RecoverPC: Relugolix vs GnRH Agonist in Quality of Life
RecoverPC: A Phase 2 Study of RElugolix Versus GnRH Agonist Quality of Life (QOL) and Testosterone reCOVERy in Men With Prostate Cancer
Who can join
As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.
- Age
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- Male only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Compensation
- Not stated
Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.
What to expect
No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.
What participation involves
- Procedures mentioned: Blood draws, Heart tracing (ECG)
Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.
Show the study's own words
- "The research study procedures include screening for eligibility and study treatment including evaluations and follow up visits, ECGs, and blood tests."
- Compensation
- Not stated
- Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
- Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
- Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
- Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.
About this study
In plain language
This study compares leuprolide and relugolix, two approved hormone treatments for prostate cancer. It looks at how they affect quality of life, blood levels, cholesterol, and blood sugar. It is for adults with prostate cancer who can receive 6 months of hormone treatment.
This study is testing the way that approved androgen deprivation therapy treatments, Leuprolide and Relugolix, for prostate cancer affect quality of life, blood levels, cholesterol, and blood sugar. The drugs are already standard treatment for people with prostate cancer, and the drugs will be used as described in their label. The names of the study drugs involved in this study are: * Leuprolide (type of ADT) * Relugolix (type of ADT)
Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.
Eligibility
Who can join
- Be age 18 or older and have prostate adenocarcinoma confirmed by a tissue test.
- Be able to receive 6 months of leuprolide or relugolix. No other whole-body cancer treatments are allowed except certain older hormone blockers, such as bicalutamide. Have no past treatment with GnRH drugs, which lower testosterone.
- Have a testosterone level above 200 ng/mL before starting hormone treatment.
- Be able to care for yourself and be out of bed or a chair for at least half the day. Be expected to live more than 12 months.
- Have blood cell counts, liver function, and kidney function that meet study limits. If you have heart disease, heart symptoms, or past treatment that may harm the heart, meet the study's heart health rating.
- If you have HIV or hepatitis B, virus levels must be too low to detect with treatment as required. Hepatitis C must be cured or too low to detect during treatment. Other cancers must not interfere with study safety or results.
- Agree to use birth control before and during the study. Men must also use it for 4 months after finishing leuprolide or relugolix.
- Be able to understand the study and agree to sign a consent form.
Who can't join
- A major heart or blood vessel event in the past 6 months, such as a heart attack, new or worsening heart failure, or stroke.
- Past or planned use of newer hormone-blocking treatments, such as abiraterone, enzalutamide, darolutamide, or apalutamide.
- Currently receiving another experimental drug.
- Cancer that has spread to the brain.
- Past allergic reactions to drugs similar to leuprolide or relugolix.
- Another illness that is not controlled.
- Unable to swallow pills.
Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.
Official eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Participants must have a histologic diagnosis of prostate adenocarcinoma. * Participants must be eligible for treatment with 6 months of ADT with leuprolide depot or relugolix without additional systemic therapies other than first generation androgen receptor antagonists (eg. bicalutamide, nilutamide, flutamide). * Participants cannot have received prior GnRH agonist or antagonist therapy. * Patients must have testosterone level \> 200 ng/mL prior to initiation of ADT. * Age ≥18 years. * ECOG performance status ≤2 (Karnofsky ≥60%, see Appendix A). * Life expectancy of greater than 12 months * Participants must have adequate organ and marrow function as defined below: * leukocytes ≥3,000/mcL * absolute neutrophil count ≥1,500/mcL * platelets ≥100,000/mcL * total bilirubin ≤ institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) unless known or suspected Gilbert syndrome * AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤3 × institutional ULN * creatinine ≤ institutional ULN OR * glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥50 mL/min/1.73 m2 unless data exists supporting safe use at lower kidney function values, no lower than 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 (see Appendix B). * Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected participants on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial. * For participants with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated. * Participants with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated and cured. For participants with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load. * Participants with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible for this trial. * Participants with known history or current symptoms of cardiac disease, or history of treatment with cardiotoxic agents, should have a clinical risk assessment of cardiac function using the New York Heart Association Functional Classification. To be eligible for this trial, participants should be class 2B or better. * The effects of relugolix and leuprolide on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason and because GnRH agents are known to be teratogenic, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately. Men treated or enrolled on this protocol must also agree to use adequate contraception prior to the study, for the duration of study participation, and 4 months after completion of relugolix or leuprolide depot administration. * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. Exclusion Criteria: * History of major adverse cardiac event, including myocardial infarction, new congestive heart failure (CHF) or CHF exacerbation, or stroke, within the past 6 months. * Participants who have prior or planned concurrent treatment with second generation AR targeted therapies (such as abiraterone, enzalutamide, darolutamide, apalutamide). * Participants who are receiving any other investigational agents. * Patients with brain metastases will be excluded from the study as intermittent hormonal therapy is not standard of care treatment for this population. * History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to leuprolide depot or relugolix. * Participants with uncontrolled intercurrent illness. * Participant is unable to swallow pills.
Study sites (3)
MA
- Brigham and Women's Hospital · Boston, MA 02215Alicia Morgans, MD · Study contact · 857-215-1605 · aliciak_morgans@dfci.harvard.eduMore trials in Boston
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA 02215Alicia Morgans, MD · Study contact · 857-215-1605 · aliciak_morgans@dfci.harvard.eduMore trials in Boston
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Foxborough · Foxborough, MA 02035Daniel Roberts, MD · Study contact · 508-543-1700 · Daniel_Roberts@DFCI.HARVARD.EDUMore trials in Foxborough