Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology

Darolutamide for Prostate cancer (intermediate unfavorable risk)

Phase II trial of Darolutamide for Prostate cancer (intermediate unfavorable risk).

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Prostate cancer (intermediate unfavorable risk)
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Small molecule|Peptide/protein/enzyme

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
26-06-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
08-08-2024

Trial design

Randomised, open-label, comparators: gonapeptyl 3.75 mg (triptorelin) - suspension for injection (max daily dose 3.75 mg); leuprorelin acetate (various formulations; examples: 45 mg, 11.25 mg, 30 mg, 3.75 mg formulations listed); triptorelin (various formulations/doses listed, e.g., 11.25 mg, 22.5 mg, 3 mg, 0.1 mg forms); degarelix (e.g., 80 mg, 120 mg formulations); goserelin acetate (e.g., 3.6 mg, 10.8 mg implants). (multiple lhrh/gnrh analogues and antagonist formulations are specified as comparator adt options.)-controlled Phase II trial in France.

Randomised
Yes
Open Label
Yes
Comparator
Comparators: GONAPEPTYL 3.75 mg (triptorelin) - suspension for injection (max daily dose 3.75 mg); LEUPRORELIN ACETATE (various formulations; examples: 45 mg, 11.25 mg, 30 mg, 3.75 mg formulations listed); TRIPTORELIN (various formulations/doses listed, e.g., 11.25 mg, 22.5 mg, 3 mg, 0.1 mg forms); DEGARELIX (e.g., 80 mg, 120 mg formulations); GOSERELIN ACETATE (e.g., 3.6 mg, 10.8 mg implants). (Multiple LHRH/GnRH analogues and antagonist formulations are specified as comparator ADT options.)
Target Sample Size
62
Trial Duration For Participant
1825

Eligibility

Recruits 62 Informed consent: "Voluntary signed and dated written informed consent prior to any study specific procedure"; individuals unable to grant consent are excluded. Individuals under judicial protection or deprived of liberty are explicitly excluded. No paediatric/minor assent procedure is applicable because age ≥ 18 is required..

