Recruiting
Phase 3

Lutetium (177Lu) vs. Observation

Sponsor:

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Code:

NCT05939414

Conditions

Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer (OMPC)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Male

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

AAA617

piflufolastat (18F)

gallium (68Ga) gozetotide (25μg)

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lutetium (177Lu) vipivotide tetraxetan (AAA617) in participants with oligometastatic prostate cancer (OMPC) progressing after definitive therapy to their primary tumor. The data generated from this study will provide evidence for the treatment of AAA617 in early-stage prostate cancer patients to control recurrent tumor from progressing to fatal metastatic disease while preserving quality of life by delaying treatment with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).

Conditions

Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer (OMPC)

Study ID

NCT05939414

Start date

Mar 12, 2024

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Oct 3, 2031

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr 25, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Male

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Key Inclusion criteria:

1. Histologically confirmed prostate cancer prior to randomization
2. Participants must have biochemically recurrent disease after definitive treatment to prostate by Radical Prostatectomy ((RP), (alone or with post-operative radiation to prostate bed/pelvic nodes)) or External beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT), (prostate alone or prostate with seminal vesicle and/or pelvic nodes) and/or brachytherapy prior to randomization. Biochemical recurrence (BCR) is defined as: nadir PSA + 2 ng/mL post XRT (if participant received-radiation therapy to intact prostate) and PSA > 0.2 ng/mL and rising post RP (with or without post-operation Radiation Therapy (RT))
3. Participants must have OMPC with 1-5 PSMA -positive metastatic lesions on screening PSMA PET/CT scan (with either gallium (68Ga) gozetotide or piflufolastat (18F)) as visually assessed by BIRC. For definition of PSMA PET positivity, please refer to Section 8.1 and the Imaging Manual. Metastatic lesions may include regional/pelvic lymph nodes (N1), distant lymph nodes (M1a), bone (M1b), lung and others visceral (M1c) except liver and brain classified using American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8. When counting the number of oligometastatic lesions, each lesion is counted as distinct metastasis irrespective of its anatomical location (e.g., one pelvic and one extra-pelvic lymph node will be counted as two metastatic lesions)
4. At least 1 PSMA-positive lesion must be a distant metastasis (M1) per AJCC8 classification at screening. For AJCC M staging, PSMA PET/CT information should be used
5. Participants must have a negative CI for M1 disease at screening.

Note:
  • For a participant not to be eligible, CI positive M1 lesions should be unequivocal in CI scans, i.e., potentially not attributable to findings thought to represent something other than tumor (e.g., degenerative, or post-traumatic changes or Paget's disease in bone lesions). For CI assessments, bone lesions must be assessed by bone scan only and soft tissue lesions must be assessed by CT/MRI scans only at screening.
  • Prior knowledge of PSMA PET positivity should not influence the radiologist (reader) in determination of CI positivity. Two different readers will be involved, one reader for PSMA PET/CT scan and one reader for CI: Reader will be blinded to PSMA PET scan results while reading CI scans. Reader should not modify their assessment of CI scans (e.g. changing a lesion previously identified as equivocal in CI to unequivocal) after reading the PSMA PET scan. Similarly, biopsy positivity should not influence the reader in the assessment of CI positivity. More details on the reading paradigm will be provided in the imaging charter
  • MRI for radiation treatment planning may show M1 disease but this will not exclude the participant from the study if the lesion is deemed negative per baseline CT or bone scans
  • Participants with pelvic disease (N1) seen in CI are allowed if the local spread is below common iliac bifurcation (per AJCC 8 definition of local disease)
  • Distant lymph node disease (M1a) that is visible per CI and less than 10mm in the short axis is not exclusionary irrespective of PSMA PET positivity.
  • If a previously surgically removed lesion was unequivocal for M1 by bone scan or CT, the participant is not eligible.
6. All metastatic lesions detected at screening must be amenable to SBRT
7. Non-castration testosterone level >100 ng/dL at screening

Key Exclusion criteria:

1. Participants with de novo OMPC at screening
2. Unmanageable concurrent bladder outflow obstruction or urinary incontinence at screening. Note: participants with bladder outflow obstruction or urinary incontinence, which is manageable and controlled with best available standard of care (incl. pads, drainage) are allowed
3. Prior therapy with:

