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A trial comparing chemical castration (reducing production of male hormone) versus direct cancer targeting through the male hormone receptor in combination with local radiotherapy for prostate cancer patients who progress after surgery

A phase II randomized, open-label study comparing salvage radiotherapy in combination with 6 months of androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) with LHRH agonist or antagonist versus anti-adrogen therapy (AAT) with apalutamide in patients with biochemical progression after radical prostatectomy (SAVE) - SAVE

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
EU CTR
Registry ID
EUCTR2018-004365-13-BE
Enrollment
202
Registered
2019-01-04
Start date
2019-02-04
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-07-08

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

Conditions

Prostate cancer patients with biochemical progression after radical prostatectomy and planned for salvage radiotherapy

Interventions

Product Name: Apalutamide Product Code: JNJ-56021927 Pharmaceutical Form: Film-coated tablet INN or Proposed INN: Apalutamide Other descriptive name: APALUTAMIDE Concentration unit: mg milligram(s) Co

Sponsors

GZA vzw
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Male

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Male, > 18 years old. 2. ECOG 0-1. 3. Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate. 4. Previous radical prostatectomy (RP), pT2-3, pN0 or pNx. 5. PSA detectable with confirmed rise (at least two weeks apart) at least 8 weeks after RP. 6. Hormone-naive disease. 7. Patients amendable to take oral medication. 8. Patients must have clinical laboratory values at screening: a) Hemoglobin 9.0 g/dL, independent of transfusion and/or growth factors within 3 months prior to randomization b) Platelet count =100,000 x 109/µL independent of transfusion and/or growth factors within 3 months prior to randomization c) Serum albumin =3.0 g/dL d) Serum creatinine 1.5 × ULN, measure direct and indirect bilirubin and if direct bilirubin is =1.5 × ULN, subject may be eligible) g) Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =65 years) yes F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 101

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with severe erectile dysfunction according to international index of erectile function (IIEF-5) questionnaire (score 1-7). 2. Allergies, hypersensitivity or known intolerance to the study drugs or excipients. 3. History of any of the following: a) Seizure or known condition that may pre-dispose to seizure (including but not limited to prior stroke, transient ischemic attack, loss of consciousness within 1 year prior to randomization, brain arteriovenous malformation; or intracranial masses such as schwannomas and meningiomas that are causing edema or mass effect). b) Severe or unstable angina, myocardial infarction, symptomatic congestive heart failure, arterial or venous thromboembolic events (eg, pulmonary embolism, cerebrovascular accident including transient ischemic attacks), or clinically significant ventricular arrhythmias within 6 months prior to randomization. 4. Current evidence of any of the following: a) Uncontrolled hypertension. b) Gastrointestinal disorder affecting absorption. 5. Patients already included in another clinical trial involving an experimental drug.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Main Objective: To evaluate AAT with apalutamide as a sexual function-sparing alternative to ADT with LHRH agonist or antagonist ;Secondary Objective: - to assess general quality of life - to evaluate safety - to evaluate efficacy ;Primary end point(s): EPIC-26 sexual domain score at 9 months after start of hormonal treatment (0 – 100 scale, with higher scores representing better sexual function) ;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: 9 months after start of treatment

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary end point(s): 1. Quality of life (quality of life will be assessed using EPIC-26 as well as the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) quality of life questionnaire (QLQ) C30 and PR25 as well as FACT-P, see appendix B, C and D of the protocol); 2. Toxicity; and 3. Efficacy (i.e. prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response rates, defined as a decline from baseline in PSA level of 80% or greater, as well as PSA complete response rates, defined as a decline from baseline in PSA level of 90% or greater ;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: At all 4 treatment visits (i.e. at 0, 3, 6, and 9 months)

Countries

Belgium

Contacts

Public ContactCTO

Clinical Trials Oncology

savetrial@gza.be3234433759

Outcome results

None listed

Source: EU CTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026