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Systemic Therapy in Advancing or Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Evaluation of Drug Efficacy

STAMPEDE: Systemic Therapy in Advancing or Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Evaluation of Drug Efficacy: A Multi-Stage Multi-Arm Randomised Controlled Trial

This is a registered study tracked in the Sterling IMRES research watch. It is sponsored by Medical Research Council and run by the investigators named in the registry, not by Sterling IMRES. Details come from ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 18 April 2023.

Summary

STAMPEDE is a long-running UK-led platform trial in men with high-risk or metastatic hormone-naive prostate cancer. It has used a multi-arm, multi-stage design to test additions such as docetaxel, abiraterone, zoledronic acid and radiotherapy against standard care, with overall survival as its main outcome. It is widely cited as an example of efficient adaptive trial methodology.

Objectives

  • Assess whether adding new treatments to standard hormone therapy improves survival in men starting long-term androgen deprivation for prostate cancer.
  • Use a multi-arm, multi-stage design to compare many treatment approaches against a shared control arm.

Methodology

Study design
Randomized, parallel assignment, open label, primary purpose: treatment
Conditions
Prostate Cancer
Interventions
Celecoxib (drug); Docetaxel (drug); Prednisolone (drug); ADT (drug); Zoledronic Acid (drug); Abiraterone (drug); Radiotherapy to the prostate (radiation); Enzalutamide (drug); Metformin (drug); Transdermal Oestradiol (drug)
Primary outcome
Overall survival
Sample size
11,992 participants (actual)
Locations
Switzerland, United Kingdom

