Prostate CancerPhase 2NCT00134706
A Study of Docetaxel Plus Carboplatin in Patients With Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer
A Phase 2 study testing Docetaxel and Carboplatin in people with Prostate Cancer, run by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at 6 sites in United States.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to look at the effects (good and bad) of the combination of docetaxel and carboplatin for patients who have progressive prostate cancer after chemotherapy with drugs such as docetaxel. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, men only
- Conditions the study is for
- Prostate Cancer
- What is being tested?
- Docetaxel and Carboplatin
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion
- How many people
- 30 participants
- Where
- 6 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- Jan 2004to Sep 2009
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- Men only
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate
- Evidence of metastatic disease
- Disease progression following androgen deprivation therapy
- Disease progression despite docetaxel-based chemotherapy
- Serum testosterone levels less than 50ng/ml (unless surgically castrated). Patients must continue androgen deprivation with a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogue if they have not undergone orchiectomy.
- No use of antiandrogens for at least 4 weeks
- Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) performance status less than or equal to 2
- Acceptable white blood cell (WBC), platelets, creatinine and AST counts
Who cannot join
- Significant peripheral neuropathy defined as grade 2 or higher
- Within 4 weeks since completing external beam radiotherapy or 8 weeks since completing radiopharmaceutical therapy (strontium, samarium)
- Prior platinum-based chemotherapy (cisplatin or carboplatin) for hormone- refractory prostate cancer
- Concomitant chemotherapy, investigational agents or systemic steroids
Trial locations and contacts
6 sites in 1 country.
6 sites in 1 country
United States6 sites
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215
Wentworth Douglass Hospital
Dover, New Hampshire, 03820
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, Massachusetts, 01854
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon, 97239
About this study
Official title: A Phase II Study of Docetaxel Plus Carboplatin in Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer Patients Refractory to Prior Docetaxel-based Chemotherapy
The purpose of this study is to look at the effects (good and bad) of the combination of docetaxel and carboplatin for patients who have progressive prostate cancer after chemotherapy with drugs such as docetaxel. The investigators are also studying whether the measurement of two proteins in the blood may predict who will respond to the combination of docetaxel and carboplatin.
Read the detailed description
Patients will receive both carboplatin and docetaxel. This treatment is given in the outpatient department once every 3 weeks (called one cycle).
One day prior to the day of chemotherapy, patients are given a steroid drug (dexamethasone) to be taken twice a day for 3 days. This helps to decrease the risk of an allergic reaction.
On the day of chemotherapy, both docetaxel and carboplatin will be given through a vein over two to three hours. Docetaxel will be given before carboplatin. In addition, patients receive zofran, an anti-vomiting agent, to try to prevent nausea and vomiting. Study participants are also given a prescription for anti-nausea pills to take at home.
After each cycle of treatment, patients are required to get their bloods checked (between days 8-12 of the cycle). This may be done at an outside laboratory closer to the patient's home.
Treatment will be repeated every three weeks provided the blood tests and physical examination done prior to each treatment are acceptable. If a patient is not able to receive the next scheduled dose of chemotherapy, the doctor will delay the treatment for a week to a maximum of two weeks, beyond which, the patient will be taken off the trial. If there is a delay of more than one week or the study participant has significant side effects, their doctor will decrease the dose of the carboplatin and docetaxel. During the treatment period, doctors may also prescribe medications to treat low red blood cells or low white blood cells.
Before each cycle (every 3 weeks), there will be routine blood tests drawn (about 3 teaspoons) to monitor bone marrow, liver, and kidney functions. These samples will look at two proteins in the blood and may help us predict who will respond to docetaxel and carboplatin. We will also obtain CT scans after every 3 cycles of treatment and at the end of the study. A bone scan will also be done after every 3 cycles if there was evidence of bone involvement on the first bone scan. A bone scan may also be ordered during the study in patients without prior evidence of bone involvement if the doctor suspects that the cancer has now spread to the bone.
- Conditions
- Prostate Cancer
- Being tested
- Docetaxel, Carboplatin
- Keywords
- Prostate Cancer, Cancer of the prostate, Cancer of prostate, Docetaxel, Carboplatin
- Medical subject headings
- Prostatic Neoplasms
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
DocetaxelDrug
Given intravenously over 2-3 hours once every three weeks. Participant can continue to receive treatment as long as there is no disease progression or serious side effects.
CarboplatinDrug
Given intravenously over 2-3 hours once every three weeks. Participant can continue to receive treatment as long as there is no disease progression or serious side effects.
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
The primary objective is to determine the efficacy and safety of docetaxel plus carboplatin as salvage chemotherapy in patients with hormone refractory prostate cancer who have progressed on prior docetaxel-based chemotherapy.
Measured: 2 years
Secondary outcomes (1)
The secondary objective is to correlate the clinical and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response with baseline serum chromogranin A (CGA) and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) levels.
