Phase III Randomized International Open Label Clinical Trial of Treatment Intensification With Docetaxel Plus Apalutamide in Patients With Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer Who Did Not Achieve a Deep PSA Response After Initial Treatment With Apalutamide: REINFORCE Trial.
Apalutamide (Erleada™) 60 mg or 240 mg tablets: The dose of 240 mg (four 60 mg tablets or one single 240 mg tablet) daily of apalutamide is the recommended dose in the SmPC.
ADT will be chosen and administered according to standard clinical practice at each participating site and has not been included in the table below.
Docetaxel: The recommended dose of docetaxel is 75 mg/m2 day 1 every 21 days. Six cycles of docetaxel will be administered.
Study summary
This is a phase III, randomized, open-label, multi-center study to assess the efficacy of treatment intensification with docetaxel plus apalutamide and ADT, assessed by event-free survival, in patients with mHSPC who do not achieve deep PSA response (≤0,2 ng/ml or PSA90 response in combination with a PSA ≤ 4 ng/ml) after initial treatment with apalutamide and ADT. A non-deep PSA response is defined as PSA \> 0.2 ng/ml in combination with a PSA response \< 90%, or a PSA response ≥90% in combination with a PSA \> 4 ng/ml.
Eligibility
Sex
MALE
Min age
18 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Written informed consent. Each patient must sign an informed consent form (ICF) indicating that he understands the purpose of and procedures, required for the study, and is willing to participate in the study.
2. Patient must be a man ≥18 years of age.
3. Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of prostate.
4. Metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.
5. PSA \>5 ng/ml at diagnosis of metastatic disease.
6. Patients eligible to continue treatment with apalutamide and ADT and without contra-indication to receive docetaxel.
7. Patients with at least 24 weeks and no more than 30 weeks of apalutamide.
8. Patients with a maximum of 12 weeks ADT before apalutamide initiation.
9. Lack of achievement of deep PSA response after 24 weeks and no more than 30 weeks of apalutamide. Deep PSA response is defined as PSA ≤ 0.2 ng/ml or PSA response ≥ 90% in combination with a PSA ≤4 ng/ml. Therefore, a non-deep PSA response is defined as PSA \> 0.2 ng/ml in combination with a PSA response \< 90%, or a PSA response ≥90% in combination with a PSA \> 4 ng/ml.
10. Patients who have not progressed to apalutamide.
11. Patients that are tolerating adequately apalutamide 240 mg daily and with no toxicity higher than G1 at inclusion.
12. Be able to swallow whole apalutamide film-coated tablets.
13. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 1.
14. Clinical laboratory values at screening:
1. hemoglobin ≥10.0 g/dL,
2. absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5 × 10\*9/L,
3. platelet count ≥100 × 109/L, The patient must not have received any growth factor within 4 weeks or a blood transfusion within 7 days of the hematology laboratory sample obtained at screening
4. serum alanine aminotransferase and/or aspartate transaminase ≤1.5 × the upper limit of normal (ULN),
5. total bilirubin ≤ ULN,
6. creatinine ≤2.0 × ULN
15. Sexually active men must agree to use an external condom as an effective barrier method and refrain from sperm donation, and their female partners of childbearing potential must practice a highly effective method of contraception during and for 3 months after treatment with apalutamide and for 6 months after treatment with docetaxel.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Presence of neuroendocrine histology.
2. Apalutamide treatment started more than 30 weeks before inclusion.
3. Progression disease by any means, including radiographic, clinical or serological at inclusion.
4. Patient who achieves deep PSA response on apalutamide treatment before randomization.
5. Previous androgen-pathway receptor inhibitors, including enzalutamide, darolutamide, abiraterone or other ARPI. Previous treatment with first generation antiandrogens (i.e. bicalutamide) is allowed.
6. Chemotherapy or immunotherapy for prostate cancer before randomization.
7. Treatment with radiotherapy (external-beam radiation therapy, brachytherapy, or radiopharmaceuticals) within 2 weeks before randomization.
8. Known hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs, study drug classes, or excipients in the formulation of the study drugs.
9. Contraindication to both computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent.
10. Prolonged QT interval defined as QTcF ≥ 480 ms at screening, based on the mean of triplicate 12-lead ECGs performed after at least 5 minutes of rest. Patients with congenital long QT syndrome will also be excluded.
11. Any of the following within 6 months before randomization:
1. stroke,
2. myocardial infarction,
3. severe or unstable angina pectoris,
4. uncontrolled arrhythmia,
5. coronary or peripheral artery bypass graft, or
6. congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association class III or IV)
12. Peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 2.
13. Uncontrolled hypertension, indicated by resting systolic blood pressure ≥160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥100 mmHg despite medical management.