1. ADT (including bilateral orchiectomy) and ARPIs used for metastatic prostate cancer treatment

  • Participants who received AR-directed therapy, whether ADT or an ARPI or both, as neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy as a component of their primary therapy, are eligible provided that they discontinued therapy ≥12 months prior to randomization for ADT (i.e., 12 months after the last day of the last injection) or ≥3 months if ARPI was given as monotherapy. ARPI's as a term includes both contemporary androgen synthesis inhibitors (e.g., abiraterone, galeterone, and orteneronel), and receptor inhibitors (enzalutamide, apalutamide and darolutamide).
  • Patients who biochemically relapsed after primary therapy may also have had treatment with AR directed therapy and participants who had SBRT with ADT are also eligible provided that the ARPI +/- ADT or ADT alone was terminated

≥12 months prior to randomization for ADT (i.e., 12 months after the last day of the last injection) or ≥3 months if ARPI was given as monotherapy.
  • Participants who received first generation anti-androgens (bicalutamide, flutamide, nilutamide, cyproterone) for biochemical recurrence or adjuvant/neoadjuvant therapy are eligible provided that they discontinued therapy ≥3 months prior to randomization.
  • Participants who have discontinued ADT due to disease progression are not eligible (i.e., Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC) participants)
2. Other hormonal therapy. e.g.,

•Use of estrogens, 5-α reductase inhibitors (finasteride, dutasteride), other steroidogenesis inhibitors (aminoglutethimide) if used in the context of prostate cancer treatment. Same medications are allowed if used for other indications: e.g., Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), if stopped ≥3 months before randomization.
3. Radiopharmaceutical agents (e.g., Strontium-89, PSMA-targeted radioligand therapy)
4. Immunotherapy (e.g., sipuleucel-T)
5. Chemotherapy, except if administered in the adjuvant/neoadjuvant setting completed > 12 months before randomization
6. Any other investigational or systemic agents for metastatic disease
4. Radiation therapy external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and brachytherapy within 28 days before randomization
5. Concurrent cytotoxic chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radioligand therapy, hormonal therapy (see ADT initiation guidance in Section 6.8.2), Poly Adenosine Diphosphate-Ribose Polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, biological therapy or investigational therapy
6. Diagnosed at screening with other malignancies that are expected to alter life expectancy or may interfere with disease assessment. However, participants with a prior history of malignancy that has been adequately treated and who have been disease/treatment free for more than 3 years are eligible, as are participants with adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer and superficial bladder cancer.
7. History or current diagnosis of ECG abnormalities indicating significant risk of safety for participants participating in the study such as:

  • Concomitant clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias, e.g. sustained ventricular tachycardia, and clinically significant second or third degree Atrioventricular (AV) block without a pacemaker
  • History of familial long QT syndrome or known family history of Torsades de Pointe
8. Participants in immediate need of ADT or other systemic therapy as assessed by the investigator. In addition, investigators should only enroll participants who are committed to delay castration in accordance with the scope of the study and are willing to wait to start systemic therapy until distant progression (MFS event) as assessed by CI (consisting with existing treatment guidelines) and confirmed by BIRC is reached. This must be discussed with the participants before ICF is signed.

Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion may apply.

Study Design

Enrollment

450 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Investigational Arm: lutetium (177Lu) vipivotide tetraxetan (AAA617)

All participants will be treated with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) to all metastatic lesions followed by a dose of 7.4 GBq (200 mCi) +/- 10% of AAA617 which will be administered once every 6 weeks (1 cycle) for a planned 4 cycles.

no intervention: Control arm: observation (watchful waiting)

All participants will be treated with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) to all metastatic lesions followed by observation only.

Interventions

AAA617

Radiopharmaceutical solution for infusion/injection

piflufolastat (18F)

Provided as ready-to-use radiopharmaceutical

gallium (68Ga) gozetotide (25μg)

Provided as PSMA-11 Kit for radiopharmaceutical preparation of gallium (68Ga) gozetotide

Primary outcome measure

  • Blinded Independent Review Committee (BIRC) assessed Metastasis Free Survival (MFS) [ Time Frame: From date of randomization until first evidence of radiographically detectable bone or soft tissue distant metastasis or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first, assessed up to approximately 30 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Highlands Oncology Group

