The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the combination of Darolutamide with Radium-223 or placebo and the effects on radiological progression-free survival for patients with Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostrate Cancer (mCSPC) The main questions it aims to answer are: * Radiological progression-free survival (rPFS) in mCSPC * Overall Survival (OS) * Symptomatic skeletal event-free survival (SSE-FS) * Initiation of subsequent antineoplastic therapy * Safety Participants will have visits at baseline, treatment is once a month for up to 6 months, and long term follow up will continue until the participant dies, withdraws consent, and/or study is terminated.
A novel treatment strategy combining darolutamide and radium-223 is considered for subjects with mCSPC. Response to treatment is monitored every 12 weeks using a continuous measurement. The main scientific question concerns the comparison of radium-223 to placebo and is best addressed by a randomized clinical trial. Use of placebo in this study is considered ethical, as provision is made for subjects to discontinue their treatment and switch to radium-223 due to lack of efficacy on unblinding where it influences current treatment decisions. Switch to rescue medication is an intercurrent event, after which it is still possible to collect the variable measurements as described in sections on study endpoints below. This is also the case after other intercurrent events such as discontinuation of radium-223 treatment due to an adverse event, but not for intercurrent events such as death unrelated to study IP or disease, subject loss to follow-up, or subject withdrawal from all study treatments and procedures.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Participants will continue treatment with darolutamide until radiological progression, withdrawal, death, termination, or study completion. The maximum time for darolutamide dose interruption period is 28 consecutive days beyond scheduled dose (\>56 days between cycles). Any participant requiring dose interruption \>28 consecutive days beyond the scheduled dose may restart treatment with darolutamide if clinical benefit is anticipated and after discussion with and approval from the study Medical Monitor. Until primary endpoint is reached, participants are not allowed to switch ARPI (Abiraterone, Apalutamide or Enzalutamide) during the study. Switching to other ARPI following radiographic progression should be considered a subsequent life prolonging therapy and documented accordingly.
Radium-223 should be given for 6 cycles, administered IV on Day 1 of each cycle or until radiological progression, withdrawal, death, termination, or study completion. The placebo will be administered in precisely the same fashion as the active drug. Subsequent cycles 2-6 should be scheduled to occur every 28 ± 7 days following the previous cycle, but dosing may be delayed up to 28 days per cycle (maximum 56 days between cycles). Any participant requiring dose interruption \>28 consecutive days (\>56 days between cycles) may restart treatment with radium-223/placebo if clinical benefit is anticipated and after discussion with the Medical Monitor. Participants will continue with darolutamide irrespective of Radium-223 administration. Upon radiological progression, further treatments are decided by the site investigator according to standard local practice.
Radiological progression-free survival (rPFS) in mCSPC patients
The primary objective of this study is to compare the radiological progression-free survival (rPFS) in mCSPC patients treated with darolutamide plus radium-223 versus darolutamide plus placebo. The primary endpoint is radiological progression-free survival rPFS, defined as time to first occurrence of 99mTc MDP+ bone scan progression per PCWG3 criteria, and/or soft tissue progression by CT/MRI per PCWG3 modifications to RECIST 1.1 criteria, or death from any cause. Randomization will be stratified by ECOG performance status 0 vs 1-2, and metastatic disease status, specifically low volume (\<4 bone lesions) versus high volume (≥4 bone lesions).
Time frame: First occurrence bone scan progression and/or soft tissue progression per #RECIST 1.1 criteria, participant dies, withdraws consent and/or study is terminated, whichever comes first.
Overall Survival (OS) & Symptomatic Skeletal Event-Free Survival (SSE-FS)
Overall survival and SSE-FS will be compared between the two arms using a stratified log-rank test, HR (Darolutamide + radium-223 dichloride / Darolutamide + placebo) with 95% CI. Kaplan-Meier estimates and plots for both treatment arms will be produced to accompany these analyses. The median, 25th and 75th percentiles and event free rates at different timepoints with associated 95% CI will be generated. SSE-FS as defined as the time from randomization until any one of the following: * the first use of external-beam radiation therapy to relieve skeletal tumor-related symptoms, * the occurrence of new symptomatic pathologic bone fractures, * the occurrence of new symptomatic spinal cord compression, * a tumor-related orthopedic surgical intervention, or * death.
Time frame: Randomization until death.
Initiation of Subsequent Antineoplastic Therapy
Time to initiation of subsequent antineoplastic therapy will be compared considering death as a competing risk. Treatment arms will be compared with stratified competing risk HR (Darolutamide + radium-223 dichloride / Darolutamide + placebo) with 95% CI. Event rates will be estimated by cumulative incidence.
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Time frame: Randomization to initiation of first subsequent antineoplastic therapy for prostrate cancer.
Safety of the combination of radium-223 and Darolutamide
Safety of the combination of radium-223 and Darolutamide will be assessed by the incidence, nature, and severity of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) per Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v5.0. Exposure-adjusted incidence rates (EAIR) may be provided.
Time frame: First treatment dose until last dose + 30 Days