Docetaxel and Prednisone With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer That Did Not Respond to Hormone Therapy

Summary

This randomized phase III trial is studying docetaxel, prednisone, and bevacizumab to see how well they work compared to docetaxel and prednisone in treating patients with prostate cancer that did not respond to hormone therapy. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel and prednisone, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Bevacizumab may also stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking blood flow to the tumor. It is not yet known whether docetaxel, prednisone, and bevacizumab are more effective than docetaxel and prednisone in treating prostate cancer.

Timeline

Start

2005-04

Primary completion

2010-03

Completion

2011-08

Publications

• Quintanilha JCF, Kelly WK, Innocenti F. Contribution of plasma levels of VEGF-A and angiopoietin-2 in addition to a genetic variant in KCNAB1 to predict the risk of bevacizumab-induced hypertension. Pharmacogenomics J. 2024 Jul 12;24(4):22. doi: 10.1038/s41397-024-00342-1.
• Quintanilha JCF, Wang J, Sibley AB, Jiang C, Etheridge AS, Shen F, Jiang G, Mulkey F, Patel JN, Hertz DL, Dees EC, McLeod HL, Bertagnolli M, Rugo H, Kindler HL, Kelly WK, Ratain MJ, Kroetz DL, Owzar K, Schneider BP, Lin D, Innocenti F. Bevacizumab-induced hypertension and proteinuria: a genome-wide study of more than 1000 patients. Br J Cancer. 2022 Feb;126(2):265-274. doi: 10.1038/s41416-021-01557-w. Epub 2021 Oct 6.
• Quintanilha JCF, Liu Y, Etheridge AS, Yazdani A, Kindler HL, Kelly WK, Nixon AB, Innocenti F. Plasma levels of angiopoietin-2, VEGF-A, and VCAM-1 as markers of bevacizumab-induced hypertension: CALGB 80303 and 90401 (Alliance). Angiogenesis. 2022 Feb;25(1):47-55. doi: 10.1007/s10456-021-09799-1. Epub 2021 May 24.

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