Xtandi In Combination with Zytiga Is Not Better Than Either Drug Alone

A late-stage clinical trial designed to see if Xtandi in addition to Zytiga along with a steroid worked any better than either of these drugs separately (combining them v sequencing them) in men with advanced prostate cancer whose disease had worsened it was concluded that the combination was not superior to the individual drugs. This [...]

Can A Low Carb Diet Affect the Side Effects of Hormone Therapy (ADT)?

Dr. Steve Freedland, from Cedar Sinai conducted a controlled, randomized clinical study that evaluated the efficacy of an extremely low carbohydrate diet on the side effects of hormone therapy (ADT).   The study showed that an extreme diet has a positive impact on many of the side negative effects as well as causing significant weight loss [...]

Efficacy of Enzalutamide in Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer in Men with Visceral Metastases

We know that men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and visceral metastases have a worse prognosis than those with non-visceral metastases. The important question we need to understand is what, of our currently available treatments, might be effective for this more aggressive and deadly type of prostate cancer? Results of the phase 3 AFFIRM [...]

Clinical Trial Results, Both Negative and Positive, Will Now Have To Be Reported In A Timely Manner!

Clinical trials are the main stream of developing and then getting necessary approvals for drugs to be able to make it to market. Drug companies, like every other company and every individual want only to have successes. We all also have egos and when there is a failure we often prefer to bury that information [...]

Short Term Androgen Therapy Might Be Better For More Aggressive Gleason Grade Prostate Cancer

In a recently published commentary about the optimal type of multi-modal hormone therapy for Gleason grade 4 and 5 prostate cancer the author addressed the discordance between results of several randomized trials evaluating survival benefit of continuous androgen deprivation therapy in men with high-risk disease. The study found that after combining data from multiple trials, [...]

Radioligand Therapy With 177Lu-PSMA-617 – A Novel Therapeutic Possibility on the Horizon in Men With Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer.

We are seeing more and more novel therapies being developed to treat castrate resistant metastatic prostate cancer (mCRPC). One such therapy involves theranostic (individualized therapies for various diseases, and to combine diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities into a single agent) concepts using radiolabeled ligands of the prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA). In a recent study, designed to [...]

Understanding Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials – Types and Stages

The decision to enroll in a clinical trial should involve a discussion between the person with prostate cancer and that individual’s physician. Your participation should depend on many factors, including your motivation for enrolling in a trial, the stage of your prostate cancer, and the trials available and its phase. When you decide to enroll in a clinical [...]

Belfast Clinical Trial Combining Two Radio-Therapies For Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer

Researchers at Queen’s University in Belfast along with the Belfast Trust are conducting a clinical trial evaluating the combination of two radiotherapy treatments, Radium 223 and Pelvic Radiation using Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) in men with bone positive advanced prostate cancer. The trial, being called ADRRAD trial, involves combining androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) along [...]

Real Life Issues About Abiraterone Acetate (Zytiga) Prior to Chemotherapy – Unanticipated Real-World Clinical Experience Worth Noting

Researchers in Hong Kong wanted to confirm the efficacy of abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) used prior to chemotherapy that had been shown in the trial setting. In their analysis they came up short; raising some very significant concerns about Zytiga’s efficacy when used prior to chemotherapy. They reviewed the clinical records of men with metastatic castrate [...]

DNA-Repair Defects and Olaparib in Metastatic Prostate Cancer Phase II Results

We know that prostate cancer is a heterogeneous disease, but most of our treatments are not based on the different molecular stratification exhibited by the disease. One of the differences we do recognize in the cancer is that some of the tumors have genetic DNA-repair defects. There has been evidence that in those cancers exhibiting [...]

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