Clinical trial

Lingering effects of testosterone injections lead to long delay in recovery of male reproductive function

Lingering effects of testosterone injections lead to long delay in recovery of male reproductive function

Recovery of Male Reproductive Function After Ceasing Prolonged Testosterone Undecanoate Injections
Handelsman DJ, Desai R, Conway AJ, Shankara-Narayana N, Stuckey BG, Inder WJ, Grossmann M, Yeap BB, Jesudason D, Ly LP, Bracken K, Wittert GA. Eur J Endocrinol. 2022 Jan 1:EJE-21-0608.R2. doi: 10.1530/EJE-21-0608. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35000898
Contact: Gary Wittert

Fatty acid oxidation inhibition to treat advanced prostate cancer

Fatty acid oxidation inhibition to treat advanced prostate cancer

With progressed prostate cancer, men are no longer responding to the standard anti-androgen drug therapy. While developing new drugs often can take 15 years, this program will reduce this timeframe by aiming to re-purpose existing lipid-modifying medicines. We aim to take our laboratory findings into a proof-of-concept clinical trial to test whether trimetazidine is safe and effective in treating men on ADT, to prevent or delay the onset of lethal castrate resistant prostate cancer.

Through this trial we aim for a potential new therapeutic approach using existing drugs used to treat cardio-metabolic disease to prevent lethal prostate cancer, reduced drug-related toxicities in men being treated for prostate cancer, and Improved length and quality of life for men living with advanced prostate cancer.

Contact: Dr Zeyad Nassar

Testosterone + lifestyle program reduces the risk of T2DM in men

Testosterone + lifestyle program reduces the risk of T2DM in men

Testosterone treatment to prevent or revert type 2 diabetes in men enrolled in a lifestyle programme (T4DM): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 2-year, phase 3b trial.
Wittert G, Bracken K, Robledo KP, Grossmann M, Yeap BB, Handelsman DJ, Stuckey B, Conway A, Inder W, McLachlan R, Allan C, Jesudason D, Fui MNT, Hague W, Jenkins A, Daniel M, Gebski V, Keech A. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2021 Jan;9(1):32-45. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30367-3.
Contact: Gary Wittert

Statins and the lipidome in prostate cancer

Statins and the lipidome in prostate cancer

In a prospective clinical trial across 5 Australian sites, we are giving men with prostate cancer statins (cholesterol lowering drug) to examine whether they reverse a poor prognosis lipidome signature.
ANZ Clinical Trials Register Study ID: ACTRN12617000965303 (NSW Study)
Contact:
Professor Lisa Butler