Status:
COMPLETED
ZANTE: Zometa and Taxotere in Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
National Cancer Institute, Naples
Conditions:
Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Eligibility:
MALE
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of docetaxel when given with zoledronic acid in patients with bone metastasis from prostate cancer that has not responded to hormone thera...
Detailed Description
Docetaxel has been used alone and in combination with other anti-cancer therapies in the treatment of hormone refractory metastatic prostate cancer. Zoledronic acid has been used in the treatment of b...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Written informed consent
- Hormone refractory prostate cancer
- Stage IV disease with bone metastasis
- No immunotherapy, hormonal therapy or radiotherapy within the previous month
- Performance status \< or = 2 (ECOG)
- Serum creatinine \< 1.5 mg/100ml
- Serum bilirubin \< or = 1.25 x UNL (upper normal limit) (or \< or = 1.5 x UNL in the presence of hepatic metastases); SGOT e SGPT \< or = 1.5 x UNL (or \< or = 2.5 x UNL in presence of hepatic metastases)
- Left ventricular ejection fraction \> or = 50% (measured by cardiac ultrasound or MUGA scan)
- Neutrophils \> 1500/mm3; platelets \>100000/mm3; hemoglobin \>10 g/100 ml· Life expectancy of at least 3 months
Exclusion
- Previous malignancies with the exception of radically treated epithelioma
- Previous chemotherapy
- Comorbidities that would, in the Investigator's opinion, contraindicate the use of the drugs in the study
- Uncontrolled Diabetes
- Severe cardiac arrhythmias, severe uncontrolled congestive heart failure, severe ischemic cardiac disease or myocardial infarction within the previous 6 months
- severe infection
- cerebral metastasis
- Pre-existing motor or sensory neurotoxicity \> or = grade 2 according to CTC (Common Toxicity Criteria).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
36 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00415779
Start Date
July 1 2006
End Date
July 1 2009
Last Update
February 24 2010
Active Locations (2)
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1
Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
Napoli, Italy, 80131
2
Ospedale Oncologico Regionale C.R.O.B. - Basilicata
Rionero in Vulture, Italy