{"id":58010,"date":"2020-05-15T20:29:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T20:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/15\/va-researching-prostate-cancer-drug-as-potential-coronavirus-cure\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:43:08","slug":"va-researching-prostate-cancer-drug-as-potential-coronavirus-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/veterans\/2020\/05\/15\/va-researching-prostate-cancer-drug-as-potential-coronavirus-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"VA researching prostate cancer drug as potential coronavirus cure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/05\/14\/va-hiring-jumps-amid-coronavirus-crisis-but-department-opposes-hazard-pay-for-front-line-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans Affairs<\/a> researchers are launching a clinical trial to see whether a prostate cancer drug could help prevent adverse health effects from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\">coronavirus<\/a> in men, department officials announced Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers said the drug, degarelix (also labeled as Firmagon), has already shown promise in limited testing. More than 84,000 Americans across the country \u2014 including about 1,000 patients in VA care \u2014 have died from the fast-spreading virus in the last two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said the new research is an important step towards \u201cadvancing knowledge of a potential treatment for those infected\u201d with the virus. \u201cWe are here to do everything in our power to preserve and protect life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2020\/05\/14\/additional-charges-filed-against-former-va-doctor-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-patients\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6309339883_ed9eac154a_o.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Additional charges filed against former VA doctor accused of sexually assaulting patients<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The former physician now faces allegations he abused at least six men under his care.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Degarelix is often used to treat advanced cases of prostate cancer by suppressing the body\u2019s production of male hormones. Researchers working on coronavirus treatments have found that those same hormones may trigger the production of certain proteins which COVID-19 uses to enter lung tissue and cause severe health problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Columbia University will work with VA staffers on the new trials, which is expected to last at least four months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work will be led by staff at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center but also include contributions from VA medical centers in New York and Washington state, as well as the Prostate Cancer Foundation\/VA network of centers of excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study is focused only on men. Researchers said the drug would not likely be suitable for women because it could have the opposite effect it does on men, raising their problematic protein levels and putting their health at further risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House officials on Friday announced plans to develop and widely distribute a vaccine for the deadly coronavirus by the end of 2020, an ambitious goal that scientists have said could be impossible to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2020\/05\/15\/changes-to-va-benefits-operations-forced-by-coronavirus-could-outlast-the-pandemic\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635850891678119508-ap-772059955918jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Changes to VA benefits operations forced by coronavirus could outlast the pandemic<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Telephone town halls, some employee remote work will likely continue even when the virus restrictions lift.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump said the project, dubbed \u201cOperation Warp Speed,\u201d will \u201cbring together the best of American industry and innovation, the full resources of the United States government, and the excellence and precision of the United States military.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent months, Trump has suggested that scientists may be on the verge of finding breakthrough treatments for the virus, including specifically trumpeting the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential cure. 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