Triptorelin and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Intermediate-Risk Stage III or Stage IV Prostate Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Androgens can cause the growth of prostate cancer cells. Antihormone therapy, such as triptorelin, may lessen the amount of androgens made by the body. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known whether giving triptorelin and radiation therapy soon after surgery or later after surgery is more effective in treating prostate cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying giving triptorelin and radiation therapy soon after surgery to see how well it works compared with giving them later after surgery in treating patients who have undergone surgery for intermediate-risk stage III or stage IV prostate cancer.

Timeline

Start

2008-04-07

Primary completion

2020-04

Completion

2022-05-24

Publications

• Sargos P, Chabaud S, Latorzeff I, Magne N, Benyoucef A, Supiot S, Pasquier D, Abdiche MS, Gilliot O, Graff-Cailleaud P, Silva M, Bergerot P, Baumann P, Belkacemi Y, Azria D, Brihoum M, Soulie M, Richaud P. Adjuvant radiotherapy versus early salvage radiotherapy plus short-term androgen deprivation therapy in men with localised prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy (GETUG-AFU 17): a randomised, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2020 Oct;21(10):1341-1352. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30454-X.
• Campillo-Gimenez B, Buscail C, Zekri O, Laguerre B, Le Prise E, De Crevoisier R, Cuggia M. Improving the pre-screening of eligible patients in order to increase enrollment in cancer clinical trials. Trials. 2015 Jan 16;16:15. doi: 10.1186/s13063-014-0535-7.

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