RecruitingPhase 2

Neoadjuvant Lu-177-PSMA-617 in Patients With High Risk Localized Prostate Cancer Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy

Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant Lu-177-PSMA-617 in Patients With High Risk Localized Prostate Cancer Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy

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: Biopsies, CT scans

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
  • "Criteria for high-risk prostate cancer include patients with preoperative prostate biopsy score of Gleason 8 (GS8) (Grade group 4 \[GG4\]) or higher."
  • "Patients also need to have a positive PSMA scan on 68-Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT scan."
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 tests Lu-177-PSMA-617 before surgery to remove the prostate. It is for adult men with high-risk prostate cancer who can have surgery and whose cancer shows up strongly on a special PSMA scan.

Male adults with a confirmed diagnosis of prostate adenocarcinoma who meet criteria for localized high risk prostate cancer according to the NCCN guidelines and who are eligible for prostatectomy will be invited to participate. Criteria for high-risk prostate cancer include patients with preoperative prostate biopsy score of Gleason 8 (GS8) (Grade group 4 \[GG4\]) or higher. Patients also need to have a positive PSMA scan on 68-Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT scan.

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 with prostate adenocarcinoma, a type of cancer confirmed by a tissue sample.
  • Have high-risk cancer with a Gleason score of 8 or higher. This score shows how abnormal the cancer cells look. Cancer in certain nearby lymph nodes is allowed.
  • Have a PSMA PET/CT scan showing a stronger signal in the prostate than in the liver. Have no areas outside the prostate that test positive on an FDG PET scan.
  • Be able and willing to have surgery to remove the prostate.
  • Be expected to live more than 10 years.
  • Have an ECOG activity score of 0 to 2, meaning you can care for yourself and are out of bed for more than half the day.
  • Follow the study's rules for avoiding sex or using birth control during treatment and for 14 weeks after the last dose. Do not donate sperm during that time.
  • Be able to follow treatment plans, attend follow-up visits, and give informed consent, meaning you understand and agree to join.

Who can't join

  • Have had prostate cancer treatment, including radiation or hormone therapy.
  • Have had PSMA-targeted radiation medicine, or certain other radiation medicines or radiation to half the body within the past 6 months.
  • Have cancer that has spread beyond nearby lymph nodes, such as to distant organs or bones.
  • Have very low white blood cell or platelet counts, or major liver problems based on blood tests. Platelets help blood clot.
  • Have a kidney filtering rate below 40 mL/min, or take medicines that can harm the kidneys.
  • Have major health problems, an active infection, or another condition that makes surgery unsafe.
  • Have a history of bleeding problems or take blood-thinning medicine.
  • Be unable or unwilling to give informed consent, or unable to follow treatment plans and attend follow-up visits.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients age 18 or older. * Patients with histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate. * Patients with high-risk disease defined as a preoperative prostate biopsy of Gleason Score 8 (GS8) (Grade group 4 \[GG4\]) or higher. Men with evidence of lymph node involvement at or below the bifurcation of the common iliac arteries (cN1) on PET-CT 68Ga-PSMA-11 are eligible. * Pre-operative, pre-treatment PSMA scan with high expression in prostate confirmed by PET/CT 68Ga-PSMA-11 (greater than liver). Patients must not have any other PET FDG-positive sites outside the prostate. * Patients who are able and willing to undergo surgery. * Patients with a life expectancy of greater than 10 years. Life expectancy can be estimated using any 1 of the following tools: * The Social Security Administration tables: https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/STATS/table4c6.html * The WHO's Life Tables by country: https://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.main.60000?lang=en * The Memorial Sloan Kettering Male Life Expectancy tool: https://www.mskcc.org/nomograms/prostate * If using a life expectancy table, life expectancy should be adjusted using the clinician's assessment of overall health as follows: best quartile of health - add 50%; worst quartile of health - subtract 50%; and middle two quartiles of health - no adjustment. See the NCCN Prostate Cancer Guidelines for more information. * Patients with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2. * Patients who agree to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive measures, and agree to refrain from donating sperm, as defined below: * With a female partner of childbearing potential who is not pregnant, men who are not surgically sterile must remain abstinent or use a condom plus an additional contraceptive method that together result in a failure rate of \< 1% per year during the treatment period and for 14 weeks after the final dose of study treatment. Men must refrain from donating sperm during this same period. * With a pregnant female partner, men must remain abstinent or use a condom during the treatment period and for 14 weeks after the final dose of study treatment to avoid potential exposure to the embryo. * The reliability of sexual abstinence should be evaluated in relation to the duration of the clinical trial and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the patient. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, or post-ovulation methods) and withdrawal are not adequate methods of contraception. * Patients who are able to comply with follow-up visits and treatment plans. * Patients who are able to give informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with a prior history of prostate cancer treatment. * Patients with previous treatment with PSMA-targeted radioligand therapy or any of the following within 6 months of enrollment confirmation: Strontium-89, Samarium-153, Rhenium-186, Rhenium-188, Radium-223 or hemi-body irradiation. * Patients with distant disease (outside of local lymph nodes). * Significant bone marrow impairment defined by leukocytes \<3,000/mcL, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \<1,500/mcL, and platelet count lower than 70,000/mcL. * Significant liver function impairment defined by total bilirubin higher than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN), andASL/ALT higher than 3 times the ULN. * Impaired kidney function defined by glomerular filtration rate (GFR) lower than 40 mL/min, or concomitant use of nephrotoxic drugs. Kidney function based on eGFR by Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation: * Normal renal function: participants with eGFR 90 mL/min * Moderate renal impairment: participants with eGFR 30 to 59 mL/min * Severe renal impairment: participants with eGFR 15 to 29 mL/min * Patients with significant comorbidities that would make them poor candidates for surgery. * Patients with evidence of metastatic disease (enlarged lymph nodes, distant metastatic sites, visceral or bone metastases, etc.). * Patients with a history of radiation or hormone therapy to the prostate. * Patients with a history of bleeding disorders or who are taking anticoagulant therapy. * Patients with active infections or other contraindications for surgery. * Patients who are unable or unwilling to give informed consent. * Patients who are unable to comply with follow-up visits and treatment plans

Study sites (3)

DC

  • MedStar Washington Hospital Center · Washington D.C., DC 20010Ross Krasnow, MD · Principal investigatorMore trials in Washington D.C.
  • Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center · Washington D.C., DC 20057Paul Leger, MD · Principal investigatorMore trials in Washington D.C.

NJ

  • John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center · Hackensack, NJ 07601Nitin Yerram, MD · Principal investigatorMore trials in Hackensack