Design and End Points of Clinical Trials for Patients With Progressive Prostate Cancer and Castrate Levels of Testosterone: Recommendations of the Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Working Group

Author:

Scher Howard I.1,Halabi Susan1,Tannock Ian1,Morris Michael1,Sternberg Cora N.1,Carducci Michael A.1,Eisenberger Mario A.1,Higano Celestia1,Bubley Glenn J.1,Dreicer Robert1,Petrylak Daniel1,Kantoff Philip1,Basch Ethan1,Kelly William Kevin1,Figg William D.1,Small Eric J.1,Beer Tomasz M.1,Wilding George1,Martin Alison1,Hussain Maha1

Affiliation:

1. From the Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Sam Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Dana-Farber Cancer Center, Boston, MA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Cleveland Clinic,...

Abstract

Purpose To update eligibility and outcome measures in trials that evaluate systemic treatment for patients with progressive prostate cancer and castrate levels of testosterone. Methods A committee of investigators experienced in conducting trials for prostate cancer defined new consensus criteria by reviewing previous criteria, Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST), and emerging trial data. Results The Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Working Group (PCWG2) recommends a two-objective paradigm: (1) controlling, relieving, or eliminating disease manifestations that are present when treatment is initiated and (2) preventing or delaying disease manifestations expected to occur. Prostate cancers progressing despite castrate levels of testosterone are considered castration resistant and not hormone refractory. Eligibility is defined using standard disease assessments to authenticate disease progression, prior treatment, distinct clinical subtypes, and predictive models. Outcomes are reported independently for prostate-specific antigen (PSA), imaging, and clinical measures, avoiding grouped categorizations such as complete or partial response. In most trials, early changes in PSA and/or pain are not acted on without other evidence of disease progression, and treatment should be continued for at least 12 weeks to ensure adequate drug exposure. Bone scans are reported as “new lesions” or “no new lesions,” changes in soft-tissue disease assessed by RECIST, and pain using validated scales. Defining eligibility for prevent/delay end points requires attention to estimated event frequency and/or random assignment to a control group. Conclusion PCWG2 recommends increasing emphasis on time-to-event end points (ie, failure to progress) as decision aids in proceeding from phase II to phase III trials. Recommendations will evolve as data are generated on the utility of intermediate end points to predict clinical benefit.

Publisher

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Subject

Cancer Research,Oncology

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