Radical surgery trial offers new hope for men with spreading prostate cancer

NCT ID NCT03456843

Summary

This study is testing whether surgically removing the prostate gland, combined with standard hormone-blocking drugs and possibly chemotherapy, works better than drug therapy alone for men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer that has already spread. Researchers want to see if this aggressive approach helps patients live longer without their cancer getting worse and improves their quality of life. The trial randomly assigns 190 men to receive either drug therapy alone or drug therapy followed by surgery.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Akita University

    Akita, Japan

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, China

  • City of Hope

    Duarte, California, 91010, United States

  • Epworth Healthcare

    East Melbourne, Australia, 9084, Australia

  • Juntendo University

    Tokyo, Japan

  • Kindai University

    Ōsaka-sayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan

  • National Cancer Center

    Goyang-si, South Korea

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    Taipei, Taiwan

  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, United States

  • Samsung Medical Center

    Seoul, South Korea

  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

    Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

  • Swedish Medical Services

    Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

  • University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, California, 92697, United States

  • University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

  • Yale University

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06519, United States

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