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Safety and Efficacy Study of Enzalutamide Versus Bicalutamide in Men With Prostate Cancer

STRIVE: A MULTICENTER PHASE 2, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, EFFICACY AND SAFETY STUDY OF ENZALUTAMIDE VS. BICALUTAMIDE IN MEN WITH PROSTATE CANCER WHO HAVE FAILED PRIMARY ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01664923
Acronym
STRIVE
Enrollment
396
Registered
2012-08-14
Start date
2012-08-31
Completion date
2018-01-31
Last updated
2019-01-30

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

Conditions

Prostate Cancer

Keywords

prostate cancer, enzalutamide, MDV3100

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of enzalutamide vs bicalutamide in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients with prostate cancer who have disease progression despite primary androgen deprivation therapy.

Detailed description

This study is a multicenter phase 2, randomized, double-blind, efficacy and safety study of enzalutamide (160 mg/day) vs. bicalutamide (50 mg/day) in patients with recurrent prostate cancer who have serologic and/or radiographic disease progression despite primary androgen deprivation therapy. Throughout the study, safety and tolerability will be assessed by the recording of adverse events, monitoring of vital signs, physical examinations, and safety laboratory evaluations. Following study unblinding, study patients receiving enzalutamide or bicalutamide at the time of unblinding and qualifying patients randomized to bicalutamide who discontinued prior to unblinding will be offered the opportunity to receive open label enzalutamide treatment.

Interventions

DRUGEnzalutamide

160 mg, daily, by mouth.

DRUGBicalutamide

50 mg, daily, by mouth

Sponsors

Astellas Pharma Inc
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Medivation LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer Inc.
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Pfizer
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Males age 18 or older; * Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate; * Ongoing androgen deprivation therapy; * Serum testosterone level ≤ 50 ng/dL (1.73 nmol/L) at the Screening visit; * Progressive disease at study entry defined by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) progression and/or radiographic progression that occurred while the patient was on primary androgen deprivation therapy; * Asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic from prostate cancer; * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1; * Estimated life expectancy of ≥ 12 months; * Able to swallow the study drug and comply with study requirements.

