Androgen Deprivation Therapy or Androgen Deprivation Therapy Plus Definitive Treatment (Radiation or Surgery)

This is an interventional treatment trial for Prostate Cancer focused on measuring prostate cancer, androgen deprivation therapy, local treatment Read More

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male patients;
2. 18 yrs and older, and 80 yrs and younger;
3. Histologically or cytologically proven prostate carcinoma;
4. Documented evidence of M1 disease by AJCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer) staging by Bone scan, CT and/or MRI; and metastatic lesions are limited to the lymph nodes or bones, at the same time the number of lesions should less than or equal to 5;
5. ECOG PS 0 or 1;
6. Treatment initiation with androgen deprivation therapy no longer than 6 months prior to randomization;
7. Life-expectancy based on comorbid conditions >2 years;
8. No serious medical complications;
9. The primary lesion of prostate cancer has not yet received local treatment;
10. Must be a candidate for surgery and/or radiation therapy and follow-up and the treatment will not bring about serious complications to patients;
11. Ability to understand and willingness to sign informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Had received treatment for primary lesion, including: radical prostatectomy, radical radiation therapy and so on;
2. Patients who received systemic chemotherapy before;
3. Androgen deprivation therapy time is greater than six months;
4. Visceral organ metastasis (liver, lung, brain and other organs);
5. Small cell carcinoma of the prostate;
6. Psychiatric or medical conditions which, in the opinion of the treating physician, would not allow the patient to undergo the proposed treatments safely;
7. Patients who are not willing to accept the complications caused by the treatment to primary lesion;
8. Combined with other malignant tumor history (in addition to the skin basal cell carcinoma or other tumors that have been cured more than five years);
9. Other serious diseases, for example: unstable heart disease after treatment, myocardial infarction in 6 months prior to treatment, cardiac function grade 3-4 (NYHA); high blood pressure that can not be controlled after medical treatment (greater than 150/90mmHg); serious neurological or mental disorders, including dementia and epilepsy; uncontrolled active infection; acute gastric ulcer; hypocalcemia; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that needs hospital treatment;
10. Has participated in other clinical research before.