Adjuvant Taxotere in Patients With High Risk Prostate Cancer Post Prostatectomy and Radiation
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00186420 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : September 16, 2005
Last Update Posted : June 13, 2012
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Prostate Cancer | Drug: Taxotere | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 13 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Adjuvant Taxotere in Patients With High Risk Prostate Cancer Post Prostatectomy and Radiation |
Study Start Date : | July 2003 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 2006 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | September 2009 |

- To evaluate time to progression (TTP) by PSA in patients with high risk prostate cancer after definitive therapy. [ Time Frame: Following treatment ]
- To evaluate the toxicity of taxotere and hormones given adjuvantly. [ Time Frame: Following treatment ]
- To measure Quality of Life on this therapy. [ Time Frame: Following treatment ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
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Patients who have undergone a radical prostatectomy (should have unmeasurable PSA) or radiation therapy for prostate cancer and who have high risk disease as defined by one of the following:
- Node positive disease post-operatively
- Capsule involvement
- Seminal Vesicles involvement
- Gleason score ≥ 8
- >50% of core biopsies that are positive
- Clinical Stage T2c and T3
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Pre-op PSA > 15 plus Gleason score of 7
- Age greater than 18
- ECOG Performance Status 0-1
- Serum creatinine <= 1.5 mg/dl
- Granulocyte count >= 1500/m3, Hemoglobin > 8.0 g/dl, and platelet count >= 100,000/m3
- Total bilirubin <= ULN
- AST, ALT and Alkaline Phosphatase must be within the range allowing for eligibility.
- Signed patient informed consent.
- Men of childbearing potential must be willing to consent to using effective contraception while on treatment and for three months thereafter.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Peripheral neuropathy > grade 1
- History of severe hypersensitivity to Taxotere® or other drugs formulated with polysorbate 80.
- Patients who have received previous chemotherapy or are being treated on another clinical trial using an investigational agent.
- Active infection within 14 days of beginning treatment
- Patients with a serious illness or medical condition, history of significant neurologic or psychiatric or active infection.
- Patients with a current malignancy. Patients with prior a history of in situ lobular carcinoma of the breast, basal or squamous cell skin cancer, are eligible.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00186420
United States, California | |
Stanford University Cancer Center | |
Stanford, California, United States, 94305 |
Principal Investigator: | Sandy Srinivas, MD | Stanford University |
Responsible Party: | Sandy Srinivas, Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00186420 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
PROS0004 |
First Posted: | September 16, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 13, 2012 |
Last Verified: | June 2012 |
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