
 Patients  with  previous  local  treatment  directed  to  the  prostate  primary  cancer.  A  previous 
TURP is allowed, 
 Prior cytotoxic chemotherapy or biological therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, 
 Any  chronic  medical  condition  requiring  a  higher  dose  of  corticosteroid  than  5mg 
prednisone/prednisolone twice daily, 
 Active  infection  or  other  medical  condition  for  which  corticosteroid  use  would  be 
contraindicated, 
 Previously treated with ketoconazole for prostate cancer for more than 7 days, 
 Prior systemic treatment with an azole drug within 4 weeks of randomization, 
 Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic BP ≥ 160 mmHg or diastolic BP ≥ 95 mmHg), 
 Patients  with  a  history  of  hypertension  except  if  blood  pressure  is  controlled  by  anti-
hypertensive treatment, 
 Active or symptomatic viral hepatitis or chronic liver disease (except Gilbert's disease), 
 History of pituitary or adrenal dysfunction, 
 Small cell carcinoma of the prostate, 
 Clinically known significant heart disease (myocardial infarction, arterial thrombotic events 
in the past 6 months, severe or  unstable angina,NYHA Class  II-IV heart  disease or  cardiac 
EF < 50% at baseline, 
 Atrial Fibrillation, or other cardiac arrhythmia requiring therapy, 
 Other malignancy, except non-melanoma skin cancer, with a ≥ 30% probability of recurrence 
within 24 months, 
 Known allergies, hypersensitivity or intolerance to the study drugs or excipients, 
 Administration of an investigational therapeutic within 30 days of D1, 
 Patients already included in another therapeutic trial involving an experimental drug, 
 Patients with significantly altered mental status prohibiting the understanding of the study or 
with  psychological,  familial,  sociological  or  geographical  condition  potentially  hampering 
participation, 
 Individual deprived of liberty or placed under the authority of a tutor. 
 Additional criteria for patients receiving docetaxel: 
 Patients  with  impaired  vision  should  undergo  a  prompt  and  complete  ophthalmologic 
examination. In case of Cystoid Macular Oeadema, the patient should not receive docetaxel. 
 Concomitant  use  of  strong  CYP3A4  inhibitors  (clarithromycin,  indinavir,  nefazodone, 
nelfinavir, ritonavir, saquinavir, telithromycin) 23. Allergy to taxane 
 
 
 
 
Critères d’inclusion et d’exclusion patients  GETUG 15 
Inclusion criterias: 
 Prostate adenocarcinoma proven histologically 
 Measurable or assessable metastatic disease 
 Absence of previous chemotherapy for the metastatic prostate cancer