Surgery With or Without Docetaxel and Leuprolide or Goserelin in Treating Patients With High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer

Study Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Androgens can cause the growth of prostate cancer cells. Antihormone therapy, such as goserelin and leuprolide, may stop the adrenal glands from making androgens. Giving docetaxel and leuprolide or goserelin before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. It is not yet known whether giving docetaxel and leuprolide or goserelin before surgery is more effective than surgery alone in treating patients with prostate cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying docetaxel and leuprolide or goserelin to see how well they work when given before surgery compared with surgery alone in treating patients with high-risk localized prostate cancer.

Primary Outcome

Proportion of participants surviving 3 years from randomization without biochemical progression or death. bPFS was defined as the time from randomization to the date of the first documented biochemical progression or death. Progression will be defined as having experienced either of the following: a serum PSA level \> 0.2 ng/mL that increases on 2 consecutive occasions each of which is at least 3 months apart or death occurs. The time of biochemical failure is measured from the date of randomiza

Conditions Studied

Interventions

• DRUG docetaxel
• DRUG LHRH agonist
• PROCEDURE surgery

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