Docetaxel With or Without Thalidomide in Treating Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

NCT00020046 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2023-10-31

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Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Thalidomide may stop the growth of prostate cancer by stopping blood flow to the tumor.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of docetaxel with or without thalidomide in treating patients who have metastatic prostate cancer.

Conditions

  • Stage IV Prostate Cancer
  • Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate
  • Recurrent Prostate Cancer

Interventions

DRUG

docetaxel

DRUG

thalidomide

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • William Dahut · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-12-31
Completion
2003-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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