A trial looking at different steroid drugs to reduce the side effects of abiraterone

Please note

This trial is no longer recruiting patients. We hope to add results when they are available.

Overview

Cancer types:

Prostate cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial is comparing different steroid drugs alongside abiraterone as treatment for prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. It is for men whose prostate cancer is not causing symptoms, but is no longer responding to hormone therapy.

Recruitment start: 5 September 2013

Recruitment end: 10 October 2014

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Dr Gerhardt Attard

Supported by

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Janssen

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Last reviewed: 31 July 2016

CRUK internal database number: 11829

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