Clinical Trials

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and assess a new perineal access tool to enable image guided prostate interventions by Clear Guide Medical in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic.

The purpose of this study is to test how well M1774 works in treating patients with prostate cancer that does not respond to treatment (refractory) and who have a mutation in the speckle type BTB/POZ protein (SPOP) gene. M1774 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

The goal of this study is to improve detection of prostate cancers that require treatment. Achieving the aims of this research will lead to better care and reduced anxiety for patients suspected of aggressive prostate cancer.

The primary purpose of this study is to assess progression-free survival of men who have oligometastatic prostate cancer after randomization to stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) versus SABR and Radium-223.

The purpose of this study is to test if the MiCaP Research Digest videos meet the needs of black men in learning more about prostate cancer scientific discoveries. We are asking for feedback on the videos to determine if they are easy to understand, credible, informative, and valuable. The goal is to create educational programming that helps black men make informed decisions about their prostate healthcare since they are diagnosed with prostate cancer more than any other race or ethnicity.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a highly innovative project evaluating the feasibility of patient-centered home care (PCHC) as a new model of cancer care to reduce disparities and improve health related qualtiy of life (HRQoL) and patient reported-outcomes (PROs) in Black patients with advanced prostate cancer (CaP).

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety of the NanoKnife treatment in prostate cancer tissue when used in a low and intermediate risk patient population.

The puporse of this trial is to compare less intense hormone therapy and radiation therapy to usual hormone therapy and radiation therapy in treating patients with high risk prostate cancer and low gene risk score. This trial also compares more intense hormone therapy and radiation therapy to usual hormone therapy and radiation therapy in patients with high risk prostate cancer and high gene risk score. Abiraterone acetate may help fight prostate cancer by lowering the amount of testosterone made by the body. Apalutamide may help fight prostate cancer by blocking the use of androgen by the tumor cells. Radiation therapy uses ...

The purpose of this study is to determine:  if the artificial intelligence (AI)-generated results are less arduous than manual tracing by radiation oncologist, and the non-inferiority of the quality of AI vs. manual tracing.  These aims will be evaluated in a clinical environment to investigate the impact of an AI algorithm on the clinical workflow. 

Radiotherapy treatment planning requires precise calculations of radiation exposure, not only for the target volumes (tissue containing malignancy), but of nearby organs-at-risk (OARs), in which the exposure needs to be minimized. Manual segmentation of these organs is a time-consuming task with high interobserver variability. Producing these segmentations ...

The purposes of this study are to determine the levels of prostate cancer-derived extracellular vesicles pre- and post-local therapy (radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy), to correlate analysis for PSA levels and prostate cancer-derived extracellular vesicles, and to determine baseline levels of prostate cancer-derived extracellular vesicles in patients undergoing different lines of primary local treatment.

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of treatment with docetaxel and prednisone, with or without vaccine therapy for patients who have hormone-resistant prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel and prednisone, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Vaccines made from an antigen may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known whether docetaxel and prednisone are more effective with ...

The purpose of this  study is to collect prostate surgical samples from metastatic patients to establish xenograft tumor lines for future testing of potential therapies and for understanding mechanisms of therapy resistance. 

The purpose of this study is to establish and validate imaging, surgery, and pathology protocols for C11 Choline PET/MR and pathology correlation in radical prostatectomy planning.

The objective of this study is to compare perioperative and oncologic outcomes of patients undergoing open and robotic prostatectomy for prostate cancer.

The purpose of this study is to address the critical gap in prostate cancer management by rigorously evaluating and validating prostate cancer-derived extracellular vesicles (PC-EVs) and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) across time and treatments.
 

The purpose of this study is to clinically test the use of a questionnaire to determine how well it detects differences in knowledge about prostate cancer among newly diagnosed individuals with the disease.

RATIONALE: Eating a diet high in vegetables may slow down disease progression in patients with prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well diet works in altering disease progression in patients with prostate cancer on active surveillance.

The primary objective of this study is to provide access to [Ga-68] PSMA-11 imaging (PET/CT or PET/MR) for patients diagnosed with untreated high-risk prostate cancer or biochemically recurrent prostate cancer.

We are checking for circulating tumor cells at baseline, one month and at progression of disease

The purpose of this study is to establish the maximum tolerable dose of niraparib when combined with prostate stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), abiraterone, leuprolide, and prednisone (phase 1 portion of the study) and determine 3-year biochemical PSA recurrence free-survival with this treatment approach (phase 2 portion of the study).

