Influence of Hormone Therapy on Heart Attack Incidence in Men Undergoing Prostate Brachytherapy

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Chicago

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiovascular Death; Prostate Cancer

Treatments: Other: No intervention was required

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00651222

MI-PB

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to review cause of death in patients undergoing prostate brachytherapy at a single institution. Furthermore, we are analyzing patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy and whether or not this contributed to cardiovascular deaths, specifically myocardial infarction.

Sex: Male

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Deceased anytime after prostate brachytherapy treatment

Exclusion criteria

• Patients whose cause of death was unable to be determined

Trial design

0 participants in 1 patient group

1

Description:

All deceased patients who underwent brachytherapy at Chicago Prostate Center between 10/14/1997 and 6/15/2007

Treatment:

Other: No intervention was required