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Open Clinical Trials for Patients With Cancer


 

VA Seamless Phase II/III Randomized Trial of Standard Systemic Therapy With or Without PET-Directed Local Therapy for OligoRecurrent Prostate Cancer (VA STARPORT)

The primary goal of this study is to determine if adding PET-directed local therapy improves disease control compared to standard systemic therapy alone (SST) in veterans with oligorecurrent prostate cancer on PET/CT. The investigators will conduct a multi-institutional phase II/III randomized trial comparing SST with or without PET-directed local therapy using radiation or surgery to all metastases and if a local recurrence is present.

ID: NCT04787744

Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

Locations: VA Long Beach Healthcare System, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Kansas City VA Medical Center, St. Louis VA Medical Center John Cochran Division, East Orange Campus of the VA New Jersey Health Care System, Durham VA Medical Center, Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center


Standard Systemic Therapy With or Without Definitive Treatment in Treating Participants With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

This phase III trial studies how well standard systemic therapy with or without definitive treatment (prostate removal surgery or radiation therapy) works in treating participants with prostate cancer that has spread to other places in the body. The addition of prostate removal surgery or radiation therapy to standard systemic therapy for prostate cancer may lower the chance of the cancer growing or spreading.

ID: NCT03678025

Sponsor; Collaborator: Southwest Oncology Group; National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Locations: 328 sites, including Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center, Atlanta VA Medical Center, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, and Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital


A Clinical Study Evaluating the Benefit of Adding Rucaparib to Enzalutamide for Men With Metastatic Prostate Cancer That Has Become Resistant to Testosterone-Deprivation Therapy (CASPAR)

This randomized, placebo-controlled, phase III trial is evaluating the benefit of rucaparib and enzalutamide combination therapy vs enzalutamide alone for the treatment of men with prostate cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic) and has become resistant to testosterone-deprivation therapy (castration-resistant). Enzalutamide helps fight prostate cancer by blocking the use of testosterone by the tumor cells for growth. Poly adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, such as rucaparib, fight prostate cancer by prevent tumor cells from repairing their DNA. Giving enzalutamide and rucaparib may make patients live longer or prevent their cancer from growing or spreading for a longer time, or both. It may also help doctors learn if a mutation in any of the homologous recombination DNA repair genes is helpful to decide which treatment is best for the patient.

ID: NCT04455750

Sponsor; Collaborator: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology; National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Locations: 413 sites

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