Exclusion criteria

* Severe concurrent disease, infection, or co-morbidity; * Known or suspected brain metastasis or active leptomeningeal disease; * History of another invasive malignancy within the previous 5 years other than treated non-melanomatous skin cancer and American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Stage 0 or Stage 1 cancers that have a remote probability of recurrence; * Absolute neutrophil count \< 1,500/µL, or platelet count \< 100,000/µL, or hemoglobin \< 9 g/dL at the Screening visit; * Total bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \> 2.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) at the Screening visit; * Creatinine \> 2 mg/dL at the Screening visit; * Albumin \< 3.0 g/dL at the Screening visit; * History of seizure or any condition that may predispose to seizure; * Clinically significant cardiovascular disease; * Gastrointestinal disorder affecting absorption (e.g., gastrectomy, active peptic ulcer disease within last 3 months); * Major surgery within 4 weeks of enrollment; * Use of opiate analgesics for pain from prostate cancer within 4 weeks of enrollment; * Radiation therapy for treatment of the primary tumor within 3 weeks of enrollment; * Prior radiation or radionuclide therapy for treatment of distant metastases; * Prior ketoconazole, abiraterone, or cytotoxic chemotherapy for prostate cancer; * Treatment with hormonal therapy or biologic therapy for prostate cancer within 4 weeks of enrollment; * Use of antiandrogens within 4 weeks prior to enrollment; * Prior disease progression, as assessed by the Investigator, while receiving bicalutamide; * Participation in a previous clinical trial of enzalutamide or an investigational agent that inhibits the androgen receptor or androgen synthesis (patients who received placebo are acceptable); * Use of an investigational agent within 4 weeks of enrollment; * Use of herbal products that may have hormonal anti-prostate cancer activity and/or are known to decrease PSA levels (e.g., saw palmetto) or systemic corticosteroids for prostate cancer within 4 weeks of enrollment; * Any condition or reason that, in the opinion of the Investigator, interferes with the ability of the patient to participate in the trial, which places the patient at undue risk, or complicates the interpretation of safety data. Open-Label Treatment Period: Inclusion Criteria: * Received randomized double blind treatment in MDV3100-09 as follows: * Randomized to enzalutamide and receiving enzalutamide at the time of study unblinding; * Randomized to bicalutamide and receiving bicalutamide at the time of study unblinding; * Randomized to bicalutamide and discontinued bicalutamide before study unblinding; * Willing to maintain androgen deprivation therapy with a gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist/antagonist or has had a bilateral orchiectomy.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Progression Free Survival (PFS)From randomization until the data cut-off date of 09 February 2015, median duration of treatment was 14.7 months in the enzalutamide arm and 8.4 months in the bicalutamide arm.PFS was defined as time from randomization to earliest objective evidence of prostate specific-antigen (PSA) progression, radiographic progression, or death on study. PSA progression was defined as ≥ 25% increase in PSA with an absolute increase ≥ 2 ng/mL above the nadir and was to be confirmed by a second consecutive assessment. Radiographic progression in bone was based on The Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Working Group (PCWG2) guidelines defined as at least 2 new lesions on bone scan. Radiographic progression in soft tissue on Computerized Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CT/MRI) was based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1). CT/MRI and bone scans were read locally by the same radiologist (or nuclear medicine physician for interpretation of bone scans) whenever possible. Participants not known to have had a PFS event at the time of the analysis data cutoff were censored at the date of last assessment.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Participants With a PSA Response ≥ 50%From randomization until the data cut-off date of 09 February 2015, median duration of treatment was 14.7 months in the enzalutamide arm and 8.4 months in the bicalutamide arm.PSA response was defined as a reduction in PSA of at least 50% from baseline at any post baseline assessment confirmed by a second PSA assessment at least 3 weeks later.
Duration of Radiographic PFSFrom randomization until the data cut-off date of 09 February 2015, median duration of treatment was 14.7 months in the enzalutamide arm and 8.4 months in the bicalutamide arm.Duration of radiographic PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the earliest objective evidence of radiographic disease progression or death on study and was to be evaluated for participants with metastatic disease at study entry. Radiographic disease progression in bone was based on PCWG2 guidelines defined as at least 2 new lesions on bone scan. Radiographic disease progression in soft tissue on CT/MRI was based on RECIST 1.1. CT/MRI and bone scans were read locally by the same radiologist (or nuclear medicine physician for interpretation of bone scans) whenever possible. Participants not known to have had radiographic progression at the time of analysis data cutoff were censored at the date of last radiographic assessment.
Time to PSA ProgressionFrom randomization until the data cut-off date of 09 February 2015, median duration of treatment was 14.7 months in the enzalutamide arm and 8.4 months in the bicalutamide arm.PSA progression was defined as ≥ 25% increase in PSA with an absolute increase ≥ 2 ng/mL above the nadir and was to be confirmed by a second consecutive assessment at least 3 weeks later. Participants not known to have had PSA progression were censored at the date of last PSA assessment.
Best Overall Soft Tissue ResponseFrom randomization until the data cut-off date of 09 February 2015, median duration of treatment was 14.7 months in the enzalutamide arm and 8.4 months in the bicalutamide arm.Best overall soft tissue response is defined as partial response (PR) or complete response (CR) while on study treatment based on investigator assessment of target, nontarget, and new lesions using RECIST 1.1. Only participants in the metastatic population with measurable soft tissue disease (at least 1 target lesion identified per RECIST 1.1) at screening were included in the analysis. All percentages are based on number of participants with metastatic and measurable soft tissue disease at screening in each treatment group.
Percentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)From first dose of study drug until the end of open label phase (up to maximum duration of 65 months)An AE was any untoward medical occurrence in a participant who received study treatment without regard to possibility of causal relationship. An SAE was an AE resulting in any of following outcomes or deemed significant for any other reason: death, initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization, life-threatening experience (immediate risk of dying), persistent or significant disability or incapacity, congenital anomaly. A treatment emergent AE defined as an event that emerged during treatment period (From first dose of study drug until end of open label phase \[up to maximum duration of 65 months\]) that was absent before treatment, or worsened during treatment period relative to pre-treatment state. AE included both serious and non- SAE. Treatment-related AE was any untoward medical occurrence attributed to study drug in a participant who received study drug. An AE was considered related to study drug if event was assessed by investigator as probably or possibly related.
Quality of Life: Time to Degradation of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Prostate (FACT-P)From randomization until the data cut-off date of 09 February 2015, median duration of treatment was 14.7 months in the enzalutamide arm and 8.4 months in the bicalutamide arm.The FACT-P is a multidimensional, self-reported quality of life instrument consisting of 27 core items that assess patient function in 4 domains: physical, social/family, emotional, and functional well-being, and supplemented by 12 site-specific items to assess for prostate-related symptoms. Each item is rated on a 0 to 4 Likert-type scale, and then combined to produce subscale scores for each domain, as well as a global quality of life score (0 to 156) with higher scores representing better quality of life. Time to degradation of FACT-P was defined as the time from randomization to first assessment with at least a 10-point decrease from baseline in the global FACT-P score for each participant. Participants with no score degradation at the time of analysis data cutoff were censored at the date of last assessment showing no degradation.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Enzalutamide
Participants received enzalutamide 160 mg, self-administered as four 40-mg capsules, once per day by mouth and 1 bicalutamide-placebo capsule in DB phase.
198
Bicalutamide
Participants received bicalutamide 50 mg, self-administered as 1 capsule, once per day by mouth and 4 enzalutamide-placebo capsules in DB phase.
198
Total396

