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NCT05448547RecruitingPhase 3

Immediate Curative vs Conservative Treatment in Older Men With M0, High-risk Prostate Cancer

A Randomized, Open-label, Multicenter, Parallel Group Treatment, Phase 3, Two-arm Study to Measure the Effect on Overall Survival and Quality of Life of Immediate Curative Therapy Compared With Standard Conservative Treatment in Older Male Participants Aged ≥ 75 Years With Non-metastatic, High-risk Prostate Cancer

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 10 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

It is currently unclear if immediate curative treatment (radiotherapy or surgery) of high-risk prostate cancer without metastasis in older men (\>=75 years) generates the same survival benefits as in younger patients or if the harms/ side-effects of immediate curative treatment outweigh the benefits. In this study the investigators randomize older patients with high-risk, non-metastatic high-risk prostate cancer to either immediate curative therapy or to conservative, more problem-oriented therapy to investigate if immediate curative treatment prolongs life, improves quality of life and is cost-effective.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
980 (estimated)
First submitted
22 Jun 2022
Start date
4 Nov 2022
Primary completion date
31 Dec 2029
Lead sponsor
Sven Löffeler
NCT number
NCT05448547

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Planned participants: 980
  • From 4 Nov 2022 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2029
  • 26 sites in 4 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Dementia (unable to consent) Prior/Concomitant Therapy
  • Prior radiation to the pelvis
  • Hormone therapy \>3 months prior to randomization Diagnostic assessments

Other illness

  • Medical Conditions

Other

  • Lymph node metastasis (N0) on MRI, CT or PSMA-PET CT (equivocal N-findings =N0; borderline cases will be discussed and called by a study tumor board).
  • Distant metastasis (M0) on MRI, CT, bone scan or PSMA-PET CT (equivocal bone scan findings need to be confirmed with MRI or CT; borderline cases will be discussed by a study tumor board).
    • Other Exclusions
  • Disabled or severe comorbidity (identified by G8 screening)
  • Unable to read, understand or fill out HRQoL questionnaires (PROMS)

Who the study is looking for

  • Participant must be 75 years of age or older, at the time of signing the informed consent.
  • Participants who are healthy as determined by medical evaluation and geriatric G8/ miniCOGTM evaluation (G8: Fit, score \>14, or reversibly frail; miniCOGTM: score \>2)
    • And who have PCa (diagnosed ≤6 months) with one or both of the following features:
    • Gleason grade 8-10 (ISUP group 4 and 5) other than microscopic, low-volume disease (tumor must be either palpable or visible on MRI, i.e., PIRADS 4 or 5)
    • Locally advanced PCa (T3 or T4) (unequivocal findings of clinical/ radiological T3 or clinical/ radiological T4 on DRE or MRI; broad capsular contact of tumor on MRI is treated as localized disease, T2, in the context of this study)
    • Able to read, understand and fill in HRQoL questionnaires (PROMS)
  • Male
  • Capable of giving signed informed consent as described in Appendix 1, which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF) and in this protocol.

Age in the registry: 75 years to - · Sex: Male · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (26)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Rigshospital
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CopenhagenDenmarkRecruiting
Esbjerg and Grindsted Hospital
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EsbjergDenmarkRecruiting
Odense University Hospital
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OdenseDenmarkRecruiting
Helsinki University Hospital
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HelsinkiFinlandRecruiting
Tampere University Hospital
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TampereFinlandRecruiting
Turku University Hospital
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TurkuFinlandRecruiting
Sunmøre Hospital Trust
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ÅlesundNorwayRecruiting
Vestre Viken Hospital Trust
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DrammenNorwayRecruiting
Innlandet Hospital Trust
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HamarNorwayRecruiting
Sørlandet Hospital Trust
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KristiansandNorwayRecruiting
Akerhus University Hospital
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LørenskogNorwayRecruiting
Oslo University Hospital
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OsloNorwayRecruiting
Telemark Hospital Trust
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SkienNorwayRecruiting
Stavanger University Hospital
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StavangerNorwayRecruiting
Vestfold Hospital Trust (Hospital of Vestfold)
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TønsbergNorwayRecruiting
University Hospital of Northern Norway
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TromsøNorwayRecruiting
St Olavs Hospital
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TrondheimNorwayRecruiting
Falu Lasarett
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FalunSwedenRecruiting
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
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GothenburgSwedenRecruiting
Helsingborg/Ängelholm hospital
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HelsingborgSwedenRecruiting
Örebro University Hospital
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ÖrebroSwedenRecruiting
Östersunds Hospital
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ÖstersundSwedenRecruiting
Capio Saint Göran's Hospital
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StockholmSwedenRecruiting
Södersjukhuset
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StockholmSwedenRecruiting
Norrlands universitetssjukhus
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UmeåSwedenRecruiting
Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala
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UppsalaSwedenRecruiting

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