Active clinical trials for "Prostatic Neoplasms"

The goal of this clinical research study is learn how AMG208 may help to control prostate cancer that has spread to the bone. The safety of the drug will also be studied.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the hypothesis, that mMRI provides a more accurate and secure interpretation of the aggressiveness of prostate cancer initially/before mMRI defined as low risk. In doing so we will investigate and assess the affect of mMRI on gleason score upgrade, risk classification upgrade and changes in treatment strategy (active surveillance vs. operation).

This phase II trial studies how well fluorine F 18 sodium fluoride positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) and whole body and axial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) work in finding metastases in patients with recurrent prostate cancer. New imaging techniques, such as fluorine F 18 sodium fluoride PET/CT and whole body and axial MRI, may be more effective than standard CT and bone scan in finding metastatic prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer (PCa) is currently the most common neoplastic disease among men in well-developed countries with 350 000 new cases diagnosed annually in Europe and 4 800 in Finland. Due to widespread use of serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) in asymptomatic men, most patients present initially with localized disease. Radical prostatectomy, radiotherapy (RT) and active surveillance are the most common management options for patients with localized PCa. Proper preoperative staging for patients with adverse features on biopsy who are candidates for radical prostatectomy is urgently needed. For elderly men external beam RT is the preferred modality which can be safely performed utilizing modern techniques such as intensity modulated and image guided radiotherapy (IMRT and IGRT). Since randomized studies suggest a dose response effect beyond 78-80 Gy newer techniques aim at dose escalation provided that toxicity can be controlled. Therefore, ultra high dose IMRT/IGRT requires visualization of intracapsular disease which will receive the highest dose. Taken together, the use of accurate anatomical and functional imaging modalities are essential for planning both nerve sparing radical prostatectomy and ultra high dose IMRT/IGRT Fluorine-18 labeled L-leucine analogue 1-amino-3-fluorocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid (FACBC) has shown to preferentially accumulate in PCa and its nodal metastases. By assisting in localization of intraprostatic and pelvic disease FACBC with hybrid positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) has potential to improve selection of patients for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and IMRT/IGRT. Anatomical MRI at 1.5 Tesla (T) compared with transrectal ultrasound has demonstrated a higher sensitivity for tumor detection but almost the same specificity, stressing the need for additional metabolic MRI. Advanced application of MRI such as proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS), diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and dynamic contrast enhanced imaging (DCE-MRI) are increasingly being used for detection and characterization of PCa. The use of 3T scanners and multiparametric MRI (mpMRI), consisting of anatomical MRI, DWI, 1H MRS and DCE-MRI, demonstrated very promising result for staging and detection of PCa.

The objective of the Prostate Cancer Education in African American Churches project is to develop and evaluate a spiritually-based educational intervention for Informed Decision Making (IDM) for prostate cancer screening to be delivered to African American men in church settings.

Pilot study to evaluate the ability of BR55 to identify prostate cancer lesions with Gleason Score ≥7 by ultrasound molecular imaging on the basis of a visual score in comparison with histopathology results

This study is being done to determine the safety, biodistribution, and radiation dosimetry of 18F-DCFPyL, and to detect prostate cancer by visual analysis.

This study investigates the pathologic effects of the combination of enzalutamide, abiraterone acetate, dutasteride, and degarelix when given for 12 weeks prior to prostatectomy in men with localized prostate cancer. Enzalutamide, an androgen receptor (AR) antagonist, blocks binding of testosterone to the AR as well as preventing nuclear translocation of the AR and DNA binding. Abiraterone acetate inhibits the CYP17 pathway, which is involved in the formation of androgens. Dutasteride is a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor which blocks conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone. Degarelix, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist, binds to GnRH receptors on the pituitary gland thus suppressing testosterone release from the testes. Therefore it is hypothesized that the combination of enzalutamide, abiraterone acetate, dutasteride, and degarelix will result in near-complete AR inhibition and produce favorable pathologic changes after 12 weeks of therapy.

The purpose of this study is to first determine the highest dose of LDE225 combined wtih Docetaxel and Prednisone that can be given that does not cause unacceptable side effects when given to patients with castrate resistant prostate cancer who failed previous docetaxel therapy.

Robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy(Robot-LRP) requires pneumoperitoneum and trendelenburg position which result in oxidative stress and inflammatory response. Propofol is well known to reduce those responses during anesthesia. Therefore, we try to figure out the efficacy of propofol to reduce oxidative stress, inflammatory response and increase the nitric oxide activity during robot-LRP compared to that of desflurane. To investigate the oxidative stress, malondialdehyde will be measured. As inflammatory markers, interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α will be measured. Nitric oxide will be measured as well. Secondarily, kidney protection effect of propofol over desflurane will be compared.