Zolendronate for the Prevention of Bone Loss in Men w/ Prostate CA on Long-Term Androgen Deprivation



Status:Active, not recruiting
Conditions:Prostate Cancer, Cancer, Osteoporosis
Therapuetic Areas:Oncology, Rheumatology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:4/17/2018
Start Date:March 2003
End Date:December 2020

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A Phase III Randomized Study of Zolendronate Bisphosphonate Therapy for the Prevention of Bone Loss in Men With Prostate Cancer Receiving Long-Term Androgen Deprivation

RATIONALE: Zoledronate may prevent bone loss associated with long term androgen deprivation
therapy. It is not yet known whether zoledronate combined with calcium is more effective than
calcium alone in preventing bone loss.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of zoledronate combined with
calcium with that of calcium alone in preventing bone loss in patients with stage III or
stage IV prostate cancer who have received long-term androgen deprivation therapy.

OBJECTIVES:

- Compare bone loss in patients receiving long-term androgen deprivation therapy for stage
III or IV prostate cancer when treated with supportive care with vs without zoledronate.

- Compare the percentage change in lumbar spine and hip bone density in patients treated
with these regimens.

- Compare markers of bone formation and resorption in patients treated with these
regimens.

- Compare the incidence of skeletal events (pathologic and non-pathologic bone fractures,
spinal cord compression, surgery to bone, and radiotherapy to bone) in patients treated
with these regimens.

- Compare the incidence of new or progressive bone metastatic disease in patients treated
with these regimens.

- Compare the survival rate of patients treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to race (black vs other). Patients are randomized
to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

- Arm I: Patients receive zoledronate IV over 15 minutes on day 1 and oral calcium
gluconate and oral cholecalciferol daily. Courses repeat every 3 months for 12 months in
the absence of toxicity.

- Arm II: Patients receive oral calcium gluconate and oral cholecalciferol as in arm I.

Patients are followed every 3 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 72 patients (36 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this
study.

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Histologically confirmed prostate cancer

- Stage III or IV disease

- Received at least 3 months of prior androgen deprivation therapy (no maximum
amount/time) by either surgical or medical castration

- Medical castration may be by intermittent or continuous androgen suppression via
single- or combined-drug androgen blockade

- Continued concurrent androgen deprivation therapy required throughout study
participation

- No bone metastases by baseline bone scan

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

- 18 and over

Performance status

- ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy

- At least 1 year

Hematopoietic

- Not specified

Hepatic

- Bilirubin less than 3 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

- AST and ALT less than 3 times ULN

- No chronic liver disease

Renal

- Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL

Other

- Fertile patients must use effective contraception

- No Paget's disease

- No Cushing's disease

- No hyperthyroidism

- No hyperprolactinemia

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

- Not specified

Chemotherapy

- Prior chemotherapy for prostate cancer allowed

Endocrine therapy

- See Disease Characteristics

- More than 12 months since prior suppressive doses of thyroxine or calcitonin

- More than 6 months since prior corticosteroids

- Concurrent corticosteroids allowed (after enrollment on study)

Radiotherapy

- Prior radiotherapy for prostate cancer allowed

Surgery

- See Disease Characteristics

Other

- More than 12 months since prior bisphosphonate therapy (oral or IV)
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