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Radium-223 Dichloride and Abiraterone Acetate Compared to Placebo and Abiraterone Acetate for Men With Cancer of the Prostate When Medical or Surgical Castration Does Not Work and When the Cancer Has Spread to the Bone, Has Not Been Treated With Chemotherapy and is Causing no or Only Mild Symptoms

A Phase III Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial of Radium-223 Dichloride in Combination With Abiraterone Acetate and Prednisone/Prednisolone in the Treatment of Asymptomatic or Mildly Symptomatic Chemotherapy-naïve Subjects With Bone Predominant Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer(CRPC)

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02043678
Acronym
ERA 223
Enrollment
806
Registered
2014-01-23
Start date
2014-03-30
Completion date
2024-02-08
Last updated
2025-02-19

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

Conditions

Prostatic Neoplasms

Keywords

Phase III, Radium-223 dichloride, Abiraterone acetate, Combination therapy, Chemotherapy-naive, Bone metastasis, Castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)

Brief summary

To determine if the addition of radium-223 dichloride to standard treatment is able to prolong life and to delay events specific for prostate cancer which has spread to the bone, such as painful fractures or bone pain which needs to be treated with an X-ray machine.

Detailed description

This study is a phase III multinational, multicenter,randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, study with a randomization allocation ratio of 1:1 (radium-223 dichloride plus abiraterone acetate plus prednisone/prednisolone: placebo plus abiraterone acetate plus prednisone/prednisolone). Until the final overall survival (OS) analysis, the study period consisted of screening / randomization, treatment, active follow-up with clinic visits, active follow-up without clinic visits, and longterm follow-up phases. Up until this point, subjects received study treatment (radium-223 dichloride or placebo in addition to abiraterone acetate plus prednisone / prednisolone for the first 6 cycles followed by abiraterone acetate plus prednisone / prednisolone thereafter) until an on-study SSE occurred (or other withdrawal criteria were met). After the final OS analysis (after implementation of Amendment 7), in order to reduce the burden to study subjects, evaluation of efficacy and exploratory endpoints will be discontinued, except for symptomatic skeletal event (SSE) and OS. Subjects who are discontinued from study treatment will initiate the long-term follow-up period; therefore, active follow-up periods will no longer be applicable. Subjects who are in active follow-up at the time of Amendment 7 is implemented should have the end of active follow-up completed (protocol driven decision) and should be directly transitioned into the extended safety follow-up study. Long term follow-up will continue until the subject dies, is lost to follow-up, withdraws informed consent, actively objects to collection of further data , or is transitioned to the extended safety follow-up study. Subjects will be followed for safety for up to 7 years, which eventually will be completed in this study or in the extended safety follow-up study.

Interventions

DRUGRadium-223 dichloride (Xofigo, BAY88-8223)

50 kiloBecquerel per kilogram (kBq/kg) (55 kBq/kg after implementation of NIST update) body weight, intravenous injection (IV-slow bolus), every 4 weeks for 6 cycles

DRUGMatching placebo (normal saline)

Intravenous injection ( IV-slow bolus), every 4 weeks for 6 cycles

DRUGAbiraterone

1000 mg once daily, oral, with best supportive care

5 mg twice daily, oral, with best supportive care

Sponsors

Janssen Research & Development, LLC
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Bayer
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

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

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate * Male subjects of age ≥ 18 years * Prostate cancer progression documented by prostate specific antigen (PSA) according to the Prostate Cancer Working Group 2 (PCWG2) criteria or radiological progression according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST), version 1.1 * Two or more bone metastases on bone scan within 4 weeks prior to randomization with no lung, liver, other visceral and/or brain metastasis * Asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic prostate cancer * Subjects who received combined androgen blockade with an anti-androgen must have shown PSA progression after discontinuing the anti-androgen prior to enrollment * Maintenance of medical castration or surgical castration with testosterone less than 50 ng/dL (1.7nmol/L) * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) score 0 or 1

