Can a quick drug pulse make prostate cancer cells more vulnerable?
NCT ID NCT03507608
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-phase study looked at whether giving a single, short course of the drug flutamide can create DNA breaks in prostate cancer cells. The 25 participants were already receiving standard hormone therapy and brachytherapy (internal radiation). The goal was to see if this approach could make cancer cells more sensitive to treatment, not to cure the disease. The study was completed and focused on measuring biological changes in the tumor.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Early phase 1
The earliest testing in people: a first look at safety, in a very small group.
- Participants
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25 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2019
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- 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
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- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically confirmed prostate cancer * At least one biopsy core with Gleason 7 or higher disease * The patient has decided to undergo brachytherapy plus androgen suppression as treatment modality for his prostate cancer (with or without supplemental external beam radiation) * Suitable volume of disease for biopsy: * clinically palpable disease corresponding to (ipsilateral to) any involved core on biopsy * Signed study-specific consent form prior to registration Exclusion Criteria: * Known hypersensitivity or allergic response to flutamide * Severe hepatic impairment * Major medical or psychiatric illness which, in the investigator's opinion, would prevent completion of treatment and would interfere with follow up.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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SKCCC at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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