Team

Findings and resulting publications

  • James ND, Sydes MR, Clarke NW, Mason MD, Dearnaley DP, Anderson J, Popert RJ, Sanders K, Morgan RC, Stansfeld J, Dwyer J, Masters J, Parmar MK. Systemic therapy for advancing or metastatic prostate cancer (STAMPEDE): a multi-arm, multistage randomized controlled trial. BJU Int. 2009 Feb;103(4):464-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08034.x. Epub 2008 Oct 8. PubMed 18990168
  • James ND, Sydes MR, Mason MD, Clarke NW, Anderson J, Dearnaley DP, Dwyer J, Jovic G, Ritchie AW, Russell JM, Sanders K, Thalmann GN, Bertelli G, Birtle AJ, O'Sullivan JM, Protheroe A, Sheehan D, Srihari N, Parmar MK; STAMPEDE investigators. Celecoxib plus hormone therapy versus hormone therapy alone for hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: first results from the STAMPEDE multiarm, multistage, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Oncol. 2012 May;13(5):549-58. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70088-8. Epub 2012 Mar 26. PubMed 22452894
  • Vale CL, Burdett S, Rydzewska LHM, Albiges L, Clarke NW, Fisher D, Fizazi K, Gravis G, James ND, Mason MD, Parmar MKB, Sweeney CJ, Sydes MR, Tombal B, Tierney JF; STOpCaP Steering Group. Addition of docetaxel or bisphosphonates to standard of care in men with localised or metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analyses of aggregate data. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Feb;17(2):243-256. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00489-1. Epub 2015 Dec 21. PubMed 26718929
  • Mason MD, Clarke NW, James ND, Dearnaley DP, Spears MR, Ritchie AWS, Attard G, Cross W, Jones RJ, Parker CC, Russell JM, Thalmann GN, Schiavone F, Cassoly E, Matheson D, Millman R, Rentsch CA, Barber J, Gilson C, Ibrahim A, Logue J, Lydon A, Nikapota AD, O'Sullivan JM, Porfiri E, Protheroe A, Srihari NN, Tsang D, Wagstaff J, Wallace J, Walmsley C, Parmar MKB, Sydes MR; STAMPEDE Investigators. Adding Celecoxib With or Without Zoledronic Acid for Hormone-Naive Prostate Cancer: Long-Term Survival Results From an Adaptive, Multiarm, Multistage, Platform, Randomized Controlled Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2017 May 10;35(14):1530-1541. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2016.69.0677. Epub 2017 Mar 13. PubMed 28300506
  • James ND, de Bono JS, Spears MR, Clarke NW, Mason MD, Dearnaley DP, Ritchie AWS, Amos CL, Gilson C, Jones RJ, Matheson D, Millman R, Attard G, Chowdhury S, Cross WR, Gillessen S, Parker CC, Russell JM, Berthold DR, Brawley C, Adab F, Aung S, Birtle AJ, Bowen J, Brock S, Chakraborti P, Ferguson C, Gale J, Gray E, Hingorani M, Hoskin PJ, Lester JF, Malik ZI, McKinna F, McPhail N, Money-Kyrle J, O'Sullivan J, Parikh O, Protheroe A, Robinson A, Srihari NN, Thomas C, Wagstaff J, Wylie J, Zarkar A, Parmar MKB, Sydes MR; STAMPEDE Investigators. Abiraterone for Prostate Cancer Not Previously Treated with Hormone Therapy. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jul 27;377(4):338-351. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1702900. Epub 2017 Jun 3. PubMed 28578639
  • Sydes MR, Spears MR, Mason MD, Clarke NW, Dearnaley DP, de Bono JS, Attard G, Chowdhury S, Cross W, Gillessen S, Malik ZI, Jones R, Parker CC, Ritchie AWS, Russell JM, Millman R, Matheson D, Amos C, Gilson C, Birtle A, Brock S, Capaldi L, Chakraborti P, Choudhury A, Evans L, Ford D, Gale J, Gibbs S, Gilbert DC, Hughes R, McLaren D, Lester JF, Nikapota A, O'Sullivan J, Parikh O, Peedell C, Protheroe A, Rudman SM, Shaffer R, Sheehan D, Simms M, Srihari N, Strebel R, Sundar S, Tolan S, Tsang D, Varughese M, Wagstaff J, Parmar MKB, James ND; STAMPEDE Investigators. Adding abiraterone or docetaxel to long-term hormone therapy for prostate cancer: directly randomised data from the STAMPEDE multi-arm, multi-stage platform protocol. Ann Oncol. 2018 May 1;29(5):1235-1248. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy072. PubMed 29529169
  • Parker CC, James ND, Brawley CD, Clarke NW, Hoyle AP, Ali A, Ritchie AWS, Attard G, Chowdhury S, Cross W, Dearnaley DP, Gillessen S, Gilson C, Jones RJ, Langley RE, Malik ZI, Mason MD, Matheson D, Millman R, Russell JM, Thalmann GN, Amos CL, Alonzi R, Bahl A, Birtle A, Din O, Douis H, Eswar C, Gale J, Gannon MR, Jonnada S, Khaksar S, Lester JF, O'Sullivan JM, Parikh OA, Pedley ID, Pudney DM, Sheehan DJ, Srihari NN, Tran ATH, Parmar MKB, Sydes MR; Systemic Therapy for Advanced or Metastatic Prostate cancer: Evaluation of Drug Efficacy (STAMPEDE) investigators. Radiotherapy to the primary tumour for newly diagnosed, metastatic prostate cancer (STAMPEDE): a randomised controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2018 Dec 1;392(10162):2353-2366. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32486-3. Epub 2018 Oct 21. PubMed 30355464
  • Clarke NW, Ali A, Ingleby FC, Hoyle A, Amos CL, Attard G, Brawley CD, Calvert J, Chowdhury S, Cook A, Cross W, Dearnaley DP, Douis H, Gilbert D, Gillessen S, Jones RJ, Langley RE, MacNair A, Malik Z, Mason MD, Matheson D, Millman R, Parker CC, Ritchie AWS, Rush H, Russell JM, Brown J, Beesley S, Birtle A, Capaldi L, Gale J, Gibbs S, Lydon A, Nikapota A, Omlin A, O'Sullivan JM, Parikh O, Protheroe A, Rudman S, Srihari NN, Simms M, Tanguay JS, Tolan S, Wagstaff J, Wallace J, Wylie J, Zarkar A, Sydes MR, Parmar MKB, James ND. Addition of docetaxel to hormonal therapy in low- and high-burden metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer: long-term survival results from the STAMPEDE trial. Ann Oncol. 2019 Dec 1;30(12):1992-2003. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdz396. PubMed 31560068

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