R115777 in Treating Patients With Progressive, Metastatic Prostate Cancer That Has Not Responded to Hormone Therapy

Inclusion Criteria

• •PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0 or 1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 4,000/mm3 Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL SGOT or SGPT no greater than 2 times normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min Cardiovascular: No active angina pectoris No New York Heart Association class II-IV heart disease No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months Other: Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after study No other malignancy within the past 3 years No serious concurrent medical illness or active infection that would preclude study chemotherapy No allergy or sensitivity to imidazole antifungal medications (e.g., fluconazole, ketoconazole, miconazole, itraconazole, and clotrimazole)
• •PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No concurrent prophylactic filgrastim (G-CSF), sargramostim (GM-CSF), or thrombopoietin Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: See Disease Characteristics No other concurrent hormonal therapies (e.g., antiandrogens or megestrol acetate) except adrenal replacement dose corticosteroids Radiotherapy: No prior strontium chloride Sr 89, samarium Sm 153 lexidronam pentasodium, or other radioisotope therapies At least 4 weeks since other prior radiotherapy and recovered Surgery: See Disease Characteristics Other: At least 1 week since prior and no concurrent cholesterol lowering medications (e.g., lovastatin, simvastatin) At least 1 week since prior and no concurrent proton pump inhibitors (e.g., omeprazole, lansoprazole) Concurrent H2 receptor antagonists or antacids allowed at least 2 hours following administration of R115777 No concurrent bisphosphonates (e.g., pamidronate, zoledronate) No concurrent imidazole antifungal medications