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Docetaxel and Hydroxychloroquine in Treating Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

NCT00786682

NaSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

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. Hydroxychloroquine may help docetaxel work better and kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving docetaxel together with hydroxychloroquine works in treating patients with metastatic prostate cancer.

Timeline

Start
2008-12
Primary completion
2012-10
Completion
2012-10

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Docetaxel Small molecule 75 mg/m2 Intravenous
Subject Hydroxychloroquine Small molecule 200 mg Oral

Indications