Hormone Therapy Compared With Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Androgens can stimulate the growth of prostate cancer cells. Drugs such as ketoconazole may stop the production of androgens. 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 hormone therapy is more effective than combination chemotherapy in treating prostate cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of hormone therapy with that of combination chemotherapy in treating patients who have prostate cancer that has been previously treated with androgen suppression.

Timeline

Start

2003-10-08

Primary completion

2004-12

Completion

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Publications

• Results Walczak JR, Carducci MA; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group E1899. Phase 3 randomized trial evaluating second-line hormonal therapy versus docetaxel-estramustine combination chemotherapy on progression-free survival in asymptomatic patients with a rising prostate-specific antigen level after hormonal therapy for prostate cancer: an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (E1899), Intergroup/Clinical Trials Support Unit study. Urology. 2003 Dec 29;62 Suppl 1:141-6. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2003.09.006.

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