Calcitriol and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Stage IV Prostate Cancer That Has Not Responded to Hormone Therapy

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Calcitriol may help carboplatin kill more cancer cells by making tumor cells more sensitive to the drug. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of carboplatin plus calcitriol in treating patients who have prostate cancer that has not responded to hormone therapy.

Timeline

Start

2000-12

Primary completion

2006-07

Completion

2006-07

Drugs

Indications