About RADICALS     

RADICALS is a large clinical trial which is taking place in the UK, Canada, Denmark and the Republic of Ireland at the moment.

It is a phase III randomised controlled trial that will recruit approximately 3000 men to help answer two important questions for men who have had surgery for prostate cancer:

  • Which is the best way to use radiotherapy after surgery?
  • Which is the best way to use hormone treatment with any radiotherapy given after surgery 

In breast cancer, surgery is followed by radiotherapy and hormone treatment, because the combination is better than surgery alone.  In prostate cancer, surgery alone is a standard treatment, and we are not sure how best to use radiotherapy and hormone treatment after surgery.

The trial may be suitable at some point for most men who have a radical prostatectomy.

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News

11th March 2013

Claire Murphy who has been the RADICALS Trial Manager at the MRC CTU since the trial started will no longer be working on the trial. We wish her all the best and will greatly miss her. Dipa Noor will be replacing Claire and can be contacted at dno@ctu.mrc.ac.uk  

26th February 2013

Congratulations to Mount Vernon Hospital in the UK for recruiting their 100th patient into the trial! Thank you for all your hard work and keep up the good work!

7th January 2013

Over 2000 patients have now been recruited to RADICALS! This is great news to start the year and is down to the hard work of all our participating centres and the support of participants and their families.

We would like to give a special mention to Guy's & St Thomas's Hospital in London who have now recruited their 100th patient! They are the first centre to reach this milestone and their efforts and enthusiasm are much appreciated.

We look forward to working with you all in 2013.  

 

 

Latest Updates

Accrual

31/12/12
Latest Accrual figures

News

11/03/13
New MRC CTU Trial Manager 

Videos

01/10/10
YouTube Video: Hormone Duration Randomisation - Q&A Section Part 1


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