Optimal Duration of Hormonal Therapy for Unfavorable Intermediate-risk Prostate Cancer Patients: 6 Versus 12 Months.

NCT ID: NCT06855589

Last Updated: 2025-03-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

400 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-03-31

Study Completion Date

2034-03-31

Brief Summary

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Patients with unfavorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer will be randomized between 6 versus 12 months of hormone therapy with radiation therapy. Patients may choose to receive hypofractionated radiation therapy or hypofractionated radiation therapy with high-dose rate brachytherapy. Hypofractionated radiation therapy refers to radiation therapy given fewer treatments, however higher doses per treatment.

Detailed Description

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A total of 400 patients with unfavorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer will be randomized into 2 arms: The first arm will receive the standard 6-month duration of hormone therapy with concomitant radiation therapy. The second arm will receive 12 months with concomitant radiation therapy. Radiation treatment will consist of either concomitant prostate SBRT to a dose of 40 Gy/5fractions over 2 weeks or a combination of external beam radiotherapy dose of 25 Gy in 5 fractions with a high-dose rate brachytherapy boost of 15 Gy. The choice of radiation treatment will be to the investigator's discretion..Patients will be stratified according to the number of intermediate-risk factors and according to the radiation therapy type.

Conditions

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Prostate Cancer (Adenocarcinoma)

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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6 months of hormone therapy

Patients will receive a total of two 3-month injections of a LHRH agonist

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

No interventions assigned to this group

12 months of hormone therapy

Patients will receive a total of four 3-month injections of a LHRH agonist

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

12 months of Eligard

Intervention Type DRUG

Total of four 3-month injections of a LHRH agonist for total duration of 12 months

prostate SBRT or prostate brachytherapy with radiation therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Patients may receive prostate stereotactic body radiation therapy or a combination of high-dose rate brachytherapy with radiation therapy; as per the treating physician's preference

Interventions

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6 months of Eligard

Total of two 3-month injections of a LHRH agonist for total duration of 6 months

Intervention Type DRUG

12 months of Eligard

Total of four 3-month injections of a LHRH agonist for total duration of 12 months

Intervention Type DRUG

prostate SBRT or prostate brachytherapy with radiation therapy

Patients may receive prostate stereotactic body radiation therapy or a combination of high-dose rate brachytherapy with radiation therapy; as per the treating physician's preference

Intervention Type RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 1\. Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate diagnosed within 6 months prior to randomization, (if longer than 6 months, needs to be approved by the central Principal Investigator).

2\. Patient has been classified as unfavorable intermediate risk as defined by one or more of the following criteria :
* ≥ 2 of the following:
* CT2b-cT2c
* Gleason score 7 (3+4) or (4+3)
* PSA 10-20 ng/mL

* Gleason Score 7 (4+3)
* ≥ 50% biopsy cores positive

3\. Imaging, including CT scan and bone scan (with radiographs of suspicious areas) must be performed within 120 days prior to randomization and be negative for metastases. For patients who have started androgen suppression prior to randomization, bone scan may be done up to and including 28 days after the initiation of therapy.

4\. Pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes must be negative on CT scan or MRI of the abdomen and pelvis performed within 120 days prior to randomization. For patients who have started androgen suppression prior to randomization, CT or MRI may be done after the start of therapy, provided it is done no more than 28 days following the start of androgen suppression therapy.

Any lymph node appearing \> 1.5 cm on CT or MRI must be histologically negative by either needle aspiration or lymph node dissection performed within 12 weeks prior to randomization.

5\. Patients will have had a PSA test done around the time of diagnosis. This PSA test could be repeated within 28 days prior to randomization. The PSA value used to confirm unfavorable intermediate risk disease and the value to be entered on the eligibility checklist must be the higher of these two values. These criteria will be the same regardless of whether the patient has initiated hormone therapy prior to randomization.

