Radioactive therapy aims to stall prostate cancer spread without hormone drugs
NCT ID NCT05939414
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 02, 2026 · Updated 5 times
Summary
This phase 3 trial tests a radioactive drug called lutetium-177 vipivotide tetraxetan in 450 men whose prostate cancer has returned and spread to a few spots after initial treatment. The drug targets a protein on cancer cells and delivers radiation directly to them. The goal is to see if it can delay the cancer from spreading further and postpone the need for hormone therapy, which often has tough side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- lutetium-177 vipivotide tetraxetan (a radioactive drug that targets prostate cancer cells)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new way to control early-stage prostate cancer that has spread to a few spots, delaying the need for hormone therapy and helping men maintain quality of life longer.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large phase 3 trial, but the drug is radioactive and may cause side effects like fatigue or blood cell changes. It is not a cure, and it is unclear if it will work better than current options for all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 450 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2031
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 100 years
- Sex
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Male participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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.
Key Inclusion criteria: 1. Histologically confirmed prostate cancer prior to randomization 2. Participants must have biochemically recurrent disease after definitive treatment to prostate by Radical Prostatectomy ((RP), (alone or with post-operative radiation to prostate bed/pelvic nodes)) or External beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT), (prostate alone or prostate with seminal vesicle and/or pelvic nodes) and/or brachytherapy prior to randomization. Biochemical recurrence (BCR) is defined as: nadir PSA + 2 ng/mL post XRT (if participant received-radiation therapy to intact prostate) and PSA \> 0.2 ng/mL and rising post RP (with or without post-operation Radiation Therapy (RT)) 3. Participants must have OMPC with 1-5 PSMA -positive metastatic lesions on screening PSMA PET/CT scan (with either gallium (68Ga) gozetotide or piflufolastat (18F)) as visually assessed by BIRC. For definition of PSMA PET positivity, please refer to Section 8.1 and the Imaging Manual. Metastatic lesions may include regional/pelvic lymph nodes (N1), distant lymph nodes (M1a), bone (M1b), lung and others visceral (M1c) except liver and brain classified using American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8. When counting the number of oligometastatic lesions, each lesion is counted as distinct metastasis irrespective of its anatomical location (e.g., one pelvic and one extra-pelvic lymph node will be counted as two metastatic lesions) 4. At least 1 PSMA-positive lesion must be a distant metastasis (M1) per AJCC8 classification at screening. For AJCC M staging, PSMA PET/CT information should be used 5. Participants must have a negative CI for M1 disease at screening. Note: * For a participant not to be eligible, CI positive M1 lesions should be unequivocal in CI scans, i.e., potentially not attributable to findings thought to represent something other than tumor (e.g., degenerative, or post-traumatic changes or Paget's disease in bone lesions). For CI assessments, bone lesions must be assessed by bone scan only and soft tissue lesions must be assessed by CT/MRI scans only at screening. * Prior knowledge of PSMA PET positivity should not influence the radiologist (reader) in determination of CI positivity. Two different readers will be involved, one reader for PSMA PET/CT scan and one reader for CI: Reader will be blinded to PSMA PET scan results while reading CI scans. Reader should not modify their assessment of CI scans (e.g. changing a lesion previously identified as equivocal in CI to unequivocal) after reading the PSMA PET scan. Similarly, biopsy positivity should not influence the reader in the assessment of CI positivity. More details on the reading paradigm will be provided in the imaging charter * MRI for radiation treatment planning may show M1 disease but this will not exclude the participant from the study if the lesion is deemed negative per baseline CT or bone scans * Participants with pelvic disease (N1) seen in CI are allowed if the local spread is below common iliac bifurcation (per AJCC 8 definition of local disease) * Distant lymph node disease (M1a) that is visible per CI and less than 10mm in the short axis is not exclusionary irrespective of PSMA PET positivity. * If a previously surgically removed lesion was unequivocal for M1 by bone scan or CT, the participant is not eligible. 6. All metastatic lesions detected at screening must be amenable to SBRT 7. Non-castration testosterone level \>100 ng/dL at screening Key Exclusion criteria: 1. Participants with de novo OMPC at screening 2. Unmanageable concurrent bladder outflow obstruction or urinary incontinence at screening. Note: participants with bladder outflow obstruction or urinary incontinence, which is manageable and controlled with best available standard of care (incl. pads, drainage) are allowed 3. Prior therapy with: 1. ADT (including bilateral orchiectomy) and ARPIs used for metastatic prostate cancer treatment * Participants who received AR-directed therapy, whether ADT or an ARPI or both, as neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy as a component of their primary therapy, are eligible provided that they discontinued therapy ≥12 months prior to randomization for ADT (i.e., 12 months after the last day of the last injection) or ≥3 months if ARPI was given as monotherapy. ARPI's as a term includes both contemporary androgen synthesis inhibitors (e.g., abiraterone, galeterone, and orteneronel), and receptor inhibitors (enzalutamide, apalutamide and darolutamide). * Patients who biochemically relapsed after primary therapy may also have had treatment with AR directed therapy and participants who had SBRT with ADT are also eligible provided that the ARPI +/- ADT or ADT alone was terminated ≥12 months prior to randomization for ADT (i.e., 12 months after the last day of the last injection) or ≥3 months if ARPI was given as monotherapy. * Participants who received first generation anti-androgens (bicalutamide, flutamide, nilutamide, cyproterone) for biochemical recurrence or adjuvant/neoadjuvant therapy are eligible provided that they discontinued therapy ≥3 months prior to randomization. * Participants who have discontinued ADT due to disease progression are not eligible (i.e., Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC) participants) 2. Other hormonal therapy. e.g., •Use of estrogens, 5-α reductase inhibitors (finasteride, dutasteride), other steroidogenesis inhibitors (aminoglutethimide) if used in the context of prostate cancer treatment. Same medications are allowed if used for other indications: e.g., Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), if stopped ≥3 months before randomization. 