Carboplatin-Etoposide Combination in Hormone-Resistant Prostate Cancers

This is an interventional treatment trial for Prostate Cancer focused on measuring Hormone resistant prostate cancer, Neuro-endocrine marker, Carboplatin-Etoposide combination, Neuro-endocrine differentiation Read More

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histological evidence of prostate adenocarcinoma
• Metastatic disease, either measurable (lymph nodes, hepatic lesion, pulmonary lesions with longest diameter > or = 1 cm on spiral scan), or non measurable (bone metastasis)

• Patients must:

  • Have received hormonal therapy via surgical or chemical castration (LH-RH agonist) with or without anti-androgens. Anti-androgen withdrawal is recommended before inclusion, with an off-treatment period of at least 4 weeks. LH-RH agonist treatment must be continued.
  • Have a relapse or disease refractory to hormonal treatment (defined by a testosterone level < 0.5 µg/ml)

  • Have neuroendocrine progression defined, whatever the PSA level, as:

    • NSE and/or Chromogranin A > 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) with or without visceral metastases (liver, lung, lymph node)
    • No increase of NSE or Chromogranin A, but visceral metastases (either hepatic, pleuro-pulmonary, or nodal) with cytological or histological confirmation of the presence of an undifferentiated or neuro-endocrine component of prostatic origin
• Prior treatment by radiotherapy is allowed but radiation therapy must have been completed for at least 4 weeks before inclusion and irradiated areas must not represent more than 25% of marrow reserves
• Prior treatment by estramustine is allowed but must have been stopped at least 4 weeks before inclusion
• Age> or = 18 years
• Life expectancy> or = 3 months
• Karnofsky index> or = 50%
• Adequate haematological function: neutrophils> or = 1.5 G/l, platelets> or = 100 G/l, haemoglobin> or = 8 g/dl. Use of erythropoietin is allowed.
• Adequate liver function: bilirubin level within the institution's normal range, AST and ALT< or = 1.5 ULN
• Adequate renal function: creatinine clearance> or = 40 ml/min (Gault and Cockroft method)
• Signed written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients having no> 1.5 x ULN increase of at least one neuro-endocrine marker (NSE or chromogranin A) and no cytological or histological (undifferentiated or neuro-endocrine type) evidence of visceral metastasis (hepatic, pleuro-pulmonary, or nodal)
• History of other malignancies, other than curatively treated basal cell skin carcinoma or any other curatively treated cancer with no sign of recurrence within 5 years
• Symptomatically uncontrolled brain metastasis
• Interstitial radiation therapy (using strontium or samarium) within the previous 3 months
• Prior treatment with platinum salts or etoposide. Other chemotherapy regimens are allowed provided that the last dose has been administered> or = 4 weeks prior to inclusion.
• Concomitant treatment with other anti-cancer drugs, except corticoid or LH-RH agonist injections
• Peripheral neuropathy> or = 2 (NCI-CTCAE)
• Uncontrolled progressive thrombo-embolic disease
• Uncontrolled infection
• Medical history of acute myocardial infection or uncontrolled angina pectoris, or hypertension or uncontrolled arrythmia
• Inclusion in another clinical trial
• Impaired follow-up for social, geographical, familial or psychological reasons
• Any other unstable disease.