Abarelix Versus Goserelin Plus Bicalutamide in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Prostate Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00841113

Last Updated: 2009-02-11

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

177 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1999-01-31

Study Completion Date

2003-02-28

Brief Summary

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To compare the safety of efficacy of abarelix versus goserelin plus bicalutamide in patients with advanced or metastatic prostate cancer.

Detailed Description

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Inclusion Criteria

* Males over 18 with documented advanced or metastatic prostate cancer

Outcome measures

* Comparative castration rates one week after starting therapy
* Degree of testosterone surge in the first month of treatment.
* Maintenance of medical castration during one year of therapy.
* Comparison of the treatments on QTc prolongation

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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1 Abarelix

Investigative drug

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Abarelix

Intervention Type DRUG

100 mg by Intramuscular injection on days; 1, 15 and 29 and monthly thereafter

2 Goserelin plus bicalutamide

Standard therapy

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Goserelin plus Bicalutamide

Intervention Type DRUG

Goserelin - 3.6 mg by monthly subcutaneous injection Biaclutamide 50 mg orally daily for first three months

Interventions

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Abarelix

100 mg by Intramuscular injection on days; 1, 15 and 29 and monthly thereafter

Intervention Type DRUG

Goserelin plus Bicalutamide

Goserelin - 3.6 mg by monthly subcutaneous injection Biaclutamide 50 mg orally daily for first three months

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Plenaxis

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Histologically proven prostate cancer and not previously treated with hormones
* Evidance of advanced disease or metastases
* Life expentancy of at least 3 months
* Normal serum testosterone levels
* Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Previous endocrine or cytoxic theapy for prostate cancer
* Known tumour complication of prostate cancer which owuld require immediate treatment
* Another malignancy other than basal cell cancer
* History of significant drug hypersensitivity to either LHRH agonists or GnRH antagonists.
* Congenital or acquired coagulation disorders contraindicating intramuscular injections
* Pagets disease of the bone
* QTcB \> 450 msec at Day - 14
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Speciality European Pharma Limited

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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SEP

Principal Investigators

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Frans M J Debruyne, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital Nijmegen

Other Identifiers

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ABACAS1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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