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Period1:Double Blind Phase-29 MonthsAdverse Event149
Period1:Double Blind Phase-29 MonthsDeath86
Period1:Double Blind Phase-29 MonthsDisease Progression65132
Period1:Double Blind Phase-29 MonthsLost to Follow-up01
Period1:Double Blind Phase-29 MonthsOther34
Period1:Double Blind Phase-29 MonthsProtocol Violation20
Period1:Double Blind Phase-29 MonthsRandomized, But Not treated10
Period1:Double Blind Phase-29 MonthsWithdrawal by Subject128
Period 2: Open-label Phase-36 MonthsAdverse Event47
Period 2: Open-label Phase-36 MonthsDeath31
Period 2: Open-label Phase-36 MonthsDisease progression289
Period 2: Open-label Phase-36 MonthsOn Treatment11
Period 2: Open-label Phase-36 MonthsOther31
Period 2: Open-label Phase-36 MonthsWithdrawal by Subject24

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicEnzalutamideBicalutamideTotal
Age, Customized
65-74 years
82 Participants76 Participants158 Participants
Age, Customized
< 65 years
39 Participants25 Participants64 Participants
Age, Customized
≥ 75 years
77 Participants97 Participants174 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
198 Participants198 Participants396 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Male
198 Participants198 Participants396 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
187 / 197179 / 19836 / 37
serious
Total, serious adverse events
76 / 19760 / 19816 / 37

Outcome results

Primary

Progression Free Survival (PFS)

PFS was defined as time from randomization to earliest objective evidence of prostate specific-antigen (PSA) progression, radiographic progression, or death on study. PSA progression was defined as ≥ 25% increase in PSA with an absolute increase ≥ 2 ng/mL above the nadir and was to be confirmed by a second consecutive assessment. Radiographic progression in bone was based on The Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Working Group (PCWG2) guidelines defined as at least 2 new lesions on bone scan. Radiographic progression in soft tissue on Computerized Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CT/MRI) was based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1). CT/MRI and bone scans were read locally by the same radiologist (or nuclear medicine physician for interpretation of bone scans) whenever possible. Participants not known to have had a PFS event at the time of the analysis data cutoff were censored at the date of last assessment.

