Targeted drug trial offers hope for men with Tough-to-Treat prostate cancer

NCT ID NCT02854436

Summary

This study tested whether the drug niraparib could help control advanced prostate cancer that had stopped responding to standard hormone therapies and had spread. It specifically enrolled 289 men whose cancer had specific problems with DNA repair, a genetic weakness the drug is designed to target. The main goal was to see how well the drug shrank tumors and how safe it was for these patients.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

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    Tucson, Arizona, United States

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    Los Angeles, California, United States

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    Riverside, California, United States

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    Sacramento, California, United States

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    Aurora, Colorado, United States

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    Denver, Colorado, United States

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    Evanston, Illinois, United States

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    Danville, Kentucky, United States

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    Louisville, Kentucky, United States

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    New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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    Detroit, Michigan, United States

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    Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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    New York, New York, United States

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    Durham, North Carolina, United States

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    Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

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    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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    Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States

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    Houston, Texas, United States

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    Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

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    Fairfax, Virginia, United States

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    Seattle, Washington, United States

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    Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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    Camperdown, Australia

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    Darlinghurst, Australia

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    East Albury, Australia

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    Kurralta Park, Australia

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    Macquarie University, Australia

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    Melbourne, Australia

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    Murdoch, Australia

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    Port Macquarie, Australia

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    Randwick, Australia

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    Wahroonga, Australia

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    Aalst, Belgium

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    Brussels, Belgium

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    Charleroi, Belgium

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    Ghent, Belgium

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    Haine-Saint-Paul, Belgium

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    Hasselt, Belgium

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    Kortrijk, Belgium

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    Liège, Belgium

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    Namur, Belgium

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    Ottignies, Belgium

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    Wilrijk, Belgium

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    Barretos, Brazil

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    Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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    Curitiba, Brazil

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    Fortaleza, Brazil

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    Ijuí, Brazil

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    Itajaí, Brazil

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    Joinville, Brazil

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    Natal, Brazil

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    Salvador, Brazil

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    São Paulo, Brazil

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    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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    Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

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    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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    Québec, Quebec, Canada

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    Aarhus N, Denmark

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    Copenhagen N, Denmark

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    Herlev, Denmark

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    Odense C, Denmark

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    Avignon, France

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    Besançon, France

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    Caen, France

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    Lyon, France

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    Nice, France

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    Paris, France

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    Reims, France

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    Strasbourg, France

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    Villejuif, France

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    Beersheba, Israel

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    Haifa, Israel

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    Kfar Saba, Israel

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    Ramat Gan, Israel

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    Zrifin, Israel

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    Alkmaar, Netherlands

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    Amsterdam, Netherlands

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    Groningen, Netherlands

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    Maastricht, Netherlands

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    Rotterdam, Netherlands

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    Moscow, Russia

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    Omsk, Russia

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    Tomsk, Russia

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    Seoul, South Korea

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    Barcelona, Spain

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    Córdoba, Spain

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    Madrid, Spain

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    Málaga, Spain

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    Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain

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    Santander, Spain

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    Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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    Seville, Spain

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    Valencia, Spain

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    Gothenburg, Sweden

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    Lund, Sweden

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    Stockholm, Sweden

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    Umeå, Sweden

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    Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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    Taichung, Taiwan

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    Tainan, Taiwan

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    Taipei, Taiwan

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    Taoyuan, Taiwan

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    Blackburn, United Kingdom

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    Bristol, United Kingdom

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    Cardiff, United Kingdom

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    Exeter, United Kingdom

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    London, United Kingdom

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    Preston, United Kingdom

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