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Design and End Points of Clinical Trials for Patients With Progressive Prostate Cancer and Castrate Levels of Testosterone: Recommendations of the Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Working Group

Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2008 · Vol. 26(7) · pp. 1148–1159
Howard I. ScherSusan HalabiIan F. TannockMichael J. MorrisCora N. SternbergMichael A. CarducciMario A. EisenbergerCelestia S. HiganoGlenn J. BubleyRobert DreicerDaniel PetrylakPhilip W. KantoffEthan BaschWilliam Kevin KellyWilliam D. FiggEric J. SmallTomasz M. BeerGeorge WildingAlison MartinMaha Hussain

Abstract

PCWG2 recommends increasing emphasis on time-to-event end points (ie, failure to progress) as decision aids in proceeding from phase II to phase III trials. Recommendations will evolve as data are generated on the utility of intermediate end points to predict clinical benefit.

Prostate Cancer Treatment and ResearchHormonal and reproductive studiesProstate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicineProstate cancerClinical trialCancerDiseaseProstateResponse Evaluation Criteria in Solid TumorsOncologyInternal medicineProstate-specific antigen

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AdenocarcinomaClinical Trials as TopicHumansMaleProstatic NeoplasmsResearch DesignTestosteroneTreatment OutcomeOutcome Assessment, Health CareGuidelines as TopicProstate-Specific AntigenDisease ProgressionPatient SelectionEndpoint Determination

Funding

  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • Prostate Cancer Foundation
  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Sanofi
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Celgene
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • Ipsen
  • DOD Prostate Cancer Research Program
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