Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial
Darolutamide Augments Standard Therapy for Localised Very High-Risk Cancer of the Prostate
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of darolutamide as part of adjuvant androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with a luteinising hormone releasing hormone analogue (LHRHA) in men having radiation therapy for localised prostate cancer at very high risk of recurrence.
Full Description
This trial aims to demonstrate that the use of darolutamide (in addition to standard of care) will be more effective than current standard of care in enhancing the ability of prostate or prostate bed radiation and 96 weeks of androgen suppression in decreasing the number of patients who develop metastases and subsequently die of prostate cancer. Darolutamide is a novel antagonist of the AR with favourable tolerability due to negligible penetration of the blood-brain barrier. Emergence of metastatic disease is the lethal event after local therapy, either with prostatectomy or definitive radiation. Augmenting adjuvant systemic therapy (either ADT or ADT plus docetaxel) with darolutamide has the potential to eradicate micrometastatic disease after either type of local therapy and decrease the death rate from prostate cancer.
This pragmatic design incorporates current standard of care for all patients and the option for docetaxel to be added to ADT. As such, the data will be applicable for all patients with very high risk prostate cancer treated with local therapy and will be the first study incorporating docetaxel use as one of the standard of care options. Even if docetaxel is definitively proven to improve MFS and OS in the adjuvant setting, not all patients will be fit for docetaxel. This will be the first trial that has the potential to build upon current and future advances that may emerge and be the most effective strategy to decrease death rate from prostate cancer in the near term if it further augments docetaxel efficacy in chemo-fit patients.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Men aged 18 years and older, with pathological diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the prostate
EITHER planned for primary RT and judged to be at very high risk for recurrence based on any of the following:
Grade Group 5, OR
Grade Group 4 AND one or more of the following: clinical T2b-4 OR MRI with seminal vesicle invasion OR extracapsular extension OR PSA* > 20ng/mL, OR
Pelvic nodal involvement (involvement of lymph nodes (LNs) at or below the bifurcation of the aorta into the common iliac arteries) defined radiologically as greater than 10mm on short axis using standard CT or MRI, or pathologically confirmed (PSMA PET alone is not considered enough if ≤ 10mm) OR
Post-radical prostatectomy ≤ 365 days prior to randomisation and planned for RT with PSA* ≥ 0.1 ng/mL that has risen or remained stable (within ≤ 0.05 ng/mL) since a previous level at least 1 week earlier, judged to be at very high risk for recurrence based on any of the following:
Grade Group 5, OR
Grade Group 4 AND pT3a or higher, OR
Pelvic nodal involvement (involvement of LNs at or below the bifurcation of the aorta into the common iliac arteries) defined radiologically as greater than 10mm on short axis using standard CT or MRI, or pathologically confirmed (PSMA PET alone is not considered enough if ≤ 10mm) * This PSA level must be measured within 60 days prior to randomisation. However, if a participant has already commenced endocrine therapy (ET) for prostate cancer, this PSA level must be measured within 180 days prior to commencing ET.
Adequate bone marrow function: Haemoglobin ≥ 100g/L, white cell count (WCC) ≥ 4.0x109/L, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5x109/L and platelets > 100 x 109/L
Adequate liver function: alanine aminotransferase (ALT) < 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN) and total bilirubin < 1.5 x ULN, (or if total bilirubin is between 1.5 - 2 x ULN, they must have a normal conjugated bilirubin)
Adequate renal function: calculated creatinine clearance > 30 mL/min (Cockroft-Gault)
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 - 1
Study treatment both planned and able to start within 7 days after randomisation
Willing to complete health-related quality of life (HRQL) questionnaires UNLESS is unable to complete because of literacy or limited vision
Willing and able to comply with all study requirements, including standard of care treatment such as EBRT, timing and/or nature of required assessments
Signed, written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
Prostate cancer with predominant non-adenocarcinoma features (sarcomatoid or spindle cell or neuroendocrine small cell or squamous cell components or other non-adenocarcinoma)
Involvement of LNs by conventional CT imaging superior to the common iliac artery bifurcation, and/or outside the pelvis (distant LNs). LN involvement is defined by histopathological confirmation, or by a short axis measurement > 10mm on standard imaging (CT or MRI, but not PET).