6\. The patient may have received prior androgen suppression therapy provided that androgen suppression therapy started no more than 28 days prior to randomization.

7\. The patient must not have received any cytotoxic anti-cancer therapy for prostate cancer prior to randomization. Patients may have received treatment with a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor (e.g. Finasteride) for benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), but must discontinue its use prior to randomization.

8\. ECOG performance status must be 0 or 1. 9. Hematology and biochemistry laboratory requirements must have been done within 28-42 days prior to randomization:

1. Hemoglobin \> 100 g/L
2. Absolute Neutrophils \> 1.5 x 109/L
3. Platelets \> 100 x 109/L
4. Serum creatinine \< 1.5 x ULN 10. As it is unknown whether these treatments may affect an unborn child, adequate birth control measures should be used by the participant or his sexual partner(s) (if of reproductive potential while participating in this study).

11\. Patient consent must be obtained according to local institutional and/or University Human Experimentation Committee requirements. It will be the responsibility of the local participating investigators to obtain the necessary local clearance, and to indicate in writing that such clearance has been obtained, before the trial can commence in that centre.

12\. Patients must be available for treatment and follow-ups. Investigators must ensure that the patients admitted on to this trial will be available for complete documentation of the treatment, adverse events, and follow-up visits.

13\. Prostate size must be ≤ 75 cc.

Exclusion Criteria

* 1\. Patients with a history of other malignancies, except: non-melanoma skin cancer; or other solid tumours curatively treated with no evidence of disease for \> 5 years.

2\. The presence of small-cell or transitional-cell carcinoma in the biopsy specimen.

3\. Patients who received previous chemotherapy for carcinoma of the prostate. 4. Patients who had prior surgical treatment for carcinoma of the prostate apart from trans-urethral resection, including bilateral orchiectomy.

5\. Patients with any contraindication to pelvic radiotherapy including, but not limited to, previous pelvic radiotherapy, inflammatory bowel disease (at the discretion of the treating oncologist) or severe bladder irritability.

6\. Patients with serious non-malignant disease resulting in a life expectancy of less than 3 years.

7\. Other serious illnesses, psychiatric or medical conditions that would not permit the patient to be managed according to the protocol including active uncontrolled infection and significant cardiac dysfunction. Patients with medical conditions that would contraindicate the treatment regimen outlined in the protocol \[e.g. intake of study drugs\] would also NOT be eligible for the study.

8\. Known hypersensitivity to any protocol-indicated study medications. 9. Presence of bilateral hip replacement prostheses. 10. Patients with a history of severe congestive heart failure will not be eligible.

Patients with congenital long QT syndrome or patients taking Class IA, Class III or Class IC anti-arrhythmic medications will require a cardiologist's evaluation prior to eligibility assessment.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Charles LeMoyne Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Georges Wakil

Radiation Oncologist, MDCM, FRCPC, Principal Investigator, Clinical teaching professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Georges Wakil, MDCM, FRCPC, DABR

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hopital Charles Lemoyne

Tamim Niazi, MDCM, FRCPC

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Jewish General Hospital

Locations

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Hôpital de Gatineau

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Site Status

Hôpital Charles LeMoyne

Longueuil, Quebec, Canada

Site Status

Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status

Jewish General Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

Central Contacts

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Georges Wakil, MDCM, FRCPC, DABR

Role: CONTACT

450-466-5000 ext. 5650

Tamim Niazi, MDCM, FRCPC

Role: CONTACT

514-340-8288

Facility Contacts

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Steven Tisseverasinghe, MD, FRCPC

Role: primary

819-966-6100

Georges Wakil, MDCM, FRCPC

Role: primary

450-466-5650

Peter Vavassis, MD, FRCPC

Role: primary

514-252-3400

Tamim Niazi, MDCM, FRCPC

Role: primary

514-340-8288

Abdenour Nabid, MD, FRCPC

Role: primary

819-346-1110

Other Identifiers

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PCS-XII

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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