Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) for Prostate Cancer
Brief Summary: RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the development of cancer. It is not yet known which regimen of selenium and/or vitamin E may be more effective in preventing prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of selenium and vitamin E, either alone or together, in preventing prostate cancer.


Options:
A: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Healthy male volunteers
* Digital rectal examination (DRE) deemed not suspicious for prostate cancer performed within 364 days prior to study entry

  * Participants with a suspicious DRE are ineligible even if a recent or subsequent biopsy is negative for cancer
* Total prostate-specific antigen ≤ 4.0 ng/mL within 364 days prior to study entry
* No prior prostate cancer or high-grade (grade 2-3) prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* See Disease Characteristics

Performance status:

* Not specified

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* Not specified

Hepatic:

* Not specified

Renal:

* Not specified

Cardiovascular:

* Systolic blood pressure \< 160 mm Hg
* Diastolic blood pressure \< 90 mm Hg
* No history of hemorrhagic stroke

Other:

* No malignancies within the past 5 years except basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer
* No uncontrolled medical illness
* No retinitis pigmentosa

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* Not specified

Chemotherapy

* Not specified

Endocrine therapy

* Not specified

Radiotherapy

* Not specified

Surgery

* Not specified

Other

* At least 7 years since prior randomization to SWOG-9217, with completion of end-of-study biopsy requirement
* No additional concurrent selenium or vitamin E (contained in individual supplements, antioxidant mix, or multivitamin)
* Concurrent multivitamins allowed (supplied on study)
* No concurrent anticoagulation therapy (e.g., warfarin)
* Concurrent prophylactic aspirin (average daily dose no greater than 175 mg/day) allowed

  * Concurrent daily aspirin dose ≤ 81 mg for participants receiving clopidogrel
* Concurrent anti-hypertension medication allowed
* No concurrent participation in another study involving a medical, surgical, nutritional, or life-style intervention (unless no longer receiving the intervention and are in the follow-up phase only)
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or Mild Cognitive Impairment
* must be able to swallow pills

Exclusion Criteria:

* known or suspected bipolar disorder
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* CT or MRI since disease onset excluding structural lesions sufficient to account for the participant's dementia
* Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) score between 12 and 26, inclusively
* Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) score of 1 or 2 (mild to moderate AD severity) at both screening and baseline
* Women must be 2-years post-menopausal or surgically sterile.
* Generally healthy and ambulatory or ambulatory-aided (i.e., walker or cane); vision and hearing (hearing aid permissible) sufficient for compliance with testing procedures
* Concomitant medications: Participants may be on stable doses of cholinesterase inhibitors for 90 days prior to screening (may not be started during the trial); antidepressant or antipsychotic medications are acceptable if symptoms are controlled and therapy is at stable dosage for at least 30 days prior to screening; vitamin E at 200 IU daily will be provided to all participants beginning at baseline/randomization (higher doses must be discontinued at the screening visit)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Absence of a reliable caregiver who is willing to participate and comply with protocol responsibilities
* Diabetes mellitus requiring medical therapy (diet-controlled diabetes is acceptable)
* Acute or chronic liver failure, hepatitis within the last two years, or history of drug-induced liver transaminase elevations
* Heart failure meeting New York Heart Association Grade III or IV criteria (i.e., functionally disabling)
* Evidence of active gastrointestinal, renal, pulmonary, endocrine or cardiovascular system disease sufficient to cause cognitive impairment or interfere with past levels of daily function; participants with controlled hypertension (supine diastolic BP \< 95mmHg), right bundle branch block (complete or partial) and pacemakers may be included in the study; participants with thyroid disease also may be included in the study, provided they are euthyroid on treatment
* Active treatment for cancer or history of cancer within 3 years of screening (basal cell and squamous cells skin cancers are acceptable; incidental finding of carcinoma cells at transurethral prostate resection without subsequent medical or surgical therapy is acceptable)
* Evidence of other psychiatric/neurologic disorders sufficient to be the primary source of cognitive impairment (i.e., stroke, idiopathic Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, bipolar or unipolar depression, seizure disorder, head injury with loss of consciousness within the past year) or a modified Hachinski's ischemia score of 5 or greater; delusions, hallucinations or depression not successfully treated or not on stable medical therapy for these conditions 30 days prior to enrollment; known or suspected history (within the past 10 years) of alcoholism or drug misuse
* Participants and/or caregivers who are unwilling or unable to fulfill the requirements of the study
* Any condition which would make the participant or the caregiver, in the opinion of the investigator, unsuitable for the study
D: INCLUSION CRITERIA

1. DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

   * Healthy male physicians practicing in the United States
   * Prior participation in the Physicians' Health Study I allowed
2. PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

   * Aged 50 years and over
   * No history of serious illness that would preclude study participation
   * No history of significant adverse events (e.g., rash or allergic reaction) attributed to study agents
3. PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

   * No other concurrent vitamin and/or multivitamin supplementation
   * No concurrent vitamin K-depleting anticoagulants (e.g., warfarin)

Answer: A