Management of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer with Oligometastases

Last updated: December 2, 2024
Sponsor: Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

2/3

Condition

Prostate Cancer

Prostate Disorders

Urologic Cancer

Treatment

Leuprolide Acetate

Goserelin Acetate

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

Clinical Study ID

NCT02685397
PCS IX
  • Ages > 18
  • Male

Study Summary

This adaptive phase II/III randomized trial is designed to demonstrate that eradication of oligometastases by SBRT is a promising and emerging way to delay disease progression and postpone second line systemic therapies in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients. Only CRPC patients with an oligometastatic recurrence will be eligible to take part in this trial. All participating patients will receive either the standard of care (i.e. LHRH agonist in combination with the new generation of hormonal therapy [Enzalutamide]) or the experimental treatment (i.e. LHRH agonist in combination with the new generation of HT [Enzalutamide] plus the additional SBRT treatment). The patients will undergo different evaluations before treatment, such as imaging to confirm oligometastatic recurrence and blood tests. Patients will be stratified according to the location of metastasis (visceral [with or without bone metastases] vs. bone metastases alone) and PSA doubling time (≤ 3 vs. > 3 months). As per the standard of care, patients will have PSA testing performed every 6-12 weeks and re-imaging at 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months or at PSA progression, whichever occurs first.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age 18 or older and willing and able to provide informed consent;

  2. Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate without neuroendocrinedifferentiation or small cell features;

  3. Ongoing androgen deprivation therapy with a Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)analogue or bilateral orchiectomy (i.e., surgical or medical castration);

  4. Patients who have not had a bilateral orchiectomy must have a plan to maintaineffective GnRH analogue therapy for the duration of the trial;

  5. Serum testosterone level ≤ 1.7 nmol/L (50 ng/dL) at the Screening visit;

  6. Patients receiving bisphosphonate therapy/Xgeva must have been on stable doses forat least 4 weeks;

  7. Progressive disease at study entry defined as one or more of the following threecriteria that occurred while the patient was on androgen deprivation therapy asdefined in eligibility criterion #3:

  8. PSA progression defined by a minimum of two rising PSA levels with an intervalof ≥ 1 week between each determination. Patients who received an anti-androgenmust have progression after withdrawal (≥ 4 weeks since last flutamide or ≥ 6weeks since last bicalutamide or nilutamide). The PSA value at the Screeningvisit should be ≥ 2 μg/L (2 ng/mL);

  9. Metastatic disease documented by bone lesions on bone scan or by measurablesoft tissue disease by CT/MRI. Patients whose disease spread is limited toregional pelvic lymph nodes, and previously radiated, are not eligible; i. Up to 5 metastatic sites ii. ≤ 4 tumours within any given organ system, excludingbrain and liver (e.g. up to 4 bone metastases, or 4 lung metastases) iii. All sitesof disease must be amenable to SBRT with no history of the metastases beingirradiated; iv. In the case of a suspicious lesion in an unusual location such aslung or thoracic lymph nodes (without other abdominal lymph nodes), a biopsy shouldconfirm prostate cancer origin.

  10. No prior cytotoxic chemotherapy for prostate cancer;

  11. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2 or Karnofskyperformance status of > 70% or higher;

  12. Patients and their female partners of childbearing potential must be willing to usetwo forms of contraception (one of which must include a condom as a barrier methodof contraception during sexual activity) throughout the duration of the studystarting at screening and continuing for 3 months after the last dose of study drugor per local guidelines where these require additional description of birth controlmethods. These contraceptive methods must include the following:

  13. The use of condoms (barrier method)AND one of the following:

  14. the use of oral, injected or implanted hormonal methods of contraception by afemale partner;

  15. placement of an intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS) by afemale partner;

  16. additional barrier method, such as occlusive cap (diaphragm or cervical/vaultcap) with spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/suppository by a female partner;

  17. tube ligation in the female partner;

  18. vasectomy or other procedure resulting in infertility (eg. bilateralorchiectomy) for ≥ 6 months. If the patient's partner is a pregnant woman, the patient must use a condom duringsexual activity during and for 3 months after treatment with enzalutamide.

