Docetaxel and Cetuximab in Treating Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, 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 cetuximab, 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. Cetuximab may also stop the growth of prostate cancer by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Giving docetaxel together with cetuximab may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying the side effects of giving docetaxel together with cetuximab and to see how well it works in treating patients with metastatic prostate cancer.

Timeline

Start

2008-06

Primary completion

2009-09

Completion

2010-04

Publications

• Results Cathomas R, Rothermundt C, von Moos R, et al.: Cetuximab in combination with docetaxel in patients (pts) with metastatic castration resistant (mCRPC) and docetaxel-refractory prostate cancer: A multicenter phase II trial (SAKK 08/07). [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 28 (Suppl 15): A-4666 , 2010.
• Results Cathomas R, Rothermundt C, Klingbiel D, Bubendorf L, Jaggi R, Betticher DC, Brauchli P, Cotting D, Droege C, Winterhalder R, Siciliano D, Berthold DR, Pless M, Schiess R, von Moos R, Gillessen S; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research SAKK. Efficacy of cetuximab in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer might depend on EGFR and PTEN expression: results from a phase II trial (SAKK 08/07). Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Nov 1;18(21):6049-57. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-2219. Epub 2012 Sep 12.

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