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Brief Title: Safety and Efficacy Study of Hypofractionated Radiotherapy and Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Official Title: Phase II Study of Dose-escalated, Hypofractionated Radiotherapy and Androgen Deprivation Therapy for High-Risk Prostate Cancer
Study ID: NCT01505075
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of a short course of radiotherapy (40Gy/5 fractions/29 days) for the treatment of high risk prostate cancer currently being managed with primary androgen deprivation therapy (PADT).
Detailed Description: Primary Endpoints: * Acute gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v3.0 toxicities Secondary Endpoints: * Late GI and GU Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) toxicities * Biochemical disease-free survival * Biopsy positive rate at 3 years * Quality of life using the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC) questionnaire * Develop a biobank of DNA and serum extracted from blood and urine to analyze and develop new biomarkers for prostate cancer progression or susceptibility to severe toxicity
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: MALE
Healthy Volunteers: No
Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Name: Andrew Loblaw, MD, FRCPC
Affiliation: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Suneil Jain, MD
Affiliation: suneil.jain@sunnybrook.ca
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR