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OASIS Project Highlights the Survival Benefits of Rapid PSA Decline with Apalutamide in Prostate Cancer - Benjamin Maughan

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Zach Klaassen and Benjamin Maughan discuss new insights into the real-world application of apalutamide in treating metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). Dr. Maughan highlights the significance of achieving deep PSA responses as a key prognostic marker for patient outcomes. The OASIS project, utilizing data from diverse medical settings across the U.S., demonstrates that patients wh...

ARV-766: Efficacy and Safety of a Second-Generation AR Degrader in Prostate Cancer - Daniel Petrylak

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Alicia Morgans speaks with Dan Petrylak about his phase 1 study on a new androgen receptor (AR) degrader, ARV-766. This study explores the potential of AR degraders to effectively target and dismantle androgen receptors in prostate cancer cells, particularly those resistant to conventional therapies. Dr. Petrylak highlights the journey of ARV-766, a second-generation PROTAC drug designed to degrad...

CHAARTED 2 Study Shows PFS Benefit with Cabazitaxel in Metastatic Prostate Cancer in Phase 2 - Christos Kyriakopoulos

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Alicia Morgans sits down with Christos Kyriakopoulos to discuss the findings from the CHAARTED 2 trial. This study builds on the success of the original CHAARTED trial, focusing on combining standard therapies with second-line chemotherapy to improve outcomes for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Initiated in 2018 and completed amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pande...

Integrating Genetic Variants and Clinical Factors for Improved Prostate Cancer Prognostication - Susan Halabi

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Susan Halabi discusses her presentation on prognostic factors in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) based on the Alliance trial. The phase three trial, which enrolled 1,311 patients, compared the effects of enzalutamide alone to enzalutamide combined with abiraterone and prednisone. Despite no difference in overall survival between the treatment arms, Dr. Halabi's team develop...

PROMISE Criteria: Enhanced Survival Prediction in Prostate Cancer with PSMA PET - Wolfgang Fendler

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Phillip Koo interviews Wolfgang Fendler about advancements in PSMA PET imaging and its prognostic capabilities. Dr. Fendler highlights that the PROMISE criteria, developed for standardized PSMA PET reporting, now show significant prognostic value in predicting overall survival in prostate cancer across all stages. His team’s research demonstrates that metrics like total tumor volume and average PS...

hK2-Targeted Radioligand Shows Promise in Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer: Phase I Findings - Michael Morris

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Michael Morris shares insights into his presentation on a novel hK2-targeting antibody radioconjugate, JNJ-6420, which uses an actinium radioisotope. Dr. Morris explains that hK2, akin to PSA, binds to prostate cancer cell membranes, making it an ideal target for this radioligand therapy. Unlike existing beta emitters, this alpha-emitting treatment delivers intense, localized radiation, promising...

Predicting Response to Bipolar Androgen Therapy: A Blood-Based Biomarker Approach - Samuel Denmeade

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Alicia Morgans interviews Samuel Denmeade about the TRANSFORMER trial and Bipolar Androgen Therapy (BAT) for prostate cancer. Dr. Denmeade explains that the trial, involving 200 patients, compared high-dose testosterone therapy to enzalutamide in treating hormone-resistant prostate cancer. Surprisingly, both treatments showed similar efficacy, with each offering about a six-month response duration...

COBRA Trial: Evaluating 64Cu-SAR-bisPSMA PET Imaging for Prostate Cancer Detection - Phillip Koo

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Zachary Klaassen and Phillip Koo discuss the results from the COBRA study, focusing on the innovative 64Cu-SAR-bisPSMA PET imaging presented at ASCO 2024. Dr. Koo explains that this new imaging agent has unique dual binding sites and advanced chelator technology, enhancing its attachment to prostate cancer cells and increasing the detection rate. The COBRA trial reveals that imaging performed the...

Olaparib plus Abiraterone Versus Placebo plus Abiraterone in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (PROpel): Final Prespecified Overall Survival Results of a Randomised, Double-Blind, Phase...

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PROpel met its primary endpoint showing statistically significant improvement in radiographic progression-free survival with olaparib plus abiraterone versus placebo plus abiraterone in patients with first-line metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) unselected by homologous recombination repair mutation (HRRm) status, with benefit observed in all prespecified subgroups. Here we re...

UCHL1: A Potential Biomarker and Therapeutic Target for Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer - Tanya Stoyanova

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Andrea Miyahira hosts Tanya Stoyanova to discuss her study, published in Cell Reports Medicine, on UCHL1 as a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for neuroendocrine carcinomas, including neuroendocrine prostate cancer. Dr. Stoyanova explains that UCHL1, which has dual functions in protein stability, is highly expressed in neuroendocrine tumors and not in non-neuroendocrine ones. The study f...