Active clinical trials for "Prostatic Neoplasms"

This is a single center single arm prospective pilot study investigating the safety of high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy as monotherapy delivered in 2 fractions 3 hours apart. HDR monotherapy has been established as safe and effective in this context, however previous studies have delivered 2 fractions on separate days, or at least 6 hours apart. Clinically, this regimen, if shown to be safe and effective in future studies, has the potential to reduce operative resources and logistical stresses on brachytherapy departments.

Prostate Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) is an established technique that delivers radiation in a non-invasive approach for men with prostate cancer. The treatment regimen is given in total of 5 fractions with one treatment per day at every other day or weekly sessions. Ultra-hypofractionated radiotherapy (UHRT) is an emerging monotherapy for localized prostate cancer however, several trials have observed demonstrating superior biochemical control of a two-fraction (HDR) over single-fraction approach. The study aims to compare an experimental shorter course of prostate ultra-hypofractionated radiotherapy (UHRT) that will deliver what is expected to be an equivalent amount of radiation as given in the standard 5 treatment regimen. UHRT is given in 2 treatments with one treatment a week for 2 consecutive weeks.

The present study in patients with Prostate cancer and biochemical failure after surgery and/or radical-postoperative Radio Therapy (RT) will evaluate if PET/CT with 18F-JK-PSMA-7 compared to PET-CT 18F-Choline is able to identify the early pattern of biochemical recurrence and/or metastatic sites, so that the patient could be better managed, with a benefit in survival.

The purpose of the study is to determine if a radiopaque hydrogel rectal spacer, SpaceOAR Vue®, can be used in place of fiducial markers when aligning patients for radiotherapy. The investigator hypothesizes that the alignment of the patient based on the rectal spacer will be similar to the alignment of the patient with fiducial markers.

At present, the most commonly used clinical screening tool is based on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) examination. Because PSA is a tissue-specific rather than a tumor-specific marker, it has low specificity and sensitivity for prostate cancer. Although these PSA-related diagnostic models (PHI, 4Kscore) have been proved to improve the sensitivity and specificity of the early diagnosis of prostate cancer, they still do not meet the requirements of accurate diagnosis. Therefore, it is extremely important to develop a diagnosis tool with higher specificity, sensitivity and accuracy in the current prostate tumor screening strategy. Raman spectroscopy (Raman Spectrum, RS) as a non-invasive and high specificity of material molecular detection technology, can be obtained in the molecular level, thus sensitive to detect biological samples tumor metabolism related proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and sugar composition of bio-molecules changes. As scientists pointed out in a literature in "chemical society reviews"in 2020, although SERS technology has shown good diagnostic efficacy in lots of preclinical studies in multiple tumors, it is limited to a generally small sample size and lacks external validation. There for, a clinical study of Raman spectra for tumor diagnosis is needed, which meets the following requirements: 1.An objective, fast and practical application of Raman spectral data processing is needed and deep learning method may be the best classification method; 2. It requires multicenter and large clinical samples to train deep learning diagnostic model, and verify its true efficacy through external data of prospective study. In our preliminary study,we have collected Raman spectra data from a large cohort of 2899 patients and constructed Raman intelligent diagnostic system based on CNN model. The intelligent diagnostic system achieved accuracy of 83%. In order to obtain the highest level of clinical evidence and truly realize clinical transformation, this prospective, multi-center clinical study is designed to verify the intelligent diagnostic system for early diagnosis of prostate cancer.

To learn about the effectiveness of adding talazoparib to the standard of care treatment combination of androgen ablation therapy (hormone therapy, also known as ADT) and enzalutamide in patients with prostate cancer that has spread into the lymph nodes.

This is a prospective, open, randomized phase II trial.

This feasibility study is investigating the application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and transperineal ultrasound (TPUS) to visualise potential sites of relapse and surrounding normal tissue in patient having post-operative prostate cancer radiotherapy. Structure visualisation on MRI and TPUS will be compared to current standard computer tomography (CT) and cone-beam computer tomography (CBCT) imaging.

The aim of this study is to assess the progression free survival (PFS) of SABR alone and SABR + 177Lu-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) in patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer undergoing PSMA positron emission tomography (PET) staging.

Background: Prostate cancer does not trigger a strong immune response in the body. Hormone therapy, to reduce levels of testosterone in the body, can be helpful to treat some prostate cancers. However, castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) keeps growing even when the testosterone is reduced to a very low level. Men with metastatic CRPC survive an average of only 3 years. More effective treatments are needed. Objective: To test whether an immunotherapy drug (N-803), alone or in combination with other drugs, can help treat CRPC. Eligibility: Males aged 18 or older with CRPC. Prior treatment with testosterone-lowering therapy is required. Design: Participants will be screened. They will have blood and urine tests. They will have a CT scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis. They will continue to receive hormone therapy for prostate cancer. Participants will come to the NIH clinic once a week for the first 4 weeks. Then they will come once every 2 weeks. Visits will last up to 8 hours. The study will continue up to 3 years. All participants will receive N-803 once every 2 weeks. The drug is injected just under the skin with a small needle. Some participants will receive N-803 plus another drug (brachyury vaccine). This drug is also injected under the skin with a small needle. Some participants will receive N-803 plus a different drug (bintrafusp alfa) once every 2 weeks. This drug is given through a tube attached to a needle placed in a vein in the arm. Some participants may receive all 3 drugs. Participants will have imaging scans every 12 weeks.