New apalutamide study opens for prostate cancer

February 14, 2018

A new phase 3 study at Providence Cancer Institute will compare the effectiveness of three different treatment regimens in men with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer:

Experimental arm: apalutamide, an investigational, next-generation oral androgen receptor (AR) inhibitor, plus degarelix, a hormonal therapy used to reduce testosterone
Experimental arm: apalutamide and degarelix plus abiraterone acetate and prednisone
Control arm: degarelix alone

“Apalutamide (ARN-509) reduced the risk of metastasis or death by 72% in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer,” according to findings from the phase 3 SPARTAN trial reported in OncLive on Feb. 5. The SPARTAN trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Feb. 8, found that “median metastasis-free survival was more than 2 years longer” for men who received apalutamide. Read more in the New York Times.

Brendan Curti, M.D., the principal investigator of the new three-arm study at Providence Cancer Institute, is a medical oncologist and director of genitourinary oncology research at the Earle A. Chiles Research Institute.

See Providence study details here:

A Study of Androgen Annihilation in High-Risk Biochemically Relapsed Prostate Cancer

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This study is one of three clinical trials open to men with prostate cancer at Providence Cancer Institute. See all prostate cancer studies.

To refer patients to any of these studies, call Providence Cancer Institute’s Clinical Research office at 503-215-2614 or visit oregon.providence.org/clinical-trials.

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