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S9921, Hormone Therapy With or Without Mitoxantrone and Prednisone in Patients Who Have Undergone Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Prostate Cancer
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT00004124
Lead Sponsor
SWOG Cancer Research Network
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Hormones can stimulate the production of prostate cancer cells. Hormone therapy may fight prostate cancer by reducing the production of androgens. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known whether hormone therapy plus mitoxantrone and prednisone is more effective than hormone therapy alone for prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying hormone therapy, mitoxantrone, and prednisone to see how well they work compared to hormone therapy alone in treating patients who have undergone radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Compare the overall and disease-free survival of patients with high-risk adenocarcinoma of the prostate treated with adjuvant androgen deprivation therapy with or without mitoxantrone and prednisone after radical prostatectomy.

* Compare the qualitative and quantitative toxic effects of these regimens in this patient population.

* Compare the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) progression-free survival rate in patient treated with these regimens.

* Determine whether PSA progression is a surrogate endpoint for survival or disease-free survival in this patient population.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to surgical extent of disease (organ confined vs not organ confined, but N0 vs N1), Gleason's sum (less than 7 vs 7 vs greater than 7), and planned radiotherapy (yes vs no). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms.

* Arm I:Patients receive goserelin subcutaneously once every 13 weeks (8 injections total) and oral bicalutamide once daily for 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

* Arm II:Patients receive mitoxantrone IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and oral prednisone twice daily on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also receive hormonal therapy as in arm I beginning concurrently with the initiation of mitoxantrone and prednisone.

Patients may undergo radiotherapy 5 days a week for 6.5-7.8 weeks beginning anytime (arm I) or after completion of chemotherapy (arm II), at the discretion of the physician, in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are offered the possibility to participate in biomarker research by allowing their tissue/blood to be studied.

Patients are followed every 6 months for 2 years and then annually for up to 13 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 1,360 patients (680 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 9.5 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
983
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
bicalutamide, goserelin, mitoxantrone, prednisonebicalutamideandrogen deprivation plus mitoxantrone, prednisone
bicalutamide, goserelin, mitoxantrone, prednisonemitoxantrone hydrochlorideandrogen deprivation plus mitoxantrone, prednisone
bicalutamide, goserelin, mitoxantrone, prednisoneprednisoneandrogen deprivation plus mitoxantrone, prednisone
bicalutamide, goserelinbicalutamideandrogen deprivation
bicalutamide, goserelingoserelinandrogen deprivation
bicalutamide, goserelin, mitoxantrone, prednisonegoserelinandrogen deprivation plus mitoxantrone, prednisone
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Disease Free Survivalat 10 Years

Measured from date of randomization to date of first observation of recurrence or death due to any cause. Patients without recurrence are censored at date of last contact.

Overall Survivalat 10 Years

Measured from date of randomization to date of death from any cause. Patient known to be alive are censored at date of last contact.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Compare Qualitative and Quantitative Toxicities of These Regimens in These PatientsUp to 22 months from registration

Number of patients with adverse events that are related to study drug

PSA Progression Free SurvivalUp to 10 Years

Measured from date of randomization to date of PSA progression or death due to any cause. PSA progression is defined as a serum PSA level of \> 0.2 ng/mL measured on 3 consecutive occasions or in the absence of increasing PSA, a positive bone scan result or other radiographic or histologic evidence of progression will be used. Date of progression will be the date that the first measure of increasing PSA is noted in the series of 3.

PSA Progression as Surrogate Endpoint for Overall Survival or Disease Free SurvivalUp to 10 Years

Trial Locations

Locations (231)

Alaska Regional Hospital Cancer Center

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Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Providence Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

🇺🇸

Glendale, Arizona, United States

Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

CCOP - Western Regional, Arizona

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Highlands Oncology Group - Springdale

🇺🇸

Springdale, Arkansas, United States

Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Berkeley, California, United States

Peninsula Medical Center

🇺🇸

Burlingame, California, United States

California Cancer Care, Incorporated

🇺🇸

Greenbrae, California, United States

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Alaska Regional Hospital Cancer Center
🇺🇸Anchorage, Alaska, United States

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