RAdium-223 and SABR Versus SABR for Oligometastatic Prostate Cancers (RAVENS)

December 3, 2025 updated by: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

A Phase II Randomized Trial of RAdium-223 and SABR Versus SABR for oligomEtastatic Prostate caNcerS (RAVENS)

This is a Phase II non-blinded randomized study evaluating men with oligometastatic prostate cancer lesions randomized (1:1) to stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) versus SBAR + Radium-223. We are looking to determine the progression-free survival of men who have oligometastatic prostate cancer with at least one bone metastasis with stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) versus SABR + Radium-223.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

The metastatic capacity of prostate cancer (PCa) behaves along a spectrum of disease that contains an oligometastatic state where metastases are limited in number and location. The importance of local consolidation of all tumor deposits in oligometastatic disease to forestall further metastatic dissemination is now backed by small randomized studies. Our previous Baltimore ORIOLE randomized trial of stereotactic ablative radiation (SABR) alone, highly focused, high-dose radiation, versus observation in oligometastatic PCa final data demonstrate a progression-free survival (PFS) benefit of SABR alone. The patterns of failure from our ORIOLE trial in combination with prior data suggest one dominant mode of failure is from microscopic disease particularly those with bone-tropic biology. These are important early clinical data suggesting the existence of an oligometastatic state and the importance of local therapies in the management of these patients. Radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) approaches have not been applied in the oligometastatic space and thus the opportunity to target micrometastatic disease in conjunction with local consolidation of macroscopic disease with SABR has the potential to provide a curative paradigm for patients with oligometastatic PCa. We introduce the successor trial to ORIOLE called RAVENS that is a phase II randomized trial of SABR +/- the bone metastasis seeking RPT Xofigo in men with oligometastatic PCa. We hypothesize macroscopic prostate tumors support the growth of and help nurture future distant metastases and this process can be impacted most by total, macro- and microscopic, tumor consolidation. In addition, we hypothesize that circulating biomarkers can identify men with oligometastasis that benefit the most from SABR and RPT.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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64

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
        • Johns Hopkins

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 100 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient must have at least one and up to three asymptomatic metastatic tumor(s) of the bone or soft tissue (with at least one bone metastasis) develop within the past 6-months that are ≤ 5.0 cm or <250 cm3
  • Patient must have had their primary tumor treated with surgery and/or radiation.
  • Histologic confirmation of malignancy (primary or metastatic tumor).
  • PSADT <15 months. PSA doubling time (PSADT) will be calculated using as many PSA values that are available from time of relapse (PSA > 0.2). To calculate PSADT, the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Prostate Cancer Prediction Tool will be used. It can be found at the following web site: https://www.mskcc.org/nomograms/prostate/psa-doubling-time.
  • Patient may have had prior systemic therapy and/or ADT associated with treatment of their primary prostate cancer. Patient may have had ADT associated with salvage radiation therapy (to the primary prostate cancer or pelvis is allowed).
  • PSA > 0.5 but <50.
  • Testosterone > 125 ng/dL.
  • Patient must be ≥ 18 years of age.
  • Patient must have a life expectancy ≥ 12 months.
  • Patient must have an ECOG performance status ≤ 2.
  • Patient must have normal organ and marrow function as defined as:

Before the first administration of Xofigo, the absolute neutrophil count (ANC) should be ≥ 1.5 x 109/L, the platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L and hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL.

* Patient must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • No more than 3 years of ADT is allowed, with the most recent ADT treatment having occurred greater than 6 months prior to enrollment.
  • PSMA-PET/MRI or PSMA-PET/CT scan within the past 6 months with results that demonstrate more disease lesions than baseline CT/Bone Scan
  • Castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
  • Spinal cord compression or impending spinal cord compression.
  • Suspected pulmonary and/or liver metastases (greater >10 mm in largest axis).
  • Patient receiving any other investigational agents.
  • Patient receiving abiraterone and prednisone.
  • Patient is participating in a concurrent treatment protocol.
  • Serum creatinine > 3 times the upper limit of normal.
  • Total bilirubin > 3 times the upper limit of normal.
  • Liver Transaminases > 5-times the upper limit of normal.
  • Unable to lie flat during or tolerate PET/MRI, PET/CT or SBRT.
  • Prior salvage treatment to the primary prostate cancer or pelvis is allowed.
  • Refusal to sign informed consent.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel 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: Radium-223 and SABR
First radium-223 infusion will be within two weeks of SABR
Drug: Radium-223
Radium-223 plus SABR will be within two weeks.
Radiation: stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR)
SABR 1-5 fractions
Active Comparator: SABR
SABR(1-5 fractions) will be administered for all men
Radiation: stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR)
SABR 1-5 fractions

