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Adding Pembrolizumab with or without Olaparib to Radiation and Androgen Deprivation Therapy for the Treatment of Localized High Risk Prostate Cancer

Trial Status: active

This phase II trial tests whether adding pembrolizumab with standard of care radiation and androgen deprivation therapy with or without olaparib works to improve clinical benefit and disease response in patients with prostate cancer that has not spread to other parts of the body (localized). PARP inhibitors block the action of the PARP enzymes that help repair damaged deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in cells. When PARPi combines with radiation therapy, it inhibits DNA repair functions and further enhances the effects of radiation treatment and this association might interact with the anti-tumor immune response. Pembrolizumab is a type of immunotherapy. It stimulates the body's immune system to fight cancer cells. Pembrolizumab targets and blocks a protein called PD-1 on the surface of certain immune cells called T-cells. Blocking PD-1 triggers the T-cells to find and kill cancer cells. Taken together, radiation therapy could trigger systemic antitumor immune response and with the help of immunotherapy and or PARPi can enhance the outcomes. Therefore, adding pembrolizumab with standard of care radiation and androgen deprivation therapy with or without olaparib may be more effective at treating localized prostate cancer than giving just standard of care radiation and androgen deprivation therapy.