Exclusion criteria

* Prior cytotoxic chemotherapy for the treatment of CRPC, including taxanes, mitoxantrone and estramustine * Any chronic medical condition requiring a higher dose of corticosteroid than 5 mg prednisone/prednisolone twice daily * Pathological finding consistent with small cell carcinoma of the prostate * History of visceral metastasis, or presence of visceral metastasis detected by screening imaging examinations * History of or known brain metastasis * Malignant lymphadenopathy exceeding 3 cm in short-axis diameter * Blood transfusion or erythropoietin stimulating agents prior 4 weeks of screening and during the whole screening period before randomization * Imminent spinal cord compression based on clinical findings and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Subjects with history of spinal cord compression should have completely recovered * Use of opiate analgesics for cancer-related pain, including codeine and dextropropoxyphene, currently or anytime during the 4- week period prior to randomization.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Symptomatic Skeletal Event Free Survival (SSE-FS)From randomization until first onset of on-study symptomatic skeletal event (SSE) or death, up to 47 monthsSSE-FS was defined as time (months) from randomization to the earliest of onset date of skeletal symptoms treated with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), onset date of pathological bone fracture, onset date of spinal cord compression, procedure date of tumor-related orthopedic surgery, or death from any cause. Participants who died without prior SSE and ≥ 13 weeks after the last SSE assessment are censored at the last SSE assessment date. Participants alive at the survival cut-off date are censored at the last date known to be alive. Participants with multiple events are only counted for the category in which the first event occurred. If multiple SSE (component events) occur on the same date for 1 participant, the participant is only counted into 1 category in the order of: spinal cord compression \> bone fracture \> orthopedic surgery \> EBRT.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Radiological Progression Free Survival (rPFS)From randomization until the date of confirmed radiological progression or death, up to 47 monthsrPFS was defined as the time (months) from the date of randomization to the date of confirmed radiological progression or death (if death occurred before progression) based on independent assessment.
Time to Pain ProgressionFrom randomization until the date of pain progression based on pain score, up to 47 monthsTime to pain progression was defined as the interval from randomization to the first date a participant experienced pain progression assessed by Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form and defined as: an increase of 2 or more points in the average worst pain score (WPS) from baseline observed at 2 consecutive evaluations ≥4 weeks apart or initiation of short- or long-acting opioid use for pain for participants with WPS 0 at baseline; an increase of 2 or more points in the average WPS from baseline observed at 2 consecutive evaluations ≥4 weeks apart and an average WPS of ≥4 OR initiation of short- or long-acting opioid use for pain for participants with WPS 1 to 3 at baseline. Participants without pain progression at end of study are censored at the last date known to have not progressed: last evaluation date for pain scores or last visit when recorded opiate use, whichever is last. Participants with no on-study assessment or no baseline assessment are censored at the date of randomization.
Time to Cytotoxic ChemotherapyFrom randomization until the date of first cytotoxic chemotherapy, up to 47 monthsTime to cytotoxic chemotherapy is time (months) from randomization to the earliest date of the first cytotoxic chemotherapy. Participants who have not started cytotoxic chemotherapy during the study were censored at the last assessment date.
Time to Opiate Use for Cancer PainFrom randomization until the date of opiate use, up to 47 monthsTime to opiate use for cancer pain was defined as the interval from the date of randomization to the date of opiate use.
Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse EventsFrom start of study treatment until the end of the treatment period, up to 110 monthsAn adverse event (AE) was any untoward medical occurrence (i.e., any unfavorable and unintended sign \[including abnormal laboratory findings\], symptom or disease) in a participant in the study. A serious adverse event (SAE) was any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose was resulting in death, was life-threatening, requires hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity. A treatment-emergent AEs (TEAEs) or serious TEAEs was defined as any event that started on or after the first dose of the study treatment and during the treatment period and was not a continuation of a pretreatment event or started before the first dose and worsened after the first dose or the treatment period. Drug-related TEAEs or serious TEAEs were those with reasonable causal relationship to the study treatment decided by the investigators.
