Surgery Versus Internal Radiation in Treating Patients With Stage II Prostate Cancer

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Prostate Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Internal radiation uses radioactive material placed directly into or near a tumor to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known whether surgery is more effective than internal radiation in treating prostate cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of surgery with that of internal radiation in treating patients who have stage II prostate cancer.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00023686
Run by
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
People needed
190
Starts
2001-10-01
Expected to finish
2004-04-01
Last updated by the study team
2016-07-06

Who can join

Age: any, up to 75. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.