Overview

Arsenic Trioxide in Treating Patients With Stage IV Prostate Cancer That Has Not Responded to Previous Hormone Therapy

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2003-08-01
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. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of arsenic trioxide in treating patients who have stage IV prostate cancer that has not responded to hormone therapy.
Phase:
Phase 2
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
Collaborator:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Treatments:
Arsenic Trioxide
Hormones