iCCaRE Consortium Projects

The projects of the iCCaRE Consortium

fight prostate cancer all over the world

Full Project 5: Serum Vitamin D levels and effects of supplementation on the level of immunity in Nigerian and USA Black Prostate Cancer Patients.

G. Colon-Otero, MD, project leader (Mayo Clinic)

K. Knutson, PhD, co-I (Mayo Clinic)

A. Popoola, MD, co-leader (Univ of Ilorin)

J. Abiodun, PhD, community project leader (advocate)

T. Matthews, MD, co-I (Mayo Clinic)

K. Barbel- Johnson, D.O, community-based disparities investigator

C. Moore, MD, CaP oncologist & investigator

iCCaRE Projects

Full Project 1

A Pragmatic Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effect of a Point of CaP Diagnosis (PPCD) Virtual Reality Assistant in Supporting Newly Diagnosed Black Men   

Full Project 2

A Clinical Trial to Evaluate Administration of Cancer Therapy in the Patients’ Homes Versus in Clinic in Black Men with Advanced or Metastatic Prostate Cancer                                    

Full Project 3

Grounded theory study of the social determinants of migrant health factors impacting CaP and survivorship among sub-Saharan African and Caribbean immigrant men.

Full Project 4

Unravelling the GenoMetabolomics Landscape of Prostate Cancer Survivorship among Ethnically Diverse Black Men.

Full Project 5

Serum Vitamin D levels and effects of supplementation on the level of immunity in Nigerian and USA Black Prostate Cancer (CaP) Patients.

Pilot Project 6

Diverse Perspectives, Unified Support: The Prostate Cancer Survivorship (CaPS) Model for Black Prostate Cancer Survivors

Pilot Project 3

Will develop ViRA to improve quality of life in Black prostate cancer survivors