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CSP #553: Adjuvant Therapy in Prostate Carcinoma Treatment

 

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Study Characteristics

Objectives

The primary endpoint is to determine whether early systemic treatment with adjuvant docetaxel after radical prostatectomy (RP) in patients with high-risk prostate cancer will decrease the 5-year progression rate compared with the standard of care.

Era of Service

All

Population
  • RP with lymphadenectomy and a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) nadir of less than 0.1 ng/mL
  • Enrolled patients will have one of the following features: pathologic Stage T3a disease and Gleason score 7 or greater histologic findings; pathologic Stage T3b-T4 disease; preoperative PSA level greater than 20 ng/mL; or pathologic T2 disease with Gleason score 8 to 10 and positive surgical margins

Study Design

Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial

Time Period

June 2006 – September 2016

Setting

National

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298 participants

Response Rate

46.9%

Recruitment Method

Unconfirmed

Compensation

Unconfirmed

Data Collected
  • History
  • Physical examination
  • Dietary assessments
  • PSA measurement
  • Metastasis-free survival
  • Cancer-specific survival
  • Overall survival
  • Quality of life and toxicity
  • Interval to the initiation of Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT)
  • Prostatic tissue from RP specimens, serum, plasma, nail clippings, DNA

Data Collection Methods
  • In-person assessments (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate Module, EuroQol 5-Dimension, Dietary assessments)
  • Centralized remote access of medical records
  • All biospecimen samples collected at patient randomization, serum and plasma also collected at recurrence

Funding Source

VA Cooperative Studies Program (CSP)

Contact

Lori Nielsen, Lori.Nielsen@va.gov

Selected Publications

Montgomery B, Lavori P, Garzotto M, Lee K, Brophy M, Thaneemit-Chen S, Kelly W, Basler J, Ringer R, Yu W, Whittemore A, Lin DW. Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program study 553: Chemotherapy after prostatectomy, a phase III randomized study of prostatectomy versus prostatectomy with adjuvant docetaxel for patients with high-risk, localized prostate cancer. Urology. 2008 Sep;72(3):474-80.

More Information

Study ClinicalTrials.gov site

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00132301


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