A Provenge Trial That Is Currently Recruiting Participants
ByThere is a provenge clinical trial which is currently recruiting participants. Remember, as with all trials, you must fit all of the criteria to participate.
This trial does not use a placebo, you are guaranteed to receive the treatment if you are approved to participate.
The trial sites are:
* Park Ridge, Illinois
* Greenbelt, Maryland
* Durham, North Carolina
* Norfolk, Virginia
You must live within a reasonable driving distance to one of these sites.
Here are some basic criteria that you will need to meet:
* Hormone Resistant (HRPC)
* testosterone < 50
* metastatic disease
* PSA at least 5.0
* no lung, liver, or brain mets
There has to be at least 28 days since you received:
* Systemic corticosteroids,
* chemotherapy,
* External beam radiation therapy or surgery,
* PC-SPES (or PC-SPEC) or Saw Palmetto,
* Megestrol acetate (Megace(R)), diethylstilbesterol (DES), or cyproterone acetate, ketoconazole,
* 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors,
* antiandrogens,
* High dose calcitriol [1,25(OH)2VitD] (i.e., > 0.5 mg/day).
TRIAL LINK:
Open Label Study of Sipuleucel-T
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00901342?term=provenge&recr=Open&rank=2
To learn more about Provenge search this blog.
Joel T Nowak MA, MSW
(Thank you Jan Manarite for pointing out this trial)
