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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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

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