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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to evaluate High-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy (1 vs 2 fractions on single implant) as monotherapy for the treatment of low risk and intermediate risk prostate cancer
Data from evaluating prostate cancer (PCa) biopsy tissue from AA and white patients has led to the discovery of alternative splicing as a novel molecular mechanism underlying more aggressive PCa in AA men. Coded archival radical prostatectomy tissue specimens and annotated clinical data, questionnaire data, and ancestral genotyping data will be obtained from the racially diverse and federally funded North Carolina-Louisiana PCa Project (NC-LA PCaP). We will use 33 tissue specimens from each of the following 6 groups (n=198 total): white low aggressive, white intermediate aggressive, white high aggressive, AA low aggressive, AA intermediate aggressive and AA high aggressive. The aforementioned tissues will first be screened for tumor content and Gleason grade by a genitourinary pathologist. To identify race-related splice variants, RNA will be isolated for targeted sequencing of prioritized race-related alternatively spliced genes using the NimbleGen SeqCap Target Enrichment, SeqCap RNA System to capture regions of interest and the Illumina HiSeq sequencing platform to sequence these regions at a depth and coverage sufficient to accurately call alternative splicing events.
This study aims to assess the impact of a group intervention combining self-hypnosis and self-care techniques on prostate patients' well-being. More specifically, the investigators want to investigate the effects of that intervention on sleep, fatigue and emotional distress of the patients.
This randomized pilot phase II trial studies how well exercise intervention with or without internet-based cognitive behavior therapy works in reducing fatigue in participants with prostate cancer that has spread to other places in the body and usually cannot be cured or controlled with treatment. Exercise intervention and internet-based cognitive behavior therapy may help to improve feelings of tiredness in participants with prostate cancer. The study originally included both prostate cancer and breast cancer participants, but due to low accrual of breast cancer participants, the breast cancer cohort was closed and the study continued with prostate cancer participants only.
Fatigue due to cancer and its treatment (for example, radiation therapy) can interfere with quality of life and can linger long after treatment has ended, yet research examining preventative approaches has produced limited clinical benefit. The proposed study will provide information about systematic light exposure for the prevention of fatigue in prostate cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy and will investigate how it works. This study would facilitate the development of this potential preventative treatment, giving health care providers and cancer survivors a much-needed tool to help with cancer-related fatigue.
The study will be conducted from a real-world perspective to describe treatment sequences involving radium-223 and chemotherapy in patients with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and assess overall survival (OS) associated with treatment sequences involving radium-223 and chemotherapy. While clinical trials of radium-223 has demonstrated a survival benefit in the treatment of mCRPC, both pre and post- docetaxel, study lacked exposure to second generation androgens and hence could not assess outcomes pre or post abiraterone or enzalutamide. The specific objective of this study is to describe and compare the clinical outcomes between treatment sequences for patients with mCRPC where 1) radium-223 is used (alone or in combination with abiraterone or enzalutamide) prior to chemotherapy versus 2) radium-223 used after chemotherapy in the treatment of mCRPC. The secondary objectives are to describe the safety patterns of docetaxel use among mCRPC patients who received chemotherapy post radium-223.
This research study is being done to measure the clinical benefit of TRC105 in combination with abiraterone or enzalutamide in metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer patients who are taking either abiraterone or enzalutamide and showing signs of biochemical progression without radiographic progression. A patient who is progressing on AR-therapy will continue the same AR-therapy on study with the addition of TRC105. The two arms will accrue in parallel and independently.
This pilot clinical trial studies how well the Exercising Together program works in helping couples cope with radiation treatment for prostate cancer. Treatments for cancer can cause side effects for the patient, such as fatigue, add stress for the spousal caregiver, and put strain on the marital relationship. The Exercising Together program is designed to promote teamwork and emotional intimacy during exercise, which itself can help manage fatigue and stress for the patient and spouse, and may facilitate communication between partners about day-to-day energy, abilities, and motivation.
The purpose of the phase 2 study is to determine whether Onvansertib is safe and tolerable in adult participants with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer who have disease progression while receiving abiraterone acetate (abiraterone) and prednisone therapy, and to observe the effects of Onvansertib in combination with abiraterone and prednisone on disease control.
In this Phase I study, patients with hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer (PC) and lymph node metastases are treated with the cancer vaccine Bcl-xl_42-CAF09b. The aim of the study is to clarify the safety and toxicity of the vaccine and also the immunological effect. The vaccine Bcl-xl_42-CAF09b is composed of the peptide Bcl-xl_42 and the adjuvant CAF09b. The B-cell lymphoma extra large protein (Bcl-xl) protein plays a vital role in the cancer cell's ability to avoid programmed cell death (apoptosis) and is upregulated in a variety of cancerous diseases. Bcl-xl_42 is a peptide fragment of the full protein and preclinical studies have shown that vaccination with this peptide (Bcl-xl) can activate the immune system and thereby lead to the death of cancer cells. In order to improve the activation of the immune system, adjuvant CAF09b is added; Preclinical studies have shown that special intraperitoneal (IP) injections of CAF09b improve the activation of the immune system.