Abiraterone, Enzalutamide, or Apalutamide in Castrate-sensitive Prostate Cancer.
Start Date
8/31/2022
Completion Date
12/31/2027
Summary
The investigators have used national VHA data to demonstrate real-world efficacy of abiraterone and enzalutamide in Veterans with mCRPC. In the real-world that is the VHA, the investigators have successfully estimated g values that accurately predict OS and the use of this metric in other settings should now be explored. In the egalitarian system that is the VHA the treatment of prostate cancer is excellent and uniform across the US. The choices made are clearly personalized, given not all men received all therapies and that younger Veterans were treated more aggressively. But with survivals that rival those in registration trials that enroll optimally fit individuals usually not encumbered by the co-morbidities that afflict many Veterans, the outcomes are testimony to the fact that for this common malady of older Veterans with whom VA physicians have broad experience the care administered is unsurpassed. Importantly this care at least as regards Veterans with mCRPC demonstrates that given equal access to health care, all men with prostate cancer fare comparably well. As our sophistication in categorizing cancers molecularly has increased this study will look to better examine any emerging differences across study participants.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Range: 18 years to No maximum
Interventions
Abiraterone acetate
Apalutamide
Enzalutamide
Conditions
Locations
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Los Angeles, California 90073
United States
James A. Haley Veterans Administration Hospital
Tampa, Florida 33612
United States
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
United States
VA St. Louis Health Care System
St Louis, Missouri 63106
United States
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
New York, New York 10010
United States
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
The Bronx, New York 10468
United States
VA Hudson Valley Health Care System
Wappingers Falls, New York 12590
United States
W.G. Bill Hefner Medical Center
Salisbury, North Carolina 28144
United States
VA Portland Health Care System
Portland, Oregon 97239
United States
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
United States
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas 77030
United States
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Seattle, Washington 98108
United States