Status:
COMPLETED
Triptorelin, Flutamide, and External-Beam Radiation Therapy or External-Beam Radiation Therapy Alone in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Prostate Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
UNICANCER
Conditions:
Prostate Cancer
Eligibility:
MALE
Up to 74 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Androgens can cause the growth of prostate cancer cells. Drugs, such as triptorelin and flutamide, may stop the adrenal glands from making androgens. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-ra...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: * Compare the impact of neoadjuvant androgen blockade therapy comprising triptorelin and flutamide followed by conformal external beam radiotherapy and continued androgen blockage therapy...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically confirmed prostate cancer, meeting the following clinical staging criteria:
- Stage T1b-T1c AND prostate specific antigen (PSA) ≥ 10 ng/mL OR Stage T1b-T1c AND Gleason score ≥ 7 OR Stage T2a-T3a
- No lymph node invasion (N0 or N-)
- Patients with ≥ 10% risk by the Partin table must undergo curage
- No metastatic disease (M0) by thoracic radiography and bone scan
- PSA \< 30 ng/mL
- No history of invasive cancer
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Age
- Under 75
- Performance status
- ECOG 0-1
- Life expectancy
- At least 10 years
- Hematopoietic
- Not specified
- Hepatic
- Not specified
- Renal
- Not specified
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Biologic therapy
- Not specified
- Chemotherapy
- Not specified
- Endocrine therapy
- No prior hormonal therapy
- Radiotherapy
- No prior pelvic radiotherapy
- Surgery
- No prior radical prostatectomy
- No prior castration
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 10 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 15 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
378 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00104741
Start Date
September 10 2003
End Date
October 15 2015
Last Update
February 21 2021
Active Locations (31)
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1
Clinique De Rochebelle
Alès, France, F-30100
2
Institut Sainte Catherine
Avignon, France, 84082
3
Hopital Louis Pasteur
Colmar, France, 68024
4
Hopitaux Civils de Colmar
Colmar, France, 68024