Number of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityFrom start of study treatment until the end of the treatment period, up to 110 monthsAn adverse event (AE) was any untoward medical occurrence (i.e., any unfavorable and unintended sign \[including abnormal laboratory findings\], symptom or disease) in a participant in the study. A serious adverse event (SAE) was any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose was resulting in death, was lifethreatening, requires hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity. A treatment-emergent AEs (TEAEs) or serious TEAEs was defined as any event that started on or after the first dose of the study treatment and during the treatment period and was not a continuation of a pretreatment event or started before the first dose and worsened after the first dose or the treatment period. Radium-223/placebo-related TEAEs or serious TEAEs were those with reasonable causal relationship to radium-223 or placebo decided by the investigators.
Overall Survival (OS)From randomization until death from any cause, up to 67 monthsOS was defined as the time (months) from the date of randomization to the date of death due to any cause. Participants alive at the survival cut-off date were censored at the last date known to be alive.
Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Bone FracturesFrom start of study treatment until the end of the treatment period, up to 110 monthsTreatment-emergent fractures were adverse events identified as fractures that occurred after start of study treatment until the end of the treatment period. All bone fractures and bone-associated events (e.g., osteoporosis) were reported as either AEs, or SAEs if the criteria of SAE were met, regardless of the investigator's causality assessment.
Number of Participants With Post-treatment Adverse EventsAfter the treatment period, up to 48.5 months in active follow-up and 74.9 months in long-term follow-upAn adverse event (AE) was any untoward medical occurrence (i.e., any unfavorable and unintended sign \[including abnormal laboratory findings\], symptom or disease) in a participant in the study. Any bleeding event occurring during the study was not documented as an AE because this event was planned to be captured in the assessment of efficacy. AEs that started after the treatment period were defined as post-treatment AEs. Drug-related AEs were those with reasonable causal relationship to the study treatment decided by the investigators.
Number of Participants With Any Study Drug-related Post-treatment Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityAfter the treatment period, up to 48.5 months in active follow-up and 74.9 months in long-term follow-upAn adverse event (AE) was any untoward medical occurrence (i.e., any unfavorable and unintended sign \[including abnormal laboratory findings\], symptom or disease) in a participant in the study. Any bleeding event occurring during the study was not documented as an AE because this event was planned to be captured in the assessment of efficacy. AEs that started after the treatment period were defined as post-treatment AEs. Drug-related AEs were those with reasonable causal relationship to the study treatment decided by the investigators.
Number of Participants With Post-treatment Additional Primary MalignanciesAfter the treatment period, up to 48.5 months in active follow-up and 74.9 months in long-term follow-upPost-treatment additional primary malignancies were adverse events identified as additional primary malignancies that started after the treatment period.
Number of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System DisordersAfter the treatment period, up to 48.5 months in active follow-up and 74.9 months in long-term follow-upPost-treatment blood and lymphatic system disorders were adverse events identified as blood and lymphatic system disorders that occurred after the end of the treatment period until participant died, was lost to follow-up, withdrew informed consent, actively objected to collection of further data, or was transitioned to the extended safety follow-up study.
Number of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesAfter the treatment period, up to 48.5 months in active follow-up and 74.9 months in long-term follow-upPost-treatment fractures were adverse events identified as fractures that occured after the end of the treatment period until participant died, was lost to follow-up, withdrew informed consent, actively objected to collection of further data, or was transitioned to the extended safety follow-up study. All bone fractures and bone-associated events (e.g., osteoporosis), were reported as either AEs, or SAEs if the criteria of SAE were met, regardless of the investigator's causality assessment.
Number of Participants With Any Treatment-emergent Additional Primary MalignanciesFrom start of study treatment until the end of the treatment period, up to 110 monthsTreatment-emergent additional primary malignancies were adverse events identified as additional primary malignancies that occurred after start of study treatment until the end of the treatment period.

