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EORTC-2238-GUCG: Intermittent Androgen deprivation Therapy in the era of AR pathway inhibitors; a phase 3 pragmatic randomized trial (DE-ESCALATE)

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
EU CTIS
Registry ID
CTIS2023-506817-23-01
Acronym
EORTC-2238-GUCG
Enrollment
1209
Registered
2025-04-01
Start date
2025-05-23
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-12-08

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Metastatic hormone naïve prostate cancer (mHNPC)

Brief summary

The co-primary endpoints in this trial are: 1) Proportion of patients who do not restart their hormonal therapy within 1 year of interrupting their MAB therapy 2) Overall survival (from randomization)

Detailed description

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, 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, Time spent on MAB treatment, Time to next systemic prostate cancer therapy, Health utility derived from patient reported QLQ-C30 data and patient demographics, 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, 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, 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, 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, OS and prostate cancer specific survival from start of MAB treatment, Proportion of patients with recovered testosterone levels (testosterone > 150 ng/dL) at 1 and 3 years after interrupting their MAB therapy, Proportion of patients with PSA ≤ 0.2 ng/mL at 3 years after interrupting their MAB therapy, Testosterone and PSA value profiles during the first 3 years, Prostate cancer specific survival, Enrolment rates via screening log and patient accrual.

Interventions

DRUGAPALUTAMIDE
DRUGDEGARELIX
DRUGTRIPTORELIN
DRUGGOSERELIN
DRUGDAROLUTAMIDE
DRUGABIRATERONE
DRUGLEUPRORELIN
DRUGRELUGOLIX
DRUGENZALUTAMIDE

Sponsors

European Organisation For Research And Treatment Of Cancer
Lead SponsorOTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Male
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The co-primary endpoints in this trial are: 1) Proportion of patients who do not restart their hormonal therapy within 1 year of interrupting their MAB therapy 2) Overall survival (from randomization)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
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, 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, Time spent on MAB treatment, Time to next systemic prostate cancer therapy, Health utility derived from patient reported QLQ-C30 data and patient demographics, 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, 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 t

Countries

Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Ireland, Spain

Outcome results

None listed

Source: EU CTIS · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026