HIghly MetAstatic Life Prolonging Therapy-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Role of Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Bone and Lymph Node Metastases (HIMARS) (HIMARS)

HIghly MetAstatic Life Prolonging Therapy-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Role of Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Bone and Lymph Node Metastases

The investigators propose redefining this concept by focusing on volume rather than the number of metastases. To achieve this, the investigators aim to determine the Maximum Tolerated Volume (MTV) of metastatic lesions treatable with SRT (Stereotaxic radiotherapy) in a phase 1 study. In this study, the investigators will recruit patients with high-volume metastatic disease in bones or lymph nodes and progressively irradiate a volume-escalated subset of the total lesions. The selection will prioritize lesions at higher risk of causing pain or complications, such as fractures, spinal compression, or vascular compression. The investigators hypothesis is that SRT targeting multiple metastases (with a total volume ≤ MTV) will extend the duration without refractory pain and/or tumor-related complications in patients with castration-resistant and chemo-refractory prostate cancer.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Prostate Cancer Metastatic Disease; Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer (OMPC)
• Intervention / Treatment: Radiation: Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT)

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 18
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Lucie Labarre; Email: lucie.labarre@ico.unicancer.fr
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Loïg Vaugier, MD; Phone Number: +33240679900; Email: loig.vaugier@ico.unicancer.fr

Study Locations

• France
  • Saint-Herblain, France, 44805
    • Recruiting
    • ICO
    • Contact: Loïg Vaugier, MD; Phone Number: +33240679900; Email: loig.vaugier@ico.unicancer.fr

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Metastatic prostate cancer with clinical progression after the use of androgen-receptor pathway inhibitor, chemotherapy or any other life-prolonging therapy. Patient could have been treated previously by RadioLigand Therapy (RLT).
• Performance Status < 3
• Bone and/or lymph node metastases based on conventional (CT and bone scan) or metabolic imaging
• Bone and/or lymph node metastases suitable for SRT, according to the investigator

• Adequate organ function:

  1. Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥ 1000/mm3 or
  2. Platelet Count ≥ 50 000/mm3 or
  3. Haemoglobin ≥ 8 g/dL (allowing transfusion or other intervention to achieve this minimum haemoglobin)
• Age ≥ 18 years at time of study entry
• Written informed consent obtained from the patient prior to performing any protocol-related
• Patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits and examinations including follow up.
• Patient has valid health insurance
• Life time expected > 3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Evidence of symptomatic metastases to the lungs, brain, peritoneum or liver
• Evidence of diffuse metastatic spread to the bone marrow (e.g. positive super bone scan) or the cerebral spinal fluid as per bone scan (no lumbar puncture required).
• Evidence of presence of symptomatic spinal cord compression with indication of neurosurgical decompression.
• Patient with symptomatic and/or high-risk tumor volume-to-bone marrow reserve ratio > 50%
• Concurrent enrolment in another clinical study, unless it is a non-therapeutic clinical study
• Mental impairment (psychiatric illness/social situations) that may compromise the ability of the patient to give informed consent and comply with the requirements of the study;
• Patient who has forfeited his/her freedom by administrative or legal award or who is under guardianship;
• Patients unable to undergo medical follow-up in the study for geographical, social or psychological reasons.

• History of another primary malignancy except for

  1. Malignancy treated with curative intent and with no known active disease ≥2 years before the first dose of SRT and of low potential risk for recurrence
  2. Adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidence of disease
  3. Adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease
• Uncontrolled pain that contraindicates patient positioning on the radiotherapy table according to investigator
• Patient indicated to or currently treated by cytopenic treatment as chemotherapy or RadioLigand Therapy
• Patient under concomitant treatment that may generate severe gastro-intestinal disorder or genito-urinary disorder

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: stereotaxic radiotherapy; This volume escalation will be performed until MTV is reached. Level cohort is defined by: volume level Irradiation volume / Bone Marrow Reserve as below: level -1: 20% level 1 (start level): 30% level 2: 40% level 3: 50%