Vulnerable Population
Informed consent: "Voluntary signed and dated written informed consent prior to any study specific procedure"; individuals unable to grant consent are excluded. Individuals under judicial protection or deprived of liberty are explicitly excluded. No paediatric/minor assent procedure is applicable because age ≥ 18 is required.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Age ≥ 18,\n- Available archived paraffin-embedded tumor sample for research purpose,\n- Patients with a social security in compliance with the french law,\n- Voluntary signed and dated written informed consent prior to any study specific procedure,\n- Men must agree to use an effective method of contraception throughout the treatment period and for one week after discontinuation of treatment. Acceptable methods of contraception are described in protocol section 7.1.4.,\n- Histological diagnosis of prostate malignancy cancer,\n- Cancer without loco-regional or distant metastasis (tumor assessment must comprise at least Pelvic MRI AND thoraco-abdomino-pelvic contrast-enhanced CT-Scan AND Bone Scintigraphy. (Note that 1) a contrast-injected scintigraphy or a PET-CT scan with injection of choline or PSMA product can replace bone scintigraphy and the TAP scan, 2) additional assessment by PET-Scan is allowed as per investigator judgement),\n- Unfavorable intermediate risk prostate cancer diagnosis defined by the NCCN Guidelines. One of the following criteria is sufficient to define an unfavorable intermediate risk prostate cancer: a) Gleason = 7 (4+3) b) ≥ 50% of thecore of biopsies need to be positive for adenocarcinoma. Note that in case of targeted biopsy, this criterion is valide only if randomized biopsies were also performed. If these criteria are not being identified, two or three of the following criteria are necessary to define unfavorable intermediate risk prostate cancer: c) PSA value between 10-20 ng/ml d) Gleason 7 (3+4) or 6 e) T2b (clinical or radiological) Note: patients with iT3a (extraprostatic extension) can be included only if gleason score is 6 and PSA less than 20 [22].,\n- Patients newly diagnosed with an unfavorable intermediate risk prostate cancer according to the protocol criteria or previously diagnosed with low risk (Gleason score < 6, clinical stage < T2a, and PSA< 10) prostate cancer progressing to eligible risk disease according to the protocol criteria within 30 days before registration,\n- Patients must have a life expectancy of at least 5 years,\n- Performance status ECOG ≤ 2,\n- Patients without contra-indications to EBRT as per physician judgement,\n- Patients with adequate organ function defined by all the following laboratory values (< ULN (Upper Limit of Normal)) : 1. Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL, 2. Neutrophils ≥ 1.5 G/L 3. Platelets ≥ 80 G/L 4. Total bilirubin < 2X ULN 5. AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 X ULN 6. Calculated creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥ 30 ml/min (according to Cockroft and Gault formula)"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Stage T3b-T4 prostate cancer by clinical examination or radiologic evaluation,\n- Patients having received ketoconazole, finasteride or dutasteride within 30 days of inclusion,\n- Previous and current malignancies other than prostate cancer within the last 5 years with the exception of adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer,\n- Severe or uncontrolled medical conditions (i.e. uncontrolled diabetes, active or uncontrolled infection),\n- History of cerebrovascular accident (within the last 6 months),\n- Impaired cardiac function including any one of the following: o Clinically documented myocardial infarction (within the last 6 months) o History of severe/unstable angina (within the last 6 months) o History of peripheral artery/coronary bypass surgery (within the last 6 months) o History of or presence of congestive heart failure according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA) class 3 or 4 with LVEF < 45% or below the institutional lower limit of the normal range (whichever is higher) as determined by locally read echocardiogram or multi-gated acquisition scan performed in the last 6 months o History of or presence of risk factors for QT interval prolongation o History of or presence of clinically significant ventricular or atrial tachy-arrhythmias (e.g., ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, torsades de pointes) o Clinically significant resting bradycardia (< 50 beats per minute) o History of Mobitz II second degree or third degree heart block without use of ventricular-paced pacemaker o History of or presence of clinically significant hypotension (e.g. systolic blood pressure < 86 mmHg on 2 consecutive measurements) o ECG demonstrating equal to or greater than grade III toxicity according the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0 Note: patients with cardiac disease controlled under treatment are eligible.,\n- Uncontrolled hypertension,\n- Impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of study drug (e.g., ulcerative disease, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, small bowel resection, or gastric bypass surgery),\n- Major surgery within 4 weeks prior enrolment except pelvic lymph-nodes dissection (extended or limited),\n- Known hypersensitivity to any involved study drug or of its formulation components, to natural gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) or its analogues,\n- Galactose intolerance, total lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption syndrome,\n- Patients with Gleason score ≥8,\n- Men who are not using an effective method of contraception as previously described,\n- Use of herbal or alternative remedies that may affect hormonal status such as Prostasol or PC-SPES,\n- History of non-compliance to medical regimens or inability to grant consent,\n- Patient unable to follow and comply with the study procedures because of any geographical, social or psychpsychological reasons,\n- Individuals under judicial protection or deprived of liberty.,\n- Inability to swallow or to give subcutaneous or intramuscular injections.,\n- Patients with PSA >20 ng/ml,\n- Presence of loco-regional or distant metastasis (MRI/CT-Scan and Bone Scintigraphy),\n- Contra-indications to MRI and to contrast-enhanced CT-scan,\n- Hypogonadism or severe androgen deficiency as defined by screening serum testosterone less than 50 ng/dL or below the normal range for the institution.,\n- Previous prostate cancer treated by androgen deprivation, chemotherapy, surgery, or radiotherapy,\n- Patients with previous bilateral orchidectomy,\n- Patients actively receiving or having received within 6 months prior enrollment any concurrent androgens, anti-androgens, estrogens, or progestational agents,"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Efficacy will be assessed in terms of biological response defined as a PSA concentration ≤0.1ng/ml at 6 months post-randomization [23-24].","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Biological response defined as PSA ≤ 0.1 ng/ml measured 6 months after randomization."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Biochemical disease progression is defined asa PSA level higher than PSA nadir + 2 ng/mL according to Phoenix’s criteria [27].","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Biochemical disease progression defined as PSA > PSA nadir + 2 ng/mL (Phoenix criteria)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Biochemical progression-free survival (bPFS) is defined as the delay between the date of randomization and the date of biochemical disease progression or death, whichever comes first. Median bPFS, as well as 2-, 3-, and 5-year bPFS will be reported.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"bPFS = time from randomization to biochemical progression or death; median and 2-,3-,5-year rates reported."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Metastasis Free Survival (MFS) is defined as the delay between the date of randomization and the date of metastasis diagnosis (imaging and/or biopsy). Median MFS, as well as 2-, 3- and 5-year MFS will be reported.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"MFS = time from randomization to metastasis diagnosis (imaging and/or biopsy); median and 2-,3-,5-year rates reported."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Disease Free Survival (DFS) is defined as the delay between randomization and the first of the following events:  biological PSA progression defined as level higher than PSA nadir + 2 ng/mL according to Phoenix’s criteria  progression (local, regional, distant)  death (any cause).Median DFS, as well as 2-, 3- and 5-year DFS will be reported.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"DFS = time from randomization to first of biochemical progression (PSA nadir +2), progression (local/regional/distant), or death; median and 2-,3-,5-year rates reported."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Prostate cancer-specific Survival (PCSS) is defined as the delay between the date of randomization and the date of prostate cancer-related death. Median PCSS, as well as 2-, 3- and 5-year PCSS will be reported.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PCSS = time from randomization to prostate cancer-related death; median and 2-,3-,5-year rates reported."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Overall survival is defined as the delay between the date of randomization and the date of death (all cause). Median OS, as well as 2-, 3- and 5-year OS will be reported.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"OS = time from randomization to death from any cause; median and 2-,3-,5-year rates reported."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Time to testosterone recovery defined as the time from randomization to the time when serum of total testosterone level increases to above the lower limit of the normal range.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from randomization to serum total testosterone rising above the lower limit of normal."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- The safety profile (acute, i.e. < 3 months and late 2-, 3- and 5-year) of each treatment strategy will be graded using NCI CTCAE v5. Both AE and SAE will be coded according to the standardized medical terminology MedDRA.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety graded by NCI CTCAE v5; AEs/SAEs coded using MedDRA; acute (<3 months) and late (2,3,5 years) assessments."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Quality of life will be assessed as follows (M0, M3, M6, M12, M24, M60): o As per the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire and prostate cancer module PR-25 o Assessment of erectile dysfunction, as per IIEF5 [41], o Assessement of symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia as per IPSS questionnaire [42]","definition_or_measurement_approach":"QoL measured at specified timepoints using EORTC QLQ-C30 + PR-25; erectile function via IIEF5; BPH symptoms via IPSS."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- ANCILLARY STUDY : MRI Radiomics efficacy predictive factors exploratory analysis; testosterone level lowering and recovery at 3, 6 and 9 months post radiotherapy, bone mineral density and score FRAX evolution at M12 and M24 after treatment initiation, FSH and LHlevel at 3, 6, 9 and 15 months post radiotherapy. MRI radiomics efficacy will be centrally analyzed based on multiparametric MRI performed at baseline and M6 (Pr Ulrike Schike, LATIM, Brest).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Exploratory radiomics analysis on baseline and M6 multiparametric MRI; hormonal and bone density measures at specified timepoints."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- ANCILLARY STUDY : FFPE tumor samples will be collected at baseline to assess prognostic value of DECIPHER test in this setting compared to d’Amico and Zumsteg criteria.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Collection of baseline FFPE tumor samples to evaluate prognostic value of DECIPHER vs d'Amico and Zumsteg criteria."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
62
Recruitment Window Months
84
Consent Approach
Voluntary signed and dated written informed consent required prior to any study-specific procedure; consent provided by the participant (age ≥ 18). No assent for minors (minors excluded). Inability to grant consent is an exclusion. Materials include subject information and informed consent form documents; French-language translations are present in the dossier.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
10
Total Number Of Participants
62

