# University of Arizona Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network (UA CP-CTNet)

> **NIH NIH UG1** · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · 2020 · $157,669

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
Minority populations have a significant increase in cancer-associated risk factors and increased incidence of
preventable diseases including cancer compared to their non-minority counterparts. Prevention measures such
as lifestyle intervention and vaccination to prevent viral infections linked to human carcinogenesis have
demonstrated promising results in minority populations, yet, there is still much to learn surrounding an individual’s
risk of cancer and new opportunities to intervene before cancer arises, including new and exciting approaches
in immunoprevention. However, limitations in comprehensive approaches to assess immune responses and
immunomodulatory properties of putative cancer prevention agents have muted the implementation of these
agents in the prevention window. Novel approaches for determining the role of the immune system in cancer
development and prevention in combination with a comprehensive evaluation of immunomodulatory properties
of putative prevention agents are required for future progress in this arena. This complexity is enhanced by
variations in immune responses between individual patients or subpopulations, which must also be considered.
This begins with the successful recruitment and retention of a cohort of diverse individuals to participate in clinical
research trials of novel cancer prevention agents to conduct these analyses. The specific aims of this diversity
supplement are designed to address these specific issues: 1) Examine the feasibility of novel technologies to
improve assessing immunomodulatory effects of study agents and immune signatures associated with
response, 2) Explore new strategies to improve recruitment and retention of study participants especially
minorities to participate in CP-CTNet prevention trials, 3) Provide training opportunities to an underrepresented
early-stage investigator, Dr. Centuori, in clinical and translational chemoprevention/immunoprevention research.
Through these studies we expect to determine the feasibility of the novel approaches and apply them to future
UA CT-CTNet trials, enhance the understanding of complex immune responses associated with cancer
prevention and generate highly relevant data to define the immunomodulatory potential of putative study agents.
Furthermore, by imploring new recruitment and retention strategies specifically aimed at minority recruitment we
expect that these findings will be greatly applicable to minority populations. Through participation in the proposed
research and training activities Dr. Centuori will gain fundamental expertise in the performance of successful
early phase cancer prevention trials as well as develop expertise in minority recruitment and community outreach
to help her achieve her ultimate career goal of continuing to perform impactful clinical research in
chemoprevention/immunoprevention and biomarker development in a manner which best serves diversity
populations and reduces cancer health disparities by...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10133445
- **Project number:** 3UG1CA242596-02S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
- **Principal Investigator:** Julie E Bauman
- **Activity code:** UG1 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $157,669
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2019-08-16 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10133445

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10133445, University of Arizona Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network (UA CP-CTNet) (3UG1CA242596-02S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10133445. Licensed CC0.

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