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Progression-free Survival
Time Frame: Up to 24 months
Time to progression in men who have oligometastatic prostate cancer after therapy. Progression is defined by PCWG2 criteria as follows: >=25% increase in PSA from nadir (and by >=2ng/mL), and/or clinical/radiographic progression (clinical progression = symptomatic progression, worsening of disease-related symptoms or new cancer-related complications; radiographic progression on CT scan defined by RECIST 1.1 criteria: >=20% enlargement in sum diameter of soft-tissue target lesions; or on bone scan >=1 new bone lesions), initiation of ADT or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.
Up to 24 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Toxicity as Assessed by Number of Participants Who Experience Adverse Events Grade 3 or Greater (CTCAE v4.0)
Time Frame: Up to 24 months
Adverse events grade 3 or higher (defined by CTCAE v4.0) measured as treatment related events in either SABR or SABR and Radium-223 arms.
Up to 24 months
Rate of Local Control at 12 Months
Time Frame: Up to 12 months
Percentage of participants achieving local control at 12 months
Up to 12 months
Time to Locoregional Progression
Time Frame: 12 months
Time from starting treatment until local and/or regional relapse is documented
12 months
Time to Distant Progression
Time Frame: Up to 24 months
Time from starting treatment until distant relapse is documented
Up to 24 months
Metastasis-Free Survival
Time Frame: Up to 24 months
Time from treatment start to the time of a newly documented tumor metastasis by CT and/or bone scan. Subjects who do not progress will be censored at the time of the last contact.
Up to 24 months
Androgen-deprivation Therapy (ADT)-Free Survival
Time Frame: Up to 24 months
Time from randomization until initiation of androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT). ADT Free Survival (ADT-FS) is defined as the time from starting treatment to the time of initiation of palliative ADT.
Up to 24 months
Quality of Life as Assessed by Pain Severity and Pain Interference Score With Imputations Using the Brief Pain Inventory
Time Frame: Baseline, Day 360
The brief pain inventory assesses the severity of pain, location of pain, amount of pain over the last 24 hours, and impact of pain on daily functions. Scores for the 4 pain severity items and 7 pain interference items range from 0-10, where 10 is the worst pain or pain that completely interferes with described activity and 0 is the least pain or does not interfere with described activity. The mean of these scores is used to measure pain severity and pain interference.
Baseline, Day 360
Change in Quality of Life as Assessed by Pain Severity and Pain Interference With Imputations Using the Brief Pain Inventory
Time Frame: Baseline, Day 360
The brief pain inventory assesses the severity of pain, location of pain, amount of pain over the last 24 hours, and impact of pain on daily functions. Scores for the 4 pain severity items and 7 pain interference items range from 0-10, where 10 is the worst pain or pain that completely interferes with described activity and 0 is the least pain or does not interfere with described activity. The mean of these scores is used to measure pain severity and pain interference.
Baseline, Day 360
Time to New Metastatsis
Time Frame: 12 months
Time to New Metastasis (TNM) is defined as the time from starting treatment to the time of a new documented tumor metastasis by CT and/or bone scan. Subjects who do not progress will be censored at the time of the last contact.
12 months
Duration of Response
Time Frame: 12 Months
Response will be defined as evidence of CR, PR, or stable disease. The duration of response will be measured from the start of treatment until the criteria for progression are met
12 Months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Collaborators

Collaborators

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Bayer
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Ana Kiess, M.D., Johns Hopkins SKCCC

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General Publications

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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August 9, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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July 15, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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July 15, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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July 26, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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July 29, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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July 30, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

Last Update Posted

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December 19, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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December 3, 2025

Last Verified

Last Verified

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December 1, 2025

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  • J18147
  • IRB00188450 (Other Identifier: JHM IRB)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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