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Influence of Hormone Therapy on Heart Attack Incidence in Men Undergoing Prostate Brachytherapy

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Chicago
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00651222
First received: March 31, 2008
Last updated: NA
Last verified: March 2008
History: No changes posted
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to review cause of death in patients undergoing prostate brachytherapy at a single institution. Furthermore, we are analyzing patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy and whether or not this contributed to cardiovascular deaths, specifically myocardial infarction.


Condition Intervention
Prostate Cancer
Cardiovascular Death
 Other: No intervention was required

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Retrospective
Official Title: Influence of Androgen Suppression Therapy for Prostate Cancer on the Timing and Onset of Fatal Myocardial Infarctions in Men Undergoing Prostate Brachytherapy

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Prostate Cancer Foundation of Chicago:

Groups/Cohorts Assigned Interventions
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All deceased patients who underwent brachytherapy at Chicago Prostate Center between 10/14/1997 and 6/15/2007
 Other: No intervention was required
Death records were reviewed, therefore, there was no intervention
Other Name: Death records were reviewed, therefore, there was no intervention

  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population

Prostate cancer patients treated with prostate brachytherapy at an ambulatory surgery center

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Deceased anytime after prostate brachytherapy treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients whose cause of death was unable to be determined
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00651222

Locations
United States, Illinois
Chicago Prostate Center
Westmont, Illinois, United States, 60559
Sponsors and Collaborators
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Chicago
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Brian J. Moran, MD, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Chicago
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00651222     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: MI-PB
Study First Received: March 31, 2008
Last Updated: March 31, 2008
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Myocardial Infarction
Prostatic Neoplasms
Myocardial Ischemia
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vascular Diseases
 Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
Genital Diseases, Male
Prostatic Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 17, 2013