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Filter by:Coxsackie A21 (CVA21) virus is to be administered by IV infusion to patients with Stage 4 melanoma, prostate and breast cancer. This is a dose escalation, safety study.
The purpose of this study is to look at the genetic changes that RAD001 causes in prostate cancer cells and how those changes relate to patients' response to RAD001 treatment.
A study to assess the activity of Iressa in patients who's prostate cancer has recurred, and who have rising PSA levels
Background: Satraplatin is an experimental drug that may be of benefit to patients with prostate cancer. Prednisone is approved for treating prostate cancer. The gene excision repair cross-complementing rodent repair deficiency complementation group 1 (ERCC1) helps repair cell damage caused by satraplatin. It is possible that patients who have a variant of this gene will not benefit from treatment with satraplatin because the drug will not be able to damage the cancer cells effectively. Objectives: To determine if satraplatin may help treat prostate cancer in patients with certain variants of the ERCC1 gene. Eligibility: Patients with advanced androgen-independent prostate cancer whose disease has not responded to hormonal therapy or at least one type of chemotherapy and whose x-rays, scans or other tests have shown their cancer to be spreading. Design: Participants have a blood test to determine if they have a variant of the ERCC1 gene. Participants take satraplatin by mouth every day for 5 consecutive days out of every 35 days and prednisone by mouth every day. These 35-day treatment cycles may continue for 6 months or longer, depending on the benefits and side effects of the treatment. During the treatment period, patients undergo the following tests and procedures: - Blood tests on days 1 of the treatment cycle. - Weekly blood draws for the first 3 treatment cycles. - Imaging studies (e.g., bone scans, computed tomography (CT) scans) every two cycles to determine the response to treatment. - Surgical or medical suppression of testosterone in patients whose cancer cells continue to grow due to exposure to the hormone....
Prostate Cancer patients treated with LHRH agonists (e.g., goserelin) lose Bone Mineral Density (BMD). Using a prospective, observational study design, we propose that monitoring how physicians manage Cancer Treatment Induced Bone Loss(CTIBL) in their patients. The gold standard for evaluating BMD is dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). The proposed study will provide some of the first prospective data on the rates of Skeletal Related Events (SREs) in prostate cancer patients undergoing ADT and help develop official guidelines on the use of DEXA screening for prostate cancer patients.
RATIONALE: Personalized training by a health professional may improve urinary incontinence. It is not yet known whether pelvic floor muscle training and biofeedback are more effective than standard therapy in improving urinary continence after radical prostatectomy or transurethral resection of the prostate. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying pelvic floor muscle training and biofeedback to see how well it works compared with standard therapy in men who have undergone radical prostatectomy or transurethral resection.
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn the safety of adding 3 different dose-levels of Sutent® (sunitinib malate) to a combination of hormone therapy and radiation in patients with prostate cancer.
In the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), therapies will long response durations remain elusive as a result of the inherent ability of prostate cancer cells to develop iterative resistance. The goal of this study is to learn if the study drug RAD001 together with Bicalutamide can slow the growth of prostate cancer. The safety of the combination will also be studied.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an intervention designed to help men share decisions about prostate cancer screening with their physician results in better decision making, more shared decisions, and changes in intended and actual screening rates.
The purpose of this study is to determine the biochemical response rate (PSA) to single agent RAD001 in patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC).