Intermittent Hormone Therapy for Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Prostate Cancer
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- Compare time to loss of androgen dependence, based on serum prostate-specific antigen
failure, in patients with newly diagnosed stage III or IV prostate cancer treated with
intermittent vs continuous androgen suppression comprising cyproterone acetate.
- Compare time to treatment failure (subjective or objective progression) in patients
treated with these regimens.
- Compare quality of life of patients treated with these regimens.
- Compare survival of patients treated with these regimens.
Secondary
- Compare the side effects in patients treated with these regimens.
- Determine the first and total therapy-free intervals in patients treated with
intermittent cyproterone acetate.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study.
All patients receive cyproterone acetate daily for 16 weeks. Patients also receive monthly
injections of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist beginning in week 2 and
continuing for 14 weeks. Patients with a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level of ≤ 4 ng/mL
and who are asymptomatic at 14 weeks are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I (continuous maximum-androgen blockade): Patients receive cyproterone acetate
daily and monthly LHRH agonist depot injections in the absence of disease progression
or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may also undergo orchidectomy.
Quality of life is assessed every 6 months for 2 years and then annually thereafter.
- Arm II (intermittent treatment): Patients are observed after randomization. Treatment
with daily cyproterone acetate resumes if symptoms demand hormone treatment and patient
has any PSA level OR if patient is asymptomatic and has a PSA level ≥ 20 ng/mL.
Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. If
after 9 months of treatment, a PSA level of ≤ 4 ng/mL is not achieved or the patient
remains symptomatic, treatment is discontinued.
Quality of life is assessed every 6 months and when therapy is restarted.
Pain and performance status are assessed at each visit in both treatment arms.
After completion of study therapy, patients are followed periodically.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 900 patients will be accrued for this study.
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Time to loss of androgen-dependence, based on serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) failure according to protocol definition
No
R. T. Oliver, MD
Study Chair
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Unspecified
CDR0000495321
NCT00363285
January 2003
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