Outcomes of Radium-223 and Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy Versus Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Oligometastatic Prostate Cancers: The RAVENS Phase II Randomized Trial

J Jarey H. Wang (Phuoc T. Tran, MD, PhD, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Phuoc T. Tran, MD, PhD, Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Chad Tang, MD, Department of GU Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; and Ana P. Kiess, MD, PhD, Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD) A Alexander D. Sherry (Noah S. Meimoun, BA, Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Alexander D. Sherry, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Ethan B. Ludmir, MD, Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; and Timothy A. Lin, MD, MBA, Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX) S Soha Bazyar P Philip Sutera (Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD) N Noura Radwan (Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD) R Ryan M. Phillips (Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN) M Matthew P. Deek (Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Brunswick, NJ) J Jiayun Lu S Shirl Dipasquale (Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD) C Curtiland Deville T Theodore L. DeWeese (Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD) D Daniel Y. Song (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD) H Hao Wang (Division of Quantitative Sciences, Department of Oncology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland USA) R Robert F. Hobbs R Reem Malek (Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD) S Sara A. Dudley (Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD) S Stephen C. Greco (Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD) E Emmanuel S. Antonarakis (Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota) C Catherine H. Marshall S Samuel Denmeade (Johns Hopkins University) C Channing J. Paller (Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD) M Michael A. Carducci (Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD) K Kenneth J. Pienta (Urology, Oncology, Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Cancer Ecology Center at the Brady Urological Institute Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland USA) O Orhan K. Oz (Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL) M Matthew Ramotar (Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX) J James L. Leenstra (Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN) S Sean S. Park M Matthew C. Abramowitz (Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada) N Neil Desai (UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX) A Alejandro Berlin B Bradley J. Stish (Mayo Clinic Department of Radiation Oncology, Rochester, MN) