Drug trial offers prostate cancer patients new hope [Video]

A trial program at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital is offering patients with advanced prostate cancer new hope.

Yachtsman Rob Lewis was diagnosed with prostate cancer after he woke up one morning in excruciating pain.

The 71-year-old initially put the pain down to a racing injury but medical scans would reveal his cancer was metastatic.

“That took the wind out of my sails, essentially,” he told 9News.

With his treatment options limited, Lewis was offered a place in a drug trial for advanced cases of prostate cancer.

After just three months on the trial doctors discovered his cancer was “undetectable”.

“The really remarkable thing as well is this was a treatment he’s tolerated really well, it’s had minimal side effects,” oncologist Dr Megan Crumbaker said.