Low, Intermediate, or High Dose Suramin in Treating Patients With Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer

Summary

Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of low, intermediate, and high dose suramin in treating men with stage IV prostate cancer that is refractory to hormone therapy. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known which regimen of suramin is more effective for prostate cancer.

Timeline

Start

1996-01

Primary completion

2002-08

Completion

2008-03

Publications

• Background Halabi S, Vogelzang NJ, Kornblith AB, Ou SS, Kantoff PW, Dawson NA, Small EJ. Pain predicts overall survival in men with metastatic castration-refractory prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2008 May 20;26(15):2544-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.0367.
• Background D'Amico AV, Halabi S, Vogelzang NJ, et al.: A reduction in the rate of PSA rise following chemotherapy in patients with metastatic hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) predicts survival: results of a pooled analysis of CALGB HRPC trials. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 22 (Suppl 14): A-4506, 383s, 2004.
• Background Halabi S, Small EJ, Kantoff PW, Kattan MW, Kaplan EB, Dawson NA, Levine EG, Blumenstein BA, Vogelzang NJ. Prognostic model for predicting survival in men with hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2003 Apr 1;21(7):1232-7. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2003.06.100.
• Background Gilligan TD, Halabi S, Kantoff PW, et al.: African-American race is associated with longer survival in patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRCaP) in four randomized phase III Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) trials. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-725, 2002.
• Results George DJ, Halabi S, Shepard TF, Sanford B, Vogelzang NJ, Small EJ, Kantoff PW. The prognostic significance of plasma interleukin-6 levels in patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer: results from cancer and leukemia group B 9480. Clin Cancer Res. 2005 Mar 1;11(5):1815-20. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-04-1560.
• Results Taplin ME, George DJ, Halabi S, Sanford B, Febbo PG, Hennessy KT, Mihos CG, Vogelzang NJ, Small EJ, Kantoff PW. Prognostic significance of plasma chromogranin a levels in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer treated in Cancer and Leukemia Group B 9480 study. Urology. 2005 Aug;66(2):386-91. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.03.040.
• Results Ahles TA, Herndon JE 2nd, Small EJ, Vogelzang NJ, Kornblith AB, Ratain MJ, Stadler W, Palchak D, Marshall ME, Wilding G, Petrylak D, Holland JC; Cancer and Leukemia Group B. Quality of life impact of three different doses of suramin in patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate carcinoma: results of Intergroup O159/Cancer and Leukemia Group B 9480. Cancer. 2004 Nov 15;101(10):2202-8. doi: 10.1002/cncr.20655.
• Results Taplin ME, George DJ, Halabi S, et al.: Prognostic significance of plasma chromogranin A levels in hormone-refractory prostate cancer patients treated on Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) 9480. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 22 (Suppl 14): A-4557, 396s, 2004.
• Results Small EJ, Halabi S, Ratain MJ, Rosner G, Stadler W, Palchak D, Marshall E, Rago R, Hars V, Wilding G, Petrylak D, Vogelzang NJ. Randomized study of three different doses of suramin administered with a fixed dosing schedule in patients with advanced prostate cancer: results of intergroup 0159, cancer and leukemia group B 9480. J Clin Oncol. 2002 Aug 15;20(16):3369-75. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2002.10.022.
• Results Bok RA, Halabi S, Fei DT, Rodriquez CR, Hayes DF, Vogelzang NJ, Kantoff P, Shuman MA, Small EJ. Vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor urine levels as predictors of outcome in hormone-refractory prostate cancer patients: a cancer and leukemia group B study. Cancer Res. 2001 Mar 15;61(6):2533-6.
• Results George DJ, Halabi S, Shepard TF, Vogelzang NJ, Hayes DF, Small EJ, Kantoff PW; Cancer and Leukemia Group B 9480. Prognostic significance of plasma vascular endothelial growth factor levels in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer treated on Cancer and Leukemia Group B 9480. Clin Cancer Res. 2001 Jul;7(7):1932-6.
• Results Bok R, Halabi S, Shaal M, et al.: VEGF and basic FGF urine levels as predictors of response to therapy with suramin in CALGB 9480, a phase III study of hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) patients. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 19: A1367, 2000.
• Results Halabi S, Small EJ, Ansari RH, et al.: Results of CALGB 9480, a phase III trial of 3 different doses of suramin for the treatment of horomone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 19: A1291, 2000.
• Results Kantoff P, Halabi S, Farmer D, et al.: RT-PCR for prostate specific antigen (PSA) in peripheral blood (PB) predicts survival duration in patients with hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC): a CALBG study. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 19: A1323, 2000.
• Results Vogelzang N, Small E, Halabi R, et al.: A phase III trial of 3 different doses of suramin (SUR) in metastatic hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC): safety profile of CALGB 9480. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 17: A1339, 347a, 1998.

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