Doxycycline for prostate cancer

General information

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Acronym of Public Title:

DOXCAPROST

Scientific title:

New therapeutic scheme for patients with advanced prostate cancer: phase II clinical trial using doxycycline combined with antiandrogen treatment.

Acronym of Scientific Title:

DOXCAPROST

Secondary indentifying numbers:

Not applicable

Issuing authority of the secondary identifying numbers:

Not applicable

Source(s) of monetary or material support:

Mexico Mexican Social Security Institute

Authorization for beginning

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Regulatory instance to authorize the initiation of the study:

Only approved by Ethics Committees

Principal investigator

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First name:

José

Last name:

Guzman Esquivel

Medical Specialty :

Urology

Affiliation:

Mexican institute of social security, General Hospital of Zone 1

Postal address:

Lapislazuli Avenue No 250, Colonia El Haya

City:

Villa de Alvarez, Colima

País:

Mexico

Zip Code:

28984

Telephone:

+52-3123163460

Email address:

pepeguzman_esquivel@outlook.com [1]

Clinical sites to participate

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Countries of recruitment:

Mexico

Clinical sites:

Not Applicable

Recruitment status

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Recruitment status:

Recruiting

Date of first enrollment:

14/08/2020

Health condition and Intervention

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Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied:

Prostate cancer

Health condition(s) code:

Prostatic Neoplasms

Genital Neoplasms, Male

Urogenital Neoplasms

Prostatic Diseases

Genital Diseases, Male

Male Urogenital Diseases

Intervention(s):

Intervention Experimental Group (group A): You will receive doxycycline 100 mg every 24 hours for 6 months, plus its standard treatment, which consists of bicalutamide 50 mg orally per day, and leuproline 22.5 mg in subcutaneous application every three months. This dose is less than the maximum previously recommended for chronic treatments such as acne conglobata. The commercial presentation for human use is in 100mg pills, so patients in the experimental group will take 1 pill every 24 hours. Control Group Intervention (group B): You will receive your standard treatment as indicated by current clinical practice (bicalutamide 50mg orally per day, and leuproline 22.5mg in subcutaneous application every three months), plus a bottle of placebo pills that your doctor will provide. monthly in his office with the indication to take 1 pill every 24 hours, for 6 months.

Intervention code:

Doxycycline

Leuprolide

Tablets

Placebos

Administration, Oral

Injections, Subcutaneous

Intervention keyword:

Bicalutamida

Outcomes and Timepoint

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Primary outcome(s):

Complete response (25% reduction in serum specific prostate antigen). Measuring time: 3 and 6 months.

Key secondary outcomes:

Adverse events (according to the common terminology of criteria for adverse events (CTCAE version 3). Measurement time: every week until month 6. Change in the level of prostate-specific antigen at 6 months of treatment. Quality of life with the questionnaire EORTC QLQ-PR25 applied at the beginning and at 6 months of treatment.

Selection criterias

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Gender:

Male

Minimum age:

18 years

Maximum age:

85 years

Inclusion criteria:

1. Clinical and histological diagnosis of excised adenocarcinoma, locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer. 2. That the treating oncologist consider the patient with metastatic prostate cancer not a candidate for chemotherapy. 3. Patients with metastatic prostate cancer who do not want chemotherapy. 4. Patients who accept, with informed consent, the administration of doxycycline or placebo, in a randomized system

Exclusion criteria:

1. Diagnosis of another primary cancer other than prostate. 2. Alcoholism and / or drug addiction. 3. Allergic to tetracyclines. 4. Gastrointestinal ulcer. 5. Inflammatory bowel disease. 6. Diagnosis of ischemic heart disease. 7. Liver disease. 8. Kidney disease.

Type of population:

Adults

Type of participant:

Patients

Study design

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Type study:

Interventional

Purpose:

Treatment

Allocation:

Randomized controlled trial

Masking:

Double Blind

Control group:

Active

Study design:

Parallel

Phase:

Target sample size:

Contact for public queries

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First Name:

José

Last Name:

Guzman Esquivel

Specialty:

Urology

Affiliation:

Mexican Institute of Social Security, General Hospital of Zone 1

Postal Address:

Lapislazuli Avenue No 250, Colonia EL Haya

City:

Villa de Alvarez, Colima

País:

Mexico

Zip Code:

28984

Telephone:

+52-312 316 3460

Email :

pepeguzman_esquivel@outlook.com [1]

Contact for scientific queries

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First Name:

IVÁN

Last Name:

DELGADO ENCISO

Specialty:

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Affiliation:

Cancerology State Institute, Colima State Health Service

Postal Address:

Avenue Liceo de Varones 401, Colonia La Esperanza

City:

Colima

País:

Mexico

Zip Code:

28085

Telephone:

+52-3121521435

Email :

ivancoliman@hotmail.com [2]

ivan_delgado_enciso@ucol.mx [3]

Research Ethics Committees

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Name of Research Ethics Committees:

Comité de Ética local de Investigación en Salud del H. Gral Zona-MF-Num 1 (CONBIOETICA-06-CEI-001-2017121)

Status of evaluation:

Approved

Status of evaluation date of Ethic Committee:

20/08/2020

Postal address of Ethic Committee :

Av. Lapizlazulli No. 250, Colonia El Haya, Villa de Alvarez, Colima. Mexico

Telephone:

+52 312-316-3460

Correo electrónico:

luis.deleon@imss.gob.mx

About study completion

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Final enrolment number:

Study completion date:

01/12/2021

Date of available results:

01/07/2022

Date of first publication:

01/12/2022

Registration and Update

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Primary registry:

RPCEC

Unique ID number:

RPCEC00000367

Date of Registration in Primary Registry:

11/05/2021

Record Verification Date:

2021/06/15

Next update date:

2022/06/15

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