Gustavo Werutsky1, Fernando Cotait Maluf2, Eduardo Henrique Cronemberger3, Vinicius Carrera Souza4, Suelen Patricia Dos Santos Martins5, Fábio Peixoto6, Oren Smaletz7, Fábio Schutz8, Daniel Herchenhorn9, Telma Santos10, Flavio Mavignier Carcano11, David Queiroz Muniz12, Paulo R S Nunes Filho13, Facundo Zaffaroni13, Carlos Barrios13, André Fay14. 1. Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group, Ipiranga Avenue 6681, 99A, Room, Porto Alegre, 806, Brazil. gustavo.werutsky@lacog.org.br. 2. Hospital São José, São Paulo, Brazil. 3. Centro Regional Integrado de Oncologia, Fortaleza, Brazil. 4. Clínica Assistência Multidisciplinar em Oncologia, Salvador, Brazil. 5. Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa de Hematologia e Oncologia, Santo André, Brazil. 6. Americas Centro de Oncologia Integrado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 7. Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil. 8. Beneficiência Portuguesa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. 9. Oncologia D'Or, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 10. Janssen Cilag Pharmaceutical, São Paulo, Brazil. 11. Hospital do Câncer de Barretos, Barretos, Brazil. 12. Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. 13. Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group, Ipiranga Avenue 6681, 99A, Room, Porto Alegre, 806, Brazil. 14. PUCRS School of Medicine, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:Testosterone suppression is the standard treatment for advanced prostate cancer, and it is associated with side-effects that impair patients' quality of life, like sexual dysfunction, osteoporosis, weight gain, and increased cardiovascular risk. We hypothesized that abiraterone acetate with prednisone (AAP) and apalutamide, alone or in combination, can be an effective hormonal therapy also possibly decreasing castration-associated side effects. METHODS: Phase II, open-label, randomized, efficacy trial of abiraterone acetate plus prednisone (AAP) and Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) versus apalutamide versus the combination of AAP (without ADT) and apalutamide. Key eligibility criteria are confirmed prostate adenocarcinoma; biochemical relapse after definitive treatment (PSA ≥ 4 ng/ml and doubling time less than 10 months, or PSA ≥ 20 ng/ml); newly diagnosed locally advanced or metastatic prostate cancer; asymptomatic to moderately symptomatic regarding bone symptoms. Patients with other histology besides adenocarcinoma or previous use ofhormonal therapy or chemotherapy were excluded. DISCUSSION: There is an urgent need to study and validate regimens such as new hormonal agents that may add benefit to castration with an acceptable safety profile. We aim to evaluate if apalutamide in monotherapy or in combination with AAP is an effective and safety hormonal treatment that can spare patients of androgen deprivation therapy. TRIAL REGISTRATION: This trial was registered in ClinicalTrials.gov on October 16, 2017, under Identifier: NCT02867020.
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BACKGROUND:Testosterone suppression is the standard treatment for advanced prostate cancer, and it is associated with side-effects that impair patients' quality of life, like sexual dysfunction, osteoporosis, weight gain, and increased cardiovascular risk. We hypothesized that abiraterone acetate with prednisone (AAP) and apalutamide, alone or in combination, can be an effective hormonal therapy also possibly decreasing castration-associated side effects. METHODS: Phase II, open-label, randomized, efficacy trial of abiraterone acetate plus prednisone (AAP) and Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) versus apalutamide versus the combination of AAP (without ADT) and apalutamide. Key eligibility criteria are confirmed prostate adenocarcinoma; biochemical relapse after definitive treatment (PSA ≥ 4 ng/ml and doubling time less than 10 months, or PSA ≥ 20 ng/ml); newly diagnosed locally advanced or metastatic prostate cancer; asymptomatic to moderately symptomatic regarding bone symptoms. Patients with other histology besides adenocarcinoma or previous use of hormonal therapy or chemotherapy were excluded. DISCUSSION: There is an urgent need to study and validate regimens such as new hormonal agents that may add benefit to castration with an acceptable safety profile. We aim to evaluate if apalutamide in monotherapy or in combination with AAP is an effective and safety hormonal treatment that can spare patients of androgen deprivation therapy. TRIAL REGISTRATION: This trial was registered in ClinicalTrials.gov on October 16, 2017, under Identifier: NCT02867020.
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