3. Radiopharmaceutical agents (e.g., Strontium-89, PSMA-targeted radioligand therapy) 4. Immunotherapy (e.g., sipuleucel-T) 5. Chemotherapy, except if administered in the adjuvant/neoadjuvant setting completed \> 12 months before randomization 6. Any other investigational or systemic agents for metastatic disease 4. Radiation therapy external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and brachytherapy within 28 days before randomization 5. Concurrent cytotoxic chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radioligand therapy, hormonal therapy (see ADT initiation guidance in Section 6.8.2), Poly Adenosine Diphosphate-Ribose Polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, biological therapy or investigational therapy 6. Diagnosed at screening with other malignancies that are expected to alter life expectancy or may interfere with disease assessment. However, participants with a prior history of malignancy that has been adequately treated and who have been disease/treatment free for more than 3 years are eligible, as are participants with adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer and superficial bladder cancer. 7. History or current diagnosis of ECG abnormalities indicating significant risk of safety for participants participating in the study such as: * Concomitant clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias, e.g. sustained ventricular tachycardia, and clinically significant second or third degree Atrioventricular (AV) block without a pacemaker * History of familial long QT syndrome or known family history of Torsades de Pointe 8. Participants in immediate need of ADT or other systemic therapy as assessed by the investigator. In addition, investigators should only enroll participants who are committed to delay castration in accordance with the scope of the study and are willing to wait to start systemic therapy until distant progression (MFS event) as assessed by CI (consisting with existing treatment guidelines) and confirmed by BIRC is reached. This must be discussed with the participants before ICF is signed. Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion may apply.
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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
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
141 sites in 27 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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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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Associated Med Professionals of NY
RECRUITINGSyracuse, New York, 13210, United States
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BAMF Health
RECRUITINGGrand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States
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Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Blue Ridge Cancer Center
RECRUITINGWytheville, Virginia, 24382, United States
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Cancer Specialists of North Florida
RECRUITINGJacksonville, Florida, 32256, United States
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Carolina Urologic Research Center
RECRUITINGMyrtle Beach, South Carolina, 29572, United States
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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Dayton Physicians
RECRUITINGKettering, Ohio, 45409, United States
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East Carolina University
RECRUITINGGreenville, North Carolina, 27858, United States
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East Jefferson Hospital
RECRUITINGMetairie, Louisiana, 70006, United States
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Highlands Oncology Group
RECRUITINGFayetteville, Arkansas, 72703, United States
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Johns Hopkins Kimmel Com Cancer Ctr
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21231, United States
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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
RECRUITINGBaton Rouge, Louisiana, 70809, United States
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Mayo Clinic Rochester
RECRUITINGRochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10065, United States
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Montefiore Hospital
RECRUITINGThe Bronx, New York, 10467-2490, United States
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGCABA, Buenos Aires, C1426ANZ, Argentina
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGCABA, C1181ACH, Argentina
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGCaba, C1431FWO, Argentina
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGDarlinghurst, New South Wales, 2010, Australia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGHerston, Queensland, 4029, Australia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGAdelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGMalvern, Victoria, 3144, Australia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGLinz, 4020, Austria
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGVienna, 1090, Austria
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGAalst, 9300, Belgium
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGGhent, 9000, Belgium
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGWilrijk, 2610, Belgium
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGSão Paulo, São Paulo, 01246-000, Brazil
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGCalgary, Alberta, T2N 5G2, Canada
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGHalifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9, Canada
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGLondon, Ontario, N6A 4G5, Canada
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGOttawa, Ontario, K1H 8L6, Canada
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H2X 1R9, Canada
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H3T 1E2, Canada
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGQuébec, Quebec, G1J 1Z4, Canada
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBeijing, 100036, China
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, 510060, China
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGShanghai, 200127, China
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBogota, Cundinamarca, 110111, Colombia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBogotá, 110131, Colombia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGOstrava, Poruba, 708 52, Czechia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGOlomouc, 779 00, Czechia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGPrague, 150 06, Czechia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGSaint-Cloud, Hauts De Seine, 92210, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBordeaux, 33076, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBron, 69677, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, 63011, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGRouen, 76038, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGSaint-Herblain, 44805, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGMunich, Bavaria, 81377, Germany
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, 50937, Germany
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGAachen, 52074, Germany
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGAugsburg, 86179, Germany
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBerlin, 10249, Germany
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGEssen, 45147, Germany
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGMünster, 48149, Germany
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGRostock, 18057, Germany
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGAthens, 11528, Greece
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGThessaloniki, 540 07, Greece
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGDebrecen, Hajdu Bihar Megye, 4032, Hungary
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBudapest, 1083, Hungary
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBudapest, 1122, Hungary
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBeersheba, 8457108, Israel
