Investigation of the Effect of Degarelix in Terms of Prostate Volume Reduction in Prostate Cancer Patients

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

182

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2009

Primary Completion Date

March 31, 2011

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2011

Conditions
Prostate Cancer
Interventions
DRUG

Degarelix

The degarelix doses were administered into the abdominal wall every 28 days. A starting dose of 240 mg (40 mg/mL) degarelix was administered on Day 0 as two 3 mL subcutaneous (s.c.) injections. The second and third doses of 80 mg (20 mg/mL) degarelix were administered as single 4 mL s.c. injections on Days 28 and 56, respectively.

DRUG

Goserelin

Goserelin implants (3.6 mg) were inserted s.c. into the abdominal wall every 28 days. The first dose was administered on Day 0. The second and third doses of goserelin were administered on Days 28 and 56, respectively.

DRUG

Bicalutamide

On Day 0, participants began once-daily per-oral (p.o.) treatment with bicalutamide (50 mg) as anti-androgen flare protection; this treatment continued for 28 days after the first dose of goserelin.

Trial Locations (46)

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Hospital St Jan Brugge, Bruges

Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels

University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven

St. Elisabethziekenhuis, Turnhout

Aalborg Sygehus syd, Aalborg

Århus Universitetshospital, Skejby, Aarhus

Herlev Hospital, Ballerup Municipality

Regionhospitalet Holstebro, Holstebro

Sygehus Syd, Næstved Sygehus, Næstved

Roskilde Sygehus, Roskilde

HYKS/kirurgian klin./urologia, Helsinki

KYS/kirurgian klin (Kuopio), Kuopio

OYS/kirurgian klinik, Oulu

TAYS/kirurgian klinik, Tampere

Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali riuniti, Ancona

Azienda Ospedaliera S. Giuseppe Moscaaati, Avellino

Policlinico S.Orsola Malpighi - Universita' degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna

U.O. Di Urologia - Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia

Clinica Urologica 1 Universita. Firensa, Florence

Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan

Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milan

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II, Napoli

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Paolo Giaccone dell'Universita' degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo

Clinica Urologica - Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, Perugia

Azienda Ospedaliera S. Andrea - Universita' la Sapienza di Roma, Roma

S.C. Di Urologia - IRCCS Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo

Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria S. Giovanni Battista - Molinette, Torino

Moelv spesialistsenter, Moelv

Aker Universitetssykehus HF, Oslo

Det Norske Radiumhospitalet HF, Oslo

St Olavs Hospital HF, Trondheim

Hospital Fernando da Fonseca, Amadora

Hospitais Universidade Coimbra, Coimbra

Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon

Hospital S.João, Porto

Investigational site, Gothenburg

SU/Sahlgrenska, Gothenburg

Helsingborgs Lasarett, Helsingborg

Universitetssjukhuset MAS, Malmo

Södertälje Sjukhus, Södertälje

Uppsala/Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala

Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Kocamustafapasa, Istanbul

Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, ÇAPA, Istanbul

Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Altunizade, Istanbul

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Sıhhıye - Ankara

Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sıhhıye - Ankara

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
lead

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

INDUSTRY