Could genetic testing for prostate cancer transform routine care? a study asks patients and doctors
NCT ID NCT07741929
First seen Aug 03, 2026 · Last updated Aug 04, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study explores how patients and healthcare providers view the use of genetic risk profiling for prostate cancer in everyday clinical practice. Through interviews, researchers aim to understand the benefits, challenges, and needs associated with receiving and delivering genetic risk results. The findings may help guide how such testing could be better integrated into routine care, ensuring it is practical and supportive for all involved.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Qualitative interviews
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help shape how genetic risk profiling for prostate cancer is integrated into routine clinical care, improving patient education, support, and clinical guidelines.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, interview-based study, so its findings may not represent all perspectives. It does not test a treatment or intervention, so it cannot directly change patient outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients who have undergone and received a genetic risk profiling result for prostate cancer and healthcare providers who have delivered a genetic risk profiling result for prostate cancer
- Ages
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18 to 100 years
- Sex
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Male participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Individuals assigned male at birth who are aged 18 and over and who have capacity to consent * Patients who have undergone genetic risk profiling for prostate cancer and have received their results * Individuals from diverse backgrounds (age, ethnicity, risk status, etc) * Healthcare providers who have delivered a genetic risk profiling result for prostate cancer Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals who lack capacity to consent * Individuals deemed unsuitable to recruit based on their poor performance status or current medical condition
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Royal Marsden Hospital (Sutton and Chelsea)
RECRUITINGLondon, SM2 5PT, United Kingdom
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