Radiation: Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT); The acceptable regimens are: 27 Gy / 3 fractions / 3 fractions per week; 35 Gy / 5 fractions / 3 fractions per week An interval of at least 24 hours should be kept between two consecutive fractions. Prescription must be defined on 80% isodose or higher, maximum dose up to 130% of the isodose prescription. At least 90% of the Planning Target Volume should receive the prescribed dose. A coverage of <90% of the Planning Target Volume will be considered as acceptable deviation, and coverage of <80% of the target volume as an Unacceptable Deviation. At least 90% of the Gross Tumoral Volume should receive the prescribed dose. Only a part of the Gross Tumoral Volume_Total could be considered for radiation, depending on the ratio with Bone Marrow Reserve. High-risk and/or symptomatic metastases will be prioritized over other metastases. Anatomic bone marrow reserve (BMR) will be first determined for each patient: BMR = Total trabecular bone - (Total trabecular bone ∩ GTV_Total)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Maximum tolerated volume (MTV)	The MTV will be defined as the highest volume that can be treated with an acute toxicity of grade < 3 (CTCAE V5.0 scale) in one third of patient and will allow us to determine the recommended phase II volume under the assumption that higher volumes are likely to be more toxic. The maximum tolerated Volume (MTV) is defined as the volume at which 2 Dose-Limiting Toxicity (DLT) were observed among 3 to 6 patients. DLT are considered as: Death clearly related to irradiation; Intractable pain despite oral or intravenous opioids and/or corticosteroids (EVA > 4 and increase of 2 from EVA baseline); Any new grade ≥ 3 toxicity (CTCAE V5.0 scale) compared to baseline among:AnemiaFebrile NeutropeniaHemorrhage within grade ≥3 thrombocytopeniaAny gastro-intestinal-related disorderAny genito-urinary-related disorderPneumonitis Bone marrow reserve will be determined by CT-base automatic tool.	12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of toxicity related to radiotherapy as assessed by CTCAE v5.0	Acute (≤ 12 weeks) and late (>12 weeks) toxicity will be evaluated according to NCI-CTCAE v5 grading	through study completion
Recommended volume for irradiation by SRT for phase-II	The Recommended Volume (RV) corresponds to the volume of the level immediately below the MTV. This Recommended Volume for irradiation by SRT will then be applied for phase 2.	12 weeks
Time to first pejorative event among tumour-related complication (bone, neurological or vascular compression) and/or death	Time to first worsening event due to tumor progression (as seen on thoraco-abdomino-pelvic CT scan): including bone displacement, spinal cord or neurological compression, and vasculo-lymphatic compression will be assessed.	2 years
Number of deceased patients	Overall survival is defined as the time interval between the date of registration and the date of death irrespective of the cause	2 years
Pain relief assessed by EVA scale	Global pain evaluation (EVA) will be measured at baseline, 1-, 3- and 6-month following SRT. Score is 0 (no pain) to 10 (maximal pain)	6 months

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
To assess the functioning bone marrow reserve at baseline and after SRT	Functioning bone marrow reserve is quantified on 99Tc-sulfur colloid SPECT-CT by automatic delineation at baseline and at 3 months after SRT (GTV_Total/functioning BMR)	Baseline and 3 months after start of SRT
To compare the anatomical and functioning assessment of the bone marrow reserve	Comparison of the tumor volume-to-bone marrow reserve ratio: GTV_total/functioning BMR and GTV_Total/anatomic BMR	Baseline and 3 months after start of SRT

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Institut Cancerologie de l'Ouest
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Loïg Vaugier, MD, ICO

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): May 1, 2028
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2030

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 30, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 15, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): May 18, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 4, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 2, 2026
• Last Verified: April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Radiotherapy; oligometastatic; Stereotaxic
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Urogenital Diseases; Genital Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Genital Neoplasms, Male; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Genital Diseases, Male; Prostatic Diseases; Male Urogenital Diseases; Neoplastic Processes; Prostatic Neoplasms; Neoplasm Metastasis; Lymphatic Metastasis; Investigative Techniques; Therapeutics; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Radiotherapy; Stereotaxic Techniques; Neurosurgical Procedures; Radiosurgery
• Other Study ID Numbers: ICO-2024-22

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No