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Filter by:This research study is looking into plasma tumour deoxyribonucleic acid (ptDNA), a substance that is shed by cancer cells and can be detected in blood samples. Analysing ptDNA may therefore be able to provide more information about the characteristics of prostate cancer. This study will involve taking additional blood samples during standard treatment. The samples will be analysed in laboratories for levels of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA); which gives information on the activity of the cancer; ptDNA; circulating tumour cells (ones that are derived from the cancer) (CTCs) and cells that affect immune system. The PARADIGM study is not, therefore, testing a new drug. Instead, the study is investigating if a new blood test can provide information about which current treatments for prostate cancer will work best for future patients with this disease. In the future and PARADIGM's ultimate aim is to identify which of the current treatment options will work best for patients. The research may also identify new opportunities for the development of drugs potentially useful in treating prostate cancer.
This randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial tests whether intervention with atorvastatin delays development of castration resistance compared to placebo during androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer.
This study is a prospective, observational, molecular stratification profiling study. Patients with mCRPC who have received at least one standard treatment for mCRPC will be approached to participate in MAESTRO. Patients must have archival tumour available and be willing to undergo a fresh tumour biopsy for molecular analyses. Tumour tissue (archival and fresh), research blood samples and saliva will be sent to the central laboratory for analysis to identify molecular aberrations through targeted or broader molecular analyses (e.g. exome, transcriptome) and orthogonal assays (e.g. immunohistochemistry; digital droplet PCR). When the results are available, depending on patients choice, the results will be discussed. If significant results are indicated, patients will be recommended to have follow up with a cancer geneticist to discuss the implications of these results for their personal and family's health. There is a safety follow up 30 days after collection of study biopsy or blood samples. Patients will also be followed up for overall survival and subsequent anticancer treatment every 6 monthly via medical notes or telephone calls.
Local cytoreductive treatments for men with newly diagnosed metastatic prostate cancer in addition to standard of care treatment
Bone metastases occur frequently during the evolution of solid tumors, either isolated or associated with visceral metastases. The incidence varies between 20 and 85% depending on the primary cancer. Breast, prostate, and lung cancers are responsible for 70% of bone metastases. Cancer with bone metastases compared to other metastatic sites is considered as associated with a better prognosis, particularly for breast and prostate cancer. Bone metastases may be present at diagnosis (synchronous metastasis) or appear at a later time (metachronous metastasis). The concept of "oligometastases" was proposed in patients with about 3 up to 5 metastases (without restriction on the primary site) and associated with an intermediate prognosis. It was hypothesized that local treatment with curative intent, aiming at the few metastatic sites, would yield long-term survival probabilities, along with systemic therapies. Long-term survivors have been reported after curative-intent treatment of metastasis in sarcoma and colorectal cancers with liver or lung metastasis. We chose to focus on bone metastasis because of their high incidence, their impact on the patient's quality of life and autonomy, and their accessibility to potentially curative radiotherapy. The systemic treatment of metastatic cancer includes hormonal therapy (breast and prostate cancer), biologically-targeted drugs and chemotherapy (all cancers). Stereotactic radiotherapy is a highly accurate technique was initially developed for performing the radiosurgery of brain tumors in patients for whom it was deemed be too difficult to proceed to classical excision surgery. In this process, a high total dose of radiation is delivered in a single fraction to a well-defined intra-cranial target. The concept of radiotherapy in stereotactic conditions was extended to one or several fractions delivered to small volumes primary tumors/ metastases in extra-cranial sites (Stereotactic Body RadioTherapy [SBRT]). At present, high control rates have been achieved for lung metastases. Similarly, very high local control rates have been reported in bone metastases after stereotactic radiotherapy. In this protocol, our purpose is to demonstrate, via a randomized phase III trial, that high doses of radiotherapy, delivered in stereotactic conditions to the bone metastases (between 1 and 5 metastases) in solid tumor patients is able to improve the survival without progression.
This is an open-label, randomized, parallel group two-stage phase 1-2 study with an escalation and an expansion component. This study will evaluate an extended-release (ER) formulation of onapristone in patients with prostate cancer in which Progesterone Receptor (PR) may be contributing to tumor progression. A companion diagnostic to select patients whose prostate cancer expresses the activated form of the PR (APR) is under development and will be implemented in this study; it may be used to further enrich the selection of the population based upon ongoing review of the results. Patients will be treated until occurrence of an intolerable safety issue, treatment failure, if patient elects to withdraw, or for non-compliance with either protocol-specified evaluations or onapristone treatment. An additional cohort of patients will be included at the recommended phase 2 dose to gain additional understanding of the onapristone safety profile and potential anti-cancer activity.
Background: - It is not fully understood why prostate cancer in some men becomes androgen-independent (no longer responds to anti-androgen medication), but genetics likely plays an important role. - Genes contain the hereditary information that is passed down from parents to children. Although everyone has the same set of genes, individuals can have different forms of the same gene. - Differences in genes may explain, at least in part, why some people develop a more aggressive form of prostate cancer than others. Objectives: -To obtain blood samples from patients with prostate cancer to try to identify gene differences associated with progression to the androgen independent state. Eligibility: -All participants participating in NCI prostate cancer protocols. Design: - Participants with prostate cancer are evaluated in the NCI s Medical Oncology Clinic. - Blood samples are collected at the initial visit or at follow-up visits. - DNA (genetic material) and white blood cells are extracted from these samples to be used for genotyping and establishment of cell lines. - Gene variations are correlated with prostate cancer prognosis and prognostic indicators.
The proposed phase 1 clinical trial will investigate the safety and tolerability of 177Lu-CYT-500 in patients with metastatic prostate cancer and determine the optimal antibody mass and dose of 177Lu to be used for further study.