THE CLINICAL UNMET NEED

The past decade, the therapeutic landscape for metastatic prostate cancer underwent a massive paradigm shift. Earlier treatment intensification, improved treatment sequencing, and introduction of new agents have improved the standard-of-care (SOC). However, when initiating a new line of systemic therapy, drug selection is typically driven by availability, reimbursement criteria, and clinical judgment. Predictive biomarkers that can inform which patient could benefit more from the association of e.g. a cytotoxic versus a new hormonal agent (NHA) is an unmet medical need.

Despite multiple retrospective studies having identified biomarkers that may have predictive potential, only a few randomised trials have validated their clinical utility. The Prostate Biomarker (ProBio) trial hypothesises that biomarker-driven treatment selection will increase progression-free survival (PFS, primary endpoint), and result in prolonged overall survival and improved quality-of-life (secondary endpoints).

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AR Pathway Inhibitors vs Taxanes in mCRPC ProBio Trial - Bram De Laere

October 14, 2024

Bram De Laere discusses the ProBio trial, a platform study for metastatic prostate cancer. Dr. De Laere explains the trial's unique design, which uses circulating tumor DNA analysis to guide treatment decisions and evaluate multiple biomarker-therapy combinations simultaneously. The study demonstrates that AR pathway inhibitors generally outperform taxane-based chemotherapy in mCRPC patients, with genomic markers influencing treatment outcomes.

The ProBio International Investigator's Meeting 2024

October 07-08, 2024
Stockholm, Elite Hotel Marina Tower

Topics : Overview and update of the ProBio study, Scientific results from ProBio and presentations of experimental compounds, Result of the inclusion competition, PSMA-PET in metastatic prostate cancer, Clinical implementation of BRCA testing in Sweden and Future development of ProBio

Androgen Receptor Pathway Inhibitors Outperform Taxanes in Patients with mCRPC with Detectable ctDNA

September 06, 2024

European Society For Medical Oncology - First results of the Prostate Biomarkers (ProBio) platform study demonstrate that, on average, androgen receptor pathway inhibitors outperform taxanes in all circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA)-positive patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who are androgen receptor pathway inhibitors-naive and with or without prior docetaxel exposure.

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ProBio Clinical Trial Team
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet
171 77 Stockholm | Nobels väg 12 A.

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+46 852480000

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info@probiotrial.org