Combination Chemotherapy With Ketoconazole in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2002-11-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so
they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy
consisting of paclitaxel, etoposide, and estramustine as compared with ketoconazole plus
doxorubicin, vinblastine, and estramustine in treating patients with prostate cancer.