A Study of VEGF Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (Pazopanib) in Men With High-Risk Prostate Cancer Followed by Radical Prostatectomy and Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection

Summary

The area around a tumor ("pre-metastatic niche") may be an area to which cancer cells are attracted. The study doctor will take blood and tumor samples to look for certain features linked with response to treatment so that they can predict which future patients may benefit from this therapy. The purpose of this study is to see if the drug pazopanib can be used to reduce the amount of pre-metastatic niche in the patient's lymph nodes (a common site for prostate cancer to spread). Down the line, this may help to prevent prostate cancer from coming back after surgery.

Timeline

Start

2013-08

Primary completion

2017-02-07

Completion

2018-08-09

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper There was no difference in the VEGFR1+ clustering between the treatment arms (p = .345). PMID 30575560 ↗

Publications

• Maughan BL, Pal SK, Gill D, Boucher K, Martin C, Salgia M, Nussenzveig R, Liu T, Hawks JL, Batten J, Nachaegari G, Stephenson R, Lowrance W, Jones J, Dechet C, Agarwal N. Modulation of Premetastatic Niche by the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Pazopanib in Localized High-Risk Prostate Cancer Followed by Radical Prostatectomy: A Phase II Randomized Trial. Oncologist. 2018 Dec;23(12):1413-e151. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2018-0652. Epub 2018 Nov 1.

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