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Doxycycline for prostate cancer

New therapeutic scheme for patients with advanced prostate cancer: phase II clinical trial using doxycycline combined with antiandrogen treatment. - DOXCAPROST

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
RPCEC
Registry ID
RPCEC00000367
Enrollment
40
Registered
2021-05-11
Start date
2020-08-14
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-10

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

Conditions

Prostate cancer

Interventions

Intervention Experimental Group (group A): You will receive doxycycline 100 mg every 24 hours for 6 months, plus its standard treatment, which consists of bicalutamide 50 mg orally per day, and leupro
Doxycycline
Leuprolide
Tablets
Placebos
Administration, Oral
Injections, Subcutaneous
Bicalutamida

Sponsors

Medical School of the University of Colima, Mexico
Lead Sponsor
Cancerology State Institute, Colima State Health Service (SSA-Colima), Mexico
Collaborator
Mexico Mexican Social Security Institute.
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Male
Age
18 Years to 85 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Clinical and histological diagnosis of excised adenocarcinoma, locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer. 2. Patients who accept, with informed consent, the administration of doxycycline or placebo, in a randomized system

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosis of another primary cancer other than prostate. 2. Alcoholism and / or drug addiction. 3. Allergic to tetracyclines. 4. Gastrointestinal ulcer. 5. Inflammatory bowel disease. 6. Diagnosis of ischemic heart disease. 7. Liver disease. 8. Kidney disease.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Complete response (25% reduction in serum specific prostate antigen). Measuring time: 3 and 6 months.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Adverse events (according to the common terminology of criteria for adverse events (CTCAE version 3). Measurement time: every week until month 6. Change in the level of prostate-specific antigen at 6 months of treatment. Quality of life and cognitive impairment were assessed with the EORTC QLQ-PR25 questionnaire and the Mini-Mental State Examination test, respectively, applied at baseline and 6 months after treatment.

Countries

Mexico

Contacts

Public ContactJosé Guzman Esquivel

Mexican Institute of Social Security, General Hospital of Zone 1

pepeguzman_esquivel@outlook.com

Outcome results

None listed

Source: RPCEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 25, 2026