2006
Quality of Life and Pain in Advanced Stage Prostate Cancer: Results of a Southwest Oncology Group Randomized Trial Comparing Docetaxel and Estramustine to Mitoxantrone and Prednisone
Berry D, Moinpour C, Jiang C, Ankerst D, Petrylak D, Vinson L, Lara P, Jones S, Taplin M, Burch P, Hussain M, Crawford E. Quality of Life and Pain in Advanced Stage Prostate Cancer: Results of a Southwest Oncology Group Randomized Trial Comparing Docetaxel and Estramustine to Mitoxantrone and Prednisone. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2006, 24: 2828-2835. PMID: 16782921, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.04.8207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain palliationMP armProstate cancerMcGill Pain Questionnaire-Short FormPrimary patient-reported outcomesPain Questionnaire-Short FormPresent Pain Intensity scaleAndrogen-independent prostate cancerAdvanced stage prostate cancerProstate cancer moduleMedian overall survivalLife Questionnaire C30Cancer Core QualityPatient-reported outcomesSuperior clinical efficacyDisease-related symptomsStage prostate cancerPain intensity scaleQuality of lifeRandom assignmentQuestionnaire-Short FormBone painDE armAnalgesic useEligible patients
1999
Docetaxel (Taxotere) and estramustine versus mitoxantrone and prednisone for hormone-refractory prostate cancer: scientific basis and design of Southwest Oncology Group Study 9916.
Hussain M, Petrylak D, Fisher E, Tangen C, Crawford D. Docetaxel (Taxotere) and estramustine versus mitoxantrone and prednisone for hormone-refractory prostate cancer: scientific basis and design of Southwest Oncology Group Study 9916. Seminars In Oncology 1999, 26: 55-60. PMID: 10604271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHormone-refractory prostate cancerProstate cancerHormone-refractory prostate cancer patientsProstate-specific antigen levelRandomized phase III trialEnd pointPrimary end pointSecondary end pointsPhase III trialsSingle institution experienceSide effect profileSouthwest Oncology GroupCombination of mitoxantroneProstate cancer patientsStandard armIII trialsOncology GroupAssessment of qualityClinical outcomesEffect profileRandomized trialsTreatment armsAntigen levelsInstitution experienceCancer patients