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Docetaxel, Doxorubicin, and Prednisone in Treating Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer That Has Not Responded to Hormone Therapy

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Prostate Cancer
Registration Number
NCT00416533
Lead Sponsor
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, doxorubicin, and prednisone, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving docetaxel, doxorubicin, and prednisone together works in treating patients with advanced prostate cancer that has not responded to hormone therapy.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Assess prostate specific antigen response rate to docetaxel, doxorubicin hydrochloride, and prednisone in patients with hormone-refractory advanced prostate cancer.

Secondary

* Assess if treatment with docetaxel, doxorubicin hydrochloride, and prednisone will improve health-related quality of life of these patients.

* Assess the toxicity of docetaxel, doxorubicin hydrochloride, and prednisone.

* Assess response rate in measurable disease.

OUTLINE: Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1, doxorubicin hydrochloride IV over 15 minutes on days 1 and 8, and oral prednisone once daily on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 21 days for at least 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline, on day 1 of each course, after completion of 3 courses, and at disease progression.

After completing study treatment, patients are followed every 6 months for 1 year.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 47 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
47
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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