The purpose of this study is to collect prostate cancer tissue from males with metastatic prostate cancers in order to study the tumor microenvironment (TME), which is the area surrounding the tumor including cells, blood vessels, etc., in men with metastatic prostate cancer. The type of research performed on these tissue samples include genetic \& molecular analyses.
The overall aim of this protocol is to collect prostate cancer tissue from males with metastatic prostate cancers in order to perform comprehensive profiling of the tumor microenvironment (TME) across sites of metastasis in males with metastatic prostate cancer. The TME is comprised of proliferating tumor cells, the tumor stroma, blood vessels, infiltrating inflammatory cells and a variety of associated tissue cells. This study will enable analysis of the prostate TME in the context of different sites of metastasis as well as a variety of clinical states of disease (i.e no prior androgen deprivation therapy, progression on abiraterone, progression on an androgen receptor (AR) antagonist, or progression on chemotherapy etc). Furthermore, the expression and receptor density of prostate lineage antigens that can be targeted for development of novel therapeutics for prostate cancer will be evaluated in parallel.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
16
Standard of care surgical procedures to collect prostate cancer tissue from men with metastatic prostate cancers. Non-experimental.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York, United States
RECRUITINGSingle-Cell RNA Sequencing (scRNAseq)
Profiling of the tumor microenvironment (TME) through single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) for deep profiling of the local immune microenvironment in the tumor.
Time frame: 2 years
CyTOF high-parametric mass cytometry
CyTOF high-parametric mass cytometry for comprehensive profiling of the tumor and the tumor-immune microenvironment at a larger scale.
Time frame: 2 years
Multiplex Immunofluorescence
Multiplex immunofluorescence using Vectra multispectral microscope for high throughput spatial analysis of the tumor microenvironment.
Time frame: 2 years
Characterization of the expression and receptor density of prostate lineage antigens
Tumor tissue will be examined through genetic tests in order to determine gene expression of the tumor cells
Time frame: 2 years
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