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IMPORTANT CHANGES TO THE RADICALS TRIAL!
5th March 2010
There has been an important change to the
RADICALS trial. The two randomisations in the trial have been
uncoupled and can now be considered to be completely separate in
version 3.0 of the protocol.
Patients who have had a radical prostatectomy
in the past 5 months can take part in RADICALS RT, looking at early
versus deferred post-op RT. Only if and when they are definitely
going to get post-op RT do they need to know about RADICALS HD,
looking at RT +/- hormones.
Eligibility for RADICALS RT is for men with
any risk factor for recurrence (i.e. Gleason
7-10, or pT3, or margin
+ve, or presenting
PSA>10 or any combination). In
other words, most men who have a radical prostatectomy
are eligible for the RT Timing Randomisation.
This is an important change and should make
recruitment to the RT question much simpler for patients and
clinicians. In addition, we now have a DVD for patients to
take away and find out more about the trial. They can also
find the same video on YouTube (just search RADICALStrial).
And the trial website will be going live soon (http://www.radicals-trial.org/).
You can read more about the trial in the latest RADICALS Newsletter which you can
download here.
Last Update Date : 3/8/2010
