Hormone Therapy in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00003323

Last Updated: 2016-07-04

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

101 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1998-05-31

Study Completion Date

2010-03-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Male hormones can stimulate the growth of prostate cancer cells. Hormone therapy using flutamide and finasteride may fight prostate cancer by reducing the production of male hormones.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of flutamide and finasteride in treating prostate cancer patients with high PSA levels who were previously treated with radiation therapy or radical prostatectomy.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the efficacy of finasteride and flutamide in suppressing prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels in patients with elevated PSA after definitive radiation therapy or radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer.
* Assess sexual function and other quality of life issues during this therapy.
* Estimate the response to flutamide withdrawal in this group of patients who have not had a major reduction in circulating testosterone levels.
* Measure the response rate to further hormonal manipulation with combined androgen blockade after the failure of this therapy.
* Obtain data that may predict more aggressive disease.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive finasteride and flutamide by mouth three times a day. Patients experiencing recurrence or a greater than 4 nu/mL (above 50%) increase in PSA level will discontinue flutamide treatments. Otherwise, patients continue therapy in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression.

Quality of life is assessed prior to therapy and at 3 and 6 months.

Patients are followed every 3 months for one year and every 6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: This study will accrue 100 patients over 2 years.

Conditions

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Prostate Cancer Sexual Dysfunction and Infertility

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Hormone Therapy

Treatment of prostate cancer pts post radiation or surgery with potency sparing hormones

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

finasteride

Intervention Type DRUG

5 mg/d PO

flutamide

Intervention Type DRUG

250 mg PO tid

quality-of-life assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

Assessment survey administered at baseline, and 3 \& 6 months post initiation of treatment

Interventions

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finasteride

5 mg/d PO

Intervention Type DRUG

flutamide

250 mg PO tid

Intervention Type DRUG

quality-of-life assessment

Assessment survey administered at baseline, and 3 \& 6 months post initiation of treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Histologic Documentation: Previous histologic evidence of adenocarcinoma of the prostate.
2. Prior Treatment:

2.1 Definitive Local Therapy: Patients must have had a previous attempt at definitive therapy, which is defined as a previous radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy with at least 5500 cGy to the prostate.
1. Patients may have had both radiation therapy to the prostate and surgical resection, given as definitive therapy, provided they began the radiation therapy within 3 months of their prostatectomy. Also, brachytherapy alone and combinations of brachytherapy and external beam radiation therapy are also allowed, if given as a single therapy, and not given for a rising PSA after the previous therapy.
2. The previous treatment must have occurred at least 6 months, but no more than 10 years, prior to registration.

2.2 Previous Hormonal Therapy or Other Treatments: Patients may have had no more than 6 months of hormonal therapy with their other treatment, and must have been off all hormones used for the treatment of prostate cancer including Megace for at least 12 months.
1. No therapy within 2 years with finasteride or other 5 alpha-reductase inhibitors.
2. No previous chemotherapy for this malignancy.
3. No orchiectomy.
4. No corticosteroids in excess of standard replacement doses for adrenal failure.
3. Elevated PSA Criteria:

3.1 Patients must a PSA level between 1 ng/ml and 10 ng/ml, with a rise of at least 1 ng/ml above the nadir produced by definitive therapy. The PSA level must be repeated at least once, one month later to confirm the rise of 1 ng/ml above nadir.

3.2 After the second PSA has been drawn to confirm the rise, one additional PSA should be drawn as close to the start of therapy as possible. Therefore, a total of three PSAs must be drawn prior to the start of therapy. Only the last two need to be drawn at the same lab (ie, the second confirmatory PSA and the PSA drawn just prior to the start of the trial). The nadir PSA and the initial PSA suggesting a rise can be drawn at outside laboratories. The combination of the nadir PSA and the two PSAs showing a rise of 1.0 ng/ml are used for determining eligibility. The two elevated PSAs must be at least one month apart.
4. No clear evidence of local recurrence on the digital rectal exam.
5. No metastatic disease on the CT or bone scan.
6. Performance status 0-2
7. Required initial laboratory data

1. SGOT and/or SGPT ≤2 x upper limits of normal
2. Creatinine ≤2 x upper limits of normal
3. Bilirubin ≤2 x upper limits of normal
Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Joel Picus, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Washington University Siteman Cancer Center

Locations

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status

University of California San Diego Cancer Center

La Jolla, California, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

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Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center

Miami Beach, Florida, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

University of Chicago Cancer Research Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at The University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Togus

Togus, Maine, United States

Site Status

Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial)

Columbia, Missouri, United States

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Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Washington University Siteman Cancer Center

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Site Status

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Site Status

CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Site Status

Norris Cotton Cancer Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Buffalo

Buffalo, New York, United States

Site Status

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo, New York, United States

Site Status

CCOP - North Shore University Hospital

Manhasset, New York, United States

Site Status

Schneider Children's Hospital at North Shore

Manhasset, New York, United States

Site Status

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

State University of New York - Upstate Medical University

Syracuse, New York, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Syracuse

Syracuse, New York, United States

Site Status

CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.

Syracuse, New York, United States

Site Status

Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Site Status

University of Tennessee, Memphis Cancer Center

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction

White River Junction, Vermont, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Richmond

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Site Status

MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Picus J, Halabi S, Small E, et al.: Long term efficacy of peripheral androgen blockade on prostate cancer: CALGB 9782. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 24 (Suppl 18): A-4573, 2006.

Reference Type RESULT

Picus J, Halabi S, Small E, et al.: Efficacy of peripheral androgen blockade on prostate cancer: results of CALGB 9782. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 22 (Suppl 14): A-4559, 396s, 2004.

Reference Type RESULT

Picus J, Halabi S, Hussain A, et al.: Efficacy of peripheral androgen blockade on prostate cancer: initial results of CALGB 9782. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-727, 2002.

Reference Type RESULT

Other Identifiers

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U10CA031946

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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CDR0000066274

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CALGB-9782

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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