IMAAGEN: Impact of Abiraterone Acetate in Prostate-Specific Antigen

February 12, 2026 updated by: Janssen Biotech, Inc.

A Multicenter, Open-label, Single-arm, Phase 2 Study of Abiraterone Acetate Plus Prednisone in Subjects With Advanced Prostate Cancer Without Radiographic Evidence of Metastatic Disease

The purpose of this study is to show that abiraterone acetate plus prednisone added to the current standard of care, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) decreases prostate specific antigen (PSA) and prolongs the time until it is evident that the cancer has grown. Additionally, safety information about abiraterone acetate in combination with prednisone will be collected. This will include looking at what side effects occur, how often they occur, and for how long they last.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

This is a Phase 2, prospective, multicenter, open-label, single-arm study of abiraterone acetate plus prednisone in men with non-metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) who have a rising PSA despite castrate levels of testosterone. The study consists of Screening Phase (up to 4 weeks), Core Study Treatment Phase (comprised of six 28-day cycles), a Pre-metastatic Disease Follow-up Phase, an Optional Drug Holiday Phase; and a 30-day Safety Follow-up Visit. Each treatment cycle will last 28 days. Participating participants will receive study agents (Abiraterone acetate 1000 mg/day plus prednisone 5 mg/day, orally) continually during the study. If the partcipants elects to participate in the Optional Drug Holiday Phase, participants will discontinue abiraterone acetate plus prednisone and ADT. Participants will have the option to return to study medication during the first year of the Optional Drug Holiday Phase if there is evidence of rising PSA but no metastasis based on study imaging. If participants do no elect to participate, they will continue with the core study treatment as per protocol. The study will end when all participated participants have disease progression or end of the 2-year period (if participants participated in the Optional Drug Holiday Phase). Participants will be required to return to the study site 30 days after receiving the last dose of abiraterone acetate for safety follow-up.

Study Type

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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131

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Alabama
      • Homewood, Alabama, United States
      • Huntsville, Alabama, United States
    • Arizona
      • Tucson, Arizona, United States
    • California
      • Los Angeles, California, United States
      • San Diego, California, United States
      • San Francisco, California, United States
    • Colorado
      • Aurora, Colorado, United States
      • Denver, Colorado, United States
    • Florida
      • Aventura, Florida, United States
      • Orange City, Florida, United States
    • Georgia
      • Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    • Illinois
      • Evanston, Illinois, United States
      • Galesburg, Illinois, United States
      • Glenview, Illinois, United States
      • Melrose Park, Illinois, United States
    • Indiana
      • Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
      • Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States
    • Louisiana
      • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States
      • Rockville, Maryland, United States
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    • Michigan
      • Lansing, Michigan, United States
    • Nebraska
      • Omaha, Nebraska, United States
    • New Jersey
      • Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States
    • New York
      • Albany, New York, United States
      • Brooklyn, New York, United States
      • Buffalo, New York, United States
      • Garden City, New York, United States
      • New York, New York, United States
      • Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
      • Staten Island, New York, United States
    • North Carolina
      • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
      • Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
    • Ohio
      • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville, South Carolina, United States
      • Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
    • Tennessee
      • Nashville, Tennessee, United States
    • Texas
      • Arlington, Texas, United States
      • Houston, Texas, United States
    • Washington
      • Seattle, Washington, United States
    • Wisconsin
      • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 99 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Major Inclusion Criteria:

  • Be a male >= 18 years of age
  • Have adenocarcinoma of the prostate
  • Currently receiving continuous treatment with Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) monotherapy for at least 6 months before or have undergone surgical removal of the testicles
  • Serum testosterone of < 50 ng/dL(< 2.0 nM)
  • Have rising PSA defined as a PSA of >= 10 ng/mL obtained at screening or PSADT of ≤ 10 months with the first of the 3 consecutive PSA values used to calculate PSADT ≥ 2.0 ng/mL
  • Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status less than or equal to 2
  • Be capable of swallowing study agents whole as a tablet
  • Be willing/able to adhere to the prohibitions and restrictions specified in this protocol

Major Exclusion Criteria:

