The investigators have used national VHA data to demonstrate real-world efficacy of abiraterone and enzalutamide in Veterans with mCRPC. In the real-world that is the VHA, the investigators have successfully estimated g values that accurately predict OS and the use of this metric in other settings should now be explored. In the egalitarian system that is the VHA the treatment of prostate cancer is excellent, uniform across the US and indifferent to race. The choices made are clearly personalized, given not all men received all therapies and that younger Veterans were treated more aggressively. But with survivals that rival those in registration trials that enroll optimally fit individuals usually not encumbered by the co-morbidities that afflict many Veterans, the outcomes are testimony to the fact that for this common malady of older Veterans with whom VA physicians have broad experience the care administered is unsurpassed. Importantly this care at least as regards Veterans with mCRPC demonstrates that given equal access to health care, African Americans with prostate cancer fared as well if not better than Caucasians and importantly had better outcomes with abiraterone, an observation needing further exploration as these therapies move up front.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
200
YONSA® (abiraterone acetate), YONSA® 500 mg (four 125 mg tablets) or 625 mg (five 125 mg tablets) administered orally once daily in combination with methylprednisolone 4 mg administered orally twice daily + physician's choice GnRH agonist/antagonist \[unless the Veteran has had prior bilateral orchiectomy\].
Apalutamide, 240 mg (four 60 mg tablets) administered orally once daily + physician's choice GnRH agonist/antagonist \[unless the Veteran has had prior bilateral orchiectomy\].
Enzalutamide, 160 mg (four 40 mg capsules) administered orally once daily + physician's choice GnRH agonist/antagonist \[unless the Veteran has had prior bilateral orchiectomy\].
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
The Bronx, New York, United States
PSA Progression
Primary Objectives 1. In Veterans with castrate-sensitive prostate cancer demonstrate that administration of YONSA® (abiraterone acetate) first is not inferior to the administration of physician's choice enzalutamide or apalutamide first with efficacy measured by the rate (g) of tumor growth based on PSA measurement. 2. In Veterans with castrate-sensitive prostate cancer demonstrate that the efficacy of abiraterone acetate is superior in African American compared to Caucasian Veterans with efficacy measured by the rate (g) of tumor growth based on PSA determination.
Time frame: 2 years
PSA Response
PSA response based Prostate Cancer Working Group 2 guidelines.
Time frame: 2 years
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