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
04-07-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
03-10-2025
Processing Time Days
456
Number Of Sites
10
Number Of Participants
62

Sites

Site Name
Centre Oscar Lambret
Department Name
Département de radiothérapie
Contact Person Name
David Pasquier
Contact Person Email
d-pasquier@o-lambret.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Prive Saint-Gregoire
Department Name
Département de radiothérapie
Contact Person Name
Xavier Artignan
Contact Person Email
xartignan@vivalto-sante.com
Site Name
Institut Bergonie
Department Name
Département de radiothérapie
Contact Person Name
Paul Sargos
Contact Person Email
p.sargos@bordeaux.unicancer.fr
Site Name
Institut Sainte Catherine
Department Name
Département de radiothérapie
Contact Person Name
Lysian Cartier
Contact Person Email
l.cartier@isc84.org
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional Et Universitaire De Brest
Department Name
Département de radiothérapie
Contact Person Name
Ulrike Schick
Contact Person Email
ulrike.schick@chu-brest.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire (Besancon)
Department Name
Département de radiothérapie
Contact Person Name
Jihane Boustani
Contact Person Email
jboustani@chu-besancon.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional De Marseille
Department Name
Département de radiothérapie
Contact Person Name
Xavier Muracciole
Contact Person Email
xavier.muracciole@ap-hm.fr
Site Name
Institut De Cancerologie De L Ouest
Department Name
Département de radiothérapie
Contact Person Name
Stephane Supiot
Site Name
Clinique Pasteur
Department Name
Département de radiothérapie
Contact Person Name
Igor Latorzeff
Site Name
Institut Universitaire Du Cancer Toulouse-Oncopole
Department Name
Département de radiothérapie
Contact Person Name
Jonathan Khalifa

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Institut Bergonie
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
France

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
BAY 1841788
Active Substance
Darolutamide
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
Oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised (prodAuthStatus 1)
Dose Levels
Maximum daily dose amount listed: 1200 mg
Maximum Dose
1200 mg
Combination Treatment
Yes

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