Study Of SU011248 In Combination With Docetaxel (Taxotere) And Prednisone In Patients With Prostate Cancer

• Drug: Docetaxel
  
  Docetaxel Phase 1 - escalating doses (60 and 75 mg/m2), intravenous therapy (IV), administered every 3 weeks. Phase 2 - Phase 1 optimal combination dose (75 mg/m2, IV, every 3 weeks).
  Other Name: Taxotere; Sunitinib malate; SUTENT
• Drug: Prednisone
  
  Prednisone Phase1/2 - 5 mg twice a day (BID), oral.
• Drug: SU011248
  
  SU011248 Phase 1 - escalating doses (12.5, 37.5, and 50 mg), oral, administered on a 2-weeks on, 1-week off daily regimen (Schedule 2/1). Phase 2 - Phase 1 optimal combination dose (37.5 mg/day, oral, Schedule 2/1).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate
• Patients must have progressive hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC): patients must have undergone primary hormone treatment (e.g. orchiectomy or gonadotropin releasing hormone analog with or without antiandrogens). For patients who received antiandrogen therapy, disease progression must have been determined after antiandrogen discontinuation
• Progressive disease based on either non-measurable disease and an elevated PSA OR measurable disease
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior thalidomide, anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy, VEGF receptor inhibitor, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor inhibitor or anti-angiogenic treatment of any kind including investigational therapy
• Prior chemotherapy
• Uncontrolled pain at baseline, impending complication from bone metastasis (fracture and/or compression) and/or presence of urinary obstruction (urinary retention, hydronephrosis)
• History of cardiac dysfunction, QT interval corrected for heart rate (QTc) >450 msec
• Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement