Bone Mineral Density and Cancer Recurrence in Patients With Early Stage Prostate Cancer

Completed

Conditions studied: Osteoporosis, Prostate Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Measuring bone mineral density may help doctors predict whether prostate cancer will come back. It may also help the study of prostate cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying whether bone mineral density affects cancer recurrence in patients with early stage prostate cancer.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00176579
Run by
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
People needed
27
Starts
2003-06-01
Expected to finish
2008-07-01
Last updated by the study team
2011-08-12

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 75. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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