2,000 men with prostate cancer join gene study to unlock disease secrets
NCT ID NCT04706663
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 26, 2026 · Updated 9 times
Summary
This study follows 2,000 men with prostate cancer who have certain gene mutations. Researchers will track their health over many years to see how these genes relate to cancer growth, treatment response, and survival. Participants do not need to visit the hospital regularly; most follow-up is by phone or email.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors better predict how prostate cancer will behave and which treatments might work best based on a person's genes.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It will not directly test any new drug or therapy, so it may not lead to immediate changes in care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 2,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
primary clinical
- Ages
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18 to 120 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: * Subjects with histologically confirmed prostate cancer. * Must have known germline and/or somatic variants in PIK3 and/or AKT, PALB2, BRIP1, RAD50, RAD51, RAD54, RB1, SPOP, Wnt/B-catenin pathway, CDK12, and/or MMR genes: MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2, and EPCAM and/or TMB-high(\[defined as greater than or equal to 10 mutations/megabase (mut/Mb) and/or bTMB \[greater than or equal to 16 mut/Mb\]. NOTE: any platform for genomics testing is acceptable (research or CLIA-certified) OR * be deemed an exceptional responder. NOTE: an exceptional response is defined as achievement of either a) a complete response, or b) a confirmed partial response in a trial or treatment or a response of exceptionally long duration * Age greater than or equal to 18 years old. * Ability of subject to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: -None
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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 study's own enquiry address
This study publishes an address for enquiries. See it below .
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The places running it
11 sites. 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
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Locations
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10007, United States
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Mount Sinai Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10029, United States
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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NorthShore University HealthSystem
RECRUITINGEvanston, Illinois, 60201, United States
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Oregon Health Sciences University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPortland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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University of California San Diego
RECRUITINGLa Jolla, California, 92093, United States
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University of California San Francisco
RECRUITINGSan Francisco, California, 94143, United States
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University of Michigan
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAnn Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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University of Washington
RECRUITINGSeattle, Washington, 98195, United States
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Weill Cornell Medicine
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10065, United States
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