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Filter by:The fundamental aim of this study is to show that the novel contrast agent Gadopiclenol (Elucirem), with its high relaxivity, facilitates increased contrast enhancement and improved differentiation of clinically significant prostate cancer on Prostate MRI, as categorized by the PI-RADS v2 classification categories.
In the Netherlands, most men with prostate cancer (PCa) are treated with radical whole-gland treatment, i.e. prostatectomy or radiotherapy. The burden of complications such as incontinence and erectile dysfunction associated with radical treatment is considerable. A recent systematic review by our group has shown that focal therapy of PCa seems to reduce the burden of treatment side-effects in men with intermediate-risk disease, maintaining their quality of life without compromising oncological effectiveness. The costs of side effects that can be prevented are estimated at €5456 per patient, resulting in total expected cost savings of about €22 million per year in The Netherlands. Furthermore, exploration of the benefit-risk balance under patients showed that they are willing to sacrifice some survival for an improvement in quality of life (QoL). Focal therapy comprises a modern alternative to selectively treat a specific part of the prostate while preserving the rest of the gland. There is, however, a lack of high-quality evidence, and numerous papers therefore recommend to perform a multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT). The RCT should have long-term follow-up, predefined assessment of cancer-specific and health-related QoL outcome measures, and economic evaluations to inform policymakers regarding cost-effectiveness. This RCT on focal therapy versus usual care is urgently needed to enable focal therapy to overgrow the experimental status, provide the evidence needed for guidelines, and make this available for selected patients who benefit from this strategy. Because of its promising results in other countries, focal therapy is increasingly requested by patients, but due to the lack of high-quality evidence, it is not reimbursed yet. This has been designated by both the PCa patient support group and physicians as a failure of both the market and the funding agencies. The investigators, therefore, aim to perform a high-quality multi-center RCT to provide the evidence needed to decide on reimbursement and implementation of focal therapy in patients with intermediate-risk, unilateral clinically localized PCa in the Netherlands.
The goal of this randomized study is to test and evaluate nurse-led telephone follow-up intervention in patients primarily curatively treated for breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and prostate cancer. The main question aims to answer: Does this nurse-led telephone follow-up improve patients' quality of life? Participants in both groups will be asked to fill in questionnaires regularly. The intervention group will get a telephone follow-up at predetermined intervals, while the control group will get the care as usual.The investigators will compare intervention and control groups to see if predetermined regular nurse-led telephone follow-up improves quality of life.
HYPO-RT-PC boost is is an open-label, multicentre, phase II trial evaluating safety and efficacy of real-time image-guided tumor-directed ultra-hypofractionated radiation boost and lymph node irradiation for patients with node-negative high risk localized prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer (PCa) is currently the most common cancer in men in Finland (www.cancerregistry.fi). Although prognosis is very good in majority of men, it is noteworthy that still up to 20% of PCa cases are metastatic at the time of initial diagnosis and yearly 900 men die because of prostate cancer. Robust primary staging is, therefore, one of the most important prognostic factors, and it is crucial for treatment decision. Despite their low sensitivity to detect metastasis, bone scintigraphy (BS) and contrast enhanced whole body computed tomography (ce-wbCT) are recommended by current guidelines for primary staging in men at risk of metastasis. MIP-1404 is a small-molecule PSMA inhibitor that can be used in SPECT systems (99mTc-MIP- 1404 SPECT/CT). 99mTc-MIP-1404 SPECT/CT is performed by a single IV bolus of 99mTc-MIP-1404, which binds with high affinity to extracellular domain of PSMA molecule. As of March 2020, a total of 629 subjects have received 99mTc-MIP-1404 injection averaging 740 ±111 MBq (20 ± 3 mCi) per administration in prospective clinical trials. 99mTc MIP-1404 has been well tolerated following a single IV dose at 740 ± 111 MBq in both healthy volunteers and patients with confirmed metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma. In prospective and retrospective studies, it has shown high potential to detect prostate cancer lesions in primary staging. In fact, Goffin et al. reported a sensitivity of 50% and specificity of 87% detecting local lymph node metastasis in radically operated patients when histopathology was used as a reference. This corresponds closely to the sensitivity of PSMA-PET. PROSTAMIP is a randomized prospective single-institutional study to demonstrate superiority of 99mTc-MIP-1404 SPECT/CT compared to traditional imaging modalities (99mTc-HMDP planar BS plus ce-wbCT).
The researchers are doing this study to find out whether copanlisib in combination with degarelix, given before standard surgical treatment (radical prostatectomy), is a safe and effective treatment that causes few or mild side effects for people who have localized high-risk prostate cancer.
It is a retrospective review of the electronic medical record of patients on long-acting triptorelin in Hong Kong.
By doing this study, doctors hope to learn more about factors that contribute to frailty (a condition where older adults feel weak, get tired easily, and struggle more with everyday activities) and serious side effects among men over the age of 65 who will receive androgen deprivation therapy (also called "hormone therapy") for prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of their body. Participation in this research will last about 5 years. For the first year, participants will have 5 study visits where they have give blood samples, answer survey questions, and use a wearable device. After study visits are complete, there is a 4-year follow-up period. Research team will check regular doctor visits and look at participants' medical records.
In France, the second cancer plan of 2009-2013 aimed to strengthen the role of MT by putting it back at the center of patient monitoring, in particular by asking "regional health agencies to encourage and support local experiments" which aim for better coordination between the city and the hospital. The third cancer plan for 2014-2019 insists on this measure because it had proven to be unproductive, and recommends, in addition to the creation of a nurse dedicated to the coordination of care between community medicine and the hospital, the creation of a direct telephone line to reach the hospital medical team. This measure is mainly aimed at the follow-up of certain cancers that do not require the technical support of the hospital, as is the case in the post-operative follow-up of RCC and CaP, where the additional examinations carried out during follow-up are carried out in the city. The research hypothesis is that this new method of monitoring had a positive impact on care in terms of quality, accessibility, organization and costs.
The purpose of this research study is to compare the effects, good and/or bad, of using the standard of care treatment, hormonal therapy + Stereotactic Ablative Radiation (SABR) to the metastatic lesions, compared to standard of care and addition of 6-months of niraparib/abiraterone acetate combination pills and prednisone for participants with recurrent metastatic prostate cancer.