  • Have prior or current evidence of local disease progression or metastatic disease as defined by modified response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) criteria
  • Have received chemotherapy for treatment of castrate-resistant prostate cancer; however, if a patient received chemotherapy in an adjuvant setting, prior to having CRPC, for castrate-sensitive prostate cancer, the patient is still eligible
  • Are currently receiving any antiandrogen therapy (eg, bicalutamide, flutamide, or nilutamide).
  • If previously treated with antiandrogen therapy, there must be documentation of at least 2 consecutive rising PSA values at least 2 weeks apart obtained prior to screening
  • If previously treated with flutamide, at least 1 of the PSA values must be obtained 4 weeks or more after flutamide discontinuation.
  • If previously treated with bicalutamide or nilutamide, at least 1 of the PSA values must be obtained 6 weeks or more after antiandrogen discontinuation
  • Have previously received agents having any CYP17 inhibitory activity for the treatment of prostate cancer, such as ketoconazole
  • Have previously received aminoglutethimide
  • Have an active infection or other medical condition that would contraindicate prednisone use
  • Have uncontrolled hypertension
  • Have active hepatitis or chronic liver disease
  • Have clinically significant heart disease
  • Have poorly controlled diabetes
  • Have received an investigational therapeutic within 30 days of screening
  • Have partners of childbearing potential and are not willing to use a method of birth control with adequate barrier protection as determined to be acceptable by the principal investigator and sponsor during the study and for 1 week after last dose of abiraterone acetate.
  • Individuals with a history of a non-prostate malignancy are ineligible for this study with the following exceptions. Individuals with a history of other malignancies are eligible if they have been disease-free for at least 3 years and are deemed by the investigator to be at low risk for recurrence of that malignancy. Individuals with the following cancers are eligible if diagnosed and treated within the past 3 years: basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: 001
abiraterone acetate in combination with prednisone Abiraterone acetate will be taken as 4 x 250 mg tablets by mouth (PO) once daily. Prednisone will be taken as 2 x 2.5 mg tablets PO once daily.
Drug: abiraterone acetate in combination with prednisone
Abiraterone acetate will be taken as 4 x 250 mg tablets by mouth (PO) once daily. Prednisone will be taken as 2 x 2.5 mg tablets PO once daily.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Greater Than or Equal to (>=) 50 Percent (%) Reduction in Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) During the Core Study
Time Frame: End of core study visit (Approximately at Month 6)
Percentage of participants with greater than or equal to 50 percent decrease in PSA levels was assessed.
End of core study visit (Approximately at Month 6)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Time to Radiographic Evidence of Disease Progression (TTRP)
Time Frame: Maximum up to Month 30.5
Time to radiographic evidence of disease progression is defined as the time interval from the date of enrollment (Day 1) to the date of disease progression. A participant was considered as progressed by bone scan if: 1) The appearance of greater than or equal to (>=) 2 new lesions, and, following the first assessment, a confirmatory scan performed 6 or more weeks later that shows a minimum of 2 or more additional new lesions, 2) If >=2 new lesions are seen on scans following the first assessment, the confirmation is still required after 6 weeks; however, 2 addition lesions are not required to confirm progression, and 3) The date of progression is the date of the first scan that shows the changes.
Maximum up to Month 30.5
Time to Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Progression
Time Frame: Maximum up to Month 30.5
Time to PSA progression is defined as the time interval from the date of enrollment (Day 1) to the date of first evidence of PSA progression. A participant was considered to have a PSA progression if the PSA level had a 25 percent (%) or greater increase and an absolute increase of 2 nanogram (ng)/milliliter (mL) or more, which is confirmed by a second value obtained in 3 or more weeks.
Maximum up to Month 30.5
Percentage of Participants With Greater Than or Equal to (>=) 50 Percent (%) Reduction in Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Levels After 3 Cycles of Treatment
Time Frame: End of Cycle 3 (Approximately Month 3)
Percentage of participants with greater than or equal to 50 percent decrease in PSA levels was assessed. Decrease in PSA levels represented improvement.
End of Cycle 3 (Approximately Month 3)

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Janssen Biotech, Inc.

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Study Director: Janssen Services, LLC. Clinical Trial, Janssen Biotech, Inc.

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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May 4, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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December 24, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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December 2, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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March 4, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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March 10, 2011

First Posted (Estimated)

First Posted

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March 14, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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February 24, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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February 12, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

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February 1, 2026

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Other Study ID Numbers

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  • CR017932
  • 212082PCR2005 (Other Identifier: Janssen Research & Development, LLC)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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