Calcitriol and Dexamethasone Before Radical Prostatectomy in Treating Patients With Localized Adenocarcinoma (Cancer) of the Prostate

Stopped early · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Prostate Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Calcitriol and dexamethasone may slow the growth of prostate cancer cells. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well giving calcitriol together with dexamethasone before radical prostatectomy works in treating patients with localized stage II or stage III adenocarcinoma (cancer) of the prostate.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00084864

Run by

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

People needed

25

Starts

2002-09-01

Expected to finish

2010-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-06-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Roswell Park Cancer Institute — Buffalo, New York, United States

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