Docetaxel with prednisone or prednisolone for the treatment of ...
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Study details and Participant details Intervention details Results Conclusion and<br />
design comments<br />
benefit was defined as reduction by at least 1 in <strong>the</strong> pain<br />
index and/<strong>or</strong> perf<strong>or</strong>mance status improvement by at least 1<br />
continuously to all<br />
patients<br />
I(1): n (%) I(2): n (%) C: n (%)<br />
Pain control 10 (23) 9 (21) 7 (17)<br />
Analgesic consumption 15 (35) 10 (24) 6 (14)<br />
Improved pain index 17 (40) 12 (29) 7 (17)<br />
1 + 2<br />
Improved ECOG 26 (60) 20 (48) 12 (28) a<br />
Improved clinical 14 (33) 10 (24) 9 (21)<br />
benefit 3 + 4<br />
lesion(s), and/<strong>or</strong> an increase <strong>of</strong><br />
≥ 25% <strong>of</strong> measurable metastases,<br />
and/<strong>or</strong> <strong>the</strong> appearance <strong>of</strong> new foci on<br />
a radionuclide bone scan, and/<strong>or</strong> 3<br />
consecutive increases in PSA at least<br />
1 week apart in <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong><br />
testosterone castrate level <strong>of</strong><br />
metastatic patients. Patients were<br />
ineligible if <strong>the</strong>y had received pri<strong>or</strong><br />
chemo<strong>the</strong>rapy (including<br />
estramustine), and at least 4 weeks<br />
had to have elapsed since completion<br />
<strong>of</strong> radiation, <strong>or</strong> last dose <strong>of</strong> a<br />
<strong>the</strong>rapeutic radionuclide, and pri<strong>or</strong><br />
flutamide <strong>or</strong> nilutamide. Six weeks<br />
had to have elapsed since pri<strong>or</strong><br />
bicalutamide. Patients were also<br />
required to have life expectancy at<br />
least 3 months, ECOG perf<strong>or</strong>mance<br />
sc<strong>or</strong>e <strong>of</strong> 0 to 2 and no uncontrolled<br />
diabetes <strong>or</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r com<strong>or</strong>bidities that<br />
might limit survival<br />
Blinding:<br />
Outcome<br />
assess<strong>or</strong>: Not<br />
stated<br />
Carer: no<br />
Patient: no<br />
Success<br />
assessed: Not<br />
applicable<br />
80% Follow-up:<br />
Yes<br />
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a p = 0.01<br />
Outcome 7: HRQoL<br />
Not rep<strong>or</strong>ted<br />
Withdrawals:<br />
3 patients randomised were never treated, 1 had a stroke<br />
bef<strong>or</strong>e first cycle <strong>of</strong> <strong>treatment</strong> and 2 <strong>with</strong>drew <strong>the</strong>ir consent<br />
Discontinuations:<br />
4 patients were taken <strong>of</strong>f <strong>the</strong>rapy due to severe adverse<br />
side-effects<br />
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Median relative dose-intensities:<br />
I(1), docetaxel: 1.0 (range: 0.58–1.07)<br />
I(2), docetaxel: 0.98 (range: 0.50–1.11)<br />
C, mitoxantrone: 0.97 (range: 0.33–1.17)<br />
Median cumulative dose:<br />
I(1): 414 mg/m 2 (range: 69 to 429)<br />
I(2): 403 mg/m 2 (range: 66 to 423)<br />
C: 66 mg/m 2 (range: 10 to 76)<br />
The estramustine cumulative doses were similar in <strong>the</strong><br />
docetaxel arms<br />
Dose reductions required in 2.4% <strong>of</strong> patients [2 in I(1), 1 in C]<br />
Level <strong>of</strong> crossover:<br />
I(1), 16%; I(2), 10%; C, 48%<br />
p = 0.00001, between groups<br />
Patients were also required to have a<br />
castrate level <strong>of</strong> testosterone<br />
(