Countries

Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

Study was conducted at multiple centers in 19 countries between 30 March 2014 (first participant first visit) and 08 February 2024 (last participant last visit).

Pre-assignment details

Overall, 1144 participants were screened. Of them, 338 participants did not complete screening, 806 participants were randomized to treatment and 786 participants received study treatment. 2 participants randomized to the placebo treatment group unintentionally received 1 radium-223 dichloride dose during the treatment period.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/Pred
Participants received 6 intravenous (IV) administrations of radium-223 dichloride 50 kiloBecquerel per kilogram (kBq/kg) (55 kBq/kg after implementation of National Institute of Standards and Technology \[NIST\] update) body weight at intervals of 4 weeks, along with oral abiraterone acetate tablets 1000 milligrams (mg) every day plus prednisone/prednisolone 5 mg twice daily (abi/pred) for 6 cycles, followed by abi/pred until an on-study symptomatic skeletal event (SSE) occurred (or other withdrawal criteria were met).
401
Placebo + Abi/Pred
Participants received 6 IV administrations of placebo matched to radium-223 dichloride at intervals of 4 weeks, along with abi/pred for 6 cycles, followed by abi/pred until an on-study SSE occurred (or other withdrawal criteria were met).
405
Total806

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Overall StudyAdverse Event01
Overall StudyAE with clinical progressive disease(PD)2019
Overall StudyAE without clinical PD5436
Overall StudyClinical PD114148
Overall StudyDeterioration of general conditions11
Overall StudyLogistical difficulties20
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up11
Overall StudyMissing10
Overall StudyNever treated119
Overall StudyNon-compliance with study drug31
Overall StudyOngoing with commercial abiraterone/prednisone outside study11
Overall StudyOther1014
Overall StudyPhysician Decision43
Overall StudyProtocol-driven decision point5958
Overall StudyProtocol Violation10
Overall StudyRadiological PD10090
Overall StudySubject decision01
Overall StudySwitching to other therapy32
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject1620

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicRadium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredTotalPlacebo + Abi/Pred
Age, Continuous70.9 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.5
71.1 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.5
71.4 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.4
Cancer pain assessment by Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF)
Asymptomatic (Worst pain score = 0)
195 Participants393 Participants198 Participants
Cancer pain assessment by Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF)
Mildly Symptomatic (Worst pain score 1 - 3)
181 Participants355 Participants174 Participants
Cancer pain assessment by Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF)
Missing
25 Participants58 Participants33 Participants
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status
0
262 Participants543 Participants281 Participants
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status
1
137 Participants258 Participants121 Participants
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status
Missing
2 Participants5 Participants3 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
17 Participants40 Participants23 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
361 Participants716 Participants355 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
23 Participants50 Participants27 Participants
Extent of Disease
>20 lesions but not a superscan
71 Participants141 Participants70 Participants
Extent of Disease
6-20 metastases
175 Participants356 Participants181 Participants
Extent of Disease
< 6 metastases
134 Participants275 Participants141 Participants
Extent of Disease
Normal or abnormal because of benign bone disease
2 Participants2 Participants0 Participants
Extent of Disease
Superscan
19 Participants32 Participants13 Participants
Gleason score at diagnosis
Greater than or equal to (>=) 8
246 Participants479 Participants233 Participants
Gleason score at diagnosis
Less than (<) 8
140 Participants294 Participants154 Participants
Gleason score at diagnosis
Missing
15 Participants33 Participants18 Participants
Prostate-specific antigen92.39 Micrograms per liter (ug/L)
STANDARD_DEVIATION 191.62
92.36 Micrograms per liter (ug/L)
STANDARD_DEVIATION 268.85
92.33 Micrograms per liter (ug/L)
STANDARD_DEVIATION 328
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
1 Participants2 Participants1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
79 Participants157 Participants78 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
10 Participants26 Participants16 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
26 Participants52 Participants26 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
285 Participants569 Participants284 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
401 Participants806 Participants405 Participants
Stage of prostate cancer at diagnosis (Tumor Node Metastasis [TNM] Classification)
Missing
19 Participants43 Participants24 Participants
Stage of prostate cancer at diagnosis (Tumor Node Metastasis [TNM] Classification)
Stage I
27 Participants45 Participants18 Participants
Stage of prostate cancer at diagnosis (Tumor Node Metastasis [TNM] Classification)
Stage IIA
22 Participants42 Participants20 Participants
Stage of prostate cancer at diagnosis (Tumor Node Metastasis [TNM] Classification)
Stage IIB
34 Participants83 Participants49 Participants
Stage of prostate cancer at diagnosis (Tumor Node Metastasis [TNM] Classification)
Stage III
102 Participants190 Participants88 Participants
Stage of prostate cancer at diagnosis (Tumor Node Metastasis [TNM] Classification)
Stage IV
197 Participants403 Participants206 Participants
Weight82.19 Kilograms (kg)
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.75
82.30 Kilograms (kg)
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.37
82.40 Kilograms (kg)
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.01

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
287 / 392290 / 394
other
Total, other adverse events
368 / 392376 / 394
serious
Total, serious adverse events
193 / 392191 / 394

Outcome results

Primary

Symptomatic Skeletal Event Free Survival (SSE-FS)

SSE-FS was defined as time (months) from randomization to the earliest of onset date of skeletal symptoms treated with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), onset date of pathological bone fracture, onset date of spinal cord compression, procedure date of tumor-related orthopedic surgery, or death from any cause. Participants who died without prior SSE and ≥ 13 weeks after the last SSE assessment are censored at the last SSE assessment date. Participants alive at the survival cut-off date are censored at the last date known to be alive. Participants with multiple events are only counted for the category in which the first event occurred. If multiple SSE (component events) occur on the same date for 1 participant, the participant is only counted into 1 category in the order of: spinal cord compression \> bone fracture \> orthopedic surgery \> EBRT.