  19. Patients must agree to not donate sperm while taking study drug

  20. Estimated life expectancy of ≥ 6 months;

  21. Ability to swallow the study drug whole and comply with study.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Severe concurrent disease, infection, or co-morbidity that, in the judgment of theInvestigator, would make the patient inappropriate for enrollment;

  2. Known or suspected brain metastasis or active leptomeningeal disease;

  3. History of another malignancy within the previous 5 years other than curativelytreated non-melanoma skin cancer;

  4. Absolute neutrophil count < 1,500/μL, platelet count < 100,000/μL, or hemoglobin < 5.6 mmol/L (9 g/dL) at the Screening visit (NOTE: patients may not have received anygrowth factors within 7 days or blood transfusions within 28 days of the hematologiclaboratory values obtained at the Screening visit);

  5. Total bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) > 2.5 times the upper limit of normal at the Screening visit;

  6. Creatinine > 177 μmol/L (2 mg/dL) at the Screening visit;

  7. Albumin < 30 g/L (3.0 g/dL) at the Screening visit;

  8. History of seizure or any condition that may predispose to seizure (e.g., priorcortical stroke or significant brain trauma). Also, history of loss of consciousnessor transient ischemic attack within 12 months of enrollment (Day 1 visit);

  9. Clinically significant cardiovascular disease including:

  10. Myocardial infarction within 6 months;

  11. Uncontrolled angina within 3 months;

  12. Congestive heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) class 3 or 4, orpatients with history of congestive heart failure NYHA class 3 or 4 in thepast, unless a screening echocardiogram or multi-gated acquisition scanperformed within three months results in a left ventricular ejection fractionthat is ≥ 45%;

  13. History of clinically significant ventricular arrhythmias (e.g., ventriculartachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, torsades de pointes);

  14. History of Mobitz II second degree or third degree heart block without apermanent pacemaker in place;

  15. Hypotension as indicated by systolic blood pressure < 86 millimeters of mercury (mmHg) at the Screening visit;

  16. Bradycardia as indicated by a heart rate of < 50 beats per minute on theScreening ECG;

  17. Uncontrolled hypertension as indicated by systolic blood pressure > 170 mmHg ordiastolic blood pressure > 105 mmHg at the Screening visit.

  18. Gastrointestinal disorder affecting absorption (e.g., gastrectomy, active pepticulcer disease within last 3 months);

  19. Major surgery within 4 weeks of enrollment (Day 1 Visit);

  20. Use of opiate analgesics (eg. morphine, fentanyl, etc.) for pain from prostatecancer within 4 weeks of enrollment (Day 1 visit). This does not apply tonon-morphine drugs like codeine;

  21. Radiation therapy for treatment of the primary tumour within 3 weeks of enrollment (Day 1 visit);

  22. Radiation or radionuclide therapy for treatment of metastasis;

  23. Primary disease not treated

  24. More than 5 metastases

  25. Hormone naïve prostate cancer patients

  26. Treatment with flutamide within 4 weeks of enrollment (Day 1 visit);

  27. Treatment with bicalutamide or nilutamide within 6 weeks of enrollment (Day 1visit);

  28. Treatment with 5-α reductase inhibitors (finasteride, dutasteride), estrogens,cytproterone within 4 weeks of enrollment (Day 1 visit)

  29. Treatment with systemic biologic therapy for prostate cancer (other than approvedbone targeted agents and GnRH-analogue therapy) or other agents with anti-tumouractivity within 4 weeks of enrollment (Day 1 visit);

  30. History of prostate cancer progression on ketoconazole;

  31. Prior use, or participation in a clinical trial, of an investigational agent thatblocks androgen synthesis (e.g., abiraterone acetate, TAK-700, TAK-683, TAK-448) ortargets the androgen receptor (e.g., BMS 641988);

  32. Participation in a previous clinical trial of enzalutamide;

  33. Use of an investigational agent within 4 weeks of enrollment (Day 1 visit);

  34. Use of herbal products that may have hormonal anti-prostate cancer activity and/orare known to decrease PSA levels (e.g., saw palmetto) or systemic corticosteroidsgreater than the equivalent of 10 mg of prednisone per day within four weeks ofenrollment (Day 1 visit);

  35. Any condition or reason that, in the opinion of the Investigator, interferes withthe ability of the patient to participate in the trial, which places the patient atundue risk, or complicates the interpretation of safety data.

