Comparison of Two Radiation Therapy Regimens in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Prostate Cancer

Study Description

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Brief Summary:

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays and other sources of radiation to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known which radiation therapy regimen is more effective in treating prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is comparing two different regimens of radiation therapy to see how well they work in treating patients with stage II or stage III prostate cancer.

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment	Phase
Prostate Cancer	Radiation: radiation therapy	Phase 3

Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

• Compare the efficacy of conventional intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) vs hypofractionated IMRT, in terms of freedom from biochemical failure in men with intermediate- to high-risk prostate cancer.
• Compare the local control, freedom from distant metastasis, and overall survival of patients treated with these regimens.
• Determine local failure, using biopsy of the prostate, when objective tests (prostate-specific antigen, ultrasound, and digital rectal exam) suggest relapse in these patients.
• Compare the extent of disease eradication using biopsy of the prostate at 2 years after therapy in these patients.
• Compare the quality of life of patients treated with these regimens.
• Determine the impact of these regimens on patient preferences and utilities.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified according to pretreatment prostate-specific antigen (no greater than 10 ng/mL vs greater than 10 to 20 ng/mL vs greater than 20 ng/mL), Gleason score (5-7 vs 8-10), and risk status (high risk vs intermediate risk). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

• Arm I: Patients undergo conventional intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) 5 days a week for 7.5 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
• Arm II: Patients undergo hypofractionated IMRT 5 days a week for 5 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients with high-risk disease also undergo androgen deprivation therapy for 2 years.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline, every 6 months for 1 year, and then annually for 4 years.

Patients are followed at 3 months, every 6 months for 2 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 300 patients (150 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 3 years.

Study Design

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Study Type :	Interventional (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment :	307 participants
Allocation:	Randomized
Intervention Model:	Parallel Assignment
Masking:	None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:	Treatment
Official Title:	A Phase III Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Dose Escalation Trial for Prostate Cancer Using Hypofractionation
Study Start Date :	June 2002
Actual Primary Completion Date :	May 2006

Arms and Interventions

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Arm	Intervention/treatment
Active Comparator: CIMRT; 76 Gy in 38 fractions	Radiation: radiation therapy
Experimental: HIMRT; 70.2 Gy in 26 fractions	Radiation: radiation therapy

Outcome Measures

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Primary Outcome Measures :

1. Freedom from biochemical and/or disease failure rates [ Time Frame: weekly during treatment, at 3 months, 6 months or 2 years then yearly ]

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate

  • Clinical stage T1b-T3c disease
  • No clinical or radiographic evidence of metastasis
• Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) less than 80 ng/mL
• Gleason score at least 5

• One of the following criteria must be met:

  • PSA greater than 10 ng/mL
  • Gleason score greater than 6
  • T2b or greater palpable disease
  • Three or more biopsy cores involved with a Gleason score of at least 5

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

• Not specified

Performance status

• Zubrod 0-1

Life expectancy

• Not specified

Hematopoietic

• Not specified

Hepatic

• Not specified

Renal

• Not specified

Other

• No other medical condition that would preclude study participation
• No other active malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmetastatic skin cancer or early stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia (well-differentiated small cell lymphocytic leukemia)
• Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

• Not specified

Chemotherapy

• Not specified

Endocrine therapy

• No more than 4 months of prior androgen deprivation therapy
• Neoadjuvant and adjuvant androgen deprivation therapy is allowed for high-risk disease only

Radiotherapy

• No prior pelvic radiotherapy

Surgery

• No prior or planned radical prostate surgery

Contacts and Locations

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Locations

United States, Pennsylvania
Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19111-2497

Sponsors and Collaborators

Fox Chase Cancer Center

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

Principal Investigator:	Mark Buyyounouski, MD	Fox Chase Cancer Center

More Information

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Publications:

Pollack A, Bae K, Khor LY, et al.: Stability of tumor biomarkers in archival tissue from men treated with radiotherapy for prostate cancer: an analysis of RTOG 92-02 and Fox Chase randomized trials. [Abstract] Int J Biol Markers 22 (1): 72-3, 2006.

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

Pollack A, Walker G, Horwitz EM, Price R, Feigenberg S, Konski AA, Stoyanova R, Movsas B, Greenberg RE, Uzzo RG, Ma C, Buyyounouski MK. Randomized trial of hypofractionated external-beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Nov 1;31(31):3860-8. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.51.1972. Epub 2013 Oct 7.

Responsible Party:	Fox Chase Cancer Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00062309 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	CDR0000304712; P30CA006927 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ); FCCC-02602
First Posted:	June 6, 2003
Last Update Posted:	March 3, 2016
Last Verified:	March 2016

Keywords provided by Fox Chase Cancer Center:

stage II prostate cancer; stage III prostate cancer; adenocarcinoma of the prostate

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Prostatic Neoplasms; Genital Neoplasms, Male; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site	Neoplasms; Genital Diseases, Male; Prostatic Diseases