Time frame: From randomization until first onset of on-study symptomatic skeletal event (SSE) or death, up to 47 months

Population: Intent-to-Treat (ITT) analysis set (included all randomized participants)

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredSymptomatic Skeletal Event Free Survival (SSE-FS)22.3 Months
Placebo + Abi/PredSymptomatic Skeletal Event Free Survival (SSE-FS)26.0 Months
p-value: 0.263695% CI: [0.917, 1.374]Cox Proportional Hazards Model
Secondary

Number of Participants With Any Study Drug-related Post-treatment Adverse Events Per Maximum Intensity

An adverse event (AE) was any untoward medical occurrence (i.e., any unfavorable and unintended sign \[including abnormal laboratory findings\], symptom or disease) in a participant in the study. Any bleeding event occurring during the study was not documented as an AE because this event was planned to be captured in the assessment of efficacy. AEs that started after the treatment period were defined as post-treatment AEs. Drug-related AEs were those with reasonable causal relationship to the study treatment decided by the investigators.

Time frame: After the treatment period, up to 48.5 months in active follow-up and 74.9 months in long-term follow-up

Population: Safety analysis set (SAF): included all randomized participants who received at least one dose of any study drug

ArmMeasureGroupValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Any Study Drug-related Post-treatment Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityGrade 134 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Any Study Drug-related Post-treatment Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityGrade 29 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Any Study Drug-related Post-treatment Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityGrade 36 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Any Study Drug-related Post-treatment Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityGrade 41 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Any Study Drug-related Post-treatment Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityGrade 40 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Any Study Drug-related Post-treatment Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityGrade 14 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Any Study Drug-related Post-treatment Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityGrade 33 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Any Study Drug-related Post-treatment Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityGrade 23 Participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With Any Treatment-emergent Additional Primary Malignancies

Treatment-emergent additional primary malignancies were adverse events identified as additional primary malignancies that occurred after start of study treatment until the end of the treatment period.

Time frame: From start of study treatment until the end of the treatment period, up to 110 months

Population: Safety analysis set (SAF): included all randomized participants who received at least one dose of any study drug

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Any Treatment-emergent Additional Primary Malignancies32 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Any Treatment-emergent Additional Primary Malignancies30 Participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With Post-treatment Additional Primary Malignancies

Post-treatment additional primary malignancies were adverse events identified as additional primary malignancies that started after the treatment period.

Time frame: After the treatment period, up to 48.5 months in active follow-up and 74.9 months in long-term follow-up

Population: Safety analysis set (SAF): included all randomized participants who received at least one dose of any study drug

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Additional Primary Malignancies7 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Additional Primary Malignancies7 Participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With Post-treatment Adverse Events

An adverse event (AE) was any untoward medical occurrence (i.e., any unfavorable and unintended sign \[including abnormal laboratory findings\], symptom or disease) in a participant in the study. Any bleeding event occurring during the study was not documented as an AE because this event was planned to be captured in the assessment of efficacy. AEs that started after the treatment period were defined as post-treatment AEs. Drug-related AEs were those with reasonable causal relationship to the study treatment decided by the investigators.

Time frame: After the treatment period, up to 48.5 months in active follow-up and 74.9 months in long-term follow-up

Population: Safety analysis set (SAF): included all randomized participants who received at least one dose of any study drug

ArmMeasureGroupValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Adverse EventsAny events148 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Adverse EventsAny drug-related events20 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Adverse EventsAny chemotherapy-related events31 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Adverse EventsAny events138 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Adverse EventsAny drug-related events10 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Adverse EventsAny chemotherapy-related events34 Participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With Post-treatment Bone Fractures

Post-treatment fractures were adverse events identified as fractures that occured after the end of the treatment period until participant died, was lost to follow-up, withdrew informed consent, actively objected to collection of further data, or was transitioned to the extended safety follow-up study. All bone fractures and bone-associated events (e.g., osteoporosis), were reported as either AEs, or SAEs if the criteria of SAE were met, regardless of the investigator's causality assessment.

