ARTS - AVODART After Radical Therapy For Prostate Cancer Study — ARTS  

Neoplasms, Prostate Clinical Trial

Official title: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of Dutasteride (AVODART™) 0.5 mg in Extending the Time to PSA Doubling in Men With Prostate Cancer and Biochemical Failure (PSA Increase) After Radical Therapy With Curative Intent

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

ARI109924 will be a 2-year, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial assessing the efficacy and safety of dutasteride in extending time to prostate specific antigen (PSA) doubling in men who have been treated for clinically localised prostate cancer (PCa) with a radical therapy (radical prostatectomy, primary radiotherapy or salvage radiotherapy) with curative intent but who experience a biochemical failure (PSA rise) afterwards without signs or symptoms of metastases.

Clinical Trial Description

A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of Dutasteride (AVODART™) 0.5 mg in Extending the Time to PSA Doubling in Men with Prostate Cancer and Biochemical Failure (PSA increase) after Radical Therapy with Curative Intent (ARTS - AVODART after Radical Therapy for prostate cancer Study) ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Neoplasms, Prostate
• Prostate Cancer After a Radical Treatment
• Prostatic Neoplasms

• NCT number: NCT00558363
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: GlaxoSmithKline
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: November 2007
• Completion date: March 2011