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Ketoconazole, Hydrocortisone, and GM-CSF in Treating Patients With Progressive Prostate Cancer After Hormone Therapy

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Prostate Cancer
Registration Number
NCT00309894
Lead Sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Androgens can cause the growth of prostate cancer cells. Drugs, such as ketoconazole, may stop the adrenal glands from making androgens. GM-CSF may help ketoconazole work better by making tumor cells more sensitive to the drug. Giving ketoconazole together with hydrocortisone and GM-CSF may be an effective treatment for prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving ketoconazole together with hydrocortisone and GM-CSF works in treating patients with progressive prostate cancer after hormone therapy.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Evaluate the effect of ketoconazole, hydrocortisone, and sargramostim (GM-CSF) on time to clinical progression in patients with prostate cancer that has progressed on primary hormonal therapy.

Secondary

* Evaluate the objective response frequency in patients treated with this regimen.

* Investigate the safety of this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is an open-label, nonrandomized study.

Patients receive oral ketoconazole three times daily and oral hydrocortisone twice daily on days 1-28 and sargramostim (GM-CSF) subcutaneously on days 15-28. Treatment repeats every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 48 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
49
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to progression
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Frequency of grades 3-4 toxicity
Response rate as measured by prostate-specific antigen and objective parameters
Pattern of immune response as measured by immunohistochemistry

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center

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San Francisco, California, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco

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San Francisco, California, United States

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