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGHaifa, 3109601, Israel
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGJerusalem, 9112001, Israel
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGPetah Tikva, 4941492, Israel
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGTel Aviv, 6423906, Israel
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Novartis Investigative Site
WITHDRAWNBrescia, BS, 25123, Italy
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGCona, FE, 44124, Italy
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGGenova, GE, 16132, Italy
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGMilan, MI, 20141, Italy
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGRozzano, MI, 20089, Italy
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGPisa, PI, 56126, Italy
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGRoma, RM, 00168, Italy
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGNegrar, VR, 37024, Italy
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGKashiwa, Chiba, 2778577, Japan
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGSapporo, Hokkaido, 0608648, Japan
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGKobe, Hyōgo, 6500047, Japan
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGYokohama, Kanagawa, 2360004, Japan
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGChuo Ku, Tokyo, 1040045, Japan
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGFukuoka, 8110213, Japan
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGFukuoka, 8120033, Japan
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGFukuoka, 8128582, Japan
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGFukushima, 9601295, Japan
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGIshikawa, 9208641, Japan
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGKyoto, 6068507, Japan
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGPetaling Jaya, Selangor, 46050, Malaysia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGKuala Lumpur, 59100, Malaysia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGMexico City, Mexico City, 14050, Mexico
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGHuxquilucan, 52763, Mexico
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGAmsterdam, 1066 CX, Netherlands
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGSingapore, 119074, Singapore
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGSingapore, 168583, Singapore
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBratislava, 83310, Slovakia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGKošice, 041 91, Slovakia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGNitra, 949 01, Slovakia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGTrenčín, 911 01, Slovakia
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGGranada, Andalusia, 18014, Spain
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGL'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08907, Spain
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBarcelona, Catalonia, 08025, Spain
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGEl Palmar, Murcia, 30120, Spain
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBarcelona, 08036, Spain
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28040, Spain
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28041, Spain
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGSeville, 41013, Spain
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGValencia, 46010, Spain
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGGeneva, 1211, Switzerland
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGLucerne, 6006, Switzerland
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGZurich, 8063, Switzerland
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGTaipei, 10002, Taiwan
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGTaipei, 103616, Taiwan
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGTaipei, 11217, Taiwan
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGTaoyuan, 33305, Taiwan
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGBristol, Avon, BS2 8ED, United Kingdom
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGGuildford, Surrey, GU2 7XX, United Kingdom
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGCoventry, CV2 2DX, United Kingdom
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGLondon, NW3 2QG, United Kingdom
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Novartis Investigative Site
RECRUITINGLondon, SW3 6JJ, United Kingdom
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Oregon Urology Institute
RECRUITINGSpringfield, Oregon, 97477, United States
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Piedmont Healthcare
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30318, United States
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Profound Research LLC
WITHDRAWNRoyal Oak, Michigan, 48073, United States
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Rio Grande Urology
RECRUITINGEl Paso, Texas, 79912, United States
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Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers
RECRUITINGDenver, Colorado, 80218, United States
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St Louis University
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63104, United States
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Stanford University
RECRUITINGPalo Alto, California, 94304, United States
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The Cancer Institute of Alexian Brothers
RECRUITINGElk Grove, Illinois, 60007, United States
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The Urology Center PC DBA UroHealth Partners
RECRUITINGOmaha, Nebraska, 68114, United States
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UCSF
RECRUITINGSan Francisco, California, 94115, United States
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Unity Point Clinic
RECRUITINGDes Moines, Iowa, 50323, United States
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Univ of Texas Southwest Med Center
RECRUITINGDallas, Texas, 75390-9034, United States
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University of Chicago
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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University of Kansas Hospital
RECRUITINGKansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States
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University of Maryland Medical Ctr
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States
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VA Caribbean Healthcare System
RECRUITINGSan Juan, 00921, Puerto Rico
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VA Greater LA Healthcare System
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90073, United States
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VA Palo Alto Health Care System
RECRUITINGPalo Alto, California, 94304-1207, United States
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VA St Louis Health Care System
WITHDRAWNSt Louis, Missouri, 63106, United States
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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Virginia Oncology Associates
RECRUITINGNorfolk, Virginia, 23502, United States
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Wash U School of Medicine
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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William Beaumont Hospital
RECRUITINGRoyal Oak, Michigan, 48073, United States
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Woodlands Medical Specialists
RECRUITINGPensacola, Florida, 32503, United States
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