Clinical trial NCT00002881: Flutamide, Suramin, and Hydrocortisone in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer
Official title: PHASE III TRIAL OF ORCHIECTOMY/LHRH ANALOG + FLUTAMIDE + SURAMIN + HYDROCORTISONE VS ORCHIECTOMY/LHRH ANALOG + FLUTAMIDE IN PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Prostate Cancer
Keywords: adenocarcinoma of the prostate
stage IV prostate cancer
recurrent prostate cancer
Lead sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Sponsor class: NIH
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
name: Cancer and Leukemia Group B
name: SWOG Cancer Research Network
First posted: 2004-08-24
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: RATIONALE: Hormone therapy may be an effective treatment for prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment with flutamide and suramin with or without hydrocortisone in men who have metastatic or recurrent prostate cancer.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES: I. Compare time to progression and survival in patients with metastatic or recurrent adenocarcinoma of the prostate treated with orchiectomy or LHRH analogue (i.e. leuprolide or goserelin) plus flutamide with vs. without suramin and hydrocortisone. II. Compare these two treatments with respect to qualitative and quantitative toxic effects. III. Evaluate normalization of prostatic-specific antigen (PSA), duration of PSA response, and the use of PSA as a surrogate marker of tumor response in these patients. IV. Compare these two treatments with respect to quality of life and pain status.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified by their choice of androgen suppression technique and by participating institution. Within 3 days after randomization, all patients receive daily flutamide. On day 4, patients undergo orchiectomy or begin monthly LHRH analogue therapy with leuprolide or goserelin. Patients randomized to receive suramin begin a 12-week course 8-25 days after orchiectomy/LHRH therapy. Hydrocortisone replacement therapy begins concomitantly with suramin and continues for at least 3 months after the completion of suramin treatment or until disease progression intervenes. Patients are followed every 3 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 800-1,000 patients will be entered within 3.25 to 4.25 years.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate that is stage D2 Measurable or evaluable disease required with at least one of the following: At least 7 bone lesions Visceral involvement No more than 50% replacement of liver by tumor No clinical suspicion of brain metastases No spinal cord compression

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 (ECOG 3 allowed if increase due only to pain) Life expectancy: At least 3 months Hematopoietic: (within 2 weeks prior to entry) WBC at least 3,000 AGC at least 1,500 Platelets at least 100,000 Hemoglobin at least 9.0 g/dL Hepatic: (within 2 weeks prior to entry) Bilirubin no greater than 2 times normal AST and ALT no greater than 2 times normal PT and PTT normal Albumin at least 3.0 g/dL Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2 mg/dL Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min BUN no greater than twice normal Cardiovascular: No myocardial infarction within 6 months No NYHA class III/IV status No history of thromboembolic or hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident No disseminated intravascular coagulation No anticoagulant therapy (aspirin allowed for other uses) Other: No active bacterial infection No HIV or hepatitis B infection No other malignancy within the past 5 years except curatively treated nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ cancer of any site

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No prior biological response modifier therapy Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy (including suramin) Endocrine therapy: At least 1 year since any adjuvant or neoadjuvant hormone therapy No more than 4 months of therapy as part of initial prostate cancer therapy Prior finasteride for benign prostatic hypertrophy allowed No systemic steroids other than hydrocortisone (steroid inhalers allowed) Radiotherapy: At least 4 weeks since radiotherapy (90 days since strontium) Surgery: Recovered from prior surgery

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Locations:
city: Washington
country: United States
facility: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
state: District of Columbia
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Madison
name: George Wilding, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
name: Nancy A. Dawson, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans
name: A. O. Sartor, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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