This adaptive phase II/III randomized trial is designed to demonstrate that eradication of oligometastases by SBRT is a promising and emerging way to delay disease progression and postpone second line systemic therapies in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients. Only CRPC patients with an oligometastatic recurrence will be eligible to take part in this trial. All participating patients will receive either the standard of care (i.e. LHRH agonist in combination with the new generation of hormonal therapy \[Enzalutamide\]) or the experimental treatment (i.e. LHRH agonist in combination with the new generation of HT \[Enzalutamide\] plus the additional SBRT treatment). The patients will undergo different evaluations before treatment, such as imaging to confirm oligometastatic recurrence and blood tests. Patients will be stratified according to the location of metastasis (visceral \[with or without bone metastases\] vs. bone metastases alone) and PSA doubling time (≤ 3 vs. \> 3 months). As per the standard of care, patients will have PSA testing performed every 6-12 weeks and re-imaging at 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months or at PSA progression, whichever occurs first.
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common type of cancer to affect men and, unfortunately, for the majority of PCa patients, death is attributed to metastatic disease. Lifelong androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with LHRH agonists can help delay cancer progression in metastatic PCa patients. However, patients eventually become castration-resistant (disease progression despite ADT) and develop progressive metastatic disease. This in turn impacts the patient's quality of life and survival. Recently, a new generation of hormonal therapy (such as Enzalutamide) has become available to these castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients. We believe that the benefits from this new generation of hormonal therapy can be prolonged in CRPC patients who develop oligometastases by treating the metastatic lesions using stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). This new radiation technique allows for the treatment of many different metastases throughout the body in a very precise manner. This metastases-directed therapy is a new treatment option for patients with a limited number of metastases (less than 5) at the time of recurrence. This adaptive phase II/III randomized trial is designed to demonstrate that eradication of oligometastases by the new technique SBRT is a promising and emerging way to delay disease progression and to postpone second line systemic therapies. Only patients with an oligometastatic recurrence after local treatment with curative intent will be eligible to take part in this trial. All participating CRPC patients with oligometastases will receive either the standard of care (i.e. LHRH agonist in combination with the new generation of hormonal therapy \[Enzalutamide\]) or the experimental treatment (i.e. LHRH agonist in combination with the new generation of HT \[Enzalutamide\] plus the additional SBRT treatment). The patients will undergo different evaluations before treatment, such as imaging to confirm oligometastatic recurrence and blood tests. Patients will be stratified according to the location of metastasis (visceral \[with or without bone metastases\] vs. bone metastases alone) and PSA doubling time (≤ 3 vs. \> 3 months). As per the standard of care, patients will have PSA testing performed every 6-12 weeks and re-imaging at 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months or at PSA progression, whichever occurs first. The primary objective of this study will be to evaluate the radiographic progression-free survival. We also want to determine the time to the start of second line systemic therapy, the prostate-cancer specific survival, the overall survival as well as to assess the quality of life, the toxicity and the PSA response. This study is the first randomized study in this setting and will employ a randomized phase II design to determine if a larger scale phase III trial is needed, thus the phase II/III design. The Phase II will consist of 130 CRPC patients with oligometastases, and the phase III will consist of the already randomized 130 patients plus an estimated 244 patients for a total sample size of 374 patients. This study will be conducted through the Genitourinary Radiation Oncology Group of Quebec (GROUQ) in different radiation oncology centres across Canada and the recruitment should be completed within 30 months of activation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
102
Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist administered by subcutaneous injection. Only one of the LHRH agonists described here will be administered during the course of treatment.
Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist administered by subcutaneous injection. Only one of the LHRH agonists described here will be administered during the course of treatment.
Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist administered by subcutaneous injection. Only one of the LHRH agonists described here will be administered during the course of treatment.
Anti-androgen medication for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. 160 mg (four 40 mg capsules) taken as a single oral daily dose, with or without food, until disease progression.
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a treatment modality in radiation oncology that delivers a very high dose of radiation to the tumour target with high precision using a single or a small number of fractions.
BC CANCER Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
CancerCare Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Nova Scotia Cancer Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Juravinski Cancer Centre
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
London Regional Cancer Program - London Health Sciences Centre
London, Ontario, Canada
Hopital Charles-Lemoyne
Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) - Hopital Notre Dame
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jewish General Hospital, McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
McGill University Health Center
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval
Québec, Quebec, Canada
...and 1 more locations
Radiographic Progression-free Survival
Time from randomization until disease progression confirmed by radiographic imaging or the start of new antineoplastic therapy.
Time frame: 5 years
Quality of Life
Evaluate the impact of the treatment on the patient's quality of life using the FACT-P questionnaire
Time frame: 5 years
Quality of Life - Fatigue
Evaluate the impact of the treatment on the patient's quality of life using the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) questionnaire
Time frame: 5 years
Quality of Life - Pain
Evaluate the impact of the treatment on the patient's quality of life using the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) questionnaire
Time frame: 5 years
Toxicity
To determine acute and late toxicity due to radiotherapy, scored using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.3
Time frame: 5 years
Prostate Cancer Specific Survival
Time from randomization until death due to prostate cancer.
Time frame: 5 years
Time to Skeletal-related Event
Time from randomization until the occurrence of a skeletal related event (SRE).
Time frame: 5 years
Overall Survival
Time from randomization until death from any cause.
Time frame: 5 years
Local Control
To evaluate the impact of SBRT on oligometastases progression by radiographic imaging or the start of new antineoplastic therapy.
Time frame: 5 years
Time to Systemic Antineoplastic Therapy
Time from randomization to the administration of subsequent antineoplastic systemic therapy
Time frame: 5 years
PSA response
To evaluate PSA or the onset of biochemical failure
Time frame: 5 years
Predictive Value of Biomarkers
To evaluate the predictive value of the biomarkers in radiographic progression-free survival by analyzing for the presence or absence of biomarkers and evaluating for possible correlation with radiographic progression-free survival.
Time frame: 5 years
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