High Precision Stereotactic Radiotherapy to the Whole Prostate With Focal Boost and Varying Hormonal Therapy (HEATWAVE)
This phase II trial evaluates apalutamide in combination with image-guided stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for the treatment of patients with prostate cancer. Prostate cancer usually needs the hormone testosterone to grow. Apalutamide is a hormone therapy that blocks the effect of testosterone on prostate tumor cells. This may help stop the growth of tumor cells that need testosterone to grow. Image-guided SBRT is a standard treatment for some types of prostate cancer. This treatment combines imaging of cancer within the body, with the delivery of therapeutic radiation doses produced on a linear accelerator machine. SBRT uses special equipment to position a patient and deliver radiation to tumors with high precision. This method may kill tumor cells with fewer doses over a shorter period and cause less damage to normal tissue. Combining apalutamide with image-guided SBRT may increase a prostate cancer patient's chances of achieving an extremely low prostate specific antigen response, which is an early predictor of disease cure.
• Confirmed diagnosis of prostate adenocarcinoma
• Age ≥ 18
• Classified as having National Comprehensive Cancer Network unfavorable intermediate risk prostate cancer (i.e., \[a\] 2 of the following: PSA 10-20 ng/mL, clinical T category 2b-2c, or International Society of Urological Pathology \[ISUP\] grade group 2; \[b\] OR any 1 of \[a\] with ISUP grade group 3 disease; OR \[c\] any 1 of \[a\] with 50% or more cores on systematic biopsy showing prostate cancer)
• Have a Decipher genomic classifier score
• Have at least one dominant intraprostatic lesion visible on multiparametric MRI (Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System \[PI-RADS\] version 2.1 score 4 or 5)
• Have underwent a prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)
• Have total testosterone \>= 150 ng/dL
• Adequate performance status (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group \[ECOG\] 0-1)
• Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL, independent of transfusion and/or growth factors within 3 months prior to randomization (at screening)
• Platelet count ≥ 100,000 x 10\^9/uL independent of transfusion and/or growth factors within 3 months prior to randomization (at screening)
• Serum albumin ≥ 3.0 g/dL (at screening)
• Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 45 mL/min (at screening)
• Serum potassium ≥ 3.5 mmol/L (at screening)
• Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (Note: In subjects with Gilbert's syndrome, if total bilirubin is \> 1.5 x ULN, measure direct and indirect bilirubin and if direct bilirubin is ≤ 1.5 x ULN, subject may be eligible) (at screening)
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \< 2.5 x ULN (at screening)
• Medications known to lower the seizure threshold (see list under prohibited medications) must be discontinued or substituted at least 4 weeks prior to study entry