Background:
Some men who have been treated for localized prostate cancer with surgery or radiation
still show signs of the disease in their blood. This is called biochemically recurrent
prostate cancer. Radium-223 is a small molecule. It uses radiation to kill cancer cells
and improves survival in advanced prostate cancer. Researchers want to see if it can
treat prostate cancer and induced immune changes earlier in the disease when the cancer
is only detectable by prostate specific antigen (PSA) in the blood.
Objective:
To learn how Radium-223 affects men with rising PSA but no evidence of cancer on
conventional CT or bone scan, but positive findings on PET or molecular imaging in the
bones. The primary focus is impact on the immune system with secondary focus on impact on
PSA and imaging.
Eligibility:
Men ages 18 and older with prostate cancer who have had surgery and/or radiation, but
their PSA is rising even though no disease is visible on routine imaging scans (CT or
bone scans). Patients are required to have PET or molecular imaging findings in bones,
but not organs (lymph nodes are allowed).
Design:
Participants will be screened with a medical history and physical exam. Their ability to
do normal tasks will be reviewed. They will give tissue samples or a report from their
doctor about their cancer. They will have blood and urine tests. They will have an
electrocardiogram to measure heart function. They will have a scan of their chest and
abdomen using radiation or magnetic resonance imaging. They will have a bone scan with
injection of Tc99. They will have a positron emission tomography scan with intravenous
(IV) injection of 18F-NaF.
Participants will get Radium-223 by IV. For this, a small plastic tube is put into an arm
vein. Radium-223 will be given on Day 1 of each cycle (1 cycle = 4 weeks) for up to 6
cycles. Participants will repeat the screening tests during the study. They will also
complete Quality of Life Surveys and give stool samples.
After treatment, participants will have long-term follow-up every 6 weeks for the rest of
their lives....
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United States
Maryland
Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterStatus: Active
Contact: National Cancer Institute Referral Office
Phone: 888-624-1937
Background:
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and surveillance are treatment options for prostate
cancer patients with biochemical progression after localized therapy with either
definitive radiation or surgery (biochemically recurrent prostate cancer). A primary goal
in these patients is to prevent morbidity from their cancer that results from disease
progression and metastatic disease on conventional imaging.
Radium-223 has demonstrated the ability to improve survival in men with symptomatic
metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) with a manageable toxicity
profile, particularly in patients who have not yet received docetaxel.
Radiation, even at low doses can impact immune recognition and immune cell killing of
cancer cells. Recent findings by the LTIB suggest that radium-223 potentiated T-cell
killing of prostate cancer cells.
Radium-223 may present an alternative option for patients with BRPC that is not
associated with substantial toxicity (as seen with ADT) and may have a lasting effect due
to its potential effect on the immune system and/or the bone microenvironment.
Emerging PET imaging studies will likely find evidence of micrometastatic disease, often
in the bones, in biochemically recurrent prostate cancer patients, although these
patients will have no standard of care that can be supported by prospective data.
Radium-223 has demonstrated the ability to improve survival in men with symptomatic
prostate cancer, but it remains unknown what the impact is in patients with
micrometastatic or PET positive prostate cancer in their bones
Preclinical data has suggested that radium-223 can impact the immune system.
In addition, changes in PSA kinetics, changes on PET scan findings, and safety and
tolerability of radium-223 in this population will also be evaluated.
Objective:
To determine statistically significant changes in immune cell populations compared to
baseline in participants with biochemically recurrent or 18F NaF PET scan positive
prostate cancer treated with radium-223
Eligibility:
Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate
Imaging showing positive findings on NaF PET, negative CT Scan and Tc-99m Bone Scan
Detectable PSA
ECOG 0-1
Design:
Single arm study
Participants will receive 6 injections of radium-223 with monthly assessments of PSA and
periodic immune response. NaF PET scans will be completed at screening then at 4 and 7
months after the start of radium-223.
After completion of treatment participant will be followed every 6 (+/- 2 weeks).
Lead OrganizationNational Cancer Institute
Principal InvestigatorRavi A. Madan