Dutasteride Followed By Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy in Finding Prostate Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures, such as ultrasound-guided biopsy, may help find prostate cancer. Dutasteride may improve the ability of ultrasound-guided biopsy to find prostate cancer. It is not yet known whether dutasteride followed by ultrasound-guided biopsy is more effective than a placebo followed by ultrasound-guided biopsy in finding prostate cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying dutasteride and ultrasound-guided biopsy to see how well they find prostate cancer compared with a placebo and ultrasound-guided biopsy.

Timeline

Start

2006-11

Primary completion

2010-07

Completion

2012-09

Publications

• Halpern EJ, Gomella LG, Forsberg F, McCue PA, Trabulsi EJ. Contrast enhanced transrectal ultrasound for the detection of prostate cancer: a randomized, double-blind trial of dutasteride pretreatment. J Urol. 2012 Nov;188(5):1739-45. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.07.021. Epub 2012 Sep 19.

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