Calcitriol, Mitoxantrone, and Prednisone in Treating Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Calcitriol may cause prostate cancer cells to look more like normal cells, and to grow and spread more slowly. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as mitoxantrone and prednisone, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving calcitriol together with mitoxantrone and prednisone works in treating patients with metastatic prostate cancer.

Timeline

Start

2004-09

Primary completion

2006-08

Completion

2006-08

Publications

• Results Chan JS, Beer TM, Quinn DI, Pinski JK, Garzotto M, Sokoloff M, Dehaze DR, Ryan CW. A phase II study of high-dose calcitriol combined with mitoxantrone and prednisone for androgen-independent prostate cancer. BJU Int. 2008 Dec;102(11):1601-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08017.x. Epub 2008 Sep 8.

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