drugset / Trial / NCT00559481

Ketoconazole, Dexamethasone, and Hydrocortisone in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer That Did Not Respond to Androgen-Deprivation Therapy

NCT00559481

RandomizedOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood in the laboratory from patients with cancer receiving ketoconazole together with dexamethasone and hydrocortisone may help doctors learn more about how these drugs are used by the body. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how ketoconazole, dexamethasone, and hydrocortisone act in the body of patients with prostate cancer that did not respond to androgen-deprivation therapy.

Timeline

Start
2007-10
Primary completion
2008-09
Completion

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Dexamethasone Small molecule Oral
Subject Hydrocortisone Other / unclassified Oral
Background Ketoconazole Small molecule Oral

Indications