cells are proliferating and at which prostate cells are undergoing apoptosis. 
Together, these factors provide an indicator of overall tumor growth index, which is 
associated with disease progression. The biopsy also can be used to describe the 
degree to which androgen-signaling proteins, including the androgen receptor, and 
androgen metabolism enzymes, including 5-alpha reductase 1, 2, and 3, are 
expressed. Androgen-signaling proteins have been linked to prostate cancer risk and 
to treatment outcome, with androgen signaling generally associated with the presence 
or development of more aggressive disease (108-110). Recent advances make possible 
the detection of small noncoding segments of RNA, known as microRNA, which can be 
extracted from serum and from tissue fragments. MicroRNAs 141 and 375, which 
have received a great deal of attention as likely predictors of prostate cancer 
treatment outcome, will be examined in this study (111, 112). These two microRNAs 
have been associated with more aggressive disease and with tumor progression.  
Taking these key indicators into account in analyses may enable better description of 
the likelihood that the prostate will respond to dietary change. Although randomized 
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baseline characteristics as tumor growth, proteins predictive of outcome, or 
microRNA; taking these characteristics into account may increase the power of these 
analyses. In addition, it is possible that these factors may interact with treatment 
assignment to affect cancer progression.    
10.4.2 Objectives 
10.4.2.1 To compare proliferation, apoptosis and the tumor growth index to dietary 
intervention assignment as predictors of cancer progression in AS patients. 
10.4.2.2 To compare proliferation, apoptosis and tumor growth index to outcome 
predictors among AS patients randomized to dietary intervention as opposed 
to those assigned to the comparison group.  
10.4.2.3 To compare protein levels of the androgen receptor and 5-alpha reductase 1, 
2, and 3 to dietary intervention assignment as predictors of cancer 
progression in AS patients.  
10.4.2.4 To compare protein levels of the androgen receptor and 5-alpha reductase 1, 
2, and 3 as outcome predictors among AS patients randomized to dietary 
intervention as opposed to those assigned to the comparison group. 
10.4.2.5 To compare expression of microRNAs 141 and 375 to dietary intervention 
assignment as predictors of cancer progression in AS patients.  
10.4.2.6 To compare expression of microRNAs 141 and 375 as outcome predictors 
among AS patients randomized to dietary intervention as opposed to those 
assigned to the comparison group. 
10.4.3 Methods 
Institutions will be asked to provide 10 x 5 um unstained sections that show cancer 
on charged glass slides from the formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded, diagnostic 
prostate biopsy blocks to the Alliance Biorepository at The Ohio State University (see 
Section 6.2). Only one core should be placed on each slide. Label the slides with 
CALGB 70807 patient ID number, accession number, and order of sections. 
The immunohistochemistry will be performed at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, under 
the direction of 
. Commercially available antibodies will be used to 
immunostain the slides for the following:  Ki-67 (proliferation), cleaved caspase 3 
(apoptosis), androgen receptor, and 5-alpha reductases 1, 2, and 3. A panel of 
microRNAs will be extracted from the serum collected as part of sub-study CALGB 
151105 (see Section 6.2.3). microRNA 141 and 375 expression will be assayed by 
procedures developed by Exiqon Laboratories (Blondal et al, 2013). 
10.4.4 Statistical considerations 
The baseline biomarkers will be associated with progression-free survival (PFS), time 
to progression as defined for the main study or death. Specific statistical analysis 
plans are as follows for each study objective. About 80% of the patients in the main 
study will participate in this correlative study. With n= 334 (=418x0.8) patients, a Cox 
regression model to regress PFS on a continuous biomarker will have 95% of power to 
detect a log-hazard ratio (or, regression coefficient of the Cox proportional hazards 
model) of 0.4 between two patient groups whose biomarker values are 1 standard 
deviation away with a two-sided alpha level of 5%. This power calculation is based on 
85% of 2-year PFS for the whole population, the accrual and follow-up periods 
assumed for the main study and the assumption that each marker is normally 
distributed (possibly after a transformation). 
10.4.4.1 To compare proliferation, apoptosis and the tumor growth index to 
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PFS will be regressed on each biomarker of proliferation (KI-67), apoptosis (cleaved 
caspase 3) and tumor growth rate (a composite of proliferation and apoptosis) using 
a Cox regression model. In order to see which biomarkers are independently 
prognostic, we will also perform a Cox regression to regress PFS on all three of the 
