Clinical trial NCT00005820: Nitrocamptothecin in Treating Patients With Stage IV Prostate Cancer That Has Not Responded to Hormone Therapy
Official title: A Phase II Study of 9 Nitrocamptothecin for Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Prostate Cancer
Keywords: adenocarcinoma of the prostate
stage IV prostate cancer
recurrent prostate cancer
Lead sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2004-04-12
Enrollment: 35
Sex: MALE
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of nitrocamptothecin in treating men who have stage IV prostate cancer that has not responded to hormone therapy.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the therapeutic efficacy of nitrocamptothecin in patients with metastatic, hormone refractory prostate cancer.
* Determine time to disease progression and duration of response in this patient population as a result of this treatment regimen.
* Determine the safety, tolerance, and toxicity of this treatment regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients receive nitrocamptothecin orally daily for 5 consecutive days each week for 3 consecutive weeks. Treatment continues every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed every 3 months until evidence of progression or relapse for a maximum of 2 years from the date of registration.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 22-46 patients will be accrued for this study over 2 years.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate with clinically progressive stage IVA or IVB disease after at least primary androgen ablation with either orchiectomy or LHRH agonist and only one cytotoxic chemotherapy regimen
* Measurable disease with a maximum of 10 measurable lesions OR nonmeasurable disease
* Serum testosterone no greater than 50 ng/mL if no prior bilateral orchiectomy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* Not specified

Performance status:

* ECOG 0 or 1

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3
* Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 (transfusion independent)
* No disseminated intravascular coagulation

Hepatic:

* Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* AST and ALT no greater than 3 times ULN

Renal:

* Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN

Other:

* Fertile patients must use effective contraception
* No currently active second malignancy other than nonmelanoma skin cancers
* No active infection

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* At least 4 weeks since prior immunotherapy and recovered

Chemotherapy:

* See Disease Characteristics
* At least 6 weeks since prior suramin
* At least 4 weeks since other prior chemotherapy
* No prior therapy with camptothecin or any of its analogues

Endocrine therapy:

* Prior second line hormonal therapy allowed
* At least 4 weeks since prior hormonal therapy
* Concurrent treatment with LHRH agonists allowed and required for
* patients without orchiectomy
* No concurrent hormonal therapy except for nondisease related conditions
* Concurrent corticosteroids allowed if on stable dose for at least 6 weeks
* before study
* No concurrent dexamethasone as an antiemetic

Radiotherapy:

* At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered
* No palliative radiotherapy
* At least 8 weeks since prior strontium 89 or samarium 153

Surgery:

* At least 3 weeks since major surgery and recovered

Primary outcomes:
measure: median time to disease and PSA progression
timeFrame: Up to 2 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: overall survival
timeFrame: Up to 2 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Birmingham
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham
state: Alabama
city: La Jolla
country: United States
facility: University of California San Diego Cancer Center
state: California
city: San Francisco
country: United States
facility: UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
state: California
city: San Francisco
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco
state: California
city: Wilmington
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
state: Delaware
city: Washington
country: United States
facility: Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University
state: District of Columbia
city: Washington
country: United States
facility: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
state: District of Columbia
city: Miami Beach
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
state: Florida
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Center
state: Illinois
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)
state: Illinois
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
state: Illinois
city: Bettendorf
country: United States
facility: Hematology Oncology Associates of the Quad Cities
state: Iowa
city: Iowa City
country: United States
facility: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
state: Iowa
city: Togus
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Togus
state: Maine
city: Baltimore
country: United States
facility: Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland
state: Maryland
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
state: Massachusetts
city: Worcester
country: United States
facility: University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
state: Massachusetts
city: Minneapolis
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis
state: Minnesota
city: Minneapolis
country: United States
facility: University of Minnesota Cancer Center
state: Minnesota
city: Columbia
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial)
state: Missouri
city: Columbia
country: United States
facility: Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia
state: Missouri
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: Barnes-Jewish Hospital
state: Missouri
city: Omaha
country: United States
facility: University of Nebraska Medical Center
state: Nebraska
city: Las Vegas
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
state: Nevada
city: Lebanon
country: United States
facility: Norris Cotton Cancer Center
state: New Hampshire
city: Buffalo
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Buffalo
state: New York
city: Buffalo
country: United States
facility: Roswell Park Cancer Institute
state: New York
city: Manhasset
country: United States
facility: CCOP - North Shore University Hospital
state: New York
city: Manhasset
country: United States
facility: North Shore University Hospital
state: New York
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
state: New York
city: New York
country: United States
facility: New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus
state: New York
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
state: New York
city: Syracuse
country: United States
facility: State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
state: New York
city: Syracuse
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Syracuse
state: New York
city: Syracuse
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.
state: New York
city: Chapel Hill
country: United States
facility: Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
state: North Carolina
city: Durham
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham
state: North Carolina
city: Durham
country: United States
facility: Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: North Carolina
city: Winston-Salem
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
state: North Carolina
city: Winston-Salem
country: United States
facility: Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
state: North Carolina
city: Columbus
country: United States
facility: Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
state: Ohio
city: Providence
country: United States
facility: Rhode Island Hospital
state: Rhode Island
city: Charleston
country: United States
facility: Medical University of South Carolina
state: South Carolina
city: Memphis
country: United States
facility: University of Tennessee, Memphis Cancer Center
state: Tennessee
city: Memphis
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Memphis
state: Tennessee
city: Bennington
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center
state: Vermont
city: Burlington
country: United States
facility: Vermont Cancer Center
state: Vermont
city: White River Junction
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction
state: Vermont
city: Richmond
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Richmond
state: Virginia
city: Richmond
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center
state: Virginia
Study officials:
affiliation: Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
name: Edward P. Gelmann, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
citation: Amin A, Halabi S, Gelmann EP, Stadler W, Vogelzang N, Small E. 9-Nitrocamptothecin as second line chemotherapy for men with progressive, metastatic, hormone refractory prostate cancer: Results of the CALGB 99901. Urol Oncol. 2004 Sep-Oct;22(5):398-403. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2004.05.002.