New cocktail aims to wipe out High-Risk prostate cancer before surgery
NCT ID NCT07027124
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests a combination of hormone therapy (Lupron), an androgen blocker (Darolutamide), and an immunotherapy (Pembrolizumab) given before and after prostate removal surgery in 40 men with high-risk prostate cancer. The goal is to see if this approach can reduce or eliminate cancer remaining after surgery. Participants must have specific genetic markers from a biopsy to join.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Darolutamide, Pembrolizumab, Leuprolide
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could reduce residual cancer after surgery and improve long-term outcomes for high-risk prostate cancer patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 40 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The combination may cause significant side effects and may not improve survival.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 2031
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Male participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Male Age ≥ 18 years at the time of consent * Subjects must have histopathologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate * Subjects must have unfavorable intermediate and high-risk localized or locally advanced prostate cancer (Gleason score ≥7 (4+3) and absence of distant metastasis or non-regional nodal involvement. * Subjects must be risk-stratified at biopsy and their cancer should have all the molecular features given below at baseline. 1. Decipher Genomic Classifier \>0.45 (interpreted from decipher report) and/ or 2. Luminal B subtype (interpreted from decipher report). * The patient must have a performance status of 0-1 as determined by criteria set forward by the eastern cooperative oncology group. * Subjects with prior neoadjuvant hormonal therapy are allowed if they meet the following criteria. * have completed all treatments ≥ 12, months ago. * Recovered from all AEs due to previous therapies. * If subject has had a major surgery, he should have recovered from all complications and toxicities prior to enrolling in the study. * Adequate organ and marrow function as defined below: * Hematological * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,500/mcL * Platelets ≥ 100,000/mcl * Hemoglobin (Hb) ≥ 9 g/dL Hepatic * total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dl (except in patients with gilbert syndrome who can have total bilirubin \<3.0 mg/dl) * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 x ULN * Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN Renal * Creatinine OR Creatinine ≤ 1.5 ULN OR * Calculated creatinine clearance Creatinine clearance ≥ 30 ml/min * Men must agree to use a condom and not father a child or donate sperm for the duration of the study and for 90 days after completion of therapy. Subject must agree to partner use of an additional contraceptive method when having intercourse with women of childbearing potential (WOCBP). * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent. * Subjects who are HBs Ag positive are eligible if they have received HBV anti-viral therapy for at least 4 weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to randomization. Note: Subjects should remain on anti-viral therapy throughout study intervention and follow local guidelines for HBV anti-viral therapy post completion of study intervention. * Hepatitis B screening tests are not required unless: * Known history of HBV infection * As mandated by local health authority * Subjects with a history of HCV infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening. Note: Subjects must have completed curative anti-viral therapy at least 4 weeks prior to randomization. * Hepatitis C screening tests are not required unless: * Known history of HCV infection * As mandated by local health authority * Subjects with a known history of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are eligible as long as they have an undetectable viral. HIV positive participants must be taking stable ART for ≥ 12 weeks and have an undetectable HIV viral load within 28 days before enrollment. Minor fluctuations up to 200 copies/mL are acceptable. Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects with metastatic disease * Subjects with Gleason score ≤7 (3+4) * Subjects with Biopsy Decipher score ≤0.45. * Subjects have had prior hormonal therapy (please see inclusion criteria for exceptions). * Subjects have had prior radiation therapy or chemotherapy for prostate cancer. * Subjects with active cardiac disease defined as having any of the following within 6 months prior to the start of treatment: * myocardial infarction, * severe/unstable angina pectoris, * congestive heart failure, * hospitalization for any cardiac event * Subject has active GI disorder that will interfere with absorption of study drug Darolutamide Subject has prior treatment with androgen receptor inhibitors, such as apalutamide, Darolutamide, enzalutamide, abiraterone acetate or other investigational CYP17 inhibitor. * Inability to swallow oral medications. * Subject has active infection requiring systemic therapy within 7 days of Week 1. * Subject has received prior therapy with anti-PD1, anti-PDL1, anti-PDL2 or with other checkpoint inhibitors or T-cell costimulatory/inhibitory agents (e.g., CD137, OX-40, CTLA4). * Subject with an active viral Hepatitis B (defined as Hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] reactive or detectable \[qualitative\] Hepatitis b virus \[HBV\] DNA or defined as Hepatitis V virus \[HCV\] ribonucleic acid \[RNA\] \[qualitative\] is detected), known Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection with detectable viral load, or chronic liver disease with a need of treatment. * Subject has a known active or known history of TB (Bacillus tuberculosis) or active history of non-infectious pneumonitis. * Subject who are immunodeficient or are receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days of study intervention. Topical or inhaled steroids are permitted in absence of immunodeficiency or autoimmune disease. * Subject have active auto-immune disease that has required systemic therapy (use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive drugs) in the past 2 years. However, subjects receiving replacement therapy (e.g., insulin, thyroxine, or physiological corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal and pituitary insufficiency) are eligible. * Has history or current evidence of any condition, therapy that might confound results of the study. - Has known psychiatric, epileptic or substance abuse history or disorder that would interfere with participant's ability to cooperate with the requirements of the study. * Subjects with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events. * Known history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to Agent(s) or other agents used in study.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10028, United States
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