Evidence of metastatic disease. Minimum imaging requirements to exclude metastatic disease are diagnostic quality imaging of both the pelvis and the abdomen (CT or MRI), chest (CXR or CT), and a whole body radioisotope bone scan (WBBS).
If endocrine therapy (ET) had not started, imaging must be within 60 days prior to randomisation.
If ET has been started, imaging must have been performed no more than 60 days prior to starting ET and no more than 30 days after starting ET and prior to randomisation.
PSA > 100 ng/mL at any time
Any prior use of new generation potent AR inhibition (abiraterone, enzalutamide, apalutamide, darolutamide or similar agents).
Prior endocrine therapy for prostate cancer except for the following which are allowed:
(i) LHRHA and/or (ii) a first-generation nonsteroidal antiandrogen (NSAA) are allowed if commenced no more than 90 days before randomisation. If an NSAA has been used, it must be stopped before starting study treatment with darolutamide/placebo; and
Prior use of 5-alpha reductase inhibitor is allowed and if used it must be stopped before starting study treatment with darolutamide/placebo
Bilateral orchidectomy
Prior pelvic brachytherapy or other radiotherapy that would result in an overlap of radiotherapy fields that would preclude the required RT
History of
Loss of consciousness or transient ischemic attack or stroke within 6 months prior to randomisation, or
Significant cardiovascular disease within 6 months prior to randomisation: including myocardial infarction, unstable angina, congestive heart failure (NYHA grade II or greater), ongoing arrhythmias of Grade > 2 (CTCAE v5.0), thromboembolic events (e.g. deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism), coronary artery bypass graft. Chronic stable atrial fibrillation on stable anticoagulant therapy is allowed.
Known gastrointestinal (GI) disease or GI procedure that could interfere with the oral absorption or tolerance of darolutamide, including difficulty swallowing tablets
History of another malignancy within 5 years prior to randomisation except for those malignancies treated with curative intent with a predicted risk of relapse of less than 10% including but not limited to non-melanoma carcinoma of the skin; or adequately treated, non-muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (i.e. Tis, Ta and low grade T1 tumours). All such cases with a history of malignancy within the last 5 years are to be discussed with study team before randomisation. Melanoma in-situ and other adequately treated in-situ neoplasms are not considered malignancies for the purposes of eligibility assessment.
Concurrent illness, including severe infection that might jeopardise the ability of the participant to undergo the procedures outlined in this protocol with reasonable safety (HIV infection is not an exclusion criterion if it is controlled with anti-retroviral drugs that are unaffected by concomitant darolutamide)
Presence of any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule, including alcohol dependence or drug abuse
Patients who are sexually active with women of child-bearing potential and not willing/able to use medically acceptable and highly effective forms of contraception during study treatment and for at least 4 weeks after completion of study treatment. Contraception must include:
Condom use (also required if sexual partner is pregnant), and
Additional birth control with low failure rate (less than 1% per year) when used consistently and correctly. E.g. combined (oestrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal, transdermal), progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, injectable, implantable), intrauterine device (IUD), intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS), bilateral tubal occlusion, vasectomised partner, true sexual abstinence.
True sexual abstinence will only be an acceptable form of contraception when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, post-ovulation methods), declaration of abstinence for the duration of exposure to study treatment, and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception.
