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
- Diseases
- Prostate cancer
- 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
Sites (26)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigshospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Copenhagen | Denmark | Recruiting |
| Esbjerg and Grindsted Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Esbjerg | Denmark | Recruiting |
| Odense University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Odense | Denmark | Recruiting |
| Helsinki University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Helsinki | Finland | Recruiting |
| Tampere University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampere | Finland | Recruiting |
| Turku University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Turku | Finland | Recruiting |
| Sunmøre Hospital Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ålesund | Norway | Recruiting |
| Vestre Viken Hospital Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Drammen | Norway | Recruiting |
| Innlandet Hospital Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hamar | Norway | Recruiting |
| Sørlandet Hospital Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kristiansand | Norway | Recruiting |
| Akerhus University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lørenskog | Norway | Recruiting |
| Oslo University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oslo | Norway | Recruiting |
| Telemark Hospital Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Skien | Norway | Recruiting |
| Stavanger University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stavanger | Norway | Recruiting |
| Vestfold Hospital Trust (Hospital of Vestfold) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tønsberg | Norway | Recruiting |
| University Hospital of Northern Norway Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tromsø | Norway | Recruiting |
| St Olavs Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Trondheim | Norway | Recruiting |
| Falu Lasarett Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Falun | Sweden | Recruiting |
| Sahlgrenska University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gothenburg | Sweden | Recruiting |
| Helsingborg/Ängelholm hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Helsingborg | Sweden | Recruiting |
| Örebro University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Örebro | Sweden | Recruiting |
| Östersunds Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Östersund | Sweden | Recruiting |
| Capio Saint Göran's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stockholm | Sweden | Recruiting |
| Södersjukhuset Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stockholm | Sweden | Recruiting |
| Norrlands universitetssjukhus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Umeå | Sweden | Recruiting |
| Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Uppsala | Sweden | Recruiting |
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