Active clinical trials for "Prostatic Neoplasms"

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of avelumab in patients with metastatic neuroendocrine-like prostate cancer. Eligible men will be started on avelumab every 2 weeks and will stay on therapy until progression or intolerable side effects. The central hypothesis is that PD-L1 inhibition with avelumab will be efficacious based on radiographic responses in a subset of men with metastatic neuroendocrine-like prostate cancer and be reasonably well tolerated, meeting criteria for further study in larger phase 2 and 3 trials based on meeting pre-specified efficacy rates and prolonged PFS in some men.

To report the outcome of hypo-fractionated radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer (PCa) using IMRT-SIB. 124 patients with PCa at high risk of relapse after RP or diagnosis of biochemical relapse were included. Patients received 62.5 Gy to the prostate bed (PB) and 45 Gy to pelvis nodes in 25 fractions. Androgen suppressive therapy was prescribed based on NCCN risk categories. Median follow-up was 30 months.

This is a PhaseI, open-label study, Dose-Escalation Study, where tolerated doses will be escalated to the next doses with the safety, tolerability, and PK being evaluated in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients. Tumor assessment and PSA values will be evaluated during the study as an additional point.

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a very precise form of radiation therapy that allows the physician to deliver more radiation dose in a single session. Because of this, the number of radiation sessions can be reduced from the typical 45-48 sessions, as in conventional daily session radiation, to 5 sessions given every other day over a week and a half. Giving the radiation at a higher dose during each treatment may be more effective in killing the prostate cancer cells than the standard way of using external radiation therapy where a small amount of radiation is given over many sessions. Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) or hormonal therapy is one of the methods to treat intermediate risk prostate cancer. This therapy works by reducing the level of testosterone and stopping them from affecting your cancer. The ADT used in this study is known as Degarelix. Degarelix is an approved medication that reduces the body's production of testosterone; this medication is usually given to all men with intermediate risk prostate cancer getting external radiation. This study is a randomized study to find out whether combining stereotactic (also known as precision) radiation to the prostate cancer combined with a short course of Degarelix will result in a greater likelihood of killing the cancer in the prostate compared to stereotactic radiation therapy given alone. It has been shown that the combination of radiation with medications that interfere with testosterone production and its effects makes prostate cancer cells more sensitive to the radiation.

The primary objectives of this study are to investigate the safety and tolerability of BAY 1841788 in Japanese subjects with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and the PK of BAY 1841788 and its major metabolite BAY 1896953.

The purpose is to determine if use of rectal spacers are effective at improving protection of rectum from high dose radiation, using rate of rectal ulceration as a surrogate measure of acute effects. It is also to determine whether it provides sufficient dosimetric benefits to warrant further clinical investigation in future SABR (Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiation) related clinical studies.

The primary aim of the study was to characterize and quantify the histopathological changes in the surgical specimens obtained in patients undergoing prostatectomy in addition to imaging changes (MRI) following a single injection of Liproca Depot in patients with localized prostate cancer.

The purpose of this study is to look for markers of how Ra-223 improves the lives of men with prostate cancer. This study makes use of Ra-223 in the standard FDA-approved way, but adds non-standard testing in an attempt to gain insight about how the drug works and how best to track patients who are receiving the drug.

Comparing postoperative analgesics requirements and complications between conventional and model-based infusion strategy of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia in patients who undergoing robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy Group A: conventional intravenous patient-controlled analgesia, Group B: model-based infusion strategy of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia

This study is being performed to verify the ability to use minimally invasive transurethral ultrasonic imaging technology for the purpose of identifying prostate cancer. Transurethral ultrasonic prostate imaging, may in the future, be used for detection and monitoring these disease processes to minimize the need for obtaining surgical biopsy specimens. The hypothesis is that tissue-density variations, as revealed in diagnostic ultrasonic imaging, results in unique image signatures for identification of prostate cancer. This imaging procedure provides a multifaceted view of the entire in-situ gland. The current use of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) for determining the likelihood of presence of cancer in the prostate gland requires interpretation and has a good but limited to predict prostate cancer on biopsy, with significant false prediction rates. More importantly as a blood test, the PSA test lacks the ability to pinpoint the location of the cancer within the prostate gland. Preliminary study findings have suggested that "Transurethral Ultrasonic Scanning" (TUUS) presents the desired improved diagnostic sensitivity for detection of cancer within the imaged prostate gland, and has the intrinsic capability to provide high resolution images of the transverse and future three-dimensional views of the entire gland better than currently used Transurethral Ultrasound (TRUS). Two important goals of the practicality of this minimally invasive technology will be assessed by this study. 1. The ability of TUUS to directly detect prostate cancer locations in the prostate. 2. The use of TUUS to successfully guide the prostate needle biopsy to cancer loci with a high rate accuracy.