Status:

COMPLETED

Effect of Dutasteride on Androgen-Response Gene Expression in Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Endeavor Health

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Chicago

Northwestern University

Conditions:

Prostate Cancer

Eligibility:

MALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the drug dutasteride increases expression of genes that slow the growth of prostate cancer during treatment with intermittent androgen ablation therapy (ho...

Detailed Description

We have shown in a murine model of treatment with intermittent androgen ablation therapy of prostate cancer that when dutasteride is given during the regrowth phase (off-phase) of intermittent therapy...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Histologically proven prostate cancer
  • Patients are hormone-naive
  • Patients either to begin androgen ablation therapy with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist or already receiving therapy with LHRH agonist
  • Advanced prostate cancer with either positive pelvic nodes or bone/visceral metastasis
  • Must have an intact prostate (no previous surgery or XRT)
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2
  • Recovery from any major infection or surgical procedure
  • Signed informed consent

Exclusion

  • Known intolerance or allergy to dutasteride
  • Concomitant chemotherapy, biologic therapy, or XRT to prostate
  • Bilateral orchiectomy
  • Prior malignancy within 5 years of registration

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00668642

Start Date

March 1 2007

End Date

May 1 2013

Last Update

August 22 2023

Active Locations (3)

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Northwestern University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

2

University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637

3

NorthShore University HealthSystem

Evanston, Illinois, United States, 60201