Clinical trial • Phase III • Oncology
APALUTAMIDE for Metastatic hormone-naïve prostate cancer | Metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer
Phase III trial of APALUTAMIDE for Metastatic hormone-naïve prostate cancer | Metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Oncology
- Trial Disease
- Metastatic hormone-naïve prostate cancer | Metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer
- Trial Stage
- Phase III
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule | Peptide/protein/enzyme
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 21-11-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 01-04-2025
Trial design
Randomised, open-label, intermittent maximum androgen blockade (imab) versus continuous maximum androgen blockade (cmab) (pragmatic randomized comparison). specific drug names/doses/schedules are not specified as single investigational medicinal products; patients will have been treated with adt plus a registered ar pathway inhibitor prior to randomization.-controlled Phase III trial in Croatia, France, Denmark and others.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- Intermittent maximum androgen blockade (iMAB) versus continuous maximum androgen blockade (cMAB) (pragmatic randomized comparison). Specific drug names/doses/schedules are not specified as single investigational medicinal products; patients will have been treated with ADT plus a registered AR pathway inhibitor prior to randomization.
- Target Sample Size
- 1600
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 1095
Eligibility
Recruits 1600 Written informed consent must be obtained from the patient prior to enrolment in accordance with ICH/GCP and national/local regulations. No vulnerable populations are selected for inclusion (isVulnerablePopulationSelected: false). The trial population is male adults only..
- Vulnerable Population
- Written informed consent must be obtained from the patient prior to enrolment in accordance with ICH/GCP and national/local regulations. No vulnerable populations are selected for inclusion (isVulnerablePopulationSelected: false). The trial population is male adults only.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Patient treated with ADT (luteinizing hormone–releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist or antagonist) and an ARpI for mHNPC for 6-12 months and presenting with a PSA ≤ 0.2 ng/mL"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients with synchronous or metachronous metastases, high volume or low volume/risk who fulfil the criteria can be included."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Before patient's enrolment, written informed consent must be given according to ICH/GCP, and national/local regulations"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients with M1a on modern imaging technique (PET-Choline or -PSMA or Whole Body MRI) for whom radiation therapy and 2-3 years of hormone therapy is planned"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients who underwent or will undergo a bilateral orchiectomy"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment has the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment for this trial"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients who have received a systemic anti-prostate cancer treatment not approved by EMA together with MAB or a radical prostatectomy for M1 disease"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule; those conditions should be assessed and discussed with the patient before the enrolment in the trial"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients who do not restart their hormonal therapy within 1 year of interrupting their MAB therapy","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured as the proportion of randomized patients in the iMAB arm who have not restarted hormonal therapy within 1 year after MAB interruption (feasibility endpoint)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Overall survival (from randomization)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured as overall survival (OS) from date of randomization (non-inferiority endpoint)."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Safety according to the CTCAE (NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events) Version 5.0 for toxicity of grade 3 or higher Adverse Events, Adverse Events of Special Interest, and Serious Adverse Event reporting","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety assessed per CTCAE v5.0; reporting of Grade ≥3 adverse events, AEs of special interest and SAE reporting."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- The magnitude of change from baseline to 1 year in HRQoL in terms of physical functioning from the EORTC QLQ-C30, and sexual activity, pain and physical fatigue from the IL249 item list","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline to 1 year in specified HRQoL domains measured by EORTC QLQ-C30 and IL249 item list."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Time spent on MAB treatment","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Duration on MAB treatment measured in time units (time on treatment)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Time to next systemic prostate cancer therapy","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from randomization to initiation of next systemic prostate cancer therapy."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Health utility derived from patient reported QLQ-C30 data and patient demographics","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Health-utility estimates derived from QLQ-C30 patient-reported outcomes combined with demographics for health economic analyses."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- The magnitude of change in HRQoL in terms of physical functioning from EORTC QLQ-C30, and sexual activity, pain characteristics and physical fatigue from the IL249 item list, from baseline to three years","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline to 3 years in specified HRQoL domains measured by EORTC QLQ-C30 and IL249."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in HRQoL in terms of the pain and emotional functioning and cognitive functioning scales of EORTC QLQ-C30, and hormonal treatment-related symptoms scale of EORTC IL249 among patients treated with iMAB compared to those on continuous treatment from baseline to one year and three years","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Between-arm comparisons of changes from baseline to 1 and 3 years in specified QLQ-C30 and IL249 scales."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in HRQoL in terms the remaining scales the EORTC QLQ-C30 and IL249 among patients treated with iMAB compared to those on continuous treatment from baseline to one year and three years","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Between-arm comparisons of remaining QLQ-C30 and IL249 scales from baseline to 1 and 3 years."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Evolution of HRQoL in terms of all the scales from EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC IL249 among patients in the iMAB and cMAB arms respectively","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Longitudinal description of HRQoL scale scores across arms using QLQ-C30 and IL249."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- OS and prostate cancer specific survival from start of MAB treatment","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Overall survival and prostate cancer-specific survival measured from start of MAB treatment."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients with recovered testosterone levels (testosterone > 150 ng/dL) at 1 and 3 years after interrupting their MAB therapy","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of patients with testosterone >150 ng/dL at 1 and 3 years after MAB interruption."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients with PSA ≤ 0.2 ng/mL at 3 years after interrupting their MAB therapy","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of patients maintaining PSA ≤0.2 ng/mL at 3 years post interruption."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Testosterone and PSA value profiles during the first 3 years","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Serial testosterone and PSA measurements summarized over first 3 years."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Prostate cancer specific survival","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Survival with death attributed to prostate cancer (time-to-event)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Enrolment rates via screening log and patient accrual.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Recruitment performance measured via screening logs and accrual counts."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 1600
- Recruitment Window Months
- 170
- Consent Approach
- Written informed consent is required from each patient prior to enrolment in accordance with ICH/GCP and national/local regulations. Subject information sheets and informed consent forms (L1_SIS and ICF) are provided; patient-facing documents and questionnaires (EORTC QLQ-C30 and IL249) are available in multiple languages (protocol patient-facing documents available in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Croatian, Danish and ICF/SIS documents in country-specific languages as provided). Only adult patients provide consent (male adult population).
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 88
- Total Number Of Participants
- 1244
Croatia
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 31-03-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 04-04-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 4
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 41
France
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 23-01-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 02-04-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 69
- Number Of Sites
- 38
- Number Of Participants
- 460
Denmark
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 18-03-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 01-04-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 14
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 36
Ireland
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 05-03-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 04-04-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 30
- Number Of Sites
- 10
- Number Of Participants
- 144
Belgium
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 04-03-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 01-04-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 28
- Number Of Sites
- 12
- Number Of Participants
- 150
Czechia
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 10-03-2026
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 29-04-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 50
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 35
Spain
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 27-02-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 03-04-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 35
- Number Of Sites
- 23
- Number Of Participants
- 378
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- European Organisation For Research And Treatment Of Cancer
- Organisation Type
- Patient organisation/association
- Country Of Registered Address
- Belgium
Third parties
- {"country":"France","full_name":"Unicancer","duties_or_roles":"Collaborative group in charge of site management in France","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
- {"country":"Ireland","full_name":"Cancer Trials Ireland","duties_or_roles":"Collaborative group in charge of site management in Ireland","organisation_type":"Patient organisation/association"}
- {"country":"Spain","full_name":"Grupo Espanol De Oncologia Genitourinaria-Socug","duties_or_roles":"network support","organisation_type":"Patient organisation/association"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- APALUTAMIDE
- Active Substance
- APALUTAMIDE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Maximum Dose
- 240 mg (maxDailyDoseAmount)
- Investigational Product Name
- RELUGOLIX
- Active Substance
- RELUGOLIX
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL USE
- Route
- ORAL
- Maximum Dose
- 360 mg (maxDailyDoseAmount)
- Investigational Product Name
- DAROLUTAMIDE
- Active Substance
- DAROLUTAMIDE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Maximum Dose
- 1200 mg (maxDailyDoseAmount)
- Investigational Product Name
- LEUPRORELIN ACETATE
- Active Substance
- LEUPRORELIN ACETATE
- Modality
- Peptide/protein/enzyme
- Routes Of Administration
- INJECTION
- Route
- INJECTION
- Maximum Dose
- Not specified (maxTotalDoseAmount 450 mg total)
- Investigational Product Name
- GOSERELIN
- Active Substance
- GOSERELIN
- Modality
- Peptide/protein/enzyme
- Routes Of Administration
- SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
- Route
- SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
- Maximum Dose
- Not specified (maxTotalDoseAmount 237.6 mg total)
- Investigational Product Name
- DEGARELIX
- Active Substance
- DEGARELIX
- Modality
- Peptide/protein/enzyme
- Routes Of Administration
- SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
- Route
- SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
- Maximum Dose
- Not specified (maxTotalDoseAmount 4960 mg total)
- Investigational Product Name
- ENZALUTAMIDE
- Active Substance
- ENZALUTAMIDE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Maximum Dose
- 160 mg (maxDailyDoseAmount)
- Investigational Product Name
- TRIPTORELIN ACETATE
- Active Substance
- TRIPTORELIN ACETATE
- Modality
- Peptide/protein/enzyme
- Routes Of Administration
- INJECTION
- Route
- INJECTION
- Maximum Dose
- Not specified (maxTotalDoseAmount 225 mg total)
- Investigational Product Name
- ABIRATERONE
- Active Substance
- ABIRATERONE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Maximum Dose
- 1000 mg (maxDailyDoseAmount)
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