Conditions: Prostate Cancer
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 837
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine if asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic patients with metastatic prostate cancer who have not received chemotherapy live longer when treated with ipilimumab than those treated with a placebo

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Ipilimumab intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 5 mg/ml solution, Intravenous, 10 mg/kg, Every 3 weeks for up to 4 doses in the Induction Phase. Every 12 weeks in the Maintenance Phase. Up to 24 weeks in the Induction Phase. Treatment in the Maintenance Phase continues until total treatment period has reached three years,Treatment Stopping Criteria are met, withdrawal of consent, or study closure intervention 2: Solution, Intravenous, 0 mg, Every 3 weeks for up to 4 doses in the Induction Phase. Every 12 weeks in the Maintenance Phase. Up to 24 weeks in the Induction Phase. Treatment in the Maintenance Phase continues until total treatment period has reached three years,Treatment Stopping Criteria are met, withdrawal of consent, or study closure

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