New hope for tough prostate cancer: radioactive drug combo shows promise
NCT ID NCT05849298
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a radioactive drug (lutetium-177) alone or combined with newer hormone therapy in 49 men with a specific type of prostate cancer that has stopped responding to standard hormone therapy but hasn't spread on regular scans. The goal is to see if the treatment can lower PSA levels and delay the spread of cancer. Participants must continue standard hormone therapy throughout the study.
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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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49 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 to 100 years
- 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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Key Inclusion criteria * Participants must be adults ≥ 18 years of age with signed informed consent prior to participation to study * Histologically or cytologically confirmed prostate cancer * Participants must have ongoing androgen deprivation therapy with a GnRH agonist/antagonist or prior bilateral orchiectomy at the time of randomization. Intermittent administration of ADT is accepted before randomization if criterion for serum testosterone is met * Castrate level of serum testosterone (\< 1.7 nmol/l \[50 ng/dl\]) on GnRH agonist or antagonist therapy (continuous/intermittent) or after bilateral orchiectomy prior to randomization * Participants must have evidence of PSMA-positive disease (N1 or M1) as seen on a AAA517 or piflufolastat F 18 PET/CT scan at baseline as determined by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) based on the methodology proposed in the Prostate Cancer Molecular Imaging Standardized Evaluation (PROMISE) (Eiber et al 2018). Participants with M1 disease only on PSMA PET scan are allowed to participate * Participants must have a negative conventional imaging for M1 disease. * Participants must have adequate organ functions: bone marrow reserve, hepatic \& renal Key Exclusion criteria * Prior or present evidence of metastatic disease as assessed by CT/MRI locally for soft tissue disease and whole-body radionuclide bone scan for bone disease. Exception: Participants with pelvic disease may be eligible (e.g., participants with enlarged lymph nodes below the bifurcation of common iliac arteries (N1)) * Unmanageable concurrent bladder outflow obstruction or urinary incontinence. Note: participants with bladder outflow obstruction or urinary incontinence, which is manageable with best available standard of care (incl. pads, drainage) are allowed * Active clinically significant cardiac disease; history of seizure or condition that may pre-dispose to seizure which may require treatment with surgery or radiation therapy * Prior therapy with: second generation anti-androgens (e.g., enzalutamide, apalutamide and darolutamide) \< 3 months before randomization; CYP17 inhibitors (e.g., abiraterone acetate, orteronel, galeterone) \< 3 months before randomization; ketoconazole (short duration ketoconazole treatment (\<28 days) is permitted); radiopharmaceutical agents (e.g., Strontium-89) if wash-out period of at least 3 months is not completed, PSMA-targeted radioligand therapy; immunotherapy (e.g., sipuleucel-T); chemotherapy, except if administered in the adjuvant/neoadjuvant setting, completed \> 2 years before randomization; any other investigational agents for CRPC; use of estrogens, 5-α reductase inhibitors (finasteride, dutasteride), other steroidogenesis inhibitors (aminoglutethimide) or first-generation anti-androgens (bicalutamide, flutamide, nilutamide, cyproterone) within 28 days before randomization; radiation therapy (external beam radiation therapy \[EBRT\] and brachytherapy within 28 days before randomization * Other concurrent cytotoxicity chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radioligand therapy, poly adenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, biological therapy or investigational therapy Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Novartis Investigative Site
São Paulo, São Paulo, 01308-050, Brazil
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Novartis Investigative Site
São Paulo, São Paulo, 05652-000, Brazil
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Novartis Investigative Site
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada
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Novartis Investigative Site
Montreal, Quebec, H2X 1R9, Canada
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Novartis Investigative Site
Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1E2, Canada
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Novartis Investigative Site
Olomouc, 779 00, Czechia
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Novartis Investigative Site
Angers, 49055, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Brest, 29609, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Strasbourg, 67085, France
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Novartis Investigative Site
Berlin, 10249, Germany
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Novartis Investigative Site
Genova, GE, 16132, Italy
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Novartis Investigative Site
Milan, MI, 20141, Italy
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Novartis Investigative Site
Roma, RM, 00128, Italy
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Novartis Investigative Site
Naples, 80131, Italy
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Novartis Investigative Site
Kielce, 25-640, Poland
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Novartis Investigative Site
Singapore, 169608, Singapore
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Novartis Investigative Site
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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Novartis Investigative Site
Seoul, 05505, South Korea
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Novartis Investigative Site
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08907, Spain
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Novartis Investigative Site
Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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Novartis Investigative Site
Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Oregon Urology Institute
Springfield, Oregon, 97477, United States
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Rio Grande Urology
El Paso, Texas, 79912, United States
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Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers
Denver, Colorado, 80218, United States
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Unity Point Clinic
Des Moines, Iowa, 50323, United States
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Univ of Texas Southwest Med Center
Dallas, Texas, 75390-9034, United States
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University Cancer and Blood Center LLC
Athens, Georgia, 30607, United States
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Urology Cancer Center PC
Omaha, Nebraska, 68130, United States
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Urology Of Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46254, United States
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Wellspan York Hospital
York, Pennsylvania, 17403, United States
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