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Capecitabine and Docetaxel in Treating Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Phase II Trial of Capecitabine (Xeloda) and Weekly Docetaxel (Taxotere) in Metastatic Androgen Independent Prostate Carcinoma

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00258284
Enrollment
30
Registered
2005-11-24
Start date
2003-08-31
Completion date
2007-11-30
Last updated
2014-03-06

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Conditions

Prostate Cancer

Keywords

recurrent prostate cancer, stage IV prostate cancer, adenocarcinoma of the prostate

Brief summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as capecitabine and docetaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving capecitabine together with docetaxel works in treating patients with metastatic prostate cancer.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the response rate in patients with androgen-independent metastatic adenocarcinoma of the prostate treated with capecitabine and docetaxel. Secondary * Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients. * Determine the progression-free survival, time to treatment failure, and overall survival of patients treated with this regimen. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive docetaxel IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15 and oral capecitabine twice daily on days 5-18. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving a complete response (CR) receive 2 additional courses of therapy beyond CR After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for survival. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 28 patients will be accrued for this study.

Interventions

DRUGcapecitabine

Patients receive docetaxel IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15 and oral capecitabine twice daily on days 5-18. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving a complete response (CR) receive 2 additional courses of therapy beyond CR

DRUGdocetaxel

Patients receive docetaxel IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15 and oral capecitabine twice daily on days 5-18. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving a complete response (CR) receive 2 additional courses of therapy beyond CR

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate * Metastatic disease * Androgen-independent disease * Progressive disease, as documented by ≥ 1 of the following criteria: * Rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) despite androgen deprivation therapy and anti-androgen withdrawal * Demonstrates a rising PSA trend with 2 successive elevations ≥ 1 week apart * Measurable disease progression * Nonmeasurable disease progression, defined as the following: * PSA ≥ 5 ng/mL * New areas of bone metastases on bone scan * Serum testosterone ≤ 0.5 ng/mL (castrate level) * Concurrent luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist therapy required for medically castrated patients PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Performance status * Zubrod 0-2 Life expectancy * At least 12 weeks Hematopoietic * Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/ mm\^3 * Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL * Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3 Hepatic * Bilirubin normal * Transaminases meeting 1 of the following criteria: * AST and/or ALT ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) if alkaline phosphatase (AP) normal * AP ≤ 4 times ULN if AST and/or ALT normal Renal * Creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min OR * Creatinine ≤ 2 mg/dL Cardiovascular * No congestive heart failure * No second- or third-degree heart block * No myocardial infarction within the past 3 months Other * Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 6 months after completion of study treatment * No other malignancy within the past 2 years except adequately treated skin cancer or other cancer in complete remission * No history of severe hypersensitivity reaction to docetaxel or other drugs formulated with polysorbate 80 * No peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 2 PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Chemotherapy * No prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease Endocrine therapy * See Disease Characteristics * More than 4 weeks since prior flutamide * More than 6 weeks since prior bicalutamide or nilutamide Radiotherapy * At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy Other * At least 28 days since prior investigational drugs for prostate cancer * No other concurrent anti-cancer therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Response rate by RECIST criteria after every 2 coursesat cycle 2 and every other cycle thereafter

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Toxicity at 30 days after last treatmentEvery week during treatment cycles
Progression-free survivalEvery 2 cycles
Time to treatment failureEvery 2 cyclesFrom date of registration to date of progressive disease, or date patient is taken off study for any other reason.
Overall survivalEvery 2 cycles
Effect of treatment on biological correlates (thymidine phosphorylase, dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, thymidylate synthase)Every week during treatment cycles

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026