Trial of ADT and SBRT Versus SBRT for Intermediate Prostate Cancer

Last updated: August 2, 2024
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Overall Status: Terminated

Phase

3

Condition

Prostate Cancer

Prostate Disorders

Prostate Cancer, Early, Recurrent

Treatment

stereotactic body radiosurgery (SBRT)

Degarelix

Clinical Study ID

NCT03056638
16-1686
  • Ages > 18
  • Male

Study Summary

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a very precise form of radiation therapy that allows the physician to deliver more radiation dose in a single session. Because of this, the number of radiation sessions can be reduced from the typical 45-48 sessions, as in conventional daily session radiation, to 5 sessions given every other day over a week and a half. Giving the radiation at a higher dose during each treatment may be more effective in killing the prostate cancer cells than the standard way of using external radiation therapy where a small amount of radiation is given over many sessions.

Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) or hormonal therapy is one of the methods to treat intermediate risk prostate cancer. This therapy works by reducing the level of testosterone and stopping them from affecting your cancer. The ADT used in this study is known as Degarelix. Degarelix is an approved medication that reduces the body's production of testosterone; this medication is usually given to all men with intermediate risk prostate cancer getting external radiation.

This study is a randomized study to find out whether combining stereotactic (also known as precision) radiation to the prostate cancer combined with a short course of Degarelix will result in a greater likelihood of killing the cancer in the prostate compared to stereotactic radiation therapy given alone. It has been shown that the combination of radiation with medications that interfere with testosterone production and its effects makes prostate cancer cells more sensitive to the radiation.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Biopsy proven intermediate risk prostate cancer, which includes patients with anyone of the following variables:

  • Gleason 7 disease

  • PSA 10-20 ng/ml

  • Clinical T2b-T2c disease Note: Patients who only have radiographic evidence of T3disease (i.e. extracapsular extension, or seminal vesical invasion radiographically)will not be excluded.

  • Serum testosterone ≥ 240 ng/dL determined within 2 months prior to enrollment

  • At least 4 weeks must have elapsed from major surgery

  • KPS ≥ 80%

  • Prostate size as determined on MRI to be < 90 cc. Prostate size can be determined onCT scan if MRI is not available.

  • 18 years of age or older

  • IPSS ≤ 20

  • Patient must be available for follow-up. After 2 years of follow-up followingpost-treatment biopsy, telephone-based follow-up will be acceptable

  • Laboratory test findings within 8 weeks of randomization:

  • Adequate hepatic function with serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upperinstitutional limits of normal (ULN), ALT and AST ≤ 2.5 x ULN. Patients with ahistory of Gilbert's syndrome may be enrolled if the total bilirubin is < 3mg/dL with a predominance of indirect bilirubin

  • Adequate renal function with serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN

  • Adequate hematologic function with absolute neutrophil counts ≥ 1,500 cell/mm3and platelets ≥ 100,000 cells/mm3 and hemoglobin value ≥ 9 g/dL (Note: patientswhose anemia has been corrected to a hemoglobin value ≥ 9 g/dL with bloodtransfusions are allowed)

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • CT or MRI evidence of metastatic disease to the bone.

  • Patients with one or more positive lymph nodes considered suspicious as determinedby clinical assessment on MRI or CT

  • Prior treatment for prostate cancer, including history of chemotherapy, hormonaltherapy within 30 days of enrollment or surgery for prostate cancer (except forprior TURP or greenlight PVP which would be allowed)

  • History of another malignancy within the previous 3 years except for the following:adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, superficial bladdercancer, currently in complete remission, or any other cancer that has been incomplete remission for at least 3 years

  • Patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis

Study Design

Total Participants: 56
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: stereotactic body radiosurgery (SBRT)
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
March 28, 2017
Estimated Completion Date:
August 16, 2023

Connect with a study center

  • Baptist Alliance MCI

    Miami, Florida 33143
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Michigan Health System

    Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth

    Middletown, New Jersey 07748
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen

    Montvale, New Jersey 07645
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack

    Commack, New York 11725
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester

    Harrison, New York 10604
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York 10065
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Rockville Centre

    Rockville Centre, New York 11570
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau

    Uniondale, New York 11553
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester

    West Harrison, New York 10604
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Lehigh Valley Health Network

    Allentown, Pennsylvania 18103
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas 75390
    United States

    Site Not Available

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