Recruiting

Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States, 72703

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Joseph Thaddeus Beck

VA Greater LA Healthcare System

Recruiting

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90073

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Matthew Rettig

VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Recruiting

Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304-1207

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Minal Vasanawala

Stanford University

Recruiting

Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Mallika Marar

UCSF

Recruiting

San Francisco, California, United States, 94115

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Steven Seyedin

Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers

Recruiting

Denver, Colorado, United States, 80218

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Allen Cohn

Cancer Specialists of North Florida

Recruiting

Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32256

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Richard Cassidy

Woodlands Medical Specialists

Recruiting

Pensacola, Florida, United States, 32503

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Michael Poiesz

Piedmont Healthcare

Recruiting

Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30318

Principal Investigator:

Adam Nowlan

University of Chicago

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Mohammad Atiq

The Cancer Institute of Alexian Brothers

Recruiting

Elk Grove, Illinois, United States, 60007

Contacts

Unity Point Clinic

Recruiting

Des Moines, Iowa, United States, 50323

Contacts

Tracy Sarin

tsarin@iora.org

Principal Investigator:

Mark Kellerman

University of Kansas Hospital

Recruiting

Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160

Contacts

Daniel Rivera

drivera3@kumc.edu

Principal Investigator:

Xinglei Shen

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

Recruiting

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 70809

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Victor Lin

East Jefferson Hospital

Recruiting

Metairie, Louisiana, United States, 70006

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Alton Oliver Sartor

University of Maryland Medical Ctr

Recruiting

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Arif Hussain

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Com Cancer Ctr

Recruiting

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Ana Kiess

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Recruiting

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Mai Anh Huynh

Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr

Recruiting

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215

Contacts

Katerina von Helms

kvonhelm@bidmc.harvard.edu

Principal Investigator:

David J Einstein

BAMF Health

Recruiting

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503

Contacts

Kamara Kam Bailey

kam.bailey@bamfhealth.com

Principal Investigator:

Brandon Mancini

William Beaumont Hospital

Recruiting

Royal Oak, Michigan, United States, 48073

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Andrew Thompson

Mayo Clinic Rochester

Recruiting

Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Ryan Phillips

St Louis University

Recruiting

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63104

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Medhat Osman

Wash U School of Medicine

Recruiting

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110

Contacts

Collin Welch

c.welch@wustl.edu

Principal Investigator:

Hiram Gay

The Urology Center PC DBA UroHealth Partners

Recruiting

Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68114

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Andrew Trainer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10065

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Daniel Gorovets

Associated Med Professionals of NY

Recruiting

Syracuse, New York, United States, 13210

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Steven Finkelstein

Montefiore Hospital

Recruiting

The Bronx, New York, United States, 10467-2490

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Benjamin A Gartrell

East Carolina University

Recruiting

Greenville, North Carolina, United States, 27858

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Andrew Ju

Dayton Physicians

Recruiting

Kettering, Ohio, United States, 45409

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Trevor Bluemel

Oregon Urology Institute

Recruiting

Springfield, Oregon, United States, 97477

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Bryan Mehlhaff

Carolina Urologic Research Center

Recruiting

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States, 29572

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Neal D Shore

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Recruiting

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Kerry Schaffer

Univ of Texas Southwest Med Center

Recruiting

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390-9034

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Kevin Courtney

Rio Grande Urology

Recruiting

El Paso, Texas, United States, 79912

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Jameson T Mendel

Virginia Oncology Associates

Recruiting

Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23502

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Mark Fleming

Blue Ridge Cancer Center

Recruiting

Wytheville, Virginia, United States, 24382

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

David Buck

Novartis Investigative Site

Recruiting

Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 5G2

Novartis Investigative Site

Recruiting

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 2Y9

Novartis Investigative Site

Recruiting

London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4G5

Novartis Investigative Site

Recruiting

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L6

Novartis Investigative Site

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2M9

Novartis Investigative Site

Recruiting

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2X 1R9

Novartis Investigative Site

Recruiting

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1E2

Novartis Investigative Site

Recruiting

Québec, Quebec, Canada, G1J 1Z4

More Information

Sponsor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Last update posted

Sep 1, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • Lutetium (177Lu) vipivotide tetraxetan
  • Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer (OMPC)
  • Metastasis Free Survival (MFS)
  • gallium (68Ga) gozetotide
  • piflufolastat (18F)
  • prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)
  • Delay Castration
  • Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
  • metastasis-directed therapy
  • Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT)-free survival.

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Novartis Pharmaceuticals on 2026-09-01.