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Tests radiation with or without Lu-PSMA in prostate cancer that has spread a little

Compares stereotactic radiotherapy with or without Lu-PSMA in adults with limited prostate cancer spread.

Key facts

Who runs it
Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS
Where
Cesena and Meldola, ItalySee the 2 sites
Trial code
Registry title
Lu-PSMA and Stereotactic Radiotherapy Versus Radiotherapy Alone for Prostate Cancer (LUST)
Status
Recruiting
Phase
Phase 2
People taking part
70 people, planned
Started
27 Jun 2023
Expected to end
Apr 2032
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • [177Lu]Lu-PSMA I&T
  • Stereotactic Radiotherapy
Record updated
3 December 2025

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for men with prostate cancer that has spread to 1-3 places, with no symptoms from those spots. Half get stereotactic radiotherapy with Lu-PSMA, half get radiotherapy alone.

Age
18 years or older
Sex
Men only
Disease stage
Prostate cancer with 1-3 metastases without symptoms, each ≤ 5.0 cm (2 in) or < 250 cm3, that show up on a PSMA-PET/CT scan. PSA ≥ 0.2 ng/mL but ≤ 50 ng/mL, PSA doubling time < 15 months, testosterone ≥ 125 ng/dL.
Earlier treatment
The first (primary) tumor must have been treated with surgery and/or radiation. Earlier radiation to the prostate bed or pelvis is allowed. Earlier hormone therapy (ADT) is allowed, but no more than 3 years, and the last one more than 6 months before joining. Patients who cannot have ADT or refuse it can join. No radiation to the metastatic site before. No chemotherapy or radiotherapy in the last 4 weeks.
Biomarker or test result
A PSMA-PET/CT scan that is positive in the lesions seen on CT/MRI, with SUV max ≥ 3. The PSMA-PET/CT scan must be no more than 3 months old.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • Spinal cord compression or risk of it
  • Suspected lung or liver metastases, known brain metastases, or bone metastasis in a femoral bone
  • Another cancer in the past 3 years (except treated basal cell carcinoma)
  • Known HIV infection
  • Uncontrolled other illness, such as active infection or heart problems

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Patients with prostate cancer must have 1-3 asymptomatic metastatic lesions that are ≤ 5.0 cm or < 250 cm3 documented at CT/MRI or WBD-MRI
  • PSMA-PET/CT positive scan matching with lesions documented on baseline CT/MRI or WBD-MRI
  • Patients must have had their primary tumor treated with surgery and/or radiation and previous salvage radiation to the prostate bed or pelvis is allowed
  • Patients will be admitted to the therapeutic phase only if diagnostic PET/CT PSMA SUV max is ≥ 3
  • Histologic confirmation of malignancy (primary or metastatic tumor)
  • Prostate specific antigen (PSA) ≥ 0.2 ng/mL but ≤ 50 ng/mL and Testosterone ≥ 125 ng/dL
  • PSA doubling time (PSADT) < 15 months. PSADT will be calculated using as many PSA values that are available from time of relapse (PSA > 0.2 ng/dL)
  • Patients unfit or refusing ADT
  • Patients may have had prior systemic therapy and/or ADT associated with treatment of their primary prostate cancer. Patients may have had ADT associated with salvage radiation therapy
  • Patients must be ≥ 18 years of age
  • Patient understands the purpose of the study and the procedures required for it; the patient is willing to participate in the study and to sign a written informed consent document
  • Patients must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≤ 2
  • Patients should have a life expectancy of at least 6 months
  • Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined as:; Leukocytes >2,000/μL; Absolute neutrophil count >1,000/μL; Platelets >75,000/μL; total bilirubin within normal institutional limits (this will not apply to patients with confirmed Gilbert's syndrome); AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤ 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal; Creatinine within normal institutional limits
  • If the participant engages in sexual activity with a woman of childbearing potential, a condom must be used together with another highly effective method of contraception during the Treatment Period and for 6 months after the last dose of study intervention. The participant must agree not to donate sperm for the purpose of reproduction during the Treatment Phase and for a minimum of 6 months after receiving the last dose of study intervention
  • Highly effective birth control methods are required beginning at the screening visit and continuing until 6 months following last treatment with study drug. Patients and female partner who is of childbearing potential must use 2 acceptable methods of birth control (1 of which must include a condom as a barrier method of contraception, see Appendix F) starting at screening and continuing throughout the study period and for 6 months after final study drug administration. Two acceptable methods of birth control thus include Condom (barrier method of contraception) and one of the following is required ( established use of oral, or injected or implanted hormonal method of contraception by the female partner; placement of an intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS) by the female partner; additional barrier method like occlusive cap with spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/suppository in the female partner; tubal ligation in the female partner; vasectomy or other procedure resulting in infertility (eg., bilateral orchiectomy), for more than 6 months
  • Highly effective birth control methods are required beginning at the screening visit and continuing until 6 months following last treatment with study drug. Patients and female partner who is of childbearing potential must use 2 acceptable methods of birth control (1 of which must include a condom as a barrier method of contraception, starting at screening and continuing throughout the study period and for 6 months after final study drug administration

Who cannot take part

  • No more than 3 years of ADT is allowed, with the most recent ADT treatment having occurred more than 6 months prior to enrollment
  • Previous radiation therapy on the metastatic site
  • Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier. A window of 3 days is permitted
  • Participation in another clinical trial with any investigational agents within 30 days prior to study screening. A window of 3 days is permitted
  • Other known malignant neoplastic diseases in the patient's medical history with a disease-free interval of less than 3 years (except for previously treated basal cell carcinoma)
  • Any condition for which, in the opinion of the investigator, participation would not be in the best interest of the participant
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to 177-Lu-PSMA- I \& T or other agents used in the study
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Known HIV-positivity, whether or not symptomatic
  • The participant may not enter the study if ANY of the following apply:
  • PSMA -PET/CT scan more than 3 months
  • Spinal cord compression or impending spinal cord compression
  • Suspected pulmonary and/or liver metastases
  • Bone metastasis in a femoral bone
  • Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events
  • Unable to lie flat during or tolerable SABR

Where in Italy

  • UO Medicina Nucleare, AUSL della RomagnaCesena, ItalyContact: Michela CasiTaking people
  • UO Medicina Nucleare, IRCCS IRSTMeldola, ItalyContact: Emilio Francesco GiuntaTaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

Multicenter, open-label, parallel-group, phase II randomized study in patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer with 1-3 asymptomatic metastases of the soft tissue or bone. Eligible patients will be randomized at 1:1 ratio to Stereotactic Radiotherapy followed by Lu-PSMA (arm A) or Stereotactic Radiotherapy (arm B)

The 2 groups in the trial

  • Stereotactic Radiotherapy followed by Lu-PSMA (arm A)Treatment being tested

    Ablative stereotactic radiation on the metastatic sites. Delivered in a 1 to 5 fractions regimen. 177Lu-PSMA-I\&T in 2 cycles of treatment at 6-8 weekly intervals at a dosage of 7.4 Gigabequerel (GBq)

    Treatment: [177Lu]Lu-PSMA I&T and Stereotactic Radiotherapy

  • Stereotactic Radiotherapy (arm B)Existing treatment, for comparison

    Ablative stereotactic radiation on the metastatic sites. Delivered in a 1 to 5 fractions regimen.

    Treatment: Stereotactic Radiotherapy

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
A Phase II Randomized Trial of Lu-PSMA and Stereotactic Radiotherapy Versus Radiotherapy Alone for Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer (LUST)
Plain-language title
Tests radiation with or without Lu-PSMA in prostate cancer that has spread a littleGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
Record updated
3 December 2025