biomarkers. We will repeat these regression analyses adjusting for treatment 
allocation to investigate if the effect of these biomarkers is confounded with 
treatment allocation.   
10.4.4.2 To compare proliferation, apoptosis and tumor growth index to outcome 
predictors among AS patients randomized to dietary intervention as opposed 
to those assigned to the comparison group 
The analyses adjusting for treatment allocation as described in in Section 10.4.4.1 
will be repeated by adding the interaction term between each marker and treatment 
allocation to the regression models to see if the effect of each biomarker is different 
between the two treatment arms. If any of these interaction terms are significant, 
then we will also fit a regression model within each arm to develop a prediction 
model based on the biomarkers for each treatment arm.    
10.4.4.3 To compare protein levels of the androgen receptor and 5-alpha 
reductase 1, 2, and 3 to dietary intervention assignment as predictors of 
cancer progression in AS patients 
PFS will be regressed on each biomarker of androgen receptor, 5 alpha reductase 1, 
5 alpha reductase 2, and 5 alpha reductase 3 using a Cox regression model. In 
order to see which of these protein level biomarkers are independently prognostic, 
we will also perform a Cox regression to regress PFS on all four of these biomarkers. 
We will repeat these regression analyses adjusting for treatment allocation to 
investigate if the effect of the biomarkers is confounded with treatment allocation.   
10.4.4.4 To compare protein levels of the androgen receptor and 5-alpha 
reductase 1, 2, and 3 as outcome predictors among AS patients randomized to 
dietary intervention as opposed to those assigned to the comparison group 
The analyses adjusting for treatment allocation as described in in Section 10.4.4.3 
will be repeated by adding the interaction term between each marker and treatment 
allocation to the regression models to see if the effect of each biomarker is different 
between the two treatment arms. If any interaction terms are significant, then we 
will fit a regression model within each arm to develop a prediction model based on 
the biomarkers for each treatment arm. 
10.4.4.5 To compare expression of microRNAs 141 and 375 to dietary 
intervention assignment as predictors of cancer progression in AS patients 
PFS will be regressed on each biomarker of microRNAs 141 and 375 using a Cox 
regression model. In order to see which of these microRNAs are independently 
prognostic, we will also perform a Cox regression to regress PFS on both of the 
microRNAs. We will repeat these regression analyses adjusting for treatment 
allocation to investigate if the effect of these biomarkers is confounded with 
treatment allocation.  
The microRNA package we are going to use will examine many more (~200) 
microRNA biomarkers. We will develop a prediction model for PFS using all the 
examined microRNA biomarkers as candidate predictors using the gradient lasso 
procedure,113 and compare the prediction power of this model with that based on 
microRNAs 141 and 375. A Cox regression will be conducted including the risk 
score fitted using the gradient lasso method and treatment allocation.  
10.4.4.6 To compare expression of microRNAs 141 and 375 as outcome 
predictors among AS patients randomized to dietary intervention as opposed 
to those assigned to the comparison group 
The analyses adjusting for treatment allocation as described in Section 10.4.4.5 will 
be repeated by adding the interaction term between each biomarker and treatment 
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between the two treatment arms. If any interaction terms are significant, then we 
will fit a regression model within each arm to develop a prediction model based on 
the biomarkers for each treatment arm. 
In order to investigate the prediction power of the fitted model using the gradient 
lasso in Section 10.4.4.5, a Cox regression will be conducted including the risk 
score fitted using the gradient lasso method, treatment allocation and their 
interaction term. 
11.0 STATISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS  
11.1 
Randomization 
Patients will be randomized with equal probability to receive the dietary intervention 
(experimental arm) or dietary information (control arm). A total of 464 patients will be 
enrolled to this trial, 232 patients per arm. The study will take a total of 5 years: about 3 
years of accrual with an expected accrual rate of 15 patients per month, and 2 years of 
follow-up for each patient. 
Stratification factors: Randomization will be stratified by age (≤ 70 years vs. > 70 years), 
race (African American vs. Other) and baseline prostate biopsy (0-12 months prior to 
registration vs. >12-24 months prior to registration). 
11.2 
Design 
Each patient will be followed for 24 months, and PSA will be evaluated every 3 months 
starting from baseline. Prostate biopsies are taken at baseline and 24 months.  
The primary outcome of interest in this prevention trial is disease progression defined by 
