For Cause Prostate Biopsy in REDUCE Population Trial

Determining the Likelihood of Prostate Cancer Detection in Men Taking Dutasteride When Biopsy is Performed 'for Cause'.

The REDUCE trial was conducted to determine whether dutasteride reduces the risk of incident prostate cancer, as detected on biopsy, among men who are at increased risk for the disease. Dutasteride was compared with placebo for 4 years period. Results showed a relative risk reduction of 22.8 % (95% CI: 15.2 to 29.8)in prostate cancer.

For REDUCE, biopsies were defined as "protocol biopsy" if performed at certain timeframes, and "for cause" if outside these predetermined timeframes.

The investigators propose a post hoc analysis that would allow them to include biopsies that really justified a clinical indication, but were excluded from "for cause" analysis based on occurring at either the 2 or 4 year timeframes.

Thus the investigators propose analysis of both REDUCE groups by every yearly timeframe as:

Group 1--dutasteride group biopsied "for cause" using several definitions: biopsy of patients who received dutasteride whose PSA rose from nadir as defined in your own protocol,who had a PSA rise>0.2 ng/ml or who had a new abnormal DRE or had a free PSA<12% . The investigators define these as such because this would reasonably instigate biopsy if the clinician had a patient with this scenario in the non-study setting.

Group 2--placebo group biopsied "for cause" using several definitions, regardless of timeframe but reported at each year of the study and aggregate, with the aggregate number being the primary outcome. Thus the investigators would request results of biopsy of patients who received placebo To establish differences in biopsy positive rates the groups as per each definition listed, to determine if dutasteride decreased the likelihood of "for cause" biopsy compared to "not for cause" biopsy, and if there is a difference in cancer detection risk rate depending on cause vs. no cause in that group compared to placebo.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Prostate Cancer

Detailed Description

Purpose: Determining the likelihood of prostate cancer detection in men taking dutasteride when biopsy is performed 'for cause'.

Population: The population of interest is the REDUCE Biopsied population, that is, all subjects in the Efficacy population who have at least one post-baseline biopsy reviewed by the Central Pathology Laboratory.

Analyses: Initial interest will be focused on data from the Year 1-2 time period, to avoid the potential effect of the cancer diagnoses from the Year 2 scheduled biopsies on the assessments utilized in the "for cause" definitions. Only PSA data from Years 1-2 and baseline will be utilized in the computation of the various PSA metrics, and only Central Pathology results from Years 1-2 will be utilized to establish post-baseline diagnoses. PSA values on or within 42 days after date of biopsy will be excluded from the analyses, to avoid potential effects of biopsy on the PSA value.

For each of the 2 groups of subjects, the following will be summarized: number of subjects meeting the corresponding criteria, number and % of subjects diagnosed with prostate cancer, number and % of such subjects diagnosed with Gleason 7-10, and number and % of subjects diagnosed with either prostate cancer, HGPIN or ASAP. Summaries of the numbers of subjects meeting each of the specific criteria for group 1 (a through e) and Group 2 (a through h) will be provided.

In addition, summaries investigating the effect of baseline variables (such as age, family history of prostate cancer, prostate volume, percent free PSA, number of cores at the entry biopsy) on the occurrence of prostate cancer diagnoses and Gleason 7-10 diagnoses may be developed.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 6608

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Ohio
    • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
      • Cleveland Clinic

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 50 years to 75 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

REDUCE trial participants

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Group 1-subjects in the dutasteride treatment group who meet the following sets of criteria:

• A rise in PSA from nadir at any time post-nadir
• PSA change from baseline >0.2 ng/ml at any time post-baseline
• Abnormal DRE at any time post-baseline
• Free PSA<12% at any time post-baseline
• At least one of the above 4 criteria.

Group 2-subjects in the placebo treatment group who meet the following sets of criteria:

• Change from baseline PSA between 0.0 and 0.35 (ie, 0.0 ≤ change from baseline PSA < 0.35) at any time post-baseline. Note that in REDUCE PSA was recorded to the nearest 0.1.
• Abnormal DRE at any time post-baseline
• Change from baseline PSA ≥ 0.35 at any time post-baseline
• Change from baseline PSA ≥ 0.75 at any time post-baseline
• PSA ≥ 2.5 at any time post-baseline
• PSA ≥ 4.0 at any time post-baseline
• Percent Free PSA < 12% at any time post-baseline
• At least one of the above 7 criteria.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Group 1; Subjects on Dutasteride that meet the following criteria: . A rise in PSA from nadir at any time post-nadir; . PSA change from baselin >0.2 mg/ml at any time post-baseline; . Abnormal DRE at any time post-baseline; . Free-PSA <12% at any time post-baseline; . At least one of the above 4 criteria; Subjects on Dutasteride that do not meet the above criteria
Group 2; Subjects on placebo treatment that meet the following criteria: Change from baseline PSA between 0.0 and 0.35 (ie, 0.0 ≤ change from baseline PSA < 0.35) at any time post-baseline. Note that in REDUCE PSA was recorded to the nearest 0.1.; Abnormal DRE at any time post-baseline; Change from baseline PSA ≥ 0.35 at any time post-baseline; Change from baseline PSA ≥ 0.75 at any time post-baseline; PSA ≥ 2.5 at any time post-baseline; PSA ≥ 4.0 at any time post-baseline; Percent Free PSA < 12% at any time post-baseline; At least one of the above 7 criteria.; Subjects on placebo that do not meet the above criteria

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Cancer detection risk among the groups in the "for cause" context	Determination of differences in cancer detection risk rate depending on cause vs no cause in that group compared to placebo	4 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Dutasteride as a key factor in the likelihood of "for cause" biopsy	Determination of dutasteride as an item in decreasing the likelihood of "for cause" biopsy compared to "not for cause" biopsy	4 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic
• Collaborators: GlaxoSmithKline
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Stephen Jones, MD, The Cleveland Clinic

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Andriole GL, Bostwick DG, Brawley OW, Gomella LG, Marberger M, Montorsi F, Pettaway CA, Tammela TL, Teloken C, Tindall DJ, Somerville MC, Wilson TH, Fowler IL, Rittmaster RS; REDUCE Study Group. Effect of dutasteride on the risk of prostate cancer. N Engl J Med. 2010 Apr 1;362(13):1192-202. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0908127.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: February 1, 2012
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 1, 2012
• Study Completion (Actual): February 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 31, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 7, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): February 8, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): August 23, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 22, 2016
• Last Verified: August 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: prostate cancer; dutasteride; for cause prostate biopsy
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Genital Neoplasms, Male; Prostatic Diseases; Prostatic Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: REDUCE-FOR CAUSE; 115686 (Other Identifier: GSK)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO