Establishing a Neo-Adjuvant Platform for Developing Targeted Agents: Degarelix Prior to Prostatectomy for Patients With Intermediate and High Risk Prostate Cancer
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
To choose between two time intervals to determine the time of the maximal change in prostate cancer cell proliferation (Ki-67) and apoptosis rates (cleaved caspase-3) following treatment with degarelix.
The primary endpoint is the change in the rate of proliferation (Ki-67) and the rate of apoptosis (cleaved caspase-3), as evaluated by IHC in anatomically matched tumor foci from the pre-treatment diagnostic biopsy and the RP specimen. The levels in pre-treatment biopsy serve as the baseline. Ki-67 is a widely accepted nuclear marker for cell proliferation. Cleaved caspase-3 has been shown to be a reliable marker of apoptosis and correlate with results from other apoptosis markers such as cleaved PARP-1 and TUNEL assay.
2 years
No
Dana Rathkopf, MD
Principal Investigator
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
United States: Institutional Review Board
11-182
NCT01542021
February 2012
February 2014
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, New York 10021 |