(a) PSA doubling time (PSADT) < 3 years, (b) PSA ≥ 10 at any time, or (c) Gleason sum on 
repeat biopsy ≥ 7 for men younger than 70 years and ≥ 4+3 = 7 for men 70 years or older. 
These criteria are drawn from one of the largest active surveillance studies to date, the 
Toronto cohort (12). Data from this cohort indicate that approximately 20% of patients on 
active surveillance will progress by these criteria: 14% by PSA doubling time and 8%-10% 
by Gleason score. 
Thus, using the log-rank test with a two-sided α = 5%, a sample size of 418 will provide 
80% power to detect a difference in progression rate (PGR) of 20% in the control and 10% 
in the experimental arm during 24 months of follow-up. Under the exponential 
distributions for the time to progression, the 2-year PGR of 20% vs. 10% corresponds to a 
hazard ratio (HR) of 2.118. Assuming 10% of dropout rate (including patients who are 
treated before progression), a total of 464 patients will be enrolled to this trial. 
Centralized pathology review will be conducted on the tissue specimens of the first 50 
patients. From an analysis of grading by community vs. Johns Hopkins pathologists, 
Gleason grading of adenocarcinoma in prostate needle biopsy tissue (106), Gleason score 
was changed from 3+4 by community review to 4+3 by Johns Hopkins review for about 
14% of men and from 6 or below to 7 or above for about 8% of men. Assuming about 30% 
of men in this study will be >70 years old and these two types of changes occur uniformly 
over the whole range of age, we believe that no more than 10% of men will become 
ineligible for the study by the centralized pathology review. We will consider increasing 
the sample size by a maximum of 10% depending on the proportion of men who become 
ineligible by central pathology review. 
11.3 Analysis 
The proportion of men who become ineligible by central pathology review will be estimated 
for each arm. The primary analysis will be done using data from eligible subjects, 
especially using Gleason scores from central review. However, all statistical analyses will 
be conducted for the data sets from eligible patients only, as well as all patients 
randomized in the sensitivity analysis. 
Progression: PSADT will be calculated as log2 divided by the slope (the least squares 
estimator) of log (PSA) observations over time using all available PSA measurements, 
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PSADT of a patient is calculated at month 6 using the PSA measurements collected at 
months 0, 3 and 6 if there are no missing PSA measurements.” In order to avoid any 
miscalculation, the PSADT will be calculated at the Alliance Statistics and Data Center, 
not by each individual site.  
Time to progression data will be analyzed using the log-rank test for univariable analysis 
and the Cox’s proportional hazards regression for multivariable analysis adjusting for the 
stratification factors and other prognostic factors. For the patients who proceed to 
treatment with surgery, radiation, local ablative therapy or hormonal therapy before 
progression within the 2-year follow-up period, the progression time will be censored at 
the time of withdrawal for treatment. 
A recent study in a similar cohort of men undergoing active surveillance (102) reported 
that PSA kinetics was not closely associated with progression on subsequent surveillance 
biopsies. In order to address this issue, as a secondary analysis, we will also compare 
time to progression defined only by Gleason sum on repeat biopsy ≥ 7 for men younger 
than 70 years and ≥ 4+3 = 7 for men 70 years or older. Because of decreased number of 
events, the log-rank test using this definition of time to progression may not have enough 
power. For example, if the 2-year PGR for the control arm is only 10% by this new 
definition, then the log-rank test will have only 50% of power with 418 eligible patients 
with events or full 2 years of follow-up. 
Time to Treatment: Probability to proceed to treatment within 2 years (binary 
observation) and time to treatment (censored time to an event observation) will be 
analyzed using the chi-squared test and the log-rank test, respectively. We expect that 
the control arm will have more patients receiving treatment and shorter time to treatment 
than the experimental arm because of anxiety. 
QOL: Quality of life (anxiety and depression, prostate cancer symptom checklist) will be 
compared between the two arms. The time trajectory of QOL will be estimated using the 
generalized estimating equation method based on working independent correlation 
structure (103) and the slope of the time trajectory will be compared between the two 
arms (104). We will consider taking a log-transformation of QOL observations if it 
improves the linearity of the time trajectory of QOL. The significance of the two arm 
comparisons will be adjusted for multiple testing among different QOL subscales using 
the methodology of Bang, Jung and George (105). 
Dietary Recall: Diets will be evaluated at baseline and at 12 and 24 months by a series 
