Docetaxel Followed by Radical Prostatectomy in Patients With High Risk Localized Prostate Cancer

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Prostate Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this research study is to determine if the combination of chemotherapy and hormone therapy is safe and helpful for patients who plan to have their high-risk prostate cancer surgically removed. Some physicians believe that patients with high risk cancer that is located in one area, may have an early but small spread of the cancer outside of the prostate, and perhaps even to distant organs. Therefore, better treatments for the entire body are needed to improve the ability of surgery or other local therapies to cure prostate cancer. Since chemotherapy is beginning to demonstrate increasing activity in advanced prostate cancer patients, it is possible that using chemotherapy combined with hormonal therapy earlier in the course of localized but high risk patients might improve the outcomes for these patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01250717

Run by

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

People needed

28

Starts

2001-01-01

Expected to finish

2011-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-02-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate
• Potential candidate for radical prostatectomy
• Any of the following: a) clinical stage T3 patients, b) Serum PSA greater than or equal to 20 ng/ml, c) Gleason score 8-10, d) Clinical T2 disease and either MRI evidence of seminal vesicle involvement or Gleason 4+3 cancer with either 5 or 6 biopsies positive
• ECOG Performance Status 0-1
• WBC > 3,000 ul
• HCT > 30%
• PLT > 100,000/ul
• LFTS within normal limits

You may not qualify if…

• Prior hormones, radiation or chemotherapy for prostate cancer
• Myocardial infarction within 1 year, significant change in anginal pattern within last 6 months, current congestive heart failure (NYHA Class 2 or higher), or deep venous thrombosis within 1 year
• Evidence of active infection
• Significant peripheral neuropathy

Where it is running

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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