Many of the current imaging tests we have for prostate cancer are problematic in their ability to distinguish cancerous from non-cancerous prostate tissue. This study is being performed to develop better imaging techniques to better identify and characterize prostate cancer.

This is a single patient study of an investigational drug CPI-613 for treatment of metastatic prostate cancer. 

The purpose of this study is to identify DNA methylation (genetic) markers in non-cancerous prostate tissue, and compare with the markers previously found to be in prostate cancer tissue. This will provide data that can be used to identify genetic marker profiles to diagnose and provide prognosis for prostate cancer.

The purpose of this study is to compare overall survival in newly diagnosed metastatic prostate cancer patients randomly assigned to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) + TAK-700 versus ADT + bicalutamide.

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects, good and/or bad of two treatment methods on subjects and their cancer.

Proton beam radiation therapy is one of the treatments for men with prostate cancer who have localized disease. The benefit of the combination with androgen suppression is not completely understood. This study will compare the use of hypofraction proton therapy (28 treatments) alone to proton therapy with androgen suppression therapy.

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) combination therapy in patients with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). There will be three cohorts in this study with 70 participants enrolled in each cohort: Cohort A will receive pembrolizumab + olaparib, Cohort B will receive pembrolizumab + docetaxel + prednisone, and Cohort C will receive pembrolizumab + enzalutamide. Outcome measures will be assessed individually for each cohort.

The purpose of this study is to evaouate 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 purpose of this study is to employ mixed methods approach to develop a prostate cancer survivorship care plan (CaP-SCP) tailored to US-born Black men (USbBM), Caribbean-born BM (CBBM) and African-born BM (ABBM) using clinicians’ key informant interviews and survey of CaP Black survivors and to develop a prototype of the digitalized CaP-SCP that integrates quantitative clinical, patient reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and population level data to assess the sensitivity and preliminary impact of the digitalized CaP-SCP  on Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) using community engagement research and behavioral precision medicine.

Augmented reality (AR) immersive technology in healthcare delivers unprecedented, intuitive, ...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Vanquish Water Vapor Ablation Device ("Vanquish") in treating subjects with Gleason Grade Group 2 (GGG2) localized intermediate-risk prostate cancer.

The purpose of this study is to determine if treatment with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) plus apalutamide before and after radical prostatectomy in participants with high-risk localized or locally advanced prostate cancer results in an improvement in pathological complete response (pCR) rate and metastasis-free survival (MFS), as compared to ADT plus placebo.

The purpose of this study is to investigate MR-guided cryoablation of biopsy proven Gleason 7 prostate cancers using the Galil MR-compatible cryoablation system to monitor the technqiue and prospectively collect the data.  The system is already FDA (510k) approved for soft tissue ablation and has been utilized successfully at Mayo previously. 

This is a biomarker preselected, randomized, open-label, multicenter, phase II study in men with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Patients with tumors that have ATM, BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutations/deletions/loss of heterozygosity will be randomized in a 1:1:1 fashion to each arm. Patients with mutations in noncanonical DNA repair genes including FANCA, PALB2, RAD51, ERCC3, MRE11, NBN, MLH3, CDK12, CHEK2, HDAC2, ATR, PMS2, GEN1, MSH2, MSH6, BRIP1, or FAM175A defects will be assigned to Arm IV with single agent olaparib.

Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR), or stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), is a specialized form of radiotherapy used to treat prostate cancer with five treatments over two weeks, compared with a conventional eight-week or longer treatment course. The purpose of this trial is to investigate the effect that proton-based SABR has on quality-of-life in patients with localized prostate cancer. The evaluation and treatment will otherwise follow standard of care, and is not considered investigational.

Patients undergo evaluation and medical care in the same way that they would if they were not part of this trial. This may include standard of ...

The purpose of this study is to determine if darolutamide plus ADT given for 12 months improves rPFS by PSMA PET/CT compared with placebo plus ADT given for 12 months, and to further evaluate efficacy and to measure the treatment impact on patients’ quality of life, and to assess the safety of darolutamide plus ADT compared with placebo plus ADT.

The purpose of this study is to see if MR-guided laser ablation can effectively treat prostate tumor recurrences.

The purpose of this study is to examine bladder filling for radiation treatment to the prostate, and to evaluate how bladder fullness changes daily during radiation treatment.  

The purpose of this study is to assess the accuracy of DNA marker candidates (individually and in combination) assayed from urine and prostatic fluid (collected following digital prostate massage) for detection of prostate cancer.

