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Abiraterone, Enzalutamide, or Apalutamide in Castrate-sensitive Prostate Cancer.

A Phase 2 Randomized Study of Abiraterone Acetate, Enzalutamide or Apalutamide as First Line Therapy in Veterans With Castrate-sensitive Prostate Cancer

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05422911
Enrollment
192
Registered
2022-06-21
Start date
2022-08-31
Completion date
2027-12-31
Last updated
2026-06-15

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

Conditions

Castrate-sensitive, Castrate-sensitive Prostate Cancer, Metastatic Cancer, Neoplasm, Prostate

Keywords

YONSA, zytiga, enzalutamide, apalutamide, growth rate, doubling time

Brief summary

The investigators have used national VHA data to demonstrate real-world efficacy of abiraterone and enzalutamide in Veterans with mCRPC. In the real-world that is the VHA, the investigators have successfully estimated g values that accurately predict OS and the use of this metric in other settings should now be explored. In the egalitarian system that is the VHA the treatment of prostate cancer is excellent and uniform across the US. The choices made are clearly personalized, given not all men received all therapies and that younger Veterans were treated more aggressively. But with survivals that rival those in registration trials that enroll optimally fit individuals usually not encumbered by the co-morbidities that afflict many Veterans, the outcomes are testimony to the fact that for this common malady of older Veterans with whom VA physicians have broad experience the care administered is unsurpassed. Importantly this care at least as regards Veterans with mCRPC demonstrates that given equal access to health care, all men with prostate cancer fare comparably well. As our sophistication in categorizing cancers molecularly has increased this study will look to better examine any emerging differences across study participants.

Interventions

DRUGAbiraterone acetate

YONSA® (fine particle formulation abiraterone acetate), YONSA® 500 mg (four 125 mg tablets) or 625 mg (five 125 mg tablets) administered orally once daily in combination with methylprednisolone 4 mg administered orally twice daily + physician's choice GnRH agonist/antagonist \[unless the Veteran has had prior bilateral orchiectomy\]. Note that in the first four months the YONSA® dose should not exceed 500 mg administered orally once daily. ZYTIGA® (abiraterone acetate) or generic ZYTIGA 1000 mg (four 250 mg uncoated tablets or two 500 mg film-coasted tablets) administered orally once daily in combination with prednisone 5 mg administered orally once daily + physician's choice GnRH agonist/antagonist \[unless the Veteran has had prior bilateral orchiectomy\].

DRUGApalutamide

Apalutamide (ERLEADA®), 240 mg (four 60 mg tablets) administered orally once daily + physician's choice GnRH agonist/antagonist \[unless the Veteran has had prior bilateral orchiectomy\].

DRUGEnzalutamide

Enzalutamide (XTANDI®), 160 mg (four 40 mg capsules) administered orally once daily + physician's choice GnRH agonist/antagonist \[unless the Veteran has had prior bilateral orchiectomy\].

Sponsors

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
CollaboratorFED
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
CollaboratorFED
James A. Haley Veterans Administration Hospital
CollaboratorFED
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
CollaboratorFED
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
CollaboratorFED
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
CollaboratorFED
W.G. Bill Hefner Medical Center
CollaboratorFED
Portland VA Medical Center
CollaboratorFED
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
CollaboratorFED
VA St. Louis Health Care System
CollaboratorFED
VA Hudson Valley HealthCare System
CollaboratorUNKNOWN

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

The investigators have used clinical trial data and real-world data including national VHA data to successfully demonstrate how even in the real-world, estimated growth rate (g) values accurately predict OS. This study will test the growth rate (g) endpoint prospectively.

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Veterans must meet the following to be eligible to participate: * Be willing and able to provide written informed consent for the trial. * Age ≥18 years of age on day of signing informed consent. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 2 or less (on a scale from 0 to 5, with higher scores indicating greater disability and a score of 5 indicating death). * Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate without morphologic evidence of small-cell features in either a recently obtained sample or in the archival sample at the time of diagnosis. * Have previously begun within 120 days of randomization or will receive androgen-deprivation therapy with a gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist or antagonist or have undergone bilateral orchiectomy (i.e., medical, or surgical castration). * Laboratory tests meet minimum safety requirements: * Hepatic: AST ≤2.5 X institutional ULN, ALT ≤2.5 X institutional ULN, Total bilirubin ≤1.5X upper limit of normal (ULN) \[except for subjects with documented Gilbert's disease in which case total bilirubin not to exceed 10X ULN\]. * Renal: Creatinine clearance ≥30 ml/min or serum creatinine ≤1.8 mg/dl * Hematological: Platelet count ≥100,000/mm\^3; Hemoglobin \>9 g/dL; ANC \>1 X10\^9/L * Serum potassium \>3 mEq/L

Exclusion criteria

Subjects with any of the following will not be enrolled: * Prior cytotoxic chemotherapy, aminoglutethimide, ketoconazole, abiraterone acetate, apalutamide or enzalutamide or darolutamide for the treatment of prostate cancer or participation in a clinical trial of an investigational agent that inhibits the androgen receptor or androgen synthesis (unless treatment was placebo). * Treatment with hormonal therapy (e.g., androgen receptor inhibitors other than bicalutamide, estrogens, 5-alpha reductase inhibitors) or biologic therapy for prostate cancer (other than approved bone-targeting agents and GnRH agonist/antagonist therapy) within 4 weeks of randomization. * History of seizure or any condition that may predispose to seizure (e.g., prior cortical stroke or significant brain trauma). * Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents concurrently. * Clinically significant heart disease as evidenced by New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III-IV heart disease. * Child-Pugh Class B and C

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Tumor growth rate (g)2 yearsTumor growth rate (g)
Testosterone levels2 yearsTestosterone levels to assess testosterone suppression with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
PSA Response2 yearsPSA response based Prostate Cancer Working Group 2 guidelines.

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTTito Fojo, MD, PhD
antonio.fojo@va.gov718-584-9000
CONTACTAdrienne A Perea, MPH
adrienne.perea@va.gov718-584-9000

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 16, 2026