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A trial of enzalutamide for prostate cancer that has spread and is not responding to hormone therapy (PREVAIL)

Overview

Cancer types:

Prostate cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at a drug called enzalutamide (pronounced en-za-loo-ta-mide) for prostate cancer. The trial was for men who had prostate cancer that had spread to other parts of the body and was getting worse despite hormone therapy.

It was for men who had not already had chemotherapy for prostate cancer. Enzalutamide is also called MDV3100.

Recruitment start: 1 September 2010

Recruitment end: 31 May 2012

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

Professor Johann De Bono

Supported by

Astellas

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Medivation

Last reviewed: 25 Nov 2014

CRUK internal database number: 7374

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