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- Andrea Miyahira engages with Jelani Zarif regarding his team’s paper elucidating the metabolic reprogramming of tumor-associated macrophages utilizing the potent glutamine antagonist JHU083. Their dialogue explores the intricate mechanisms underpinning glutamine metabolism within tumor cells and macrophages, unveiling the transformative impact of JHU083 on macrophage functionality. Dr. Zarif artic...
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- Rashid Sayyid discusses a systematic review and meta-analysis on combining PARP inhibitors with AR signaling inhibitors in mCRPC treatment, published in BJU International. The study, which synthesized data from three significant trials, sought to improve survival across all patients, focusing on those without specific biomarkers. Results showed a 35% reduction in radiographic progression-free surv...
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- Alicia Morgans interviews Alan Bryce about his session on radiopharmaceutical therapies for mCRPC with bone metastases, focusing on the decision-making between radium-223 and lutetium-177. Dr. Bryce explains the session aimed at practical clinical decision-making, emphasizing the underlying science of radiopharmaceuticals, including the distinctions between alpha and beta emitters and their target...
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- Alicia Morgans, Mark Markowski, and Emmanuel Antonarakis discuss research on high-dose testosterone therapy for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, inspired by Sam Denmeade's paradoxical approach. The COMBAT trial, a phase II study, explored the efficacy of combining bipolar androgen therapy (BAT) with the immune checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab, revealing notable PSA response rates and...
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- Alicia Morgans interviews Maha Hussain about the BRCAAWAY trial, a phase two study exploring the efficacy of combining abiraterone and olaparib for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer harboring BRCA1, BRCA2, or ATM mutations. Highlighting the journey from the inception of the trial to its execution, Hussain delves into the rigorous selection criteria and the strategic des...
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- Alicia Morgans interviews Neeraj Agarwal about the CONTACT-02 trial, a phase III study that explores the combination of cabozantinib and atezolizumab in patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have progressed on one novel hormonal therapy (NHT). This trial, which focuses on patients with extrapelvic soft tissue metastasis, has shown a significant reduction in the ri...
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- Zach Klaassen and Daniel George discuss the highlights from ASCO GU 2024 including the BRCAAway trial, a study focusing on the combination of PARP inhibitors and novel hormonal agents for treating metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Dr. George explains the trial's innovative design, which explored the efficacy of abiraterone and olaparib, both separately and in combination, in patient...
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- Zachary Klaassen interviews Henrik Grönberg about the ProBio trial, presented at ESMO 2023. The ProBio trial, designed in 2019, is a platform trial aimed at determining the optimal treatment sequence for metastatic prostate cancer and identifying predictive biomarkers for treatment efficacy. Unique to ProBio is its use of circulating tumor DNA as a biomarker for assigning patients to experimental...
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- Jacob Orme and Emmanuel Antonarakis discuss their study on the use of PARP inhibitors in metastatic prostate cancer patients with BRCA2 and SPOP mutations. Dr. Antonarakis shares the study's genesis, rooted in his clinical observation of exceptional responses to PARP inhibitors in patients with these mutations. The study, involving 131 patients across 13 international sites, reveals that patients...
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- Rana McKay hosts Andrew Laccetti to discuss advancements in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) treatments. Dr. Laccetti highlights the Phase I/II trial of masofaniten combined with enzalutamide, a novel hormonal therapy for mCRPC. Masofaniten, a first-in-class N-terminal ligand antagonist for the androgen receptor, shows promise in overcoming resistance to current hormonal the...
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