| 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 |
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| Number of treatments being studied | 20 | |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |||
| Find a specialist | Click here | Chat now | Call now | ||
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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
- Who pays for clinical trial research?
- What are my health risks in participating in research?
- 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.