of three separate 24-hour dietary recalls collected interactively via telephone interview. 
The increase (from baseline) in mean daily intakes of total vegetables, crucifers, tomato 
products, beans/legumes and fat will be compared between arms using a two-sample t-
test at 12 and 24 months. We may consider transforming (e.g. using logarithm) the data 
to improve normality of the distributions and variance stabilization. Data will be 
catalogued and analyzed utilizing Minnesota Nutrition Data System (NDS) software 
(Nutrition Coordinating Center, University of Minnesota). 
Plasma carotenoid analyses:  
(1)  Plasma carotenoid concentrations (PCC) will be compared between the two arms 
using a two-sample t-test. A log-transformation of the PCC observations may be 
considered in order to improve the normality of the distributions and variance 
stabilization. 
 (2) PCC will be correlated with PSADT for the patients. Descriptive analysis using scatter 
plots and regression analysis will be conducted. Intervention and known predictors 
including the stratification factors will be adjusted in multivariable analysis. 
(3) Time to pathological progression (i.e., Gleason sum on repeat biopsy ≥ 7 for men 
younger than 70 years and ≥ 4+3 = 7 for men 70 years or older) will be regressed on 
PCC in AS patients using Cox’s regression method. Intervention and known 
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11.4 Interim Analysis 
11.4.1 Primary Endpoint 
At each interim analysis, superiority and futility tests on PFS will be conducted as 
follows. 
Superiority: A superiority test is to test if the experimental arm has a longer PFS 
than the control arm. The first interim analysis for superiority will be conducted when 
80 patients progress or complete the 2 years of follow-up. With 6 months of run-in 
period and a monthly accrual of 15 patients, this will occur at approximately 33 
months. After this time, interim analyses will be conducted every six months 
corresponding with scheduled meetings of the Alliance Data and Safety Monitoring 
Board (DSMB). The final analysis will be conducted 2 years after the completion of 
accrual. With the expected study plan, there should be about 4 or 5 interim analyses 
before the final analysis. The superiority testing during the interim analyses will be 
using one-sided alpha=0.0025. (A one-sided p-value smaller than 0.5 and a test 
statistic larger than 0 imply the superiority of the experimental arm.) The final 
analysis will be using one-sided alpha=0.025. Due to the relatively small number of 
interim analyses and the small alpha spending at each interim analysis, the overall 
type I error rate will not be much larger than the nominal one-sided alpha=0.025 
(107). 
Futility: Futility testing will be conducted at the time of each interim analysis 
scheduled for a superiority test. We will consider stopping the study early due to 
futility if the 1-sided p-value is larger than or equal to 0.5 (or the standardized log-
rank test statistic is smaller than 0) at any interim analysis. 
11.4.2 Progression Rate 
The power of the log-rank test depends on the PGR in the two arms. An interim 
analysis will be conducted when 400 patients are enrolled on the study to check if the 
specified 20% of 2-year PGR is accurate or not. At the interim analysis, the 2-year 
PGR of the control arm will be estimated. If the estimate is smaller than 20%, we will 
recalculate the sample size using the estimated 2-year PGR for the control arm, 
HR=0.472, two sided alpha=0.05 and a power of 80% and consider increasing the 
sample size by a maximum of 20% of the current sample size. For example, if the 
estimated 2-year PGR for the control arm is 18%, then we need 466 eligible patients 
(about 11% increase from 418 eligible patients). In case the observed progression rate 
is so low that a maximum of 20% increase in sample size does not guarantee a 
reasonable power for the primary endpoint, we will consider suspending the study for 
revision. 
11.4.3 Accrual Monitoring 
The accrual rate will be monitored by DSMB complying with CTEP’s Early Stopping 
Guidelines for Slow Accruing Trials. 
11.5 Statistical analyses for substudy 151105 
For Objective 10.3.2.1, the expression level of MnSOD, XRCC1 and GST will be correlated 
with PSADT within each arm. The expression level of these genes may be highly 
correlated with PSADT in the control arm. However, if dietary modification alters the 
genetic risk, the association may be insignificant or less significant in the experimental 
arm.  
For Objective 10.3.2.2, the expression level of MnSOD, XRCC1 and GST will be correlated 
with time to pathological progression using Cox regression method within each arm. The 
expression level of these genes may be highly correlated with time to pathological 
progression in the control arm. However, if dietary modification alters the genetic risk, the 
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13.0 MODEL CONSENT FORM  
The Men’s Eating and Living (MEAL) Study: A Randomized Trial of 
Diet to Alter Disease Progression in Prostate Cancer Patients on 
Active Surveillance 
 
