Advanced Prostate Cancer COE

Shifting Clinical Trial Design Towards Improving Patient Enrollment - Michael Morris

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Alicia Morgans engages with Michael Morris to discuss the transformation of clinical trial design to improve patient access and applicability of results. Dr. Morris highlights the complexity of current clinical trials, which often involve extensive documentation and stringent eligibility criteria, limiting participation to a narrow patient population and placing a heavy burden on both participants...

AMG 509's Potential in Prostate Cancer Therapy - Michael Morris

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Michael Morris highlights notable prostate cancer trials, focusing on AMG 509, a bispecific antibody targeting STEAP1 and CD3. This promising early-phase study, still determining optimal dosages, shows potential in treating prostate cancer, a field historically resistant to immune therapy. Dr. Morris emphasizes AMG 509's ability to reduce bony and visceral diseases, including liver disease, with m...

Genetic Testing Reveals Treatment Opportunity and Disparity in Advanced Prostate Cancer - Colin Pritchard

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Zach Klaassen engages with Colin Pritchard in a detailed discussion about genomic testing in prostate cancer. They emphasize the importance of genomic testing, particularly in advanced prostate cancer, for treatment decisions and family counseling. Dr. Pritchard highlights the clinical utility of both germline and somatic testing, especially in metastatic cases, and discusses the timing and types...

Medicare Data Compares Enzalutamide and Abiraterone Outcomes in mCRPC Patients - Dan George

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Zach Klaassen speaks with Dan George about a key study comparing Enzalutamide (Enza) and Abiraterone (Abi) in pre-chemotherapy metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). This study addresses a significant gap in head-to-head clinical trials for these drugs. Dr. George discusses various data sources, including the French National Database, Flatiron, and VA data, all indicating a survi...

Sequencing Therapies in Advanced Prostate Cancer Requires Balancing Many Factors - Rana McKay

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Alicia Morgans and Rana McKay delve into the complexities of treatment sequencing for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. They highlight the expansive range of available therapies, including hormonal, targeted, immunotherapies, chemotherapy, and radioligand therapies. The focus is on the importance of patient involvement in decision-making, considering individual preferences, lifestyl...

The PSMAfore Trial and its Role in Shaping Future Prostate Cancer Treatments - Oliver Sartor

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In a discussion with Alicia Morgans, Oliver Sartor delves into the innovative PSMAfore trial, focusing on treating metastatic CRPC in taxane-naive patients using PSMA PET-positive lesions. This trial, evolving from the VISION trial, aims to expand treatment eligibility by initiating therapy before chemotherapy, addressing the fact that nearly half of metastatic prostate cancer patients never recei...

Clinical Implications and Patient Care: The SNMMI Consensus on Lutetium PSMA 617 Therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer - Heather Jacene & Oliver Sartor

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Alicia Morgans facilitates a discussion with Heather Jacene and Oliver Sartor regarding the SNMMI consensus statement on the use of Lutetium PSMA-617 radionuclide therapy for advanced prostate cancer. This multidisciplinary consensus, crafted by nuclear medicine physicians and medical oncologists, dives deep into the complexities of the metastatic CRPC space. While Lutetium PSMA-617 emerges as a p...

Comprehensive Genomic Profiling and Treatment Patterns Across Ancestries in Advanced Prostate Cancer - Brandon Mahal

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Brandon Mahal discusses a large-scale, retrospective analysis involving nearly 12,000 patients, exploring comprehensive genomic profiling and treatment patterns in advanced prostate cancer across different ancestries. The study reveals significant variances in incidence and mortality by race and genomic ancestry, emphasizing a greater burden on men of African ancestry. It exposes how these men rec...

The REASSURE Trial: Long-Term Safety of Radium-223 in Advanced Prostate Cancer - Oliver Sartor

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Oliver Sartor discusses the REASSURE study with Alicia Morgans. The study investigates the long-term side effects of radium, the first approved alpha emitter, on prostate cancer patients. With over 1,400 patients involved, the study monitors side effects such as fractures, bone marrow failure, and secondary malignancies over the course of years. Interestingly, the study found fewer side effects th...

The ECLIPSE Trial: Investigating Lutetium-177 in the Pre-Chemotherapy Space in Advanced Prostate Cancer - Daniel Saltzstein

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Phillip Koo and Daniel Saltzstein delve into the ECLIPSE clinical trial. The trial, aiming to enroll over 400 patients, brings Lutetium-177, a radioligand therapy, to patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer at an earlier stage than it's currently approved for. Dr. Saltzstein outlines the trial's inclusion criteria, notably patients with castrated testosterone, PSA progression,...