Targeted drug trial offers hope for tough prostate cancer cases
NCT ID NCT04288687
Summary
This study tested whether the drug niraparib could help control advanced prostate cancer in men with specific genetic defects. The trial included 11 men whose cancer had stopped responding to standard hormone treatments but had responded to platinum chemotherapy. Researchers wanted to see if niraparib could delay cancer progression after chemotherapy.
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Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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