Prostate Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Prostate cancer, Zoledronic acid, Bone metastasis
Brief summary
An open, multicenter and prospective study to evaluate the impact of the treatment with zoledronic acid 4 mg, on the quality of life and the skeletal-related events in patients with prostate cancer and bone metastasis that responds to hormonal therapy. Zoledronic acid is given to patients in a 15 minute-infusion every 4 weeks until a skeletal-related event occurs.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Age ≥18 * histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate. * Orchidectomy within the four previous weeks to enter the study. * bone metastasis evidenced by bone scan. * A hip DEXA study with a DS \< 3. * No hormonal therapy previous to enter the study. * ECOG performance score of 0-2. * Signed written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
* Abnormal renal function evidenced by a creatinine clearance ≤60 ml/min. * Any kind of hormonal therapy for prostate cancer previous to enter the study. * Serum calcium corrected for albumin level \< 8.0 mg/dl. * WBC \< 3.0x10\^3, ANC \< 1500/mm3, Hemoglobin \< 8.0 g/dl, platelets \< 75 x 10\^3/l. * Abnormal hepatic function evidenced by ALT and AST value \>2.5 UNL * Subjects with any other malignant disease that can affect the bone. * Subjects with any other non malignant disease that can jeopardize the evaluation of the primary objectives of this trial (severe osteoporosis) or that do not aloud perform the trial evaluations. * Known hypersensibility to zoledronic acid or other bisphosphonates. * Subjects that in the investigator's opinion can not cooperate with the protocol. Other protocol inclusion/
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluate the effects of Zometa® (Zoledronic Acid) i.v in doses of 4mg for measure the following parameters of efficacy: Quality of Life, Incidence of Events related to the skeleton | — |
Countries
Venezuela