Time frame: After the treatment period, up to 48.5 months in active follow-up and 74.9 months in long-term follow-up

Population: Safety analysis set (SAF): included all randomized participants who received at least one dose of any study drug

ArmMeasureGroupValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesAnkle fracture0 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesCraniofacial fracture1 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesFemur fracture1 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesFibula fracture0 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesFoot fracture1 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesJaw fracture1 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesPatella fracture1 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesRadius fracture1 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesRib fracture0 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesSpinal compression fracture0 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesThoracic vertebral fracture0 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesTraumatic fracture0 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesOsteoporotic fracture6 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesPathological fracture14 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesThoracic vertebral fracture1 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesAnkle fracture1 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesRadius fracture0 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesCraniofacial fracture0 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesOsteoporotic fracture0 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesFemur fracture0 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesRib fracture1 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesFibula fracture1 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesTraumatic fracture1 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesFoot fracture0 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesSpinal compression fracture2 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesJaw fracture0 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesPathological fracture14 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Bone FracturesPatella fracture0 Participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System Disorders

Post-treatment blood and lymphatic system disorders were adverse events identified as blood and lymphatic system disorders that occurred after the end of the treatment period until participant died, was lost to follow-up, withdrew informed consent, actively objected to collection of further data, or was transitioned to the extended safety follow-up study.

Time frame: After the treatment period, up to 48.5 months in active follow-up and 74.9 months in long-term follow-up

Population: Safety analysis set (SAF): included all randomized participants who received at least one dose of any study drug

ArmMeasureGroupValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System DisordersFebrile neutropenia5 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System DisordersNeutropenia8 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System DisordersMyelosuppression1 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System DisordersPancytopenia0 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System DisordersLeukopenia1 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System DisordersThrombocytopenia2 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System DisordersAnaemia5 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System DisordersThrombocytopenia2 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System DisordersAnaemia4 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System DisordersMyelosuppression0 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System DisordersFebrile neutropenia8 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System DisordersLeukopenia0 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System DisordersNeutropenia3 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Post-treatment Chemotherapy-related Blood and Lymphatic System DisordersPancytopenia1 Participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum Intensity

An adverse event (AE) was any untoward medical occurrence (i.e., any unfavorable and unintended sign \[including abnormal laboratory findings\], symptom or disease) in a participant in the study. A serious adverse event (SAE) was any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose was resulting in death, was lifethreatening, requires hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity. A treatment-emergent AEs (TEAEs) or serious TEAEs was defined as any event that started on or after the first dose of the study treatment and during the treatment period and was not a continuation of a pretreatment event or started before the first dose and worsened after the first dose or the treatment period. Radium-223/placebo-related TEAEs or serious TEAEs were those with reasonable causal relationship to radium-223 or placebo decided by the investigators.

Time frame: From start of study treatment until the end of the treatment period, up to 110 months

Population: Safety analysis set (SAF): included all randomized participants who received at least one dose of any study drug

ArmMeasureGroupValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityTEAE - Grade 320 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensitySerious TEAE - Grade 23 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityTEAE - Grade 228 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensitySerious TEAE - Grade 39 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityTEAE - Grade 41 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensitySerious TEAE - Grade 40 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityTEAE - Grade 143 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensitySerious TEAE - Grade 42 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityTEAE - Grade 153 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityTEAE - Grade 223 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityTEAE - Grade 313 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensityTEAE - Grade 42 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensitySerious TEAE - Grade 20 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Radium-223/Placebo-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Per Maximum IntensitySerious TEAE - Grade 35 Participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events

An adverse event (AE) was any untoward medical occurrence (i.e., any unfavorable and unintended sign \[including abnormal laboratory findings\], symptom or disease) in a participant in the study. A serious adverse event (SAE) was any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose was resulting in death, was life-threatening, requires hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity. A treatment-emergent AEs (TEAEs) or serious TEAEs was defined as any event that started on or after the first dose of the study treatment and during the treatment period and was not a continuation of a pretreatment event or started before the first dose and worsened after the first dose or the treatment period. Drug-related TEAEs or serious TEAEs were those with reasonable causal relationship to the study treatment decided by the investigators.

