Active clinical trials for "Prostatic Neoplasms"

In Taiwan, about 70% of new incident prostate cancer patients have localized disease. Most patients were detected by PSA screening. Among them, many had low-risk PC, which is very likely latent in nature, progresses slowly, and rarely leads to death. Most patients died of other causes, such as other cancers, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes mellitus. Many guidelines recommend that active surveillance (AS) or watchful waiting (WW) is a good option for low risk patients to avoid overtreatment-related complications. However, 30% of patients on AS will finally need definitive treatments due to disease progression within 10 years. We hypothesize that there are differential gene expressions between progressive and non-progressive tumors. If we can identify key genes or pathways that are responsible for progression of low risk PC to higher risk diseases, PC progression could be reduced substantially by regulating these genes or pathways and maintain long-term cancer latency to control non-metastatic PC. In light of the high prevalence rate of latent PC in adult men, the strategy is in fact the best strategy for preventing clinical PC.

This is an observational, prospective (study following participants forward in time), multi-center (study conducted in more than 1 center) study to identify the predictive factors that will effectively predict the response to abiraterone treatment in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The entire duration of study will be approximately 3 year. Participants will primarily be evaluated for achieving biochemical or radiological progression after receiving abiraterone treatment based on EAU 2017 practice guideline criteria. For this, we put our attentions on the HOXB3 (an alternative factor of WNT signaling pathway), FKBP5 (FK506 Binding Protein 5, Androgen-regulated gene), NTS (neurotensin, neuroendocrine differentiation can be induced by NTS) and YAP1 (yes-associated protein 1, a biomarker for cancer stem cell), which are selected from the data of gene-array for various subtypes of CRPC (unpublished data). Response to abiraterone treatment will also be predicted using other androgen-regulated genes like AKR1C3 and PCNA.

The neoadjuvant therapy with apalutamide can significantly improve the prognosis of patients with high-risk and oligometastatic prostate cancer, lower the rate of positive margins, reduce recurrence, and show high safety.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of Patient's Therapeutic Education (PTE) in Adapted Physical Activity (APA) ans dietetic on the reduction of interventions number on rectal volume (laxative or probe). The secondary objectives are to evaluate the contribution of Patient's Therapeutic Education (PTE) between the 2 arms on repositionnind during the radiotherapy session, the gastrointestinal toxicity, the need to use laxative or transit regulating treatment or techniques, the quality of life, the undernutrition and food intake, the evolution in eating/hydratation and physical habits. For the experimetal arm, the satisfaction and the compliance with PTE program will be evaluated, as well as the need of additionnal use of dietary and APA consultations.

This phase II trial studies the use of 68Ga-PSMA-11 positron emission tomography (PET) in diagnosing patients with prostate cancer that continues to grow despite the surgical removal of the testes or medical intervention to block androgen production (castration resistant), and has spread to other places in the body (metastatic). 68Ga- PSMA-11 is a new imaging agent that may help get more detailed pictures of the tumor. This trial aims to see whether using 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET scans may help doctors learn more about where disease is located in the body.

The study is an open label, single-arm study designed to evaluate the safety and diagnostic performance of [18F]FLOR (FC303) PET/CT imaging to determine the presence or absence of metastatic prostate cancer. .

Rationale: Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men worldwide. Survival rates are high due to the typically non-aggressive nature of disease and effective treatments. Radical treatments such as surgery and radiotherapy often cause toxicity and long term side effects. Based on current available literature, the choice for primary therapy for clinically localised prostate cancer has a negative impact on cancer-specific quality of life (QOL). New interventional treatments are being developed. The investigators aim to build a multidisciplinary prostate cancer cohort which will serve as a multi-trial facility for interventional treatment studies. The Trials within Cohorts (TwiCs) design, also known as cohort multiple Randomized Controlled Trial design (cmRCT) will be conducted and as a prospective registry for assessment of long-term safety, performance and effectiveness new treatment interventions. Objective: To set up a cohort that will serve as a multi-trial platform and facilitate evaluation of new interventional treatment for prostate cancer. Study design: Observational, prospective cohort study, according to the 'Trials within Cohorts' (TwiCs) design. Study population: All patients with newly diagnosed histologically proven prostate cancer. Main study parameters/endpoints: Clinical parameters (e.g. co-morbidity, oncological history, symptoms, imaging, technical and treatment data), clinical endpoints (e.g. toxicity, and survival outcomes) and patient reported outcomes (e.g. QOL).

Prostate cancer (PCa) is a high incidence tumor of elderly men. In recent years, its incidence has rapidly increased in China. Serological examination of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is particularly important in the early diagnosis of PCa, but its specificity is lower in gray areas with PSA between 4-10 ng / ml. Proposition of prostate health index (PHI) strengthens the specificity of PSA gray area prostate cancer diagnosis, but the composition of the index only relies on serological examination, neglects imaging indicators, and cannot be comprehensively evaluated. Based on the preliminary basis of PHI research in the undergraduate department, combined with ultrasound imaging indicators of total prostate volume (TPV), this research group prospectively analyzed the efficacy of PHI combined with TPV to predict prostate cancer in patients with PSA gray areas, and established an improved version of PHI-TPV combination. The prediction model mPHI assesses the sensitivity of the new model to predict the risk of prostate cancer in the Chinese population, provides data support for puncture decisions of middle-aged and elderly male patients in the gray area of PSA in China, and provides reference and guidance for the individualized prevention and treatment of prostate cancer.

Minimally invasive surgery has developed widely since the 1980s and has revolutionized the practices of surgeons. In urology, the development of laparoscopy and then robot-assisted surgery has considerably improved the management of pathologies. In France, as in all the countries concerned, the spread of robotic surgery has taken place without prior studies validating this new technology, nor organizational rules in terms of quality and access to care. The report of the Haute Autorité de Santé dated November 2016 underlines the weakness of the methodological quality of studies and meta-analyzes evaluating robot-assisted total prostatectomy compared to other surgical techniques by laparotomy or conventional laparoscopy. It therefore appears important to evaluate in a large study the interest of this technique in order to help the authorities to decide on the real benefit of this technology and to provide reliable answers to the patients.

The PROMPT study aims to routinely implement genomic pre-sorting of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients for personalized treatment (e.g. immuno-, PARP inhibitors, or platinum-therapy). The investigators hypothesize that, by doing this early in the disease course (before exhausting standard of care options), it will improve treatment planning, patient outcome, quality of life, and reduce costs.