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NCT07450599·Phase 2·INTERVENTIONAL

A Study to Learn How Well a Combination of Darolutamide and Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) Works as a Treatment Before Surgery for Men Who Have High-risk Localized Prostate Cancer.

Status

Recruiting

Phase

Phase 2

Enrollment

250

Locations

23

Results

Not posted

Publications

0

Study summary

What the protocol is testing.

Researchers are looking for a better way to treat men who have high-risk localized prostate cancer, which refers to a type of prostate cancer that is still confined to the prostate gland but has certain characteristics that make it more likely to grow and spread. The study treatment darolutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is under development as treatment before surgery for men who have high-risk localized prostate cancer. Darolutamide works by blocking the attachment of androgen hormones to androgen receptors in cancer cells, thereby blocking cancer progression and growth. ADT is an established treatment that is used to lower the amount of androgen hormones (e.g., testosterone) in the body. The main purpose of this study is to learn how the cancer responds to the two different treatment durations (12 weeks or 24 weeks) of darolutamide combined with ADT used before the men undergo surgery to remove the prostate. For this, the researchers will compare the percentage of participants who either achieve complete response to the treatment (where no cancer cells are found) or with condition of minimal residual disease after the treatment (where only a small amount of cancer cells remains). The study participants will be randomly (by chance) assigned to one of two treatment groups. Depending on the group, they will receive darolutamide tablets by mouth plus ADT administered under the skin for either 12 weeks or 24 weeks. No more than 30 days after the end of the treatments, study participants will be performed with surgery to remove the prostate. Each participant will be in the study for approximately 29 to 32 months, including a screening phase of up to 28 days, 12 weeks or 24 weeks of treatment depending on the treatment groups, followed by the surgery no more than 30 days after the treatment, and a follow up phase of up to 2 years after the surgery. 2 visits to the study site are planned during the screening phase, followed by 3 to 6 visits (every 28 days) during treatment. The treatment period ends with a visit within 7 days after the last dose of treatment. During the study, the doctors and their study team will: * take blood and urine samples * check the participants' health parameters * do physical examinations * check if the participants' cancer has grown and/or spread using CT (computed tomography) or MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and, if needed, bone scan * take tumor samples * ask the participants questions about how they are feeling and what adverse events they are having. An adverse event is any medical problem that a participant has during a study. Doctors keep track of all adverse events, irrespective if they think it is related or not to the study treatments. About 30 days after the last dose of treatment, 5 weeks after the surgery and every 12 weeks thereafter, the study doctors and their team will check the participants' health and any changes in cancer. This follow-up period ends 2 years after the surgery.

Interventions

Treatment arms and agents.

DRUG

Darolutamide

Oral tablets of 600 mg twice daily (BID).

DRUG

ADT

Goserelin acetate implant (ZOLADEX), at a dose of 10.8 mg, will be administered subcutaneously every 12 weeks into the anterior abdominal wall below the navel line.

Timeline

From registration to results.

  1. First posted

    Mar 4, 2026

  2. Study start

    Apr 27, 2026

  3. Primary completion

    Jun 15, 2028

  4. Study completion

    Oct 15, 2030

  5. Results posted

    Not reported

  6. Registry updated

    Jun 24, 2026

Outcomes

What the study measures.

Primary outcomes

The proportion of participants achieving pathologic response rate (pRR: pathologic complete response [pCR] or minimal residual disease [MRD])

Time frame · Completion of Follow-up 1, 30 days after last dose of study drug

pRR is defined as the proportion of participants with either condition of pCR or MRD at week 12 or 24 in corresponding arm. Proportion of participants with pCR is defined as the proportion of participants with no residual tumor detected in radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens following 12 or 24 weeks of neoadjuvant treatment of darolutamide and ADT per randomization. Proportion of participants with MRD is defined as the proportion of participants that have residual cancer burden (RCB) ≤0.25 cm\^3 in the RP specimens.

Secondary outcomes

Proportion of participants with pathologic complete response (pCR)

Time frame · Completion of Follow-up 1, 30 days after last dose of study drug

Proportion of participants with pCR is defined as the proportion of participants with no residual tumor detected in radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens following 12 or 24 weeks of neoadjuvant treatment of darolutamide and ADT per randomization.

Percentage of participants with tumor downstaging (e.g. clinical T3 to pathologic T2)

Time frame · At baseline and immediately after radical prostatectomy

The pathology review will compare the T stage of tumor tissue at baseline (Screening) with the T stage of radical prostatectomy (RP) specimen at RP and calculate the proportion of participants whose tumor stage has decreased from the baseline T stage.

