Prostate Cancer

Cancer Stage Compared With Mortality as End Points in Randomized Clinical Trials of Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Randomized clinical trials of cancer screening typically use cancer-specific mortality as the primary end point. The incidence of stage III-IV cancer is a potential alternative end point that may accelerate completion of randomized clinical trials of cancer screening.

Blue Earth Therapeutics Announces Promising Results from Preclinical Evaluation of Synergistic Drug Combinations with Radiopharmaceutical 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1 for Treatment of Prostate Cancer

  • 177Lutetium-labeled radiohybrid Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1) is in development as a highly optimized, next generation therapeutic radiopharmaceutical
  • Combination of MEK inhibitor cobimetinib with 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1 radioligand therapy showed enhanced therapeutic effect versus single agents in preclinical models
  • Research presented at AACR Annual Meeting 2024 complements Company’s ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial of 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1 in men with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer
Reno, Nevada (UroToday.com) -- Blue Earth Therapeutics, a Bracco company and emerging leader in the development of innovative next generation therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, today announced results from a series of preclinical analyses designed to identify synergistic combinations of known anticancer drugs with 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1 radioligand therapy, and from a preclinical efficacy analysis of the lead novel drug combination for the treatment of prostate cancer. Results from a systematic in vitro screen identified MEK inhibitor cobimetinib as a lead candidate with potential for synergistic combination with 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1, and the preclinical efficacy analysis showed enhanced therapeutic effect of this drug combination when compared to the untreated control and to the single agents alone. The data were presented in a poster presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024 in San Diego, Calif.177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1, an investigational radiohybrid (rh) Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-targeted therapeutic radiopharmaceutical, is the lead candidate in Blue Earth Therapeutics’ oncology development program of next generation therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals.

Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening and 15-Year Prostate Cancer Mortality: A Secondary Analysis of the CAP Randomized Clinical Trial.

The Cluster Randomized Trial of PSA Testing for Prostate Cancer (CAP) reported no effect of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening on prostate cancer mortality at a median 10-year follow-up (primary outcome), but the long-term effects of PSA screening on prostate cancer mortality remain unclear.

Prostate Cancer Screening With PSA, Kallikrein Panel, and MRI: The ProScreen Randomized Trial.

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening has potential to reduce prostate cancer mortality but frequently detects prostate cancer that is not clinically important.

To describe rates of low-grade (grade group 1) and high-grade (grade groups 2-5) prostate cancer identified among men invited to participate in a prostate cancer screening protocol consisting of a PSA test, a 4-kallikrein panel, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.

Impact of disease volume on survival efficacy of triplet therapy for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and network meta-analysis.

Triplet therapy, androgen receptor signaling inhibitors (ARSIs) plus docetaxel plus androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT), is a novel guideline-recommended treatment for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC).

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Impact of Local Therapies on Local Event Suppression in Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer.

It remains unclear to what extent the therapy of the primary local tumor, such as radical prostatectomy (RP) and radiation therapy (RT), improves overall survival in patients with low-volume metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC).

Prostate cancer detection and complications of MRI-targeted prostate biopsy using cognitive registration, software-assisted image fusion or in-bore guidance: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies.

Three primary strategies for MRI-targeted biopsies (TB) are available: Cognitive TB (COG-TB), MRI-US Fusion TB (FUS-TB), and In Bore TB (IB-TB). Despite nearly a decade of practice, a consensus on the preferred approach is lacking, with previous studies showing comparable PCa detection rates among the three methods.

Clinical Outcomes of Combined Prostate- and Metastasis-Directed Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of De Novo Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer.

The Systemic Therapy in Advancing or Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Evaluation of Drug Efficacy (STAMPEDE) trial reported overall survival benefits for prostate-directed radiation therapy (PDRT) in low-burden metastatic prostate cancer.

Multidisciplinary total eradication therapy (TET) in men with newly diagnosed oligometastatic prostate cancer.

To evaluate the outcomes of total eradication therapy (TET), designed to eradicate all sites of visible cancer and micrometastases, in men with newly diagnosed oligometastatic prostate cancer (OMPCa).

Complications Following Transrectal and Transperineal Prostate Biopsy: Results of the ProBE-PC Randomized Clinical Trial.

Transrectal prostate biopsy has come under scrutiny due to potential for postbiopsy infections and transperineal prostate biopsy is being offered as the safer alternative. However, there is a lack of randomized comparative studies.