14. Prior malignancy, except for adequately treated basal-cell or squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin or superficial bladder cancer that had not spread behind the connective-tissue layer (i.e., stage pTis, pTa, or pT1) or any cancer for which treatment had been completed ≥5 years before randomization and from which the patient was disease-free.
15. A gastrointestinal disorder or procedure that was expected to interfere significantly with absorption of study drug.
16. Active viral hepatitis, known human immunodeficiency virus infection with detectable viral load, or chronic liver disease requiring treatment.
17. Previous (within 28 days before the start of study drug or 5 half-lives of the investigational treatment of the previous study, whichever was longer) or concomitant participation in another clinical study with investigational medicinal products.
18. Any other serious or unstable illness or medical, social, or psychological condition that could jeopardize the safety of the patient and/or their compliance with study procedures or might interfere with their participation in the study or evaluation of the study results.
Primary outcome measure(s)
Event-free Survival (EFS) — 48 months Event-free survival is defined as the time from randomization to occurrence of the following events, whichever occurs first in each treatment arm: PSA progression or radiographic progression of soft-tissue, visceral, or bone lesions or death from any cause.
Trial sites (56)
Facility
City
Region
Status
CH Bayonne
Bayonne
France
Not Yet Recruiting
Institut Bergonié
Bordeaux
France
Not Yet Recruiting
CHP Brest - Pasteur
Brest
France
Not Yet Recruiting
Hôpital Henri-Mondor
Créteil
France
Not Yet Recruiting
GHM Cancérologie - Institut Daniel Hollard
Grenoble
France
Not Yet Recruiting
Hôpital Franco-Britannique
Levallois-Perret
France
Not Yet Recruiting
GHBS - Hôpital du Scorff
Lorient
France
Not Yet Recruiting
Centre De Cancérologie Du Grand Montpellier
Montpellier
France
Not Yet Recruiting
Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'Aurelle (ICM)
Montpellier
France
Not Yet Recruiting
CHU Nîmes
Nîmes
France
Not Yet Recruiting
Hospices Civils de Lyon - HCL
Paris
France
Not Yet Recruiting
Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou
Paris
France
Not Yet Recruiting
Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph
Paris
France
Not Yet Recruiting
Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière
Paris
France
Not Yet Recruiting
CHU Poitiers
Poitiers
France
Not Yet Recruiting
Institut Godinot
Reims
France
Not Yet Recruiting
CHU de Rennes
Rennes
France
Not Yet Recruiting
Polyclinique Saint Georges
Saint-Georges-de-Didonne
France
Not Yet Recruiting
CHP Saint Gregoire
Saint-Grégoire
France
Not Yet Recruiting
Hôpital Foch
Suresnes
France
Not Yet Recruiting
Facharztzentrum für Urologie, Uro-Onkologie
Berlin
Germany
Not Yet Recruiting
Praxis Berlin / FASANUS - Urologie - Andrologie - Uro-Onkologie
Berlin
Germany
Not Yet Recruiting
Johanniter-Krankenhaus Bonn-Gronau
Bonn
Germany
Not Yet Recruiting
SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera
Gera
Germany
Not Yet Recruiting
University Hospital Göttingen
Göttingen
Germany
Not Yet Recruiting
Urologische Facharztpraxis Saale
Halle
Germany
Not Yet Recruiting
Urologicum Karlsruhe MVZ
Karlsruhe
Germany
Not Yet Recruiting
Klinikum Recklinghausen
Recklinghausen
Germany
Not Yet Recruiting
University Hospital Rostock
Rostock
Germany
Not Yet Recruiting
ARNAS Garibaldi - Catania
Catania
Italy
Not Yet Recruiting
Hospital Riuniti di Foggia - Foggia
Foggia
Italy
Not Yet Recruiting
National Instute of Oncology - Milan
Milan
Italy
Not Yet Recruiting
Policlinico Gemelli Hospital - Rome
Roma
Italy
Not Yet Recruiting
Policlinico Umberto I - Rome
Roma
Italy
Not Yet Recruiting
ULS Alto Ave
Guimarães
Portugal
Not Yet Recruiting
Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet
Zaragoza
Aragon
Not Yet Recruiting
Hospital Universitari Vall d´Hebron
Barcelona
Bacelona
Not Yet Recruiting
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona
Not Yet Recruiting
Hospital del Mar
Barcelona
Barcelona
Not Yet Recruiting
Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Barcelona
Barcelona
Not Yet Recruiting
+ 16 more sites — see the full list on the official registry below.
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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