Status:
COMPLETED
Radiation Therapy After Prostatectomy in Treating Patients With Stage III Prostate Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborating Sponsors:
SWOG Cancer Research Network
NCIC Clinical Trials Group
Conditions:
Prostate Cancer
Eligibility:
MALE
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Randomized phase III trial to compare treatment with or without adjuvant radiation therapy in men with stage III prostate cancer who have had radical prostatectomy and lymphadenectomy recently. Radiat...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: I. Compare disease-free survival rates of patients randomly assigned to adjuvant external-beam radiotherapy vs. no adjuvant therapy following radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymphadenect...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- PROTOCOL ENTRY CRITERIA:
- -Disease Characteristics--
- Pathologically documented Stage C (T3 N0 M0) adenocarcinoma of the prostate following radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy for clinical Stage A/B disease
- Ineligible for SWOG protocols of higher priority
- At least 1 of the following on pathologic examination:
- Presence of cancer in the seminal vesicles
- Evidence of cancer at the inked surgical margin of the prostate
- Extension of tumor beyond the prostatic capsule
- Negative preoperative metastatic survey within 6 months prior to registration, including the following:
- Normal bone scan
- No palpable evidence of extraprostatic tumor extension
- Bilateral lymph node dissection histologically negative for cancer
- Nodal sampling not required with the following stage/biopsy specimen Gleason score/preoperative PSA:
- Stage T1a/2-6/\<10 ng/ml
- Stage T1b-c/2-5/\<10 ng/ml
- Stage T2a/2-6/\<10 ng/ml
- Stage T2b/2-6/\<6 ng/ml
- Stage T2c/2-6/\<4 ng/ml
- Free from the following postoperative complications:
- Total urinary incontinence
- Intraoperative rectal injury
- persistent urinary extravasation
- Pelvic infection
- Concurrent registration on protocol SWOG-9205 (serum repository protocol) optional
- Concurrent registration on protocol SWOG-8994 (quality-of-life study) required of English-speaking and Spanish-speaking patients enrolled by SWOG
- -Patient Characteristics--
- Age: Any age
- Performance status: SWOG 0-2
- Life expectancy: At least 2 years
- Hematopoietic:
- WBC at least institutional LLN
- Platelets at least institutional LLN
- Hepatic: SGOT no more than 2 x ULN
- Other: No second malignancy within 5 years except adequately treated nonmelanomatous skin cancer
- -Prior Concurrent Therapy--
- Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy for prostate cancer
- Endocrine therapy: No more than 3 months of hormonal therapy prior to prostatectomy allowed
- Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy for prostate cancer
- Surgery: Radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy within 16 weeks prior to registration required
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 1988
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
408 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00394511
Start Date
August 1 1988
Last Update
February 11 2013
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