Study Design

Total Participants: 102
Treatment Group(s): 5
Primary Treatment: Leuprolide Acetate
Phase: 2/3
Study Start date:
October 01, 2016
Estimated Completion Date:
August 31, 2041

Study Description

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common type of cancer to affect men and, unfortunately, for the majority of PCa patients, death is attributed to metastatic disease. Lifelong androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with LHRH agonists can help delay cancer progression in metastatic PCa patients. However, patients eventually become castration-resistant (disease progression despite ADT) and develop progressive metastatic disease. This in turn impacts the patient's quality of life and survival. Recently, a new generation of hormonal therapy (such as Enzalutamide) has become available to these castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients. We believe that the benefits from this new generation of hormonal therapy can be prolonged in CRPC patients who develop oligometastases by treating the metastatic lesions using stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). This new radiation technique allows for the treatment of many different metastases throughout the body in a very precise manner. This metastases-directed therapy is a new treatment option for patients with a limited number of metastases (less than 5) at the time of recurrence.

This adaptive phase II/III randomized trial is designed to demonstrate that eradication of oligometastases by the new technique SBRT is a promising and emerging way to delay disease progression and to postpone second line systemic therapies. Only patients with an oligometastatic recurrence after local treatment with curative intent will be eligible to take part in this trial. All participating CRPC patients with oligometastases will receive either the standard of care (i.e. LHRH agonist in combination with the new generation of hormonal therapy [Enzalutamide]) or the experimental treatment (i.e. LHRH agonist in combination with the new generation of HT [Enzalutamide] plus the additional SBRT treatment). The patients will undergo different evaluations before treatment, such as imaging to confirm oligometastatic recurrence and blood tests. Patients will be stratified according to the location of metastasis (visceral [with or without bone metastases] vs. bone metastases alone) and PSA doubling time (≤ 3 vs. > 3 months). As per the standard of care, patients will have PSA testing performed every 6-12 weeks and re-imaging at 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months or at PSA progression, whichever occurs first.

The primary objective of this study will be to evaluate the radiographic progression-free survival. We also want to determine the time to the start of second line systemic therapy, the prostate-cancer specific survival, the overall survival as well as to assess the quality of life, the toxicity and the PSA response. This study is the first randomized study in this setting and will employ a randomized phase II design to determine if a larger scale phase III trial is needed, thus the phase II/III design. The Phase II will consist of 130 CRPC patients with oligometastases, and the phase III will consist of the already randomized 130 patients plus an estimated 244 patients for a total sample size of 374 patients. This study will be conducted through the Genitourinary Radiation Oncology Group of Quebec (GROUQ) in different radiation oncology centres across Canada and the recruitment should be completed within 30 months of activation.

Connect with a study center

  • BC CANCER Vancouver

    Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4E6
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • CancerCare Manitoba

    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0V9
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Nova Scotia Cancer Centre

    Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1V7
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Juravinski Cancer Centre

    Hamilton, Ontario L8V 5C2
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • London Regional Cancer Program - London Health Sciences Centre

    London, Ontario N6A 5W9
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Hopital Charles-Lemoyne

    Longueuil, Quebec J4V2H1
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) - Hopital Notre Dame

    Montreal, Quebec H2L 4M1
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • McGill University Health Center

    Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Jewish General Hospital, McGill University

    Montréal, Quebec H3T 1E2
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval

    Québec, Quebec G1R 2J6
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier régional de Trois-Rivières

    Trois-Rivières, Quebec G8Z 3R9
    Canada

    Site Not Available

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