Hormone Therapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Prostate Cancer focused on measuring adenocarcinoma of the prostate, stage IIB prostate cancer, stage IIA prostate cancer, stage III prostate cancer
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria Adenocarcinoma of prostatic origin histologically-confirmed within 180 days of the randomization date. Zubrod Performance Status 0-1 (Appendix II). Prostatic biopsy tumor grading by the Gleason Score classification (Appendix VI) is mandatory prior to randomization. Patients at intermediate risk for disease relapse as determined by any of the following combinations of factors (NOTE: tumor found in one or both lobes on biopsy, but not palpable, will not alter T stage): Clinical stage T1b-4, Gleason score 2-6, and prostate-specific antigen >10 but ≤ 100. Clinical stage T1b-4, Gleason score 7, and prostate-specific antigen < 20. Clinical stage T1b-1c, Gleason score 8-10, and prostate-specific antigen <20. Clinically negative (N0) lymph nodes (LN) as established by imaging (pelvic ± abdominal CT, MRI or LAG), or negative LN by nodal sampling or dissection (laparoscopy or laparotomy). Patients with radiologic (e.g., CT, MRI or LAG) or radioimmunoscintigraphy (i.e., ProstaScint™) findings suggestive of regional nodal involvement are eligible if cytologic (e.g., needle aspiration) or histologic (e.g., surgical sampling) evaluation shows no evidence of a neoplastic process (i.e., prostatic or non-prostatic malignancy). Patients with equivocal radiologic findings (maximum nodal size ≤ 1.5 cm) are eligible. No distant (M0) metastases. Patients with radionuclide imaging (e.g., bone scintigraphy, ProstaScint™) findings suggestive, but not diagnostic of metastatic disease are eligible if radiologic (e.g., standard or tomographic radiography, or CT/MRI) imaging does not confirm metastatic disease. Pretherapy serum (total) prostate-specific antigen value performed with a Federal Drug Administration approved assay method, e.g. Abbott, Hybritech, etc. Treatment must begin within 6 weeks after randomization. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) must be within 2 x upper normal limit. Patients must sign a study-specific informed consent form (Appendix I) prior to randomization. Exclusion Criteria Patients at high risk for disease relapse as determined by either: Prostate-specific antigen ≥ 20 and Gleason score ≥ 7 (any T stage). Clinical stage ≥T2 and Gleason score ≥ 8 (any prostate-specific antigen). Patients at low risk for disease relapse as determined by: • Clinical stage ≤T2, Gleason score ≤ 6, and prostate-specific antigen ≤ 10. Clinical stage Tx, T0, or T1a. Histologic or radiologic evidence of tumor involvement of regional lymph nodes (N1) or the presence of metastatic disease (M1). Pretherapy serum prostate-specific antigen level > 100. Co-morbid medical illness which in the opinion of the investigator is expected to result in a life expectancy of <10 years. Any of the following prior therapies: Pelvic external beam radiation therapy. Radionuclide prostate brachytherapy. Prostatectomy or prostatic cryosurgery. Prior bilateral orchiectomy. Prior androgen suppression therapy; however, patients begun on LHRH agonist therapy remain eligible if (1) LHRH agonists were started no more than 30 days before randomization, and (2) Casodex or Eulexin was (or will be) started no more than 14 days before or after the date that the LHRH agonist injection was given. Any finasteride therapy administered for prostatic hypertrophy must be discontinued. Chemotherapy for prostatic carcinoma. Previous or concomitant invasive cancer, other than localized basal cell or squamous cell skin carcinoma (AJCC Stage 0-II), unless continually disease free for at least 5 years. Major medical or psychiatric illness which, in the opinion of the investigator, would prevent completion of treatment or would interfere with follow-up. The patient's participation in another medical research study that involves prostate cancer treatment.
