Lu-PSMA and Stereotactic Radiotherapy Versus Radiotherapy Alone for Prostate Cancer (LUST)

Last updated: December 2, 2025
Sponsor: Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Prostate Cancer

Prostate Cancer, Early, Recurrent

Prostate Disorders

Treatment

Stereotactic Radiotherapy

[177Lu]Lu-PSMA I&T

Clinical Study ID

NCT05893381
IRST185.09
  • Ages > 18
  • Male

Study Summary

Multicenter, open-label, parallel-group, phase II randomized study in patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer with 1-3 asymptomatic metastases of the soft tissue or bone. Eligible patients will be randomized at 1:1 ratio to Stereotactic Radiotherapy followed by Lu-PSMA (arm A) or Stereotactic Radiotherapy (arm B)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with prostate cancer must have 1-3 asymptomatic metastatic lesions that are ≤ 5.0 cm or < 250 cm3 documented at CT/MRI or WBD-MRI.

  2. PSMA-PET/CT positive scan matching with lesions documented on baseline CT/MRI orWBD-MRI.

  3. Patients must have had their primary tumor treated with surgery and/or radiation andprevious salvage radiation to the prostate bed or pelvis is allowed.

  4. Patients will be admitted to the therapeutic phase only if diagnostic PET/CT PSMASUV max is ≥ 3.

  5. Histologic confirmation of malignancy (primary or metastatic tumor).

  6. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) ≥ 0.2 ng/mL but ≤ 50 ng/mL and Testosterone ≥ 125ng/dL.

  7. PSA doubling time (PSADT) < 15 months. PSADT will be calculated using as many PSAvalues that are available from time of relapse (PSA > 0.2 ng/dL).

  8. Patients unfit or refusing ADT.

  9. Patients may have had prior systemic therapy and/or ADT associated with treatment oftheir primary prostate cancer. Patients may have had ADT associated with salvageradiation therapy.

  10. Patients must be ≥ 18 years of age.

  11. Patient understands the purpose of the study and the procedures required for it; thepatient is willing to participate in the study and to sign a written informedconsent document.

  12. Patients must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≤ 2.

  13. Patients should have a life expectancy of at least 6 months.

  14. Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined as:

  • Leukocytes >2,000/μL;

  • Absolute neutrophil count >1,000/μL;

  • Platelets >75,000/μL;

  • total bilirubin within normal institutional limits (this will not apply topatients with confirmed Gilbert's syndrome);

  • AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤ 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal;

  • Creatinine within normal institutional limits.

  1. If the participant engages in sexual activity with a woman of childbearingpotential, a condom must be used together with another highly effective method ofcontraception during the Treatment Period and for 6 months after the last dose ofstudy intervention. The participant must agree not to donate sperm for the purposeof reproduction during the Treatment Phase and for a minimum of 6 months afterreceiving the last dose of study intervention.

  2. Highly effective birth control methods are required beginning at the screening visitand continuing until 6 months following last treatment with study drug. Patients andfemale partner who is of childbearing potential must use 2 acceptable methods ofbirth control (1 of which must include a condom as a barrier method ofcontraception, see Appendix F) starting at screening and continuing throughout thestudy period and for 6 months after final study drug administration. Two acceptablemethods of birth control thus include Condom (barrier method of contraception) andone of the following is required ( established use of oral, or injected or implantedhormonal method of contraception by the female partner; placement of an intrauterinedevice (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS) by the female partner; additional barriermethod like occlusive cap with spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/suppository in thefemale partner; tubal ligation in the female partner; vasectomy or other procedureresulting in infertility (eg., bilateral orchiectomy), for more than 6 months.

  3. Highly effective birth control methods are required beginning at the screening visit and continuing until 6 months following last treatment with study drug. Patients and female partner who is of childbearing potential must use 2 acceptable methods of birth control (1 of which must include a condom as a barrier method of contraception, starting at screening and continuing throughout the study period and for 6 months after final study drug administration.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

The participant may not enter the study if ANY of the following apply:

  1. No more than 3 years of ADT is allowed, with the most recent ADT treatment havingoccurred more than 6 months prior to enrollment.

  2. PSMA -PET/CT scan more than 3 months.

  3. Spinal cord compression or impending spinal cord compression.

  4. Suspected pulmonary and/or liver metastases.

  5. Bone metastasis in a femoral bone.

  6. Previous radiation therapy on the metastatic site.

  7. Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks fornitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have notrecovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.A window of 3 days is permitted.

  8. Participation in another clinical trial with any investigational agents within 30days prior to study screening. A window of 3 days is permitted.

  9. Any condition for which, in the opinion of the investigator, participation would notbe in the best interest of the participant.

  10. Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trialbecause of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressiveneurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and otheradverse events.

  11. History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical orbiologic composition to 177-Lu-PSMA- I & T or other agents used in the study.

  12. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or activeinfection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiacarrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliancewith study requirements.

  13. Unable to lie flat during or tolerable SABR.

  14. Other known malignant neoplastic diseases in the patient's medical history with adisease-free interval of less than 3 years (except for previously treated basal cellcarcinoma);

  15. Known HIV-positivity, whether or not symptomatic.

Study Design

Total Participants: 70
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Stereotactic Radiotherapy
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
June 27, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
April 30, 2032

Study Description

Biochemical recurrence (BCR), i.e. prostate-specific antigen (PSA) only recurrence occurs in nearly one-third of patients, after primary definitive therapy for prostate cancer.

PSMA (prostate-specific membrane antigen) is an attractive target for diagnosis and therapy of metastasized prostate cancer (PCa) as its expression levels are directly correlated with androgen independence, metastases and progression.

Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET-CT) using PSMA is able to detect > 50% of relapses with PSA between 0.50 and 1 ng/mL and >75% with PSA between 1 and 2.

Oligometastatic prostate cancer include 1-3 asymptomatic metastatic lesion(s) of the soft tissue or bone. The treatment of oligometastatic disease depends on multiple factors including the site, the size, number and location of metastases, and the effectiveness of treatments.

Recent advances in radiation therapy allow to image and treat precisely target lesions within any anatomic region of the body. Stereotactic radiation therapy permit highly conformal and precisely targeted radiation administered in a dose intensive strategy. Local control in excess of 75% has been reported for metastatic prostate cancer with very low toxicity.

Lutetium 177-PSMA (177Lu-PSMA) is the most extensively investigated PSMA radioligand for radionuclide therapy in castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Several retrospective studies and three phase II prospective studies demonstrated safety and impressive efficacy of 177Lu-PSMA in metastatic CRPC (mCRPC).The purpose of this study is to evaluate in a randomized phase II study the impact of Lu-PSMA added to stereotactic radiotherapy vs radiotherapy alone in PSMA detected- metastatic lesions of hormone-sensible prostate cancer.

Connect with a study center

  • UO Medicina Nucleare, AUSL della Romagna

    Cesena, FC 47521
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • UO Medicina Nucleare, AUSL della Romagna

    Cesena 3178957, FC 47521
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • UO Medicina Nucleare, IRCCS IRST

    Meldola, FC 47014
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • UO Medicina Nucleare, IRCCS IRST

    Meldola 3173635, FC 47014
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

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