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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
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Aventis Pharmaceuticals
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Sandy Srinivas, Stanford University

Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate time to progression (TTP) by PSA in patients with high risk prostate cancer after definitive therapy.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Prostate Cancer Drug: Taxotere Phase 2

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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

Resource links provided by the National Library of Medicine

MedlinePlus related topics: Prostate Cancer
Drug Information available for: Docetaxel




Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. To evaluate time to progression (TTP) by PSA in patients with high risk prostate cancer after definitive therapy. [ Time Frame: Following treatment ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. To evaluate the toxicity of taxotere and hormones given adjuvantly. [ Time Frame: Following treatment ]
  2. 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
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 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
    • 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


Locations
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United States, California
Stanford University Cancer Center
Stanford, California, United States, 94305
Sponsors and Collaborators
Stanford University
Aventis Pharmaceuticals
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Sandy Srinivas, MD Stanford University
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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
Keywords provided by Sandy Srinivas, Stanford University:
Prostate Cancer
Taxotere
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Prostatic Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
Prostatic Diseases
Docetaxel
Antineoplastic Agents
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action