Investigating Efficacy and Safety of Two Degarelix Three-Month Dosing Regimens in Patients With Prostate Cancer Requiring Androgen Ablation Therapy

NCT ID: NCT00468286

Last Updated: 2011-03-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

133 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-05-31

Study Completion Date

2008-08-31

Brief Summary

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The study will have two treatment groups, evaluating two Degarelix doses. First dose is the initial dose followed by a maintenance dose given every three months. The initial dose given to suppress the testosterone level and the three month maintenance dose to maintain the suppressed testosterone level over one year of treatment.

Detailed Description

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An Open-Label, Multi-Centre, Randomized Parallel-Group Dose-Finding Study, Investigating Efficacy and Safety of Two Degarelix Three-Month Dosing Regimens in Patients with Prostrate Cancer Requiring Androgen Ablation Therapy.

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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A

Treatment group A: Initial dose of 240 mg SC (by injection under the skin) on day 0. Maintenance dose of 360 mg SC (by injection under the skin) given after 1, 4, 7, \& 10 months.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Degarelix

Intervention Type DRUG

Experimental

Initial dose of 240 mg SC (by injection under the skin) on day 0. Maintenance dose of 360 mg SC (by injection under the skin) given after 1, 4, 7, \& 10 months.

Degarelix

Intervention Type DRUG

Experimental

Initial dose of 240 mg SC (by injection under the skin) on day 0. Maintenance dose of 480 mg SC (by injection under the skin) given after 1, 4, 7, \& 10 months.

B

Treatment group B: Initial dose of 240 mg SC (by injection under the skin) on day 0. Maintenance dose of 480 mg SC (by injection under the skin) given after 1, 4, 7, \& 10 months.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Degarelix

Intervention Type DRUG

Experimental

Initial dose of 240 mg SC (by injection under the skin) on day 0. Maintenance dose of 480 mg SC (by injection under the skin) given after 1, 4, 7, \& 10 months.

Interventions

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Degarelix

Experimental

Initial dose of 240 mg SC (by injection under the skin) on day 0. Maintenance dose of 360 mg SC (by injection under the skin) given after 1, 4, 7, \& 10 months.

Intervention Type DRUG

Degarelix

Experimental

Initial dose of 240 mg SC (by injection under the skin) on day 0. Maintenance dose of 480 mg SC (by injection under the skin) given after 1, 4, 7, \& 10 months.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

* Patients, aged 18 years or older, with histologically proven prostate cancer of all stages in whom endocrine treatment is indicated.
* Screening testosterone level above the lower limit of normal range, globally defined as \>2.2 ng/mL.
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of ≤2.
* Screening prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level ≥ ng/mL.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ferring Pharmaceuticals

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Principal Investigators

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Clinical Development Support

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Locations

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Urology Centers of Alabama

Homewood, Alabama, United States

Site Status

South Orange County Medical Research Center

Laguna Woods, California, United States

Site Status

South Florida Medical Research

Aventura, Florida, United States

Site Status

Florida Foundation for Healthcare Research

Ocala, Florida, United States

Site Status

Regional Urology

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Site Status

Investigational site

Carmel, New York, United States

Site Status

The Urology Center

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

State College Urologic Association

State College, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Grand Strand Urology

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States

Site Status

Urology of Virginia Research

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Urology Research Center

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status

Investigational site

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status

Investigational site

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status

Investigational site

Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Site Status

The Female/Male Health Centres

Ontario, , Canada

Site Status

Nemocnice Jindrichuv Hradec a.s.

Hradec, , Czechia

Site Status

Slezska nemocnice

Opava, , Czechia

Site Status

Vseobecna fakultni nemocnice v Praze

Prague, , Czechia

Site Status

Dombóvári Szent Lukács Egészségügyi Kht

Dombóvár, , Hungary

Site Status

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplé n Megyei Kórház és Egyetemi Oktató Kórház

Miskolc, , Hungary

Site Status

Miskolc Megyei Jogú Város Önkormányzat Miskolci Egészségügyi Központ

Miskolc, , Hungary

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Szegedi Tudományegyetem Szent-Györgyi Albert Klinikai Központ

Szeged, , Hungary

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Private Medical Center

Arad, , Romania

Site Status

"Prof Dr Th Burghele" Clinical Hospital

Bucharest, , Romania

Site Status

Dinu Uromedica

Bucharest, , Romania

Site Status

Fundeni Clinical Institute

Bucharest, , Romania

Site Status

E-Uro Medical Center S.R.L.

Cluj-Napoca, , Romania

Site Status

Provita Center

Constanța, , Romania

Site Status

Sibiu County Clinical Hospital

Sibiu, , Romania

Site Status

Countries

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United States Canada Czechia Hungary Romania

Other Identifiers

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FE200486 CS18

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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