This phase II trial studies how well giving bicalutamide with or without Akt inhibitor MK2206 works in treating patients with previously treated prostate cancer. Androgens can cause the growth of prostate cancer cells. Antihormone therapy, such as bicalutamide, may lessen the amount of androgens made by the body. Akt inhibitor MK2206 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. It is not yet known whether bicalutamide is more effective with or without Akt inhibitor MK2206 in treating prostate cancer.

The purpose of this study is to confirm that adding custirsen to standard first-line docetaxel and prednisone treatment can slow tumor progression in men who have prostate cancer, and enhance survival outcomes compared to standard first-line docetaxel and prednisone treatment alone. 

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of successfully obtaining serial finger-prick blood samples from castrate resistant prostate cancer and metastatic renal cell cancer patients using a specific (HemaSpot-SE ™) collection kit.

This phase II trial evaluates the impact of cancer therapy in the patients' home compared to in the clinic on safety, side effects, patient preference, and satisfaction in Black men with prostate cancer that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced), that has increasing prostate-specific antigen after treatment (biochemically recurrent) or that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic). Typically drug-related cancer care is conducted at a medical center which causes patients to have to spend considerable time away from family, friends, and familiar surroundings. This separation may ...

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Androgens can stimulate the growth of prostate cancer cells. Hormone therapy using bicalutamide may fight prostate cancer by reducing the production of androgens. It is not yet known if radiation therapy is more effective with or without bicalutamide for prostate cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of radiation therapy with or without bicalutamide in treating patients who have stage II, stage III, or recurrent prostate cancer and elevated PSA levels following radical prostatectomy.

This phase II trial compares the effect of oxybutynin versus placebo for reducing hot flashes in men receiving androgen deprivation (hormone) therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer . Androgen deprivation therapy decreases testosterone and other androgens through medications or surgical removal of the testicles. Relative to placebo, low- or high-dose oxybutynin may reduce hot flashes in men receiving androgen deprivation therapy.

The purpose of this study is to Evaluate whether ¹⁷⁷Lu-PSMA-617 + (iADT) ± (iAA+P) can lower 18-month radiographic progression-rates compared (iADT) ± (iAA+P)in patients with low-volume metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC).

The purpose of this study is to determine whether, in men with post-prostatectomy PSA recurrences, salvage radiation therapy (SRT) with enhanced anti-androgen therapy with apalutamide will improve biochemical progression-free survival (bPFS) compared to SRT alone.

The purpose of this study is to compare urinary bladder radioactivity observed on piflufolastat (18F) PET and flotufolastat (18F) PET.

The purpose of this study is to assess advanced imaging methods for the prostate and pelvis. Specifically, we are studying methods that allow us to acquire higher resolution images of the prostate and pelvis more quickly than our current imaging methods. These types of fast high resolution MRI acquisitions have been shown in the literature to improve cancer detection.

The purpose of this study is to describe the use of tele-medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic in our advance prostate cancer practice and evaluate patient satisfaction.

The purpose of this study is to correlate the parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrp) levels in the current and new assays in patients with known disease and calcium status. 

The primary purpose of this study is to assess the accuracy of the Philips High Precision 3D Ablation Solution software on cross-sectional imaging evaluation of microwave-ablated liver tumors, and to determine whether software accuracy varies based on patient, tumor, and technical procedural factors.

This phase II trial compares therapeutic plasma exchange followed by enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab to standard of care next-line therapy for the treatment of patients with bladder or upper urinary tract cancers that have spread from where they first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic) and that have not responded to previous treatment (refractory). TPE is a process that slowly removes a patient's blood through an intravenous or central line. The blood is sent through a machine that separates the plasma (the liquid part of blood) from other blood components (red cells, white cells, platelets). The ...

The ultimate goal of this biobank will be to provide the resource to initiate an exploration of human saliva as a potential liquid biopsy for cancer detection and surveillance.

The purpose of this multicenter prospective observational case-control study is to train and validate Adela’s cfMeDIP-seq based methylome profiling platform to detect and differentiate multiple cancer subtypes. In addition, this study includes longitudinal follow-up for a subset of participants to train and validate the methylome profiling platform to detect minimal residual disease and recurrence.

The purpose of this study is to develop a data-driven approach that enables healthcare providers to “prescribe” exercise in the appropriate dose in a manner analogous to prescribing a drug.