This is a clinical trial, a type of research study. Your study doctor will explain the clinical trial to 
you. Clinical trials include only patients who choose to take part. Please take your time to make your 
decision. Discuss it with your friends and family. You can also discuss it with your health care team. 
If you have any questions, you can ask your study doctor for more explanation. 
[Attach NCI booklet “Taking Part in Clinical Trials: What Cancer Patients Need to Know”] 
You are being asked to take part in this study because you have been diagnosed with prostate cancer 
and are receiving regular follow-up care with your primary physician. 
 
Why is this study being done? 
You are being asked to take part in a research study of men who are undergoing active surveillance 
for their prostate cancer. The purpose of the study is to find out more about how diet may prevent 
prostate cancer from getting worse. 
 
How many people will take part in this study? 
About 464 men will participate in this study. 
 
What will happen if I take part in this research study? 
Before you begin the study . . . 
You will need to have the following exams, tests or procedures to find out if you can be in the study. 
These exams, tests or procedures are part of regular cancer care and may be done even if you do not 
join the study. If you have had some of them recently, they may not need to be repeated. This will be 
up to your study doctor. 
• 
A complete history and physical exam including a digital rectal exam 
• 
A PSA test 
 
After you are enrolled in the study, you will be asked to provide about 2 teaspoons of blood for 
research. Study researchers will analyze the blood to determine carotenoid and cholesterol levels. 
Carotenoid refers to the red to yellow pigments responsible for the color of many plant organs or 
fruits, such as tomatoes or carrots. Cholesterol is a fat-like substance that is made by the body and is 
found naturally in animal foods such as meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy products. The blood 
samples will be used to see if changes in your diet have affected carotenoid and cholesterol levels in 
your blood. Your carotenoid, and cholesterol levels as measured in this study will not be reported to 
you or your doctor. 
Also, you will be asked to complete questionnaires about your current health, your food preparation 
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Run-in: During a two-week period after enrollment (called “Run-in”), study researchers from the 
University of California at San Diego (UCSD) will call you on three different days over the 
telephone and ask you questions about your medical history and diet. During these interviews, called 
“24-hour dietary recalls,” you will be asked to recall everything you ate and drank during the 
previous 24 hours. You may skip any question that makes you uncomfortable. These telephone 
interviews will take approximately 20 minutes. 
During the study . . . 
If you are able to complete the three 24-hour dietary recall interviews and you choose to participate 
in the study, you will be "randomized" into one of the study groups described below. Randomization 
means that you are put into a group by chance. A computer program will place you in one of the 
study groups. Neither you nor your doctor can choose the group you will be in. You will have an 
equal chance of being placed in either group. 
Group 1 
If you are in Group 1 (often called "Arm A") you will be assigned to a program providing you with 
telephone counseling to help change your diet. You will be asked to change your diet to increase the 
amounts of fiber-rich plant foods (vegetables, fruit, whole grains, and beans) that you eat. You will 
receive assistance from diet counselors at UCSD to help you achieve the dietary goals. These 
counseling calls will take an average of 30 minutes and will occur twice weekly for the first two 
weeks, and gradually decrease in frequency (weekly, bi-monthly, monthly). The counseling calls 
may be monitored and audio-taped for quality assurance purposes. After the first six months, your 
telephone counselor will call you periodically throughout the remainder of the study to check on how 
you are maintaining the study diet. You will receive a total of 22 calls over the 24-month period. A 
diet intervention manual, a booklet, and regularly scheduled newsletters will also be provided to you. 
Group 2 
If you are in Group 2 (often called "Arm B") you will be assigned to a program providing you with 
information about diet and cancer. You will receive an initial orientation telephone call that will take 
about 5 to 10 minutes as well as a booklet containing information about nutrition, exercise and 
prostate cancer. Regularly scheduled newsletters will also be provided to you. 
Tests and Procedures  
Participants in groups 1 and 2 will complete the tests and procedures listed below. They are part of 
regular cancer care. 
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A PSA test every 3 months 
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A complete history and physical exam every 6 months 
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A digital rectal examination every 12 months at the urologists discretion  
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You will also be asked to do the following while you are on the study: 
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Every 6 months you will be asked to complete questionnaires about your current health, your 
food preparation and eating habits, your usual food intake over the past year, your quality of 
life, function and anxiety. 
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Participate in 24-hour dietary recall interviews 12 and 24 months after you start the study. 
There will be three interviews at each of these times. Each set of these recalls will happen on 
3 separate days during a scheduled 3-week period. You may skip any question that makes 
you uncomfortable. 
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Provide about 2 teaspoons of blood 12 and 24 months after you start the study. These blood 
draws will normally be scheduled early in the morning and you must agree to eat and drink 
nothing but water and your normal medications for 6 hours prior to the blood collection. 
 
 
Month 
3 
6 
9 
12 
15 
18 
21 
24 
PSA test 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Clinic Visit* 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
Diet Recall 
 
 
 
X 
 
 
 
X 
Questionnaires  
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
 
X 
Blood for carotenoid and 
cholesterol levels 
 
 
 
X 
 
 
 
X 
Prostate Biopsy 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X 
Telephone Counseling 
For patients in Group 1 only: 22 telephone calls over 2 years 
• 
Includes history and physical, height, weight, and a digital rectal examination every 12 
months at the urologists discretion. 
 
When I am finished . . . 
After you have completed the study, you will continue with your usual cancer care. 
 
How long will I be in the study? 
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Can I stop being in the study? 
Yes. You can decide to stop at any time. Tell the study doctor or nurse if you are thinking about 
stopping or decide to stop.  
It is important to tell your study doctor if you are thinking about stopping so you can discuss what 
follow up care and testing could be most helpful for you. 
The study doctor may stop you from taking part in this study at any time if he/she believes it is in 
your best interest; if you do not follow the study rules; or if the study is stopped. 
 
