View clinical trials related to Prostate Cancer.
Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine whether early hormonotherapy is effective in the treatment of high risk prostate cancer patients after radical prostatectomy.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a drug called Poly-ICLC, also known as HiltonolTM, in boosting the body's immune system's response to an experimental vaccine therapy (called the MUC-1 vaccine).
This study will utilize the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite questionnaire to learn what impact the surgery has upon the participant's sense of health, sexual and urinary quality of life.
RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of blood and urine from patients with cancer to study in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that may occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This laboratory study is looking at biomarkers in patients undergoing transrectal ultrasound prostate biopsy.
RATIONALE: Printed educational materials, such as the Facing Forward Series: Life After Cancer Treatment manual, may help make the transition from cancer patient to cancer survivor easier in patients who are finishing treatment for cancer. It is not yet known if the Facing Forward Series: Life After Cancer Treatment manual and The Cancer Information Service, Questions and Answers fact sheet is more effective than the The Cancer Information Service, Questions and Answers fact sheet alone in helping to make life after cancer treatment easier and to improve quality of life in patients with breast cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, or chest cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well printed education materials work in assisting patients who are finishing treatment for stage I, stage II, or stage IIIA breast cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, or chest cancer to make the transition from cancer patient to cancer survivor easier.
RATIONALE: Zoledronate, vitamin D and calcium may prevent or delay bone pain and other symptoms caused by bone metastases. It is not yet known whether giving zoledronate together with vitamin D and calcium is more effective with or without strontium 89 or samarium 153 in treating patients with bone metastases from prostate cancer, lung cancer, or breast cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying zoledronate, vitamin D, and calcium to see how well they work compared to zoledronate, vitamin D, calcium, and either strontium 89 or samarium 153 in preventing or delaying bone problems in patients with bone metastases from prostate cancer, lung cancer, or breast cancer.
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of dutasteride on the inhibition of low-risk, localized prostate cancer progression in men who would otherwise receive no active therapy (expectant management).
RATIONALE: Androgens can cause the growth of prostate cancer cells. Hormone therapy, such as cyproterone acetate may stop the adrenal glands from making androgens. Sometimes the tumor may not need treatment until it progresses. In this case, observation may be sufficient. It is not yet known whether giving cyproterone acetate continuously is more effective than giving cyproterone acetate after tumor progression in treating prostate cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying cyproterone acetate to compare how well it works when given continuously or after tumor progression in treating patients with newly diagnosed stage III or stage IV prostate cancer.
: Researchers would like to see if a new test called SELDI (Surface Enhanced Laser Desorption Ionization) analysis can predict biopsy results better than PSA tests.
RATIONALE: Screening may help doctors find prostate cancer sooner, when it may be easier to treat. The amount of heterocyclic amines in the diet may affect prostate cancer screening results and the risk of prostate cancer. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying prostate cancer screening and dietary heterocyclic amines in African American men.