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Malignant neoplasms of male genital organs
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In the UK, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and with about 1 in 8 men diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Up to a third of prostate cancer deaths occur when cancer spreads to other parts of the body known as metastatic prostate cancer, which is a major healthcare burden. Currently, physicians use a maximum of six cycles of Docetaxel and continue abiraterone until disease progression with long term androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).
There is no early test to indicate if treatment is working for patients with metastatic prostate cancer. Currently Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is not sensitive enough to guide treatment alone. Studies in colorectal, lung and prostate cancers have started looking at substance called Plasma tumour deoxyribonucleic acid (ptDNA) and correlated presence of ptDNA will early relapse. Therefore, this study will investigate if the detection of ptDNA after initiating treatment is associated a worse clinical outcome. Our ultimate aim, is to identify which of the current treatment options will work best for patients in the future. This research may also identify new targets for the development of new drugs to test in clinical trials in the future.
Assessments will include blood taken before and during treatment and at cancer progression. In selected centres, an optional Whole Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging (WBMRI) will be performed before and during treatment for those patients who are eligible. Patients will be followed up for a maximum of 5 years at the time they register onto the study. We expect recruitment duration to be 18 months.
Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.
The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
Observational type: Cohort study;
You can take part if:
You may not be able to take part if:
1. Medically unsuitable for either abiraterone, prednisolone or docetaxel. 2. Concurrent or planned for (within the first 5 cycles of docetaxel or abiraterone) treatment with any experimental drugs, oestrogen patches radiotherapy or surgery to the primary tumour. Patients randomised to the standard of care (SOC) arm in open-label clinical trials are eligible. Patients who are still to be randomised to STAMPEDE may be included where the randomisation will be limited to SOC or arm K. Patients can participate in other observational studies. 3.Prior systemic therapy for prostate cancer other than for LHRHa +/- anti-androgen (started within the time limits defined in inclusion criterion 6). 4.Metastatic brain disease or leptomeningeal disease. 5.Any surgery planned prior to Cycle 3 Day 1 (C3 D1) 6.Other current malignancy or malignancy diagnosed or relapsed within the past 5 years (other than non-melanomatous skin cancer, stage 0 melanoma in situ and non-muscle invasive bladder cancer) 7.Patients who consent to the whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WBMRI) translational sub-study should have no contraindications to MRI as per local guidelines.
Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.
The study is sponsored by University College London and funded by PROSTATE CANCER UK .
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