E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Castrate resistant prostate cancer with bone metastases. |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Prostate cancer that has spread to the bone. |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Cancer [C04] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 21.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | PT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10062904 |
E.1.2 | Term | Hormone-refractory prostate cancer |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10029104 - Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) |
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E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 20.0 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10005993 |
E.1.2 | Term | Bone metastases |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10029104 - Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
The principal research question is: can response to radium-223, in patients with CRPC and bone metastases, be measured reliably by functional imaging and/or circulating biomarkers? The primary objective is to evaluate patients' response to treatment using a type of imaging technique called whole body diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI).
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
1) To evaluate treatment response to radium-223 using 18F fluoride and 18F choline PET/CT scans. 2) To evaluate treatment response using circulating biomarkers in blood (serum) and urine (including alkaline phosphatase (ALP), n-telopeptide, PSA, CTCs, plasma tumour DNA). 3) To evaluate the safety of treatment with radium-223, in terms of what dose is given.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES 1) To explore how radium-223 works by evaluating measures of cell proliferation, cell death, DNA damage and DNA repair including Ki67, caspase cleaved cytokeratin, γH2AX and RAD51 foci formation in bone marrow. 2) To explore the relationship between radium-223 dose and response in terms of functional imaging, tumour molecular characterisation and circulating biomarkers. 3) To explore the predictive value of ALP as a predictive biomarker for response to radium-223 using DW-MRI. 4) To compare the abilty of evaluating treatment response to radium-223 using changes in regional bone plasma clearance (K i) a |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | Yes |
E.2.3.1 | Full title, date and version of each sub-study and their related objectives |
Optional sub-study: 18F-Fluoride PET/CT quantitative assessment of treatment response using regional bone plasma clearance (K i).
This sub-study forms part of the main REASURE protocol. The objective is to compare the ability of evaluating treatment response to radium-223 using changes in regional bone plasma clearance (K i) and conventional SUV parameters. |
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E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1) Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate. 2) Known castration resistant disease defined as: - Castrate serum testosterone level: ≤ 50 ng/dL (2.0nM) and; - Bilateral orchidectomy or on maintenance androgen ablation therapy with LHRH agonist or polyestradiol phosphate throughout the study and; - Serum PSA progression defined by PCWG II criteria (i.e. two consecutive increases in PSA over a previous reference value, each measurement taken at least 1 week apart) 3) Serum PSA value ≥ 2 ng/mL. 4) Available ALP result from a blood sample taken within previous 8 weeks. 5) Multiple skeletal metastases (≥ 2 hot spots) on bone scintigraphy within previous 12 weeks. 6) Age ≥18 years. 7) ECOG performance status 0-2. 8) Life expectancy ≥ 6 months. 9) No prior chemotherapy for CRPC (adjuvant chemotherapy for hormone naïve disease is permissible). 10) Adequate laboratory requirements: a. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) greater than or equal to 1.5 x 109/L b. Platelet count greater than or equal to 100 x109/L c. Haemoglobin greater than or equal to 10.0 g/dL (100 g/L; 6.2 mmol/L) d. Total bilirubin level less than or equal to 1.5 institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) e. ASAT and ALAT less than or equal to 2.5 x ULN f. Creatinine less than or equal to 1.5 x ULN g. Albumin greater than 30 g/L 11) Willing and able to comply with the protocol, including all assessments, scans, procedures, follow-up visits and examinations. 12) Must be fully informed about the study and has signed the informed consent form.
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1) Any prior radioisotope therapy. 2) Surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or other anti-cancer therapy within four weeks prior to randomisation into the study with the exception of LHRH agonists. 3) Intention to commence cytotoxic chemotherapy within six months. 4) Prior other malignancy within three years. Adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin or superficial (pTis, pTa, and pT1) bladder cancer are allowed. 5) Treatment with any investigational drug within 30 days prior to randomisation into the study. 6) History of visceral metastasis, or visceral metastases, as assessed by chest/abdominal/pelvic CT within previous 8 weeks. 7) Malignant lymphadenopathy exceeding 1.5 cm in short-axis diameter. 8) Known brain or leptomeningeal involvement. 9) Imminent/established spinal cord compression based on clinical findings/MRI (can be re-screened following appropriate treatment). 10) Blood transfusion or erythropoietin stimulating agents within the four weeks prior to randomisation. 11) Faecal incontinence. 12) Unsuitable for MRI (patient refusal or clinical contra-indication). 13) Inadequate organ or bone marrow function. 14) Any other serious illness or medical condition.
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The proportion of patients showing bone metastases response on diffusion weighted MRI (DW-MRI). |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
- Quantitative and qualitative assessment of treatment response using DW-MRI - Quantitative and qualitative assessment of treatment response using PET imaging - Quantitative response in circulating/urinary biomarkers (ALP, n-telopeptide, PSA, CTCs) - Time to PSA progression - Time to total-ALP progression - Time to first new bone fracture - Incidence and severity of adverse events and laboratory abnormalities - Incidence of treatment discontinuations due to adverse events - Incidence of fractures occurring during and after radium-223 treatment
EXPLORATORY - Bone marrow samples: evidence and degree of anti-tumour activity and tumour cell DNA damage using measures of proliferation, apoptosis, DNA damage and DNA repair including Ki67, caspase cleaved cytokeratin, γH2AX and RAD51 foci formation in bone marrow - Molecular characterisation of CRPC cells, associating subtype with anti-tumour activity - Quantitative and qualitative assessment of treatment response depending on dose cohort (50kBq/kg or 80kBq/kg radium-223) and individual administered dose - Changes in PSA - Changes in total ALP - Quantitative and qualitative assessment of treatment response to radium-223 using DW-MRI according to ALP level. - Difference in treatment response changes as measured by quantitative regional bone plasma clearance (K i) and conventional semi-quantitative SUV parameters. - Association of mean density of lesions on baseline CT scan with response determined by WB DW-MRI |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | No |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | Yes |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | Yes |
E.6.13.1 | Other scope of the trial description |
Identification of biomarkers of response |
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E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | Yes |
E.8.2.3.1 | Comparator description |
Radium-223 (comparison of two different doses) |
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E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 4 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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The trial end date is deemed to be the date of last data capture. |
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 2 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 6 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 4 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 2 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 6 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 4 |