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NCT07450599RecruitingPhase 2

A Study to Learn How Well a Combination of Darolutamide and Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) Works as a Treatment Before Surgery for Men Who Have High-risk Localized Prostate Cancer.

A China Interventional Phase II, Single Arm, Multicenter Study Evaluating the Effectiveness and Safety of Darolutamide + ADT as Neo-Adjuvant Treatment in Treatment-naïve Patients Who Have Planned for Radical Prostatectomy (RP) With High Risk Localized Prostate Cancer

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Researchers are looking for a better way to treat men who have high-risk localized prostate cancer, which refers to a type of prostate cancer that is still confined to the prostate gland but has certain characteristics that make it more likely to grow and spread. The study treatment darolutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is under development as treatment before surgery for men who have high-risk localized prostate cancer. Darolutamide works by blocking the attachment of androgen hormones to androgen receptors in cancer cells, thereby blocking cancer progression and growth. ADT is an established treatment that is used to lower the amount of androgen hormones (e.g.,testosterone) in the body. The main purpose of this study is to learn how the cancer responds to the two different treatment durations (12 weeks or 24 weeks) of darolutamide combined with ADT used before the men undergo surgery to remove the prostate. For this, the researchers will compare the percentage of participants who either achieve complete response to the treatment (where no cancer cells are found) or with condition of minimal residual disease after the treatment (where only a small amount of cancer cells remains). The study participants will be randomly (by chance) assigned to one of two treatment groups. Depending on the group, they will receive darolutamide tablets by mouth plus ADT administered under the skin for either 12 weeks or 24 weeks. No more than 30 days after the end of the treatments, study participants will be performed with surgery to remove the prostate. Each participant will be in the study for approximately 29 to 32 months, including a screening phase of up to 28 days, 12 weeks or 24 weeks of treatment depending on the treatment groups, followed by the surgery no more than 30 days after the treatment, and a follow up phase of up to 2years after the surgery. 2 visits to the study site are planned during the screening phase, followed by 3 to 6 visits (every 28 days) during treatment. The treatment period ends with a visit within 7 days after the last dose of treatment. During the study, the doctors and their study team will: * take blood and urine samples * check the participants' health parameters * do physical examinations * check if the participants' cancer has grown and/or spread using CT (computed tomography) or MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and, if needed, bone scan * take tumor samples * ask the participants questions about how they are feeling and what adverse events they are having. An adverse event is any medical problem that a participant has during a study. Doctors keep track of all adverse events, irrespective if they think it is related or not to the study treatments. About 30 days after the last dose of treatment, 5 weeks after the surgery and every 12 weeks thereafter, the study doctors and their team will check the participants' health and any changes in cancer. This follow-up period ends 2 years after the surgery.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
250 (estimated)
First submitted
12 Feb 2026
Start date
27 Apr 2026
Primary completion date
15 Oct 2028
Lead sponsor
Bayer
NCT number
NCT07450599

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 250
  • From 27 Apr 2026 to the primary completion date, 15 Oct 2028
  • 23 sites in 1 country
  • 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

  • Intolerant to darolutamide or androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) treatment.
  • History of
    • Loss of consciousness or transient ischemic attack or stroke within 6 months prior to randomization, or
    • Significant cardiovascular disease within 6 months prior to randomization.
    • Any contraindications for RP.

Other illness

  • Prostate cancer with known neuroendocrine (NE) differentiation or small cell features.
  • Evidence of metastatic disease. Minimum imaging requirements to exclude metastatic disease are diagnostic quality imaging of the chest, pelvis, and the abdomen (CT or MRI with intravenous \[IV\] contrast), and WBBS. Nodal disease below the iliac bifurcation (clinical stage N1) is not an exclusion.
  • Uncontrolled or treatment-resistant hypertension.
  • History of another malignancy within 5 years prior to randomization.

Who the study is looking for

  • Participants must be 18 years or older at the time of signing the informed consent.
  • Darolutamide-naïve participants who are with localized prostate adenocarcinoma who plan to receive radical prostatectomy (RP) and defined as high risk with National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) criteria (version 1.2025).
  • No evidence of distant metastasis based on computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and whole body bone scan (WBBS) within 42 days prior to start of study treatment.
  • Candidate for RP with pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) or extended PLND (ePLND) as per the investigator.
  • Participants must have at least one of the following features according to NCCN definition of high-risk:
    • Biopsy Gleason score ≥8, and/or
    • Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) \>20 ng/mL measured during Screening and prior to randomization, or
    • Clinical stage ≥ T3a.
  • Participants with pelvic lymph node involvement (N1) can be included.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: Male · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (23)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Peking University First Hospital
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BeijingChinaNot yet recruiting
Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
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BeijingChinaRecruiting
Sichuan Cancer Hospital
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ChengduChinaNot yet recruiting
Dongyang People's Hospital
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DongyangChinaRecruiting
The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University
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FuzhouChinaRecruiting
Nanfang Hospital
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GuangzhouChinaNot yet recruiting
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
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GuangzhouChinaNot yet recruiting
The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
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HarbinChinaNot yet recruiting
The Second Affiliated Hospital Of Anhui Medical University
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HefeiChinaRecruiting
Qilu Hospital of Shandong University
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JinanChinaRecruiting
Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital (Affiliated Jinhua Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine)
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JinhuaChinaRecruiting
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
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KunmingChinaNot yet recruiting
The Second Hospital & Clinical Medical School Lanzhou University
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LanzhouChinaRecruiting
The First Affiliated Hospital of NanChang University
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NanchangChinaRecruiting
Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School
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NanjingChinaRecruiting
Shanghai General Hospital
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ShanghaiChinaRecruiting
Xinhua Hospital Affiliated To Shanghai Jiao tong University School of Medicine
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ShanghaiChinaRecruiting
The First Hospital of China Medical University
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ShenyangChinaNot yet recruiting
The 2nd Hospital of Hebei Medical University
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ShijiazhuangChinaRecruiting
The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University
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TianjinChinaNot yet recruiting
Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University
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WuhanChinaRecruiting
Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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WuhanChinaRecruiting
The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
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ZhengzhouChinaNot yet recruiting

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