The purpose of this study is to better understand how cancer treatment may affect cancer cells. The research will involve genetic, molecular, cellular, and immunologic experiments using blood and tumor specimens. It is hoped that the information gained from these studies will lead to a greater understanding of castrate-resistant prostate cancer and potentially, improvements in cancer treatment. This is a tissue collection protocol requiring image-guided biopsies of metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The investigators will focus on enrolling patients with metastatic CRPC who have progressed while receiving novel AR-targeted therapeutics such as abiraterone and enzalutamide. This population of patients was selected because resistance develops relatively rapidly following potent inhibitors of AR activity and the mechanisms of resistance have to be better understood. Without comprehensive analysis of mCRPC tumor, the investigators will never gain a full understanding of the biology driving resistance in human disease and developing rational co-targeting approaches will not be possible.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
256
University of California, Davis
Davis, California, United States
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States
University of California
San Francisco, California, United States
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, United States
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Proportion of mCRPC patients with high androgen receptor activity
Determined by a gene-expression-based signature for Androgen Receptor activity having a probability of \>0.50
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Progression Free Survival
Measured from the start of therapy after the baseline biopsy until progression. Patients not progressing will be censored at the date of last clinical follow-up or date of last contact, respectively.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Overall Survival
Measured from the start of therapy after the baseline biopsy until death. Patients not progressing or dying will be censored at the date of last clinical follow-up or date of last contact, respectively
Time frame: Up to 2 years
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