Sites / Locations
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Comprehensive Cancer Institute
- Huntsville Hospital
- MBCCOP - Gulf Coast
- Montgomery Cancer Center
- DCH Cancer Treatment Center
- Foundation for Cancer Research and Education
- Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center - Burbank
- Mount Diablo Medical Center
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
- California Cancer Center
- Saint Agnes Cancer Center
- Sutter Health Western Division Cancer Research Group
- Loma Linda University Cancer Institute at Loma Linda University Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
- CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute
- Huntington Cancer Center at Huntington Hospital
- Robert and Beverly Lewis Family Cancer Care Center
- Radiation Oncology Center - Sacramento
- Radiation Medical Group, Incorporated
- Naval Medical Center - San Diego
- UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
- O'Connor Hospital
- CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
- Torrance Memorial Medical Center
- David Grant Medical Center
- Memorial Hospital Cancer Center
- University of Colorado Cancer Center at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
- CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program, Incorporated
- St. Mary's Regional Cancer Center at St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center
- Hospital of St. Raphael
- Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- Sibley Memorial Hospital
- 21st Century Oncology - Fort Myers
- Shands Cancer Center at the University of Florida Health Science Center
- Florida Radiation Oncology Group
- Holmes Regional Medical Center
- CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
- University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center
- Baptist Hospital of Miami
- MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando
- Bay Medical Center
- Gulf Coast Cancer Treatment Center
- Sarasota Radiation and Medical Oncology Center
- Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
- CCOP - Atlanta Regional
- Medical Center/John B. Amos Community Cancer Center
- Regional Radiation Oncology Center at Rome
- MBCCOP - Hawaii
- Northwest Community Hospital
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University
- CCOP - Central Illinois
- Ingalls Memorial Hospital
- Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center at Loyola University Medical Center
- Lutheran General Cancer Care Center
- CCOP - Scott and White Hospital
- Methodist Medical Center of Illinois
- St. John's Medical Center
- Bloomington Hospital
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Indianapolis (Roudebush)
- Methodist Cancer Center at Methodist Hospital
- Community Regional Cancer Care
- Ball Memorial Hospital Cancer Center
- CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium
- Wendt Regional Cancer Center of Finley Hospital
- St. Elizabeth Medical Center
- Central Baptist Hospital
- Markey Cancer Center at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center
- James Graham Brown Cancer Center at University of Louisville
- Louisville Radiation Oncology Center at Caritas Regional Cancer Center
- Merle M. Mahr Cancer Center
- Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
- Tulane University School of Medicine
- MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
- CCOP - Ochsner
- Maine Medical Center
- Anne Arundel Oncology Center
- Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland
- Greater Baltimore Medical Center and Cancer Center
- Harbor Hospital Center
- Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
- St. Agnes Cancer Center
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
- Peninsula Regional Medical Center
- Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Cancer Research Center at Boston Medical Center
- Cape Cod Hospital
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)
- NSMC Cancer Center
- CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital
- Hurley Medical Center
- McLaren Regional Cancer Center
- CCOP - Kalamazoo
- Marquette General Hospital
- MidMichigan Medical Center - Midland
- CCOP - Beaumont
- William Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak
- William Beaumont Hospital - Troy
- Fairview University Medical Center - University Campus
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center at University of Missouri - Columbia
- CCOP - Kansas City
- St. Louis University Hospital Cancer Center
- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
- Cancer Research for the Ozarks
- CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
- CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
- CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
- Methodist Hospital Cancer Center at Nebraska Methodist Hospital - Omaha
- UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth Medical School
- Elliot Regional Cancer Center
- Cooper Cancer Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange
- John F. Kennedy Medical Center
- Trinitas Hospital - Jersey Street Campus
- Monmouth Medical Center
- South Jersey Regional Cancer Center
- Fox Chase Virtua Health Cancer Program at Virtua Memorial Hospital
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
- Atlantic City Medical Center
- Medical Center of Princeton
- Valley Hospital
- Somerset Medical Center
- Community Medical Center
- Fox Chase Cancer Center at St. Francis Medical Center
- Associated Radiologists, P.A.