Time frame: From randomization until the data cut-off date of 09 February 2015, median duration of treatment was 14.7 months in the enzalutamide arm and 8.4 months in the bicalutamide arm.

Population: Intent-to-treat population: all participants randomly assigned to study treatment.

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
EnzalutamideProgression Free Survival (PFS)19.4 months
BicalutamideProgression Free Survival (PFS)5.7 months
p-value: <0.000195% CI: [0.181, 0.32]Log Rank
Secondary

Best Overall Soft Tissue Response

Best overall soft tissue response is defined as partial response (PR) or complete response (CR) while on study treatment based on investigator assessment of target, nontarget, and new lesions using RECIST 1.1. Only participants in the metastatic population with measurable soft tissue disease (at least 1 target lesion identified per RECIST 1.1) at screening were included in the analysis. All percentages are based on number of participants with metastatic and measurable soft tissue disease at screening in each treatment group.

Time frame: From randomization until the data cut-off date of 09 February 2015, median duration of treatment was 14.7 months in the enzalutamide arm and 8.4 months in the bicalutamide arm.

Population: All participants who were randomly assigned to study treatment and had metastatic and measurable soft tissue disease at screening.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
EnzalutamideBest Overall Soft Tissue Response60.0 percentage of participants
BicalutamideBest Overall Soft Tissue Response14.0 percentage of participants
p-value: <0.000195% CI: [26.79, 65.3]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Duration of Radiographic PFS

Duration of radiographic PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the earliest objective evidence of radiographic disease progression or death on study and was to be evaluated for participants with metastatic disease at study entry. Radiographic disease progression in bone was based on PCWG2 guidelines defined as at least 2 new lesions on bone scan. Radiographic disease progression in soft tissue on CT/MRI was based on RECIST 1.1. CT/MRI and bone scans were read locally by the same radiologist (or nuclear medicine physician for interpretation of bone scans) whenever possible. Participants not known to have had radiographic progression at the time of analysis data cutoff were censored at the date of last radiographic assessment.

Time frame: From randomization until the data cut-off date of 09 February 2015, median duration of treatment was 14.7 months in the enzalutamide arm and 8.4 months in the bicalutamide arm.

Population: All participants with metastatic disease at study entry and randomly assigned to study treatment.

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
EnzalutamideDuration of Radiographic PFSNA months
BicalutamideDuration of Radiographic PFS8.3 months
p-value: <0.000195% CI: [0.211, 0.497]Log Rank
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With a PSA Response ≥ 50%

PSA response was defined as a reduction in PSA of at least 50% from baseline at any post baseline assessment confirmed by a second PSA assessment at least 3 weeks later.

Time frame: From randomization until the data cut-off date of 09 February 2015, median duration of treatment was 14.7 months in the enzalutamide arm and 8.4 months in the bicalutamide arm.

Population: Evaluable intent-to-treat population: all participants randomly assigned to study treatment and had a baseline and at least 1 post baseline PSA measurement.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
EnzalutamidePercentage of Participants With a PSA Response ≥ 50%81.3 percentage of participants
BicalutamidePercentage of Participants With a PSA Response ≥ 50%31.3 percentage of participants
p-value: <0.000195% CI: [41.4, 58.5]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

An AE was any untoward medical occurrence in a participant who received study treatment without regard to possibility of causal relationship. An SAE was an AE resulting in any of following outcomes or deemed significant for any other reason: death, initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization, life-threatening experience (immediate risk of dying), persistent or significant disability or incapacity, congenital anomaly. A treatment emergent AE defined as an event that emerged during treatment period (From first dose of study drug until end of open label phase \[up to maximum duration of 65 months\]) that was absent before treatment, or worsened during treatment period relative to pre-treatment state. AE included both serious and non- SAE. Treatment-related AE was any untoward medical occurrence attributed to study drug in a participant who received study drug. An AE was considered related to study drug if event was assessed by investigator as probably or possibly related.

