Methylprednisolone With or Without Doxorubicin in Treating Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00003682

Last Updated: 2016-06-23

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: TERMINATED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE3
• Total Enrollment: 160 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 1998-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2001-03-31

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to make cancer cells stop dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with corticosteroids may be an effective treatment for prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of methylprednisolone with or without doxorubicin in treating patients who have metastatic prostate cancer that has not responded to hormone therapy.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the effect of weekly doxorubicin on the quality of life of patients with metastatic, hormone-refractory, symptomatic prostate cancer. II. Determine the contribution of this treatment on control of pain in these patients. III. Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients. IV. Determine the objective response and biological observations in these patients after this treatment. V. Determine the effect of this regimen on survival of these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms. Arm I: Patients receive methylprednisolone IV weekly for 3 months. Arm II: Patients receive methylprednisolone IV and doxorubicin IV weekly for 3 months. Quality of life is assessed before treatment, every 4 weeks during treatment, and then every 3 months. Patients are followed every 3 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 160 patients will be accrued for this study within 3 years.

Conditions

Prostate Cancer

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT

Interventions

doxorubicin hydrochloride

Intervention Type: DRUG

methylprednisolone

Intervention Type: DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven, symptomatic prostate cancer Appearance or aggravation of clinical symptoms with progression of disease Bone pain OR Urethral compression OR 20% decrease in performance status Metastatic disease Local-regional or distant secondary tumors Documented radiologically or scintigraphically Hormone-refractory as defined by progression while on hormone treatment (simple castration or complete androgen blockage) Progressive disease No urethral or cervical stenosis Increase of greater than 25% prostatic volume on endorectal echography No documentation by PSA increase or imagery only Hormone castration verified by testosterone less than 0.5 ng/mL No history of CNS metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Over 18 Performance status: Karnofsky 60-100% Life expectancy: No specified Hematopoietic: Neutrophil count greater than 1500/mm3 Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3 Hemoglobin greater than 9 g/dL Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 1.5 times normal Renal: Creatinine less than 1.6 mg/dL Cardiovascular: Ventricular ejection fraction at least 50% Other: No contraindication to anthracycline treatment No prior primary cancer except basal cell skin cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy Arm I: No concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: At least 1 month since prior hormone therapy, including estramustine, except LHRH agonists, which continue Arm I: No concurrent estramustine Radiotherapy: At least 3 months since prior strontium 89 No concurrent strontium Surgery: See Disease Characteristics

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 120 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

UNICANCER

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Principal Investigators

Stephane Culine, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'Aurelle

Locations

Institut Sainte Catherine

Avignon, , France

Centre de Lute Contre le Cancer,Georges-Francois Leclerc

Dijon, , France

Centre Leon Berard

Lyon, , France

Institut J. Paoli and I. Calmettes

Marseille, , France

Centre Regional de Lutte Contre le Cancer - Centre Val d'Aurelle

Montpellier, , France

CRLCC Nantes - Atlantique

Nantes-Saint Herblain, , France

Centre Antoine Lacassagne

Nice, , France

C.H.U. - Hopital Gaston Doumergue

Nîmes, , France

Institut Mutualiste Montsouris

Paris, , France

Hotel Dieu de Paris

Paris, , France

Institut Jean Godinot

Reims, , France

Centre Eugene Marquis

Rennes, , France

Centre Henri Becquerel

Rouen, , France

Centre Rene Huguenin

Saint-Cloud, , France

Centre Hospitalier General de Saint Nazaire

Saint-Nazaire, , France

Countries

France

Other Identifiers

FRE-FNCLCC-GETUG-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-98058

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000066784

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id