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Rapid Hormonal Cycling as Treatment for Patients With Prostate Cancer: The Men's Cycle

Rapid Hormonal Cycling as Treatment for Patients With Prostate Cancer: The Men's Cycle

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00586898
Enrollment
36
Registered
2008-01-07
Start date
2001-07-31
Completion date
2009-03-31
Last updated
2016-03-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Prostate, Cancer, Hormonal Cycling

Keywords

Prostate, Cancer, Hormones, 01-085, ANTIFUNGAL ANTIBIOTICS, ESTROGENS, LUPRON, TESTOSTERONE, ZOLADEX

Brief summary

Objective: To determine the response to rapid hormonal cycling in patients with non-castrate prostate cancer.

Interventions

DRUGGnRH

leuprolide and goserelin are gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues

DRUGKetoconazole

An imidazole antifungal agent. reduces adrenal and testicular androgen production in men

DRUGBicalutamide

A pure nonsteroidal antiandrogen

DRUGTestosterone transdermal gel

an androgenic anabolic steroid

DRUGEstrogen transdermal patch

Estradiol is the primary and most potent estrogen

Sponsors

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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

-Patients residing in the following clinical states wit! be considered: A. Rising PSA: Patients with a history of localized disease who have undergone definitive radiation or surgery. These patients must demonstrate progression of disease biochemically as outlined below. Patients in this group may not have radiographically evident disease. B. Non-castrate metastatic: Patients must present with radiographic evidence of metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis or after treatment for localized disease. These patients must show newly detected disease or progressing disease in bone or in soft tissue. Biochemical progression is defined as: minimum no. of determinations: 3 Interval: \>2 weeks Minimal Baseline PSA value (ng/ml): 2 Minimal % increase in range of values: 50% * Diagnosis of prostate adenocarcinoma histologically confirmed at MSKCC. * Patient must have level of serum testosterone above the lower limit of normal. * Karnofskcy performance status (KPS) \>\_70%. * Patients must have adequate organ function as defined by the following laboratory criteria: * WBC \>\_3500/mm3, platelet count \>\_100,000/mm3. * Bilirubin \<2.0 mg/dl or SGOT \<3.0 X the upper limit of normal. * Creatinine \<\_1.6 mg/dl or creatinine clearance \>\_60 cc/min. * Prior hormonal therapy is allowed as: 1. Neoadjuvant treatment prior to radiation therapy or radical prostatectomy, provided that the total duration of exposure does not exceed 10 months. 2. One cycle of intermittent therapy up to a maximum exposure of 10 months. * Patients must be at least 18 years of age. * Patients must have signed an informed consent document stating that they understand the investigational nature of the proposed treatment

Exclusion criteria

* Clinically significant cardiac disease (New York Heart Association Class III/IV),or severe debilitating puhnonary disease. * Uncontrolled serious active infection. * Anticipated survival of less than 3 months. * Active CNS or epiduraltumor * Inability or unwillingness to comply with the treatment protocol, follow-up, or research tests.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Response6 monthsComplete Response: Normalization of the PSA (\< or = to 4.0 for patients with castrate metastatic disease, or \< 0.5 for patients with a rising PSA) that is maintained on 3 successive evaluations a minimum of 2 weeks apart. Partial Response: Decrease in PSA value by \> or = to 50% from baseline value (without normalization) for 3 successive evaluations a minimum of 2 weeks apart. Stabilization: Patients who do not meet the criteria for PR or PROG for at least 90 days will be considered stable.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
All Participants
Rapid Hormonal Cycling as Treatment for Patients with Prostate Cancer
36
Total36

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyAdverse Event1
Overall StudyEvaluable for Toxicity Only5
Overall StudyPatiemt Non-compliance1

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicAll Participants
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
20 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
16 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
0 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
36 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
20 / 36
serious
Total, serious adverse events
2 / 36

Outcome results

Primary

Response

Complete Response: Normalization of the PSA (\< or = to 4.0 for patients with castrate metastatic disease, or \< 0.5 for patients with a rising PSA) that is maintained on 3 successive evaluations a minimum of 2 weeks apart. Partial Response: Decrease in PSA value by \> or = to 50% from baseline value (without normalization) for 3 successive evaluations a minimum of 2 weeks apart. Stabilization: Patients who do not meet the criteria for PR or PROG for at least 90 days will be considered stable.

Time frame: 6 months

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
All ParticipantsResponseComplete Response (CR)22 participants
All ParticipantsResponsePartial Response (PR)4 participants
All ParticipantsResponseStable Disease (SD)3 participants

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