drugset / Trial / NCT00003343
Chemotherapy in Treating Patients Who Have Metastatic Prostate Cancer
RandomizedTreatment
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known whether mitoxantrone and prednisone are more effective with or without prinomastat in treating patients with metastatic prostate cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of mitoxantrone and prednisone with or without prinomastat in treating patients who have metastatic prostate cancer that has not responded to hormone therapy.
Timeline
- Start
- 1998-03
- Primary completion
- 2001-01
- Completion
- —
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | prinomastat | Small molecule | — | Oral |
| Background | Mitoxantrone | Small molecule | — | Intravenous |
| Background | Prednisone | Other / unclassified | — | Oral |