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Enzalutamide With or Without Abiraterone and Prednisone in Treating Patients With Castration-Resistant Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Phase III Trial of Enzalutamide (NSC# 766085) Versus Enzalutamide, Abiraterone and Prednisone for Castration Resistant Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01949337
Enrollment
1311
Registered
2013-09-24
Start date
2014-01-22
Completion date
2024-08-31
Last updated
2023-09-28

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

Conditions

Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate, Hormone-resistant Prostate Cancer, Recurrent Prostate Cancer, Stage IV Prostate Cancer

Brief summary

This randomized phase III trial studies enzalutamide to see how well it works compared to enzalutamide, abiraterone, and prednisone in treating patients with castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer. Androgens can cause the growth of prostate cancer cells. Drugs, such as enzalutamide, abiraterone acetate, and prednisone, may lessen the amount of androgens made by the body.

Detailed description

Patients are randomized to one of two treatment groups: enzalutamide or enzalutamide, abiraterone and prednisone. Treatment will continue until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed for clinical outcomes for a maximum of 5 years post study treatment. The primary and secondary objectives are described below. 1. Primary Objective: To compare the overall survival of patients with progressive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) treated with either enzalutamide only or enzalutamide with abiraterone and prednisone 2. Secondary Objectives: * To assess the grade 3 or higher toxicity profile and compare safety by treatment arm. * To assess and compare post-treatment prostate-specific antigen (PSA) declines by treatment arm. * To compare radiographic progression free survival defined by Prostate Cancer Working Group 2 (PCWG2), and objective response rate, by treatment arm. * To test for radiographic progression free survival (rPFS) treatment interaction in predicting overall survival. * To assess pre- and post-treatment measures of tumor burden and bone activity using sodium fluoride (NaF) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) and technetium (Tc) methylene diphosphonate (MDP) bone scintigraphy and correlate these measures with overall survival. * To develop and validate prognostic and predictive models of overall survival that include baseline clinical and molecular markers.

Interventions

DRUGenzalutamide

Enzalutamide 160 mg daily, orally

DRUGabiraterone

abiraterone 1000 mg daily, orally

DRUGprednisone

prednisone 5 mg twice daily, orally

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH
Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Medivation, Inc.
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Biologics, Inc.
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

Eligibility Criteria: 1. Documentation of Disease - Progressive castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer with histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate without neuroendocrine differentiation or small cell features 2. Patients must have measurable or non-measurable disease: 1. Measurable Disease - For visceral or extra nodal lesions to be considered measurable, they must be ≥ 10 mm in one dimension, using spiral CT. For lymph nodes to be considered measurable (ie, target or evaluable lesions), they must be ≥ 20 mm in at least one dimension, using spiral CT. 2. Non-Measurable Disease - All other lesions, including small lesions (longest diameter \< 20 mm with conventional techniques or \< 10 mm with spiral CT scan) and truly non-measurable lesions. Lesions that are considered non-measurable include bone lesions (only). 3. Patients with node only disease (ie, no presence of visceral, extra nodal lesions or bone lesions) must have node(s) that measure ≥ 15 mm in short axis. 3. Progressive Disease - Patients must have progressive disease at study entry defined as one or more of the following three criteria that occurred while the patient was on androgen deprivation therapy. For patients enrolling on the basis of soft tissue or bone progression, the baseline scan must show progression relative to a comparison scan. If the comparison scan is not available, the baseline scan report must reference the previous scan to document progression. 1. PSA progression defined by a minimum of two rising PSA levels with an interval of ≥ 1 week between each determination. Patients who received an anti-androgen must have progression documented by a minimum of two rising PSA levels with an interval of ≥ 1 week between each determination such that at least the second of these rises is ≥ 4 weeks since last flutamide, bicalutamide or nilutamide. The PSA value at the screening should be ≥ 2 µg/L (2 ng/mL) . 2. Soft tissue disease progression defined by the protocol 3. Bone disease progression defined by the Prostate Cancer Working Group 2 (PCWG2) with two or more new lesions on bone scan 4. Prior Treatment 1. No treatment with prior taxane-based chemotherapy for metastatic disease * Patients who received prior taxane-based chemotherapy as neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy for local disease, or who received taxane-based therapy in the PSA clinical (non-metastatic) state is allowable provided that the total duration of exposure was six cycles or less and chemotherapy was completed more than 6 months prior to registration * Taxane-based chemotherapy that was aborted due to allergic reactions or intolerance to chemotherapy and therefore received one cycle of prior therapy is allowable 2. No prior enzalutamide, abiraterone or other novel antiandrogen or androgen synthesis inhibitor 3. No treatment with any of the following for prostate cancer within 4 weeks prior to enrollment: * Hormonal therapy (e.g., androgen receptor \[AR\] antagonists, 5 alpha reductase inhibitors, estrogens) Note: Treatment with bicalutamide and nilutamide within 4 weeks prior to enrollment is not allowed. Treatment with flutamide within 4 weeks prior to enrollment is not allowed. Treatment with all other gonadotropin- releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues or antagonists is allowed. * Chemotherapy * Biologic therapy * Investigational therapy * Immunotherapy 4. No use of herbal products that may decrease PSA levels within 4 weeks prior to enrollment 5. No use of systemic steroids greater than the equivalent of 10 mg of prednisone/prednisolone per day within 4 weeks prior to enrollment 6. No prior use of ketoconazole for greater than 7 days 7. No prior radiation therapy or radionuclide therapy for the treatment of metastasis within four weeks prior to enrollment 8. Patients receiving bisphosphonate therapy or denosumab must have been on a stable dose for at least 4 weeks prior to enrollment 9. Patients must maintain ongoing androgen deprivation therapy with a GnRH analogue, antagonist, or bilateral orchiectomy (i.e., surgical or medical castration) 5. Patient History 1. No known or suspected brain metastases (NOTE: patients with treated epidural disease are allowed) 2. No planned palliative procedures for alleviation of bone pain such as radiation therapy or surgery 3. No structurally unstable bone lesions suggesting impending fracture 4. No history of seizure or any condition that may increase the patient's seizure risk (e.g., prior cortical stroke, significant brain trauma). No history of transient ischemic attack (TIA) within 12 months of enrollment 5. No clinically significant cardiovascular disease including: * Myocardial infarction (MI) within 6 months * Uncontrolled angina within 3 months * Congestive heart failure (CHF) with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class 3 or 4, or patients with NYHA class 3 or 4 in the past, unless a screening echocardiogram (echo) or multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) performed within three months demonstrates an ejection fraction (EF) \> 45% * History of clinically significant ventricular arrhythmias (e.g., ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, torsades de pointes) * History of Mobitz II second degree or third degree heart block without a permanent pacemaker in place * Hypotension (systolic blood pressure \[BP\] \< 86 mmHg) or bradycardia (\< 50 bpm) at screening * Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic BP \> 170 mmHg or diastolic BP \> 105 mmHg at screening) 6. No gastrointestinal (GI) disorder that negatively affects absorption 7. No major surgery within 4 weeks prior to enrollment 6. Age and performance status 1. Age ≥ 18 years of age 2. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1 3. Asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic from prostate cancer 7. Required Initial Laboratory Values 1. Granulocytes ≥ 1,500/µL 2. Platelet count ≥ 100,000/µL 3. Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL 4. Creatinine ≤ 2 x upper limits of normal (ULN) 5. Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN 6. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2 x ULN 7. Albumin ≥ 3 g/dl 8. Total testosterone ≤ 50 ng/dL (1.7 nmol/L)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall Survival (OS)Up to 5 years post treatmentOverall survival is defined as the time from study registration to death due to any cause.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Decline in Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)Up to 5 years post treatment
Progression Free Survival (PFS)Up to 5 years post treatment
Number of Participants Who Has Experienced at Least One Toxicity (Defined as a Grade 3 or Higher Adverse Event Deemed at Least Possibly Related to Treatment)Up to 5 years post treatmentThe number of participants who has experienced at least one toxicity (defined as a grade 3 or higher adverse event deemed at least possibly related to treatment)
Radiographic Progression Free Survival (rPFS)Up to 5 years post treatment
Tumor Burden and Bone ActivityUp to 5 years post treatment
Objective Response RateUp to 5 years post treatment

