Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a natural killer cell from a human donor.
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Men with prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body may be eligible to participate in a clinical trial at the NIH Clinical Center.
Ravi A. Madan, M.D., Senior Clinician in the Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, is leading a study of an experimental treatment for men with two types of prostate cancer: one type that responds to hormone therapy and one that doesn’t. Both can spread to other parts of the body, usually to bones. After a series of screening tests, study participants will receive docetaxel, a chemotherapy drug that stops the growth of tumor cells either by killing them or by stopping them from dividing and spreading. Participants will also get M9241, which delivers cytokines (or an immune signal) to dead or dying areas of tumor, helping the immune system become more active and kill cancer cells that have not responded to other treatments. M7824, an immunotherapy drug that blocks two molecular pathways that cancer cells use to evade attack by the immune system, is the third drug in this regimen. In preclinical studies, these drugs were more effective together than separately. Researchers want to find out if this combination is safe and effective in men with prostate cancer.
Clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT04633252
NCI Protocol ID: NCI-21-C-0001
Official Title: A Phase I/II Study of Bintrafusp Alfa (M7824) and M9241 in Combination With Docetaxel in Adults With Metastatic Castration Sensitive and Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer
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