- Radiation Oncology Associates of Albuquerque
- Cancer Center of Albany Medical Center
- State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
- New York Methodist Hospital
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Finger Lakes Radiation Oncology Center
- CCOP - North Shore University Hospital
- Beth Israel Medical Center - Philipps Ambulatory Care Center
- Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University
- Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center
- James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center
- CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.
- Riverhill Radiation Oncology
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- Batte Cancer Center at Northeast Medical Center
- Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center of University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina
- CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
- Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University
- Trinity Cancer Care Center
- Akron General Medical Center
- Akron City Hospital
- Cancer Center at Christ Hospital
- Charles M. Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital
- Ireland Cancer Center
- University Hospitals of Cleveland
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- CCOP - Columbus
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
- CCOP - Dayton
- Parma Community General Hospital
- CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital
- Frank C. Love Cancer Institute at St. Anthony Hospital
- Oklahoma University Medical Center at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- St. John Health System
- CCOP - Oklahoma
- CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program
- Abington Memorial Hospital
- John and Dorothy Morgan Cancer Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital
- St. Luke's Hospital Cancer Center
- Geisinger Medical Center
- Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital
- Delaware County Memorial Hospital
- Pocono Cancer Center
- Penn State Cancer Institute at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- Abramson Cancer Center at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Philadelphia
- Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Albert Einstein Cancer Center
- Allegheny General Hospital
- Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Western Pennsylvania Hospital
- Hillman Cancer Center at University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
- Reading Hospital and Medical Center
- Mercy Hospital Cancer Center - Scranton
- Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
- CCOP - MainLine Health
- Wellspan Health - York Cancer Center
- Roger Williams Medical Center
- CCOP - Greenville
- CCOP - Upstate Carolina
- Rapid City Regional Hospital
- West Tennessee Cancer Center at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at Vanderbilt Medical Center
- Harrington Cancer Center
- Arlington Cancer Center
- University of Texas Medical Branch
- University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Wilford Hall Medical Center
- Joe Arrington Cancer Research and Treatment Center
- Bayshore Medical Center
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Utah Valley Regional Medical Center - Provo
- Dixie Regional Medical Center
- University of Utah Health Sciences Center
- LDS Hospital
- Green Mountain Oncology Group
- Vermont Cancer Center at University of Vermont
- Cancer Center at the University of Virginia
- RMH Regional Cancer Center
- Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth
- Bon Secours - St. Mary's Hospital
- Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University
- Cancer Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center
- University Cancer Center at University of Washington Medical Center
- Deaconess Medical Center
- Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
- Schiffler Cancer Center
- CCOP - St. Vincent Hospital Cancer Center, Green Bay
- St. Vincent Hospital
- Gundersen Lutheran Cancer Center at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
- Southern Wisconsin Radiotherapy Center
- University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
- Marshfield Clinic
- Community Memorial Hospital
- Columbia Hospital
- St. Luke's Medical Center
- Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Milwaukee (Zablocki)
- All Saints Cancer Center at All Saints Healthcare
- Waukesha Memorial Hospital Regional Cancer Center
- Tom Baker Cancer Center - Calgary
- Cross Cancer Institute
- Doctor Leon Richard Oncology Centre
- Saint John Regional Hospital
- Newfoundland Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation
- Nova Scotia Cancer Centre
- Margaret and Charles Juravinski Cancer Centre
- Kingston Regional Cancer Centre
- Cancer Care Ontario-London Regional Cancer Centre
- Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre
- Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre - Sudbury
- Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Care
- Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre
- Princess Margaret Hospital
- CHUS-Hopital Fleurimont
- Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal
- McGill University
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec
- Allan Blair Cancer Centre
- Saskatoon Cancer Centre
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
TAS x 8 weeks
TAS x 28 weeks
Total Androgen Suppression (TAS) (LHRH agonist and Casodex or Eulexin) x 8 weeks followed by radiation therapy (RT) with concurrent TAS (LHRH agonist and Casodex or Eulexin).
TAS (LHRH agonist and Casodex or Eulexin) x 28 weeks followed by RT with concurrent TAS (LHRH agonist and Casodex or Eulexin).