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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN61384873
Date of registration: 06/04/2000
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Public title: A double-blind placebo controlled randomised trial of oral sodium clodronate for locally advanced prostatic adenocarcinoma
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Date of first enrolment: 01/06/1994
Target sample size: 500
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN61384873
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Double-blind placebo controlled randomised trial (Treatment)  
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Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name: Matthew    Sydes
Address:  MRC Clinical Trials Unit 222 Euston Road NW1 2DA London United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)207 6704700
Email: matthew.sydes@ctu.mrc.ac.uk
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Histological diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the prostate
2. TNM categories T2-T4, N0-N3, NX, M0
3. No evidence of bone metastases on bone scan within 4 weeks of randomisation
4. No known nodal disease outside pelvis
5. Normocalcaemic (serum calcium within the normal range of the participating centre)
6. Patients may be treated with any standard management policy for localised disease (radiotherapy, surgery, androgen deprivation or observation) or have had such treatment in the past
7. WHO performance status of 0, 1 or 2
8. No concomitant or previous use of other bisphosphonates
9. Serum creatinine less than two times upper limit of normal range of the centre
10. No administration of any investigational drug within 12 months
11. Diagnosis of disease within last 3 years

Exclusion criteria: Does not match inclusion criteria

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Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Prostate cancer
Cancer
Malignant neoplam of prostate
Intervention(s)
1. One group receives five years of oral sodium clodronate
2. The other group receives matching placebo for five years
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Time to symptomatic bone metastases
2. Overall survival
Secondary Outcome(s)
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary ID(s)
PR04
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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