Percentage of participants with positive surgical margin (PSM)

Time frame · Immediately after radical prostatectomy

PSM is defined as the presence of cancer cells at the edge of the tissue removed during surgery.

Biochemical complete response (CR) rate prior to radical prostatectomy (RP) and at landmark timepoints post-RP

Time frame · At pre-RP, at 5 weeks, 12 weeks post-RP, and every 3 months after that until Year 2 after RP or end of follow up

Biochemical CR rate is defined as participants who attain serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level below 0.1 ng/mL (PSA \<0.1 ng/mL).

Biochemical recurrent free survival since radical prostatectomy (RP) among participants with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) <0.1 ng/mL after RP

Time frame · From RP to biochemical recurrence or death whichever occurs first, up to 2.5 years

Biochemical recurrent free survival is defined as time from RP to biochemical recurrence or death, whichever occurs first. The endpoint will be assessed only among participants with PSA \<0.1 ng/mL after RP. Biochemical recurrence is defined as PSA ≥0.1 ng/mL in 2 consecutive measurements after RP. The date of the first measurement defines the date of biochemical recurrence.

Incidence and severity of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) (including treatment-emergent serious adverse events [TESAEs])

Time frame · From first dose of study drug up to 30 days after the end of study drug administration

TEAEs are defined as AEs with an onset date on or after the first dose of study drug and up to the end-of-study drug plus 30 days or with an onset date prior to the first dose of study drug but worsening in intensity after the study drug. Events with missing onset dates will be included as treatment-emergent.

Eligibility

Who can take part.

Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
Not reported
Sex
MALE
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria: * Participants must be 18 years or older at the time of signing the informed consent. * Darolutamide-naïve participants who are with localized prostate adenocarcinoma who plan to receive radical prostatectomy (RP) and defined as high risk with National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) criteria (version 1.2025). * No evidence of distant metastasis based on computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and whole body bone scan (WBBS) within 42 days prior to start of study treatment. * Candidate for RP with pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) or extended PLND (ePLND) as per the investigator. * Participants must have at least one of the following features according to NCCN definition of high-risk: * Biopsy Gleason score ≥8, and/or * Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) \>20 ng/mL measured during Screening and prior to randomization, or * Clinical stage ≥ T3a. * Participants with pelvic lymph node involvement (N1) can be included. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1. Exclusion Criteria: * Prostate cancer with known neuroendocrine (NE) differentiation or small cell features. * Evidence of metastatic disease. Minimum imaging requirements to exclude metastatic disease are diagnostic quality imaging of the chest, pelvis, and the abdomen (CT or MRI with intravenous \[IV\] contrast), and WBBS. Nodal disease below the iliac bifurcation (clinical stage N1) is not an exclusion. * Intolerant to darolutamide or androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) treatment. * History of * Loss of consciousness or transient ischemic attack or stroke within 6 months prior to randomization, or * Significant cardiovascular disease within 6 months prior to randomization. * Any contraindications for RP. * Uncontrolled or treatment-resistant hypertension. * History of another malignancy within 5 years prior to randomization.

Study locations

23 registered sites.

China. Showing up to 24 locations stored in the fast local snapshot.

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University

Hefei, Anhui, China

Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Peking University First Hospital - Oncology Department

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Fujian Medical University - The First Affiliated Hospital

Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Lanzhou University - The Second Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University)

Lanzhou, Gansu, China

The first Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

The 2nd Hospital of Hebei Medical University

Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

2nd affiliated Hos. Harbin Medical University

Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Zhengzhou University - First Affiliated Hospital (Henan Medical University - First Affiliated Hospital)

Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Huazhong University of Science and Technology - Tongji Medical College - Wuhan Union Hospital

Wuhan, Hubei, China

Wuhan University - Renmin Hospital (Wuhan University People's Hospital/Hubei Provincial People's Hospital)

Wuhan, Hubei, China

NJ Drum Tower Hospital, the Affil Hos of NJ Univ Med School

Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Nanchang University - The First Affiliated Hospital

Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

China Medical University (CMU) - First Affiliated Hospital

Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Qilu Hosp., Shandong Univ.

Jinan, Shandong, China

Shanghai General Hospital

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM) - XinHua Hospital

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Sichuan Cancer Hospital-Urology Department

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University

Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, China

Kunming Medical University (KMU) - Second Affiliated Hospital

Kunming, Yunnan, China

Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital-Oncology Department

Jinhua, Zhejiang, China

Dongyang People's Hospital

Jinhua, Zhejiang, China

Publications

Results and literature.

No PMID-linked publications were present in this registry snapshot.

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