Implant and External Radiation for Prostate Cancer With or Without Hormonal Therapy: A Prospective Randomized Trial

NCT ID: NCT00243646

Last Updated: 2016-04-14

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

6 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-08-31

Study Completion Date

2009-07-31

Brief Summary

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Determine the role of androgen deprivation therapy in high risk patients receiving 45 Gy of pelvic radiotherapy plus a Pd-103 boost and the impact of the duration of ADT in hormonally-manipulated patients.

Detailed Description

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In calender year 2005, 220, 000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and approximately 30,000 will subsequently die of metastatic disease. Although the vast majority of men will be diagnosed with clinically localized and potentially curable disease, the selection of one local modality over another remains a focus of significant controversy within the uro-oncology community. However, patients with higher risk features are most often managed with radiotherapeutic approaches to include androgen deprivation therapy.

Prostate brachytherapy represents the ultimate-three dimensional conformal therapy and permits dose escalation far exceeding other modalities. Following permanent prostate brachytherapy with or without supplemental external beam radiation therapy, favorable long-term biochemical outcomes have been reported for patients with low, intermediate and high risk features with a morbidity profile that compares favorably with competing local modalities (1,2).

Several prospective randomized trials have demonstrated that androgen deprivation therapy in conjunction with conventional doses of external beam radiation therapy (65-70 Gy)results in improvement in disease-free and overall survival in patients with locally advanced prostate cancer (3,4).

Conditions

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Prostate Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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no hormones

All patients will receive a 5-week course of external beam radiation therapy to the pelvis and a Pd-103 brachytherapy implant with no hormones

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

External beam radiation

Intervention Type RADIATION

All patients will receive a 5-week course of external beam radiation therapy to the pelvis and a Pd-103 brachytherapy implant

9 months of hormone therapy

All patients will receive a 5-week course of external beam radiation therapy to the pelvis and a Pd-103 brachytherapy implant with a 9 month course of hormone therapy

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

External beam radiation

Intervention Type RADIATION

All patients will receive a 5-week course of external beam radiation therapy to the pelvis and a Pd-103 brachytherapy implant

Lupron

Intervention Type DRUG

9 months of an LHRH agonist and 4 months of an anti-androgen) is optimal for securing long-term biochemical control (a stable, non-rising PSA).

Casodex

Intervention Type DRUG

9 months of an LHRH agonist and 4 months of an anti-androgen) is optimal for securing long-term biochemical control (a stable, non-rising PSA).

Interventions

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External beam radiation

All patients will receive a 5-week course of external beam radiation therapy to the pelvis and a Pd-103 brachytherapy implant

Intervention Type RADIATION

Lupron

9 months of an LHRH agonist and 4 months of an anti-androgen) is optimal for securing long-term biochemical control (a stable, non-rising PSA).

Intervention Type DRUG

Casodex

9 months of an LHRH agonist and 4 months of an anti-androgen) is optimal for securing long-term biochemical control (a stable, non-rising PSA).

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* High risk patients - Two to three of the following: PSA 10-30 ng/mL, Gleason score greater than or equal to 6, clinical stage greater than or equal to T2c (2002 ACJJ).
* CT of the abdomen and pelvis and bone scan without evidence of metastases.
* An enzymatic prostatic acid phosphatase must be obtained prior to randomization.
* A serum testosterone must be obtained prior to initiation of androgen deprivation therapy.
* No prior pelvic external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer or other malignancies.
* No prior androgen deprivation therapy.
* Minimum 5 year life expectancy.
* No other invasive cancer diagnosis other than non-melanoma skin cancer within the last 5 years.
Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Kent E. Wallner, M.D.

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sylvester, John, M.D.

INDIV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Schiffler Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Gregory Merrick, M.D.

Medical Director

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Gregory S Merrick, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling, WV

Kent E. Wallner, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Group Health Cooperative, Veterans Administration Hospital, and University of Washington

John Sylvester, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Seattle Prostate Institute Seattle, WA 98104

Locations

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Seattle Prostate Institute

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status

Groupe Health Cooperative, Veterans Adminstration Hospital and University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status

Schiffler Cancer Center

Wheeling, West Virginia, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Other Identifiers

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05-8-4

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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