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Testosterone Therapy or Enzalutamide in Treating Patients with Asymptomatic Castration Resistant Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Trial Status: complete

This randomized phase II trial compares testosterone therapy with the current standard treatment, enzalutamide, to see how well they work in treating patients with prostate cancer that is not causing signs or symptoms, has not responded to hormone therapy, and has spread to other parts of the body. Testosterone replacement therapy may help stop tumor cell growth and shrink tumors. Androgen can cause the growth of prostate cancer cells. Antihormone therapy, such as enzalutamide, may fight prostate cancer by blocking the cancer cells from using androgen. It is not yet known whether testosterone therapy is more effective than enzalutamide in treating patients with prostate cancer that has not responded to hormone therapy.