Time frame: From start of study treatment until the end of the treatment period, up to 110 months

Population: Safety analysis set (SAF): included all randomized participants who received at least one dose of any study drug

ArmMeasureGroupValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse EventsAny TEAE382 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse EventsAny drug-related TEAE265 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse EventsRadium-223/Placebo-related TEAE92 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse EventsAny serious TEAE178 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse EventsAny drug-related serious TEAE32 Participants
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse EventsRadium-223/Placebo-related serious TEAE12 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse EventsAny drug-related serious TEAE30 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse EventsAny TEAE387 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse EventsAny serious TEAE178 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse EventsAny drug-related TEAE273 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse EventsRadium-223/Placebo-related serious TEAE7 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse EventsRadium-223/Placebo-related TEAE91 Participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Bone Fractures

Treatment-emergent fractures were adverse events identified as fractures that occurred after start of study treatment until the end of the treatment period. All bone fractures and bone-associated events (e.g., osteoporosis) were reported as either AEs, or SAEs if the criteria of SAE were met, regardless of the investigator's causality assessment.

Time frame: From start of study treatment until the end of the treatment period, up to 110 months

Population: Safety analysis set (SAF): included all randomized participants who received at least one dose of any study drug

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Treatment-emergent Bone Fractures110 Participants
Placebo + Abi/PredNumber of Participants With Treatment-emergent Bone Fractures51 Participants
Secondary

Overall Survival (OS)

OS was defined as the time (months) from the date of randomization to the date of death due to any cause. Participants alive at the survival cut-off date were censored at the last date known to be alive.

Time frame: From randomization until death from any cause, up to 67 months

Population: ITT analysis set (included all randomized participants)

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredOverall Survival (OS)30.1 Months
Placebo + Abi/PredOverall Survival (OS)34.8 Months
p-value: 0.119495% CI: [0.964, 1.374]Cox Proportional Hazards model
Secondary

Radiological Progression Free Survival (rPFS)

rPFS was defined as the time (months) from the date of randomization to the date of confirmed radiological progression or death (if death occurred before progression) based on independent assessment.

Time frame: From randomization until the date of confirmed radiological progression or death, up to 47 months

Population: ITT analysis set (included all randomized participants)

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredRadiological Progression Free Survival (rPFS)11.2 Months
Placebo + Abi/PredRadiological Progression Free Survival (rPFS)12.4 Months
p-value: 0.128395% CI: [0.96, 1.383]Cox Proportional Hazards Model
Secondary

Time to Cytotoxic Chemotherapy

Time to cytotoxic chemotherapy is time (months) from randomization to the earliest date of the first cytotoxic chemotherapy. Participants who have not started cytotoxic chemotherapy during the study were censored at the last assessment date.

Time frame: From randomization until the date of first cytotoxic chemotherapy, up to 47 months

Population: ITT analysis set (included all randomized participants)

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredTime to Cytotoxic Chemotherapy29.5 Months
Placebo + Abi/PredTime to Cytotoxic Chemotherapy28.5 Months
p-value: 0.787195% CI: [0.816, 1.308]Cox Proportional Hazards Model
Secondary

Time to Opiate Use for Cancer Pain

Time to opiate use for cancer pain was defined as the interval from the date of randomization to the date of opiate use.

Time frame: From randomization until the date of opiate use, up to 47 months

Population: ITT analysis set excluding participants who had opiate use at baseline

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredTime to Opiate Use for Cancer Pain19.0 Months
Placebo + Abi/PredTime to Opiate Use for Cancer Pain22.6 Months
p-value: 0.246795% CI: [0.921, 1.378]Cox Proportional Hazards Model
Secondary

Time to Pain Progression

Time to pain progression was defined as the interval from randomization to the first date a participant experienced pain progression assessed by Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form and defined as: an increase of 2 or more points in the average worst pain score (WPS) from baseline observed at 2 consecutive evaluations ≥4 weeks apart or initiation of short- or long-acting opioid use for pain for participants with WPS 0 at baseline; an increase of 2 or more points in the average WPS from baseline observed at 2 consecutive evaluations ≥4 weeks apart and an average WPS of ≥4 OR initiation of short- or long-acting opioid use for pain for participants with WPS 1 to 3 at baseline. Participants without pain progression at end of study are censored at the last date known to have not progressed: last evaluation date for pain scores or last visit when recorded opiate use, whichever is last. Participants with no on-study assessment or no baseline assessment are censored at the date of randomization.

Time frame: From randomization until the date of pain progression based on pain score, up to 47 months

Population: ITT analysis set (included all randomized participants)

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Radium-223 Dichloride + Abi/PredTime to Pain Progression14.4 Months
Placebo + Abi/PredTime to Pain Progression18.7 Months
p-value: 0.166995% CI: [0.945, 1.389]Cox Proportional Hazards Model

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 7, 2026