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Hormone Therapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003026
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : January 27, 2003
Last Update Posted : July 2, 2012
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

Study Description
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Brief Summary:

RATIONALE: Androgens can stimulate the growth of prostate cancer cells. Hormone therapy using triptorelin may fight prostate cancer by reducing the production of androgens.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of long-term hormone therapy and triptorelin with no further treatment in treating patients who have advanced prostate cancer previously treated with radiation therapy and 6 months of androgen suppression.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Prostate Cancer Drug: bicalutamide Drug: flutamide Drug: triptorelin Radiation: radiation therapy Phase 3

Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the best hormonal scheme to be associated with pelvic radiotherapy in the curative management of prostatic carcinoma for hormonal treatment with regards to treatment outcome (overall survival, clinical disease free survival, local regional control), quality of life (treatment side effects, sexual function), and health economy (cost effectiveness ratio).

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study.

Patients receive external radiation for 5 weeks, followed by a pelvic boost given for 2 weeks and a 6 month combined androgen blockage initiated at the onset of external irradiation. Flutamide (Eulexin) or bicalutamide (Casodex) may be used as the antiandrogens. Antiandrogen treatment starts 1 week before the first injection of triptorelin.

Patients are then randomized to one of two treatment arms.

  • Arm I: Patients receive no further treatment.
  • Arm II: Patients receive antiandrogen for 2.5 years plus and LHRH analogue (triptorelin) administered every 3 months. Patients then continue the LHRH analogue alone for an additional 2.5 years in the absence of disease progression.

Patients are followed every 6 months for 5 years and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 966 patients will be accrued over 5 years.

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 966 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Long Term Adjuvant Hormonal Treatment With LHRH Analogue Versus No Further Treatment in Locally Advanced Prostatic Carcinoma Treated by External Irradiation and a Six Months Combined Androgen Blockade - A Phase III Study
Study Start Date : April 1997
Actual Primary Completion Date : September 2001

Resource links provided by the National Library of Medicine

MedlinePlus related topics: Prostate Cancer

Arms and Interventions
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Ages Eligible for Study:   Child, Adult, Older Adult
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate

    • T1c-T2a-b, N1-2 or pN1-2 (after pelvic lymphadenectomy)
    • T2c-T4, N0-2
  • Prior external radiotherapy for locally advanced prostatic carcinoma required
  • Prior hormone therapy (6 months of combined androgen blockade) for locally advanced prostatic carcinoma required with PSA no greater than 150 ng/mL before administration
  • No progressive disease after the 6 months of combined androgen blockage
  • No stages T1c/T2a-b with a negative pelvic lymph nodes status that is assessed clinically or surgically
  • No lymph node involvement to common iliac and/or periaortic lymph nodes (M1a)
  • No external iliac lymph node metastasis more than 5 cm in greatest dimension (N3)
  • No distant metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Any age

Performance status:

  • WHO 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • At least 5 years

Hematopoietic:

  • Hemoglobin at least 10 g/dL
  • WBC at least 2,000/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • No prior or concurrent cancers other than basal cell skin cancer
  • No serious nonmalignant disease resulting in a life expectancy of less than 5 years

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • No prior biologic therapy for prostate cancer

Chemotherapy

  • No prior chemotherapy for prostate cancer

Endocrine therapy

  • See Disease Characteristics

Radiotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics

Surgery

  • See Disease Characteristics
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Locations
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Sponsors and Collaborators
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Investigators
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Study Chair: Michel Bolla, MD CHU de Grenoble - Hopital de la Tronche
Study Chair: T. M. de Reijke, MD, PhD Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
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Publications of Results:
Bolla M, van Tienhoven G, de Reijke TM, et al.: Concomitant and adjuvant androgen deprivation (ADT) with external beam irradiation (RT) for locally advanced prostate cancer: 6 months versus 3 years ADT--results of the randomized EORTC phase III trial 22961. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 25 (Suppl 18): A-5014, 238s, 2007.
Giraud JY, Dusserre A, Conil M, et al.: Results of the dummy-run of EORTC trial no.22961: a phase III study of long term hormonal treatment on locally advanced prostatic carcinoma treated by radiation therapy and a 6 months CAB. [Abstract] Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 51(3 suppl 1): A-699, 378, 2001.

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

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Responsible Party: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003026    
Other Study ID Numbers: EORTC-22961
EORTC-22961
EORTC-GU-22961
First Posted: January 27, 2003    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: July 2, 2012
Last Verified: June 2012
Keywords provided by European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC:
adenocarcinoma of the prostate
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Prostatic Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
Genital Diseases, Male
Genital Diseases
Urogenital Diseases
Prostatic Diseases
Male Urogenital Diseases
Bicalutamide
Triptorelin Pamoate
 Flutamide
Androgen Antagonists
Hormone Antagonists
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antineoplastic Agents
Luteolytic Agents
Contraceptive Agents, Female
Contraceptive Agents
Reproductive Control Agents
Contraceptive Agents, Hormonal
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal