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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