Status:

TERMINATED

Celecoxib in Treating Patients With Relapsed Prostate Cancer Following Radiation Therapy or Radical Prostatectomy

Lead Sponsor:

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Prostate Cancer

Eligibility:

MALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Celecoxib may stop the growth of cancer by stopping blood flow to the tumor and by blocking the enzymes necessary for tumor cell growth. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine the effect of celecoxib on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in patients with prostate cancer in biochemical relapse after prior definitive radiotherapy or radical prosta...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Diagnosis of clinically localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate
  • T1 or T2 disease
  • Received prior primary treatment with definitive radiotherapy (at least 5,500 cGy) OR radical prostatectomy
  • Biochemical relapse within 5 years after prior primary therapy, defined as 1 of the following:
  • Detectable and rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) after surgery (at least 2 values above the residual cancer detection limit of the assay)
  • PSA at least 2 values above 1 ng/mL OR at least 3 rising values at any level after radiotherapy
  • PSA no greater than 10 ng/mL
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Age
  • Not specified
  • Performance status
  • ECOG 0-2
  • Life expectancy
  • Not specified
  • Hematopoietic
  • Not specified
  • Hepatic
  • ALT no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal
  • Renal
  • Creatinine normal
  • Other
  • No allergy to cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors, aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or sulfa drugs
  • No untreated peptic ulcer disease
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Biologic therapy
  • Not specified
  • Chemotherapy
  • No prior chemotherapy
  • Endocrine therapy
  • More than 6 months since prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant hormonal therapy
  • Duration of prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant hormonal therapy must have been no more than 6 months
  • Radiotherapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Prior salvage radiotherapy after prostatectomy allowed
  • Surgery
  • See Disease Characteristics

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    April 1 2003

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    January 1 2006

    Estimated Enrollment :

    37 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00073970

    Start Date

    April 1 2003

    End Date

    January 1 2006

    Last Update

    May 23 2012

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    Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599-7235