Engaging Newly Diagnosed Men About Cancer Treatment Options
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Conditions studied: Prostatic Neoplasms
In brief
This research is being done to better understand how a new lab test called the Oncotype DX Prostate Cancer Assay may impact what treatment men decide to get and how they feel and think about their choice of treatment. The study will compare men who receive this new lab test with men who receive the usual counseling given to men after they get a new diagnosis of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is sometimes slow-growing and sometimes fast-growing. Healthcare providers are searching for better ways to predict how each tumor will behave so that each man can make a better decision about when to receive treatment. The Oncotype DX lab test uses leftover prostate biopsy tissue to generate a Genomic Prostate Score (GPS). The GPS is related to the risk of a fast-growing cancer being discovered if surgery is performed to remove a man's prostate. The goal of this study is to find out if this test helps men when they are deciding how their prostate cancer will be treated. Treatment options include surgery to remove the prostate, radiation therapy, or an approach called "active surveillance" in which there is no immediate therapy and the tumor is watched using prostate specific antigen (PSA) tests and repeat biopsies.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02668276
- Run by
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2016-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2019-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-10-05
Who can join
Age: any, up to 76. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer who are categorized as Very Low, Low, or Intermediate risk by NCCN criteria;
- Are age 76 or younger
You may not qualify if…
- Men who are categorized as High or Very High risk by NCCN criteria;
- Men who have already received counseling from their urologist about their treatment options and have decided to undergo treatment, active surveillance, or watchful waiting;
- Men age 77 or older
Where it is running
- Jesse Brown V. A. Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois at Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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