Prostate Cancer Treatment options in the United States
	Facts	Actions
New patients per year	125,000	Join a cancer community
People saved each year	120,000
Recovery rate	95%
Risk rate	5%	How to reduce prostate cancer risk
Number of approved treatments	10	Click to see list of treatments, effectiveness, side effects, and costs
Number of treatments being studied	20	Click to see list of treatments being studied
Number of research studies planned or ongoing	300
Number of non pharmaceutical treatments	10	Click to see list
Standard diagnostic test	X-ray	Learn more
Diagnostics tests being studied	Blood	See list
Cost of treatment	$50-$100K	Click to see list of diagnostics being studied
Length of treatment
Recurrence rate
Who pays for treatment	80% insurance, 20% patient
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Prostate cancer treatments available and treatments being studied
Treatment	Effectiveness	Cost	Side effects	Years in use	Research studies
Drug A	80%	50000	Weight loss, hair loss, vomiting	8	Click here
Drug B				2	Click here
Drug C				5	Click here
Drug D				being studied	Click here
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Find a research study	Click here
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Prostate cancer research studies you could participate in.

Condition/Diagnosis/Disease	Sponsor (may not need this column, although it may build trust)	Days since start	Number of patients	Action	Proposed  improvement
Prostate Cancer	Canadian Cancer Trials Group|Pfizer	755	57	Learn more	Increase survival
Prostate Cancer	Ontario Clinical Oncology Group (OCOG)	748	36		Less side effects
Recurrent Prostate Cancer	SpectraCure AB	715	36
Prostate Cancer	Myovant Sciences GmbH	687	1100
Prostate Cancer	Lidds AB|CMX Research	663	60
Prostate Cancer	University Health Network, Toronto|Vancouver Prostate Centre|McGill University Health Center	646	180
Metastatic Prostate Cancer	Hoffmann-La Roche	614	1100
Prostate Cancer	Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital	613	1500
Prostate Cancer	CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval	604	30
Prostate Cancer|Sexual Dysfunction	University Health Network, Toronto|Tom Baker Cancer Centre|Vancouver Coastal Health|Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre|Nova Scotia Cancer Centre	560	100
Hormone Sensitive Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer	Dr. Patrick Cheung|Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre	530	30
Prostate Cancer|Metabolic Syndrome	Canadian Urologic Oncology Group|Prostate Cancer Canada|British Columbia Cancer Agency	521	300
Prostate Cancer	Centre for Global eHealth Innovation|Trillium Health Partners|University Health Network, Toronto	521	610
Prostate Cancer	University Health Network, Toronto|Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)	503	70
Prostate Cancer	British Columbia Cancer Agency	488	25
Prostate Cancer	Canadian Cancer Trials Group|Canadian Cancer Clinical Trials Network|BC Cancer Foundation	449	500
Prostate Cancer	Bristol-Myers Squibb|Clovis Oncology, Inc.|Astellas Pharma Inc	446	330
Prostate Cancer|Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological|Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological|Sexual Dysfunction Male|Relationships, Marital|Prostatic Neoplasms	University of British Columbia|Vancouver Prostate Centre	432	141
Prostate Cancer	Juravinski Cancer Center|Sanofi	429	100
Recurrent Prostate Cancer	British Columbia Cancer Agency	429	15
Prostate Cancer	British Columbia Cancer Agency|BC Cancer Foundation	384	140

You may qualify to participate in a prostate cancer clinical trial research study.

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Clinical trial FAQs

1. Who pays for clinical trial research?
2. What are my health risks in participating in research?
3. How can I participate in healthcare research?

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Who pays for clinical trial research?

The companies that are developing the treatments, called sponsors, pay for all tests and treatments while you are in the clinical trial.

They also pay you for travel and lodging expenses.

Participating in research does not effect your health insurance premiums or co-pays.

What are my health risks in participating in research?

The goal of health research through clinical trials is to find better ways to treat diseases.

The risks are different for each study and are explained to you in full by a healthcare professional before you decide to participate.

For drug studies there are four phases to reduce the risk over time. The first phase has only 10-20 people that are monitored closely to ensure the drug is safe.

The number of people increases in each phase as we learn how people respond to the drug.

For some diseases trials are a better treatment option than approved treatments. This is often the case in cancer.

How can I participate in healthcare research?

There are two types of clinical trials: observational and interventional.

In an observational trial the sponsor is just looking at data about you. You can participate in observational trials by

joining a trial and answering questions the sponsor has for you. There is no health risk in an observational trial.

Examples of observational trials are HHS All of us study looking at health data from 1 million Americans to learn about health and disease.

In an interventional trial doctors will give you a medicine or medical device to understand how it improves your health.

You will be asked to see the doctor on a weekly or monthly basis for them to collect data on your health. They may also collect data from

devices and ask you about your experiences such as how easy it is to sleep, eat, or walk.