# Hormone Therapy in Treating Patients With Rising PSA Levels Following Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

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## TL;DR

A phase 3 trial of Bicalutamide, Buserelin, Flutamide, Goserelin / leuprolide, Leuprolide and Nilutamide in Prostate cancer, run by NCIC Clinical Trials Group, completed.

## Summary

Hormone Therapy in Treating Patients With Rising PSA Levels Following Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer is a phase 3 interventional study registered as NCT00003653 by NCIC Clinical Trials Group, with 1386 participants recorded, started 1999-01-05 and reaching its primary completion in 2010-10-04. Interventions recorded: bicalutamide, buserelin, cyproterone acetate, flutamide, goserelin, leuprolide acetate, nilutamide. Conditions recorded: Prostate Cancer.

Linked to the drug Nilutamide because the registry names it among its interventions and Prostate cancer among its conditions. Registry record only: no result has been read by an editor.

## Fields

- Kind: Trial
- Status: completed
- Last checked: 2026-09-22
- Tags: pipeline; ctgov-ingest
- Registry id: NCT00003653
- Phase: 3
- Setting: A Phase III Randomized Trial Comparing Intermittent Versus Continuous Androgen Suppression for Patients With Prostate-Specific-Antigen Progression in the Clinical Absence of Distant Metastases Following Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer
- Sponsor: NCIC Clinical Trials Group
- Enrolled: 1386

## Sources

- ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00003653: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00003653

## Connected records

- cancers: [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/)
- drugs: [Bicalutamide](https://onco.cc/drugs/bicalutamide/), [Buserelin](https://onco.cc/drugs/buserelin/), [Flutamide](https://onco.cc/drugs/flutamide/), [Goserelin / leuprolide (ovarian function suppression)](https://onco.cc/drugs/goserelin/), [Leuprolide (leuprorelin) and GnRH agonists](https://onco.cc/drugs/leuprolide/), [Nilutamide](https://onco.cc/drugs/nilutamide/)

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