What side effects or risks can I expect from being in the study? 
You may have side effects while on the study. Everyone taking part in the study will be watched 
carefully for any side effects. However, doctors don't know all the side effects that may happen. You 
should talk to your study doctor about any side effects that you have while taking part in the study. 
Possible risks from changing your diet 
• 
Your skin, especially on the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet, may become 
yellow because of a diet high in carotenoids. 
• 
You may become bloated or have a lot of gas for a short period because you may be eating 
more vegetables and dietary fiber than usual. You may get diarrhea or become constipated at 
first, but only until your body can adjust to your new diet. 
Other risks 
• 
There may be a small risk in the process of drawing blood. You may faint or become dizzy. 
You may feel a little pain or discomfort as the needle goes through the skin. Some bleeding 
or bruising may occur at the site where blood is drawn. Pressing hard on the spot for 1 or 2 
minutes after the needle is removed will help to prevent this. Very rarely, your arm may swell 
or become infected. 
 
Are there benefits to taking part in the study? 
There will be no direct benefits to you other than those associated with changing your diet. The 
investigators may learn more about how diet plays a role in changing the way prostate cancer can 
spread in the body. This information could help future prostate cancer patients. 
It is important to remember that while there may be benefits, you should continue to be followed by 
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What other choices do I have if I do not take part in this study? 
You may choose not to take part in this study. If you do not take part in the study, you should discuss 
with your doctor the appropriate treatment or surveillance plan for your prostate cancer. Those who 
choose not to participate in this study will continue under the care of their doctors for prostate cancer. 
You may also choose to take part in another research study.  
Talk to your doctor about your choices before you decide if you will take part in this study. 
 
Will my medical information be kept private? 
We will do our best to make sure that the personal information in your medical record will be kept 
private. However, we cannot guarantee total privacy. Your personal information may be given out if 
required by law. If information from this study is published or presented at scientific meetings, your 
name and other personal information will not be used. 
In order for the diet counselors at the University of California at San Diego to contact you, it will be 
necessary for you to fill out a contact information form that will include your name, address, 
telephone number, and other personal information. Your contact information will be kept only for the 
duration of the study. 
Organizations that may look at and/or copy your medical record for research, quality assurance, and 
data analysis include: 
• 
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (Alliance) 
• 
National Cancer Institute 
• 
The Cancer Trials Support Unit (CTSU), a service sponsored by the National Cancer Institute 
(NCI) to provide greater access to cancer trials, may also view your records if you are 
participating in this trial through one of their institutions. 
 
The Alliance has received a Certificate of Confidentiality from the federal government, which will 
help us to protect your privacy. The Certificate protects against the involuntary release of information 
about you collected during the course of the study. The researchers involved in this project may not 
be forced to identify you in any legal proceedings (criminal, civil, administrative, or legislative) at 
the federal, state or local level. However, some information may be required by the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or for purposes of 
program review or audit. Also, you may choose to voluntarily disclose the protected information 
under certain circumstances. For example, if you or your guardian requests the release of information 
about you in writing (through, for example, a written request to release medical records to an 
insurance company), the Certificate does not protect against that voluntary disclosure. 
 
What are the costs of taking part in this study? 
You and/or your health plan/insurance company will be responsible for the charges related to your 
cancer care. All study measurements and materials directly related to the research will be provided to 
you free of charge. 
You will be responsible for the cost of the food specified by the study. 
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For more information on clinical trials and insurance coverage, you can visit the National Cancer 
Institute’s Web site at http://cancer.gov/clinical trials/understanding/insurance-coverage. You can 
print a copy of the “Clinical Trials and Insurance Coverage” information from this Web site. 
Another way to get the information is to call 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237) and ask them to 
send you a free copy. 
 
What happens if I am injured because I took part in this study? 
It is important that you tell your study doctor  _______________   if you feel that you have been 
injured because you took part in this study. You can tell the doctor in person or call him at 
___________________. 
You will get medical treatment if you are injured as a result of taking part in this study. You and/or 
your health plan will be charged for this treatment. The study will not pay for medical treatment. 
 
What are my rights if I take part in this study? 
Taking part in this study is your choice. You may choose either to take part or not to take part in the 
study. If you decide to take part in this study, you may leave the study at any time. No matter what 
decision you make, there will be no penalty to you and you will not lose any of your regular benefits. 
Leaving the study will not affect your medical care. You can still get your medical care from your 
institution. 
We will tell you about new information or changes in the study that may affect your health or your 
willingness to continue in the study. 
A Data and Safety Monitoring Board will be regularly meeting to monitor safety and other data 
related to this study. The Board members may receive confidential patient information, but they will 
not receive your name or other information that would allow them to identify you by name. 
It may be necessary to contact you at a future date regarding new information about the intervention 
you have received. For this reason, we ask that you notify the institution where you participated in 
the study of any changes in address. If you move, please provide your new address to:  
In the case of injury resulting from this study, you do not lose any of your legal rights to seek 
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Who can answer my questions about the study? 
You can talk to your study doctor about any questions or concerns you have about this study. Contact 
your study doctor ____________________   at   ____________________. 
 