Participation in other clinical trials of investigational agents for the treatment of prostate cancer or other diseases
Major surgery within 21 days prior to randomisation
Patients with history of hypersensitivity to the study treatment
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There are 89 Locations for this study
Boston Massachusetts, 02215, United States
Brighton Massachusetts, 02135, United States
Burlington Massachusetts, 01805, United States
Milford Massachusetts, 01757, United States
Omaha Nebraska, 68130, United States
Basking Ridge New Jersey, 07920, United States
Clifton New Jersey, 07013, United States
Middletown New Jersey, 07748, United States
Montvale New Jersey, 07645, United States
Voorhees New Jersey, 08043, United States
Albuquerque New Mexico, 87109, United States
Commack New York, 11725, United States
Harrison New York, 10604, United States
Mineola New York, 11501, United States
New York New York, 10016, United States
New York New York, 10065, United States
Uniondale New York, 11553, United States
Kettering Ohio, 45409, United States
Seattle Washington, 98109, United States
Albury New South Wales, 2640, Australia
Gosford New South Wales, 2250, Australia
Newcastle New South Wales, 2290, Australia
Newcastle New South Wales, 2298, Australia
Nowra New South Wales, 2541, Australia
Sydney New South Wales, 2010, Australia
Sydney New South Wales, 2031, Australia
Sydney New South Wales, 2050, Australia
Sydney New South Wales, 2065, Australia
Sydney New South Wales, 2076, Australia
Sydney New South Wales, 2170, Australia
Sydney New South Wales, 2217, Australia
Sydney New South Wales, 2560, Australia
Wollongong New South Wales, 2500, Australia
Brisbane Queensland, 4101, Australia
Herston Queensland, 4029, Australia
Southport Queensland, 4215, Australia
Townsville Queensland, 4814, Australia
Woolloongabba Queensland, 4102, Australia
Kurralta Park South Australia, 5037, Australia
Hobart Tasmania, 7000, Australia
Hobart Tasmania, 7000, Australia
Bendigo Victoria, 3550, Australia
Bentleigh East Victoria, 3165, Australia
Box Hill Victoria, 3128, Australia
Malvern Victoria, 3144, Australia
Melbourne Victoria, 3000, Australia
Melbourne Victoria, 3004, Australia
St Albans Victoria, 3021, Australia
Traralgon Victoria, , Australia
Murdoch Western Australia, 6143, Australia
Nedlands Western Australia, 6006, Australia
Edmonton Alberta, T6G 1, Canada
Surrey British Columbia, V3V 1, Canada
Brandon Manitoba, R7A 2, Canada
Winnipeg Manitoba, R3E 0, Canada
Saint John New Brunswick, E2L 4, Canada
St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador, A1B 3, Canada
Kingston Ontario, K7L 2, Canada
London Ontario, B3H 1, Canada
Sault Ste Marie Ontario, P6B 0, Canada
Toronto Ontario, K1H 8, Canada
Toronto Ontario, M4N 3, Canada
Toronto Ontario, M5G 2, Canada
Greenfield Park Quebec, J4V 2, Canada
Montreal Quebec, , Canada
Montréal Quebec, H3T 1, Canada
Québec Quebec, G1R 2, Canada
Sherbrooke Quebec, J1H 5, Canada
Regina Saskatchewan, S4T 7, Canada
Saskatoon Saskatchewan, S7N 4, Canada
Quebec , G8Z 3, Canada
Rathgar Dublin 6, D06 E, Ireland
Cork , T12 E, Ireland
Cork , T23, Ireland
Dublin , D07 A, Ireland
Dublin , D07 W, Ireland
Dublin , D08 T, Ireland
Dublin , D18 A, Ireland
Dublin , D24 N, Ireland
Galway , H91 Y, Ireland
Auckland , 1023, New Zealand
Christchurch , 8011, New Zealand
Palmerston North , 4442, New Zealand
Aberdeen , AB25 , United Kingdom
Ashford , TN24 , United Kingdom
Bath , BA1 3, United Kingdom
Belfast , BT9 7, United Kingdom
Canterbury , CT1 3, United Kingdom
Edinburgh , EH4 2, United Kingdom
Glasgow , G12 0, United Kingdom
London , SE1 9, United Kingdom
London , , United Kingdom
Nottingham , NG5 1, United Kingdom
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