Nitrocamptothecin in Treating Patients With Stage IV Prostate Cancer That Has Not Responded to Hormone Therapy
Prostate Cancer

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Prostate Cancer focused on measuring adenocarcinoma of the prostate, stage IV prostate cancer, recurrent prostate cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate with clinically progressive stage IVA or IVB disease after at least primary androgen ablation with either orchiectomy or LHRH agonist and only one cytotoxic chemotherapy regimen Measurable disease with a maximum of 10 measurable lesions OR nonmeasurable disease Serum testosterone no greater than 50 ng/mL if no prior bilateral orchiectomy PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Not specified Performance status: ECOG 0 or 1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 (transfusion independent) No disseminated intravascular coagulation Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) AST and ALT no greater than 3 times ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN Other: Fertile patients must use effective contraception No currently active second malignancy other than nonmelanoma skin cancers No active infection PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: At least 4 weeks since prior immunotherapy and recovered Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics At least 6 weeks since prior suramin At least 4 weeks since other prior chemotherapy No prior therapy with camptothecin or any of its analogues Endocrine therapy: Prior second line hormonal therapy allowed At least 4 weeks since prior hormonal therapy Concurrent treatment with LHRH agonists allowed and required for patients without orchiectomy No concurrent hormonal therapy except for nondisease related conditions Concurrent corticosteroids allowed if on stable dose for at least 6 weeks before study No concurrent dexamethasone as an antiemetic Radiotherapy: At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered No palliative radiotherapy At least 8 weeks since prior strontium 89 or samarium 153 Surgery: At least 3 weeks since major surgery and recovered
Sites / Locations
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham
- University of California San Diego Cancer Center
- UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
- University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Hematology Oncology Associates of the Quad Cities
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Togus
- Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis
- University of Minnesota Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial)
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Buffalo
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- CCOP - North Shore University Hospital
- North Shore University Hospital
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus
- Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
- State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Syracuse
- CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
- Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
- Rhode Island Hospital
- Medical University of South Carolina
- University of Tennessee, Memphis Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Memphis
- CCOP - Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center
- Vermont Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Richmond
- MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
nitrocamptothecin
Patients receive nitrocamptothecin orally daily for 5 consecutive days each week for 3 consecutive weeks. Treatment continues every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months until evidence of progression or relapse for a maximum of 2 years from the date of registration.