For questions about your rights while taking part in this study, call the ________________ 
Institutional Review Board (a group of people who review the research to protect your rights) at 
___________________. 
 
 
 
RELATED STUDIES 
Please note: The following section of the informed consent form is about additional research 
studies that are being done with people who are taking part in the main study. You may take 
part in these additional studies if you want to. You can still be a part of the main study even if 
you say “no” to taking part in any of these additional studies. 
The results of these research studies will not be provided to you or your doctor, nor will the results 
have any effect on your treatment. It is unlikely that what we learn from these studies will have a 
direct benefit to you. However, the information learned from these studies may benefit other patients 
in the future. 
The results from these studies may be published, but individual patients will not be identified in these 
publications. 
There will be no charge to you for participating in these research studies. Your sample and 
information will only be used for research and will not be sold. The research done with your sample 
may help to develop new products in the future. 
The greatest risk to you is the release of information from your health records. We will do our best to 
make sure that your personal information will be kept private. The chance that this information will 
be given to someone inappropriate is very small. 
In the future, people who do research may need to know more about your health. While the Alliance 
for Clinical Trials in Oncology may give them reports about your health, it will not give them your 
name, address, phone number, or any other information that will let the researchers know who you 
are.  
If you decide now to participate and then change your mind at any time about participating in these 
studies for any reason, you should contact your institution and let them know that you do not want 
the researchers to use your sample. The sample will then no longer be used for research. It will either 
be destroyed or returned to your institution for storage. The sample will also be returned to your 
institution upon request if needed for any other medical or legal reasons. 
You can say “yes” or “no” to the following study. No matter what you decide to do, it will not affect 
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Studies on blood and tissue (includes genetic studies): 
Blood: Study researchers would like to collect additional samples of your blood. The researchers 
would like to conduct other studies on carotenoid and cholesterol levels in your blood. Also, they 
would like to investigate whether substances in your blood (sometimes called tumor markers) are 
related to the way that your body responds or doesn't respond to changes in your diet.  
In addition to the studies on carotenoid and cholesterol levels, researchers wish to determine whether 
there is a relationship between genes and the severity of your disease. In order to study genes, the 
DNA must be removed from your blood sample. DNA is the substance that makes up your genes. 
Genes are the units of inheritance that are passed down from generation to generation. They are 
responsible for eye color, hair color, blood type, and hundreds of other traits. 
If you agree to these additional studies, about 4 teaspoons of additional blood would be collected at 
the beginning of the study and then about 2 teaspoons of blood would be collected 12 and 24 months 
after you start the study. 
Tissue: A section of the material from the prostate biopsy that was used to diagnose your prostate 
cancer was reviewed by the study pathologist to confirm that you had cancer. Study researchers 
would also like to test additional sections of this tissue from this prostate biopsy to look at tissue 
tumor markers. Investigators want to look at how the tumor is growing, if some hormones were 
present, and to examine genetic activity in your biopsy tissue. No extra prostate biopsies would be 
needed for these extra tissue studies. Tissue would be used from your prostate biopsies already done 
as part of the main study. 
About genetic studies: 
New scientific tools will now allow researchers to look at your whole DNA, not just one part or one 
gene. This kind of research can provide information to researchers about the development of cancer 
and response to treatment. It can also provide information about a variety of other conditions and 
diseases, including heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.  
Because the information gained in these genetic studies can be very useful to the research 
community, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has requested that these data be placed in a 
central database housed at the NIH. The goal is to speed up the process for discovery of new 
treatments, prevention and diagnosis of disease. Researchers must get approval from the NIH before 
they can access the research results and health-related information from your specimen. All 
information will be coded with a unique number. Researchers will not have access to your identity; 
they will only see coded information. 
The greatest risk to you is the release of information from your health records. We will do our best to 
make sure that your personal information will be kept private. The chance that this information will 
be given to someone is very small. Below are some of the steps we have taken to protect your 
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Blood and tissue samples will be stored at an Alliance laboratory. The Alliance Statistics and 
Data Center will perform all analyses of data and store all study results. Your blood and 
tissue samples will not be stored with your name on them. Instead, they will be labeled with a 
special Alliance identification number. The only location where your name and special 
identification number will be stored together is at the Alliance Statistics and Data Center. The 
greatest effort will be made to see that all personal information that can identify you is kept 
under conditions that protect your privacy. 
• 
Information about your participation in this study and results of any tests performed on your 
samples will be kept only at the Alliance Statistics and Data Center. This information will not 
be made available to your doctors or to individual researchers at the Alliance. Test results 
from this study will not be put in your medical records. All study information, including test 
results, is stored under conditions that limit access in order to protect the privacy of the 
people participating in the study. 
• 
The Alliance has received a Certificate of Confidentiality from the federal government, 
which will help us to protect your privacy. More information about the Certificate can be 
found in the paragraph “Will my medical information be kept private?” 
• 
A federal law (Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act, GINA) will help lower the risk 
from health insurance or employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information. The 
federal law does not include other types of misuse by life insurance, long-term care or 
disability insurance. If you want to learn more about the GINA Law, which went into effect 
in 2009, you can find information about it on the internet or ask the study staff. In addition to 
the federal law, some states have laws that also help protect against genetic discrimination.  
While we believe that the risks to you and your family are very low, we cannot tell you exactly what 
all of the risks are from taking part in genetic research studies. Your privacy and confidentiality will 
be protected to the fullest extent possible. 
You have the right to participate in this study without participating in the proposed research studies 
on your blood samples. Please read the sentence below and think about your choice. After reading 
the sentence, please mark your choice and provide the current date. No matter what you decide to 
do, it will not affect your care. 
 