Countries

Canada, Puerto Rico, United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Arm A: (Enzalutamide)
Patients receive enzalutamide 160 mg PO QD. Treatment will continue until confirmed disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
657
Arm B: (Enzalutamide, Abiraterone, Prednisone)
Patients receive enzalutamide 160 mg PO QD, abiraterone 1000 mg PO QD, and prednisone 5 mg PO BID. Treatment will continue until confirmed disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
654
Total1,311

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicArm A: (Enzalutamide)Arm B: (Enzalutamide, Abiraterone, Prednisone)Total
Age, Customized
Age categories
60-69 years
198 Participants193 Participants391 Participants
Age, Customized
Age categories
< 60 years
53 Participants66 Participants119 Participants
Age, Customized
Age categories
70-79 years
238 Participants226 Participants464 Participants
Age, Customized
Age categories
80+ years
168 Participants169 Participants337 Participants
ECOG Performance Status
0
376 Participants387 Participants763 Participants
ECOG Performance Status
1
280 Participants267 Participants547 Participants
ECOG Performance Status
Missing
1 Participants0 Participants1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
1 Participants3 Participants4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
14 Participants14 Participants28 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
84 Participants78 Participants162 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
1 Participants1 Participants2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
14 Participants13 Participants27 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
543 Participants545 Participants1088 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
657 Participants654 Participants1311 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
372 / 657339 / 654
other
Total, other adverse events
645 / 657627 / 654
serious
Total, serious adverse events
232 / 657269 / 654

Outcome results

Primary

Overall Survival (OS)

Overall survival is defined as the time from study registration to death due to any cause.

Time frame: Up to 5 years post treatment

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Arm A: (Enzalutamide)Overall Survival (OS)32.5 months
Arm B: (Enzalutamide, Abiraterone, Prednisone)Overall Survival (OS)34.2 months
p-value: 0.3395% CI: [0.8, 1.08]Log Rank
Secondary

Decline in Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)

Time frame: Up to 5 years post treatment

Secondary

Number of Participants Who Has Experienced at Least One Toxicity (Defined as a Grade 3 or Higher Adverse Event Deemed at Least Possibly Related to Treatment)

The number of participants who has experienced at least one toxicity (defined as a grade 3 or higher adverse event deemed at least possibly related to treatment)

Time frame: Up to 5 years post treatment

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Arm A: (Enzalutamide)Number of Participants Who Has Experienced at Least One Toxicity (Defined as a Grade 3 or Higher Adverse Event Deemed at Least Possibly Related to Treatment)167 Participants
Arm B: (Enzalutamide, Abiraterone, Prednisone)Number of Participants Who Has Experienced at Least One Toxicity (Defined as a Grade 3 or Higher Adverse Event Deemed at Least Possibly Related to Treatment)287 Participants
Secondary

Objective Response Rate

Time frame: Up to 5 years post treatment

Secondary

Progression Free Survival (PFS)

Time frame: Up to 5 years post treatment

Secondary

Radiographic Progression Free Survival (rPFS)

Time frame: Up to 5 years post treatment

Secondary

Tumor Burden and Bone Activity

Time frame: Up to 5 years post treatment

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 20, 2026