Vinorelbine in Treating Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

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 vinorelbine in treating patients with metastatic prostate cancer that has not responded to hormone therapy.

Timeline

Start

1997-10

Primary completion

1999-09

Completion

1999-09

Publications

• Results Morant R, Hsu Schmitz SF, Bernhard J, Thurlimann B, Borner M, Wernli M, Egli F, Forrer P, Streit A, Jacky E, Hanselmann S, Bauer J, Hering F, Schmid HP. Vinorelbine in androgen-independent metastatic prostatic carcinoma--a phase II study. Eur J Cancer. 2002 Aug;38(12):1626-32. doi: 10.1016/s0959-8049(02)00145-4.

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