 
1) I agree that my specimens may be used for the research described above. 
_____  Yes 
_____  No 
Initials  _____ 
 
 
 
 

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Storage of your specimens: 
The researchers would also like to store any blood that is not used up by the related studies described 
above. These samples may be stored indefinitely. You can still take part in the treatment study, and 
the research study described above without giving your consent for your samples to be stored. 
 
It is not possible for you or the Alliance to know what studies of cancer may be appropriate in the 
future. We ask that you give permission in advance for other studies to be performed using the blood 
without being re-contacted to give permission for each test.  
 
2) My specimens may be kept for future unknown use in research to learn about, 
prevent, treat, or cure cancer. 
_____  Yes _____  No 
Participant  _____________________ 
Date _____ 
3) My specimens may be kept for research about other health problems (for example: 
causes of diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and heart disease. 
_____  Yes _____  No 
Participant  _____________________ 
Date _____ 
4) My doctor or someone from CALGB/Alliance may contact me in the future to ask 
me to take part in more research. 
_____  Yes _____  No 
Participant  _____________________ 
Date _____ 
Where can I get more information? 
You may call the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service at:  
1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237) 
 
You may also visit the NCI web site at http://cancer.gov/ 
• 
For NCI’s clinical trials information, go to: http://cancer.gov/clinical trials/ 
• 
For NCI’s general information about cancer, go to http://cancer.gov/cancerinfo/ 
 
You will get a copy of this form. If you want more information about this study, ask your study 
doctor. 
Signature 
I have been given a copy of _____ [insert total of number of pages] pages of this form. I have read it 
or it has been read to me. I understand the information and have had my questions answered. I agree 
to take part in the study. 
 
Participant________________________________         Date___________________ 
 
Participant Name (please print) _____________________________________ 
 
 

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MODEL CONSENT FORM: ADDENDUM FOR PATIENTS WHO CONSENTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 
EMBEDDED COMPANION STUDY TO 70807 PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF UPDATE 8 
The Men’s Eating and Living (MEAL) Study: A Randomized Trial of 
Diet to Alter Disease Progression in Prostate Cancer Patients on 
Active Surveillance 
You are either currently participating in, or have previously participated in the research study called 
CALGB 70807. You are being contacted again because you agreed to participate in the related 
studies and provide blood samples for research.  
 
Additional related studies  
At the time that you enrolled to CALGB 70807, a section of the material from the prostate biopsy 
that was used to diagnose your prostate cancer was reviewed by the study pathologist to confirm that 
you had cancer. Study researchers would now like to test additional sections of this tissue from that 
prostate biopsy to look at tissue tumor markers. Investigators want to look at how the tumor is 
growing, if some hormones were present, and to examine genetic activity in your biopsy tissue. No 
extra prostate biopsies would be needed for these extra tissue studies. If you agree to these additional 
related studies, tissue from your previous prostate biopsy would be sent to the Alliance Biobank for 
this research. 
 
The risks and protections regarding the additional studies on the blood samples that were described to 
you in the consent form you previously signed will apply to this additional study on your tissue 
sample. You have the right to refuse that your tissue be used for this additional study, and your 
decision will not affect whether you may continue with the main CALGB 70807 diet study. 
 
Signature 
 
I have been given a copy of all _____ [insert total of number of pages] pages of this form. I have 
read it or it has been read to me. I understand the information and have had my questions answered. I 
agree to take part in this study. 
 
Participant ________________________________ 
 
Date _____________________________________