Calcitriol and Dexamethasone in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer That Did Not Respond to Hormone Therapy
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2010-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Calcitriol may help prostate cancer cells become more like normal cells, and to
grow and spread more slowly. Dexamethasone may help calcitriol work better by making tumor
cells more sensitive to the drug. Giving calcitriol together with dexamethasone may be an
effective treatment for prostate cancer that did not respond to hormone therapy .
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving calcitriol together with
dexamethasone works in treating patients with prostate cancer that did not respond to hormone
therapy.