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Dear COMPPARE team, participants, stakeholders and friends, I am excited to share with you that on October 31, 2022, COMPPARE closed enrollment with a total of 2,524 participants (1,024 photon patients and 1,500 proton patients; 900 pragmatic, 600 randomized)! This is an exceptional accomplishment given the ongoing national healthcare…

A Message from Dr. Nancy Mendenhall I am excited to share with you that on October 31, 2022, COMPPARE closed enrollment with a total of 2,524 participants (1,024 photon patients and 1,500 proton patients; 900 pragmatic, 600 randomized)! Read Dr. Mendenhall’s message.   Partner Site…

The COMPPARE Coordinating Center announced today that the study achieved 75% enrollment on May 3, 2022. COMPPARE realized both a remarkable overall accrual rate and a exceptional accrual rate of minorities, despite the ongoing challenges presented by COVID-19. In fact, the study stands to become a model for patient-centric clinical…

COMPPARE Principal Investigator Nancy Price Mendenhall, MD, FACR, FASTRO, was invited to speak at the sixth annual Biennial Science of Global Prostate Cancer Disparities in Black Men Conference, held virtually November 10-13, 2021. The Prostate Cancer Transatlantic Consortium launched the event in Jacksonville, FL in 2010. Funded by the National…

The COMPPARE Coordinating Center announced on September 1, 2021 that the study had reached its Pragmatic Proton enrollment goal of 900 patients, completing and closing that arm of the proton cohort. The 900th patient was enrolled by the Proton Therapy Treatment & Research Center of the Loma Linda University Medical…

The COMPPARE team was pleased to announce on November 13, 2020 that the study had enrolled 1,000 patients, one-third of its 3,000-patient goal. COMPPARE’s partner site, the James M. Slater, MD Proton Treatment & Research Center, Loma Linda, CA, enrolled the 1,000th patient. COMPPARE stands for “A Prospective COMparative Study…

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Thank you for your interest in the COMPPARE study. Patient enrollment is now closed. COMPPARE stands for “A Prospective COMparative Study of Outcomes with Proton and Photon RAdiation in PRostate CancEr (COMPPARE).” This study, which is funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and approved by the University…