Clinical trial NCT06972875: Fezolinetant for Treating Hot Flashes in Men With Prostate Cancer
Official title: Efficacy and Safety of Fezolinetant for Treatment of Moderate to Severe Vasomotor Symptoms Associated With Androgen-Deprivation Therapy in Men With Prostate Cancer (FLASH): A Phase 2 Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Prostate CA
Androgen Deprivation Therapy
Keywords: prostate cancer
androgen deprivation therapy
hot flash
fezolinetant
Lead sponsor: University of Vermont
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-05-15
Enrollment: 32
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study is for men with prostate cancer who are experiencing hot flashes due to treatments that lower testosterone. Hot flashes can affect your quality of life and make it harder for patients to continue their treatment, so researchers want to find a better way to manage them. The study is testing a drug called fezolinetant, which might help reduce hot flashes without using hormones. Fezolinetant is a drug that is currently approved for the treatment of hot flashes in menopausal women.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Age ≥ 18 years Men who are currently receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) for the treatment of prostate cancer. ADT is defined by a history of orchiectomy, or ongoing usage of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists or antagonists (e.g. leuprolide, degarelix, relugolix). Men receiving Androgen Receptor Pathway Inhibitors (ARPI) such as abiraterone, enzalutamide, apalutamide, and darolutamide are eligible.

Patients must be on a stable dose of all hormonal therapies for at least 28 days prior to registration and must not be planning to discontinue this therapy for at least 42 days following registration. Additional ARPI agents (e.g. abiraterone or enzalutamide) are allowed to be added during the Extension Phase of the trial, but not during the Treatment Phase.

Patients receiving radiation therapy during the study period are eligible. An eligible patient must have bothersome hot flashes for ≥ 7 days prior to consent, resulting in an average of four or more hot flashes per day of sufficient severity to cause the patient to seek therapeutic intervention.

Life Expectancy of 6 months or greater. Language: In order to complete the mandatory participant-completed measures, participants must be able to speak and read English.

Exclusion Criteria:

Current or future planned use of any of the following agents during the study period: drugs that are not FDA approved for use in humans, any drug with category X interactions with fezolinetant; androgens, estrogens, progesterone analogs, or complementary/alternative medicine taken for the purpose of managing hot flashes. Prior use of these agents is permitted as long as they are discontinued before registration. Stable dosing (≥ 1 month) of gabapentin, cholinergic agonists, cholinesterase inhibitors for other indications is permitted.

History of cirrhosis Elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≥ 2 X ULN or total bilirubin \> ULN eGFR \<30 mL/min/1.73 m2 based on reported MDRD estimate. Current use of CYP1A2 inhibitors (fezolinetant is a substrate of CYP1A2).

Primary outcomes:
measure: Reduction in Hot Flash Score
timeFrame: 28 day
Secondary outcomes:
measure: To characterize the safety and adverse event profile of fezolinetant in the study population.
timeFrame: 28 day
measure: Measure Compliance of Fezolinetant Therapy in Men
timeFrame: 28 day
measure: Hot Flash Frequency
timeFrame: 28 day
measure: Patient Reported Quality of Life
timeFrame: 28 day
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Burlington
country: United States
facility: University of Vermont Medical Center
state: Vermont
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