Supplement that are in trials

this is amazing...I can testify that the coq10 helps with fatigue...thru teatment.

yes natural stuff is something research should be done in....

Thanks Florida Lady.  This is a very encouraging list.  I can only hope and pray that the clinical trials give us more weapons in the arsenal against breast cancer.

Kerry:  I don't know the effectiveness of COQ10 in prevention/cure of cancer but I will give it thumbs up for boosting the immune system.  A friend who suffered colds/flu on a regular basis starting this supplement and hasn't had a bout since (4 years).  I started a year ago and also have not had any illness - and that was all throughout my chemo and radiation when my immune system was down.  I have my husband on it and he too is doing well.....FWIW

FloridaLady - WOW this is some list.  Thank you so much for posting it.  I am going to try to print it out so I can read it better and hand it out to some friends.

I agree with Motherofoursons - it is so encouraging that these trials are happening and let's hope we have more weapons soon to fight this!

Let me start out by saying I take Coenzyme Q10.  I have taken it for 3-4 months, and I will continue to do so.  However, I do not think that you can definitely say that COQ10 can cause a "significant remission of cancer".  In the comprehensive list of studies provided by Florida Lady, I only saw " Recruiting Coenzyme Q10 in Relieving Treatment-Related Fatigue in Women With Breast Cancer"

When I put the two references JeninMichigan supplied into the internet, one pulled up nothing (However, that does not mean it does not exist, it is neither available on line nor are there references to it.). The other sent me to .com sites in which the studies had been listed in the bibliography, but not in the discussion.  These sites were selling Conenzyme Q10.

I found this on http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/coenzymeQ10/patient/24.cdr#Section_24

Have any clinical trials (research studies with people) of coenzyme Q₁₀ been conducted?

There have been no well-designed clinical trials involving large numbers of patients to study the use of coenzyme Q₁₀ in cancer treatment. There have been some clinical trials with small numbers of people, but the way the studies were done and the amount of information reported made it unclear if benefits were caused by the coenzyme Q₁₀ or by something else. Most of the trials were not randomized or controlled. Randomized controlled trials give the highest level of evidence:

• In randomized trials, volunteers are assigned randomly (by chance) to one of 2 or more groups that compare different factors related to the treatment.
• In controlled trials, one group (called the control group) does not receive the new treatment being studied. The control group is then compared to the groups that receive the new treatment, to see if the new treatment makes a difference.

Some research studies are published in scientific journals. Most scientific journals have experts who review research reports before they are published, to make sure that the evidence and conclusions are sound. This is called peer review. Studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals are considered better evidence. No randomized clinical trials of coenzyme Q₁₀ as a treatment for cancer have been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

The following has been reported from studies of coenzyme Q₁₀ in people:

Studies of coenzyme Q₁₀ as an adjuvant therapy for breast cancer

Small studies have been done on the use of coenzyme Q₁₀ after standard treatment in patients with breast cancer:

• In a study of coenzyme Q₁₀ in 32 breast cancer patients, it was reported that some signs and symptoms of cancer went away in 6 patients. Details were given for only 3 of the 6 patients. The researchers also reported that all the patients in the study used less pain medicine, had improved quality of life, and did not lose weight during treatment.
  
  
• In a follow-up study, two patients who had breast cancer remaining after surgery were treated with high doses of coenzyme Q₁₀ for 3 to 4 months. It was reported that after treatment with high-dose coenzyme Q₁₀, the cancer was completely gone in both patients.
  
  
• In a third study led by the same researchers, 3 breast cancer patients were given high-dose coenzyme Q₁₀ and followed for 3 to 5 years. The study reported that one patient had complete remission of cancer that had spread to the liver, another had remission of cancer that had spread to the chest wall, and the third had no breast cancer found after surgery.
  
  

It is not clear, however, if the benefits reported in these studies were caused by coenzyme Q₁₀ therapy or something else. The studies had the following weaknesses:

• The studies were not randomized or controlled.
• The patients used other supplements in addition to coenzyme Q₁₀.
• The patients received standard treatments before or during the coenzyme Q₁₀ therapy.
• Details were not reported for all patients in the studies.

Note that the patients were all receiving traditional treatment during the same time as taking Conenzyme Q10.  It is not sure if the remission was from supplements or from conventional treatment.

I would not ascribe a "significant remission of cancer" based on the current studies.  That is still unsubstantiated.  Unless there are other investigations by other researchers, it is still iffy.

That being said, I am continuing with Coenzyme Q10 for its other benefits.  It is too early to claim it as producing a "significant remission of cancer."  I can always hope so.

what kind of doses are you ladies taking of CO q10?