Clinical trial · Interventional
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Pain in Hormone Refractory Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Mitoxantrone/Prednisone and Clodronate Versus Mitoxantrone/Prednisone Alone in Patients With Hormone Refractory Metastatic Prostate Cancer and Pain
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
RATIONALE: Some drugs used in chemotherapy can reduce the pain experienced by some people with cancer. Combining more than one drug may be more effective at reducing cancer pain. It is not known whether receiving combination chemotherapy with clodronate is more effective than receiving combination chemotherapy without clodronate for hormone refractory metastatic prostate cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized double-blinded phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy using mitoxantrone plus prednisone with or without clodronate in treating pain in patients with hormone refractory metastatic prostate cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Prostate Cancer | Malignant Prostate Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Quality of Life | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (4)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| clodronate disodium | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| mitoxantrone hydrochloride | Drug | Mitoxantrone | ALIAS |
| prednisone | Drug | Prednisone | ALIAS |
| quality-of-life assessment | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Male
- Maximum age
- 120 Years
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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate or metastatic carcinoma of presumptive prostate origin as manifest by the presence of sclerotic bony metastases and a serum PSA level greater than the upper limit of normal Radiologically proven progressive bone disease (e.g., new bone scan lesions, increased uptake of isotope at previous sites of disease, and/or increasing bone pain) Hormone refractory disease (i.e., disease progression or recurrence despite documented castrate levels of serum testosterone achieved by bilateral orchiectomy or antiandrogen therapy) Bone pain due to metastatic disease Patients must have achieved stable analgesia for at least 7 days No uncontrolled epidural metastases PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Any age Performance status: ECOG 0-3 Life expectancy: At least 3 months Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,000/mm3 Absolute granulocyte count greater than 1,500/mm3 Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 3.15 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine less than 2.26 mg/dL Serum calcium no greater than 3.1 mmol/L Cardiovascular: Patients with history of angina pectoris, previous cardiac infarction, hypertension, or valvular or congenital heart disease must have baseline measurement of LVEF exceeding 50% Other: No other malignancy within 5 years except nonmelanomatous skin cancer No active infection or any other contraindication to chemotherapy with mitoxantrone No spinal cord or nerve root compression No unstabilized impending pathological fractures PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: One previous course of chemotherapy allowed No prior mitoxantrone or other anthracycline Endocrine therapy: See Disease Characteristics At least 4 weeks since prior nonsteroidal antiandrogens Radiotherapy: At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy At least 8 weeks since prior strontium-89 or samarium-153 Surgery: Not specified Other: No prior bisphosphonate therapy
References
Publications (3)
- RESULTTaylor SK, Ding K, Ernst SD, et al.: Palliative response measurement in a phase III study of patients with prostate cancer and painful bone metastases: secondary analysis of NCIC-CTG PR6. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 26 (Suppl 15): A-9636, 2008.
- RESULTErnst DS, Tannock IF, Winquist EW, Venner PM, Reyno L, Moore MJ, Chi K, Ding K, Elliott C, Parulekar W. Randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of mitoxantrone/prednisone and clodronate versus mitoxantrone/prednisone and placebo in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer and pain. J Clin Oncol. 2003 Sep 1;21(17):3335-42. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2003.03.042. PMID 12947070
- DERIVEDJakob T, Tesfamariam YM, Macherey S, Kuhr K, Adams A, Monsef I, Heidenreich A, Skoetz N. Bisphosphonates or RANK-ligand-inhibitors for men with prostate cancer and bone metastases: a network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Dec 3;12(12):CD013020. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013020.pub2. PMID 33270906