Time frame: From first dose of study drug until the end of open label phase (up to maximum duration of 65 months)

Population: Safety population included all participants who received at least 1 dose of study drug.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
EnzalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)AE Related to Study Drug66.5 percentage of participants
EnzalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)AE Leading to Study Drug Discontinuation16.2 percentage of participants
EnzalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)Serious AE Related to Study Drug7.6 percentage of participants
EnzalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)Serious AE38.6 percentage of participants
EnzalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)AE Leading to Death4.6 percentage of participants
EnzalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)Any AE96.4 percentage of participants
BicalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)AE Leading to Death3.0 percentage of participants
BicalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)AE Related to Study Drug53.5 percentage of participants
BicalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)Serious AE Related to Study Drug3.5 percentage of participants
BicalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)AE Leading to Study Drug Discontinuation13.1 percentage of participants
BicalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)Serious AE30.3 percentage of participants
BicalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)Any AE90.4 percentage of participants
Open Label Phase: Bicalutamide Crossover to EnzalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)Serious AE Related to Study Drug2.7 percentage of participants
Open Label Phase: Bicalutamide Crossover to EnzalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)Serious AE43.2 percentage of participants
Open Label Phase: Bicalutamide Crossover to EnzalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)Any AE97.3 percentage of participants
Open Label Phase: Bicalutamide Crossover to EnzalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)AE Leading to Study Drug Discontinuation24.3 percentage of participants
Open Label Phase: Bicalutamide Crossover to EnzalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)AE Leading to Death8.1 percentage of participants
Open Label Phase: Bicalutamide Crossover to EnzalutamidePercentage of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)AE Related to Study Drug70.3 percentage of participants
Secondary

Quality of Life: Time to Degradation of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Prostate (FACT-P)

The FACT-P is a multidimensional, self-reported quality of life instrument consisting of 27 core items that assess patient function in 4 domains: physical, social/family, emotional, and functional well-being, and supplemented by 12 site-specific items to assess for prostate-related symptoms. Each item is rated on a 0 to 4 Likert-type scale, and then combined to produce subscale scores for each domain, as well as a global quality of life score (0 to 156) with higher scores representing better quality of life. Time to degradation of FACT-P was defined as the time from randomization to first assessment with at least a 10-point decrease from baseline in the global FACT-P score for each participant. Participants with no score degradation at the time of analysis data cutoff were censored at the date of last assessment showing no degradation.

Time frame: From randomization until the data cut-off date of 09 February 2015, median duration of treatment was 14.7 months in the enzalutamide arm and 8.4 months in the bicalutamide arm.

Population: Intent-to-treat population: all participants randomly assigned to study treatment.

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
EnzalutamideQuality of Life: Time to Degradation of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Prostate (FACT-P)8.4 months
BicalutamideQuality of Life: Time to Degradation of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Prostate (FACT-P)8.3 months
p-value: 0.494595% CI: [0.695, 1.192]Log Rank
Secondary

Time to PSA Progression

PSA progression was defined as ≥ 25% increase in PSA with an absolute increase ≥ 2 ng/mL above the nadir and was to be confirmed by a second consecutive assessment at least 3 weeks later. Participants not known to have had PSA progression were censored at the date of last PSA assessment.

Time frame: From randomization until the data cut-off date of 09 February 2015, median duration of treatment was 14.7 months in the enzalutamide arm and 8.4 months in the bicalutamide arm.

Population: Intent-to-treat population: all participants randomly assigned to study treatment.

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
EnzalutamideTime to PSA ProgressionNA months
BicalutamideTime to PSA Progression8.3 months
p-value: <0.000195% CI: [0.137, 0.264]Log Rank

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 5, 2026