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Filter by:The primary objective of the study was to compare the efficacy of brachytherapy versus brachytherapy + triptorelin 22.5 mg (single injection) in subjects with recurrence of prostate cancer previously treated with radiotherapy. Efficacy was to be assessed by biochemical failure-free survival (BFFS) curves from treatment initiation up to 5 years. Secondary objectives included comparing the following: the differences in time to progression of subjects receiving brachytherapy + triptorelin 22.5 mg versus subjects receiving brachytherapy only, the BFFS percentages between both treatment groups at 5 years from treatment initiation, overall survival between both treatment groups, total testosterone changes (from baseline visit up to 12 months) and Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) levels (from baseline visit up to 60 months of treatment) between both treatment groups, quality of life (QoL) modifications (Spanish version of the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC) questionnaire) between the baseline score and the rest of measurements, and to compare safety between both treatment groups.
This is to investigate Korean urologist's practice patterns for screening prostate cancer according to PSA level.
RATIONALE: Androgens can cause the growth of prostate cancer cells. Androgen deprivation therapy may stop the adrenal glands from making androgens. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial studies androgen-deprivation therapy and radiation therapy in treating patients with prostate cancer.
The purpose of this trial is to give a shorter course (5 ½-6 weeks) of proton radiation that has as little side effects on normal bladder and rectal tissues as the usual longer course (8 weeks) of proton radiation, without decreasing the chance of killing prostate cancer cells.
Several recently published retrospective studies show that regional anaesthesia (RA) can reduce cancer-related mortality following surgical treatment of colorectal, breast and prostate cancers and malignant melanoma. If these results are true, then the choice of perioperative pain management is as beneficial, or even better, than the current oncological therapies. This theory needs to be investigated in a prospective, randomized and controlled trail. We shall perform a prospective, randomized study comparing the effects of Thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) or patient controlled analgesia (PCA) on postoperative immunological and inflammatory markers in order to understand whether the protective effects, if any, of regional analgesia are due to changes in these markers or whether the underlying mechanisms is not mediated via this stress signalling pathway.
This Phase IV observational trial is intended to identify patients who are failing GnRH agonist therapy as evidenced by a rising PSA and who have yet to initiate secondary manoeuvres involving antiandrogens. This group may include both non-metastatic as well as metastatic patients. The trial will determine if these patients will benefit from switching to Degarelix. It will assess the effect of Degarelix's direct mode of action on androgen levels and whether continuous use of Degarelix improves disease progression. As per the CUA Guidelines for the Management of CRPC, because the androgen receptor remains active in most patients who have developed castration resistant disease, it is recommended that ADT should be continued (LEVEL 3, GRADE C). Therefore, it is logical to continue patients on Degarelix throughout the castrate resistant period. This will allow for the gathering of data that is currently unknown within this setting, such as the effect of combined treatment with antiandrogens as well as chemotherapy and other castrate resistant treatments.
There are substantial uncertainties with contemporary seed placement techniques in prostate brachytherapy, particularly with the impact of seed movement after an implant due to edema and migration of seeds in the prostate and peri-prostatic tissues. This study will accrue 20 patients undergoing prostate brachytherapy implants and perform serial CT and MRI scans at specified intervals (pre-operatively, day 0, day 3, day 10 and day 28) to characterize these phenomena.
The purpose of this study is to see what side effects a type of radiation treatment called focal brachytherapy has in treating early stage prostate cancer. The study is also looking at how useful focal brachytherapy will be in treating prostate cancer. Additionally, the investigators would like to see how this type of treatment impacts quality of life.
This is a multi-centre, prospective, randomized phase III trial to determine if multi-parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can improve selection of patients eligible for active surveillance through better detection of clinically significant cancer.
The main purpose of this first human study with CC-115 is to assess the safety and action of a new class of experimental drug (dual DNA-PK and TOR kinase inhibitors) in patients with advanced tumors unresponsive to standard therapies and to determine the appropriate dose and tumor types for later-stage clinical trials. The bioavailability of tablet and capsule formulations under fasting and fed conditions will also be evaluated in some patients.