Measured: 2 years
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted25 Aug 2005 (estimated)
- Study startJan 2004
- Primary completionApr 2006
- Study completionSep 2009
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Prostate CancerStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 30 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Lowell General Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Oregon Health and Science University, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
- Investigators
- Mary-Ellen Taplin, MD, Principal investigator, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00134706
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 03-319
- Status last verified
- Dec 2009
- First submitted
- 24 Aug 2005
- Last updated
- 9 Dec 2009
- Results posted
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 Dec 2009. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Phase II Study of Docetaxel Plus Carboplatin in Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer Patients Refractory to Prior Docetaxel-based Chemotherapy
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00134706
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 03-319
- Conditions
- Prostate Cancer
- Keywords
- Prostate Cancer, Cancer of the prostate, Cancer of prostate, Docetaxel, Carboplatin
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 30 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Lowell General Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Oregon Health and Science University, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
- Study start
- Jan 2004
- Primary completion
- Apr 2006 (actual)
- Study completion
- Sep 2009 (actual)
- First posted
- 25 Aug 2005 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to look at the effects (good and bad) of the combination of docetaxel and carboplatin for patients who have progressive prostate cancer after chemotherapy with drugs such as docetaxel. The investigators are also studying whether the measurement of two proteins in the blood may predict who will respond to the combination of docetaxel and carboplatin.
Detailed description
Patients will receive both carboplatin and docetaxel. This treatment is given in the outpatient department once every 3 weeks (called one cycle).
One day prior to the day of chemotherapy, patients are given a steroid drug (dexamethasone) to be taken twice a day for 3 days. This helps to decrease the risk of an allergic reaction.
On the day of chemotherapy, both docetaxel and carboplatin will be given through a vein over two to three hours. Docetaxel will be given before carboplatin. In addition, patients receive zofran, an anti-vomiting agent, to try to prevent nausea and vomiting. Study participants are also given a prescription for anti-nausea pills to take at home.
After each cycle of treatment, patients are required to get their bloods checked (between days 8-12 of the cycle). This may be done at an outside laboratory closer to the patient's home.
Treatment will be repeated every three weeks provided the blood tests and physical examination done prior to each treatment are acceptable. If a patient is not able to receive the next scheduled dose of chemotherapy, the doctor will delay the treatment for a week to a maximum of two weeks, beyond which, the patient will be taken off the trial. If there is a delay of more than one week or the study participant has significant side effects, their doctor will decrease the dose of the carboplatin and docetaxel. During the treatment period, doctors may also prescribe medications to treat low red blood cells or low white blood cells.
Before each cycle (every 3 weeks), there will be routine blood tests drawn (about 3 teaspoons) to monitor bone marrow, liver, and kidney functions. These samples will look at two proteins in the blood and may help us predict who will respond to docetaxel and carboplatin. We will also obtain CT scans after every 3 cycles of treatment and at the end of the study. A bone scan will also be done after every 3 cycles if there was evidence of bone involvement on the first bone scan. A bone scan may also be ordered during the study in patients without prior evidence of bone involvement if the doctor suspects that the cancer has now spread to the bone.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Male only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (8 listed)
- Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate
- Evidence of metastatic disease
- Disease progression following androgen deprivation therapy
- Disease progression despite docetaxel-based chemotherapy
- Serum testosterone levels less than 50ng/ml (unless surgically castrated). Patients must continue androgen deprivation with a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogue if they have not undergone orchiectomy.
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Significant peripheral neuropathy defined as grade 2 or higher
- Within 4 weeks since completing external beam radiotherapy or 8 weeks since completing radiopharmaceutical therapy (strontium, samarium)
- Prior platinum-based chemotherapy (cisplatin or carboplatin) for hormone- refractory prostate cancer
- Concomitant chemotherapy, investigational agents or systemic steroids
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| DocetaxelGiven intravenously over 2-3 hours once every three weeks. Participant can continue to receive treatment as long as there is no disease progression or serious side effects. | Drug | – |
| CarboplatinGiven intravenously over 2-3 hours once every three weeks. Participant can continue to receive treatment as long as there is no disease progression or serious side effects. | Drug | – |
Primary outcome
The primary objective is to determine the efficacy and safety of docetaxel plus carboplatin as salvage chemotherapy in patients with hormone refractory prostate cancer who have progressed on prior docetaxel-based chemotherapy.
Time frame: 2 years
1 secondary outcome
The secondary objective is to correlate the clinical and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response with baseline serum chromogranin A (CGA) and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) levels.
Time frame: 2 years
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 9 Dec 2009.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Mary-Ellen Taplin, MD principal investigator
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
6 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2 study testing Docetaxel and Carboplatin in people with Prostate Cancer, run by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at 6 sites in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Dec 2009. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 6 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
The primary objective is to determine the efficacy and safety of docetaxel plus carboplatin as salvage chemotherapy in patients with hormone refractory prostate cancer who have progressed on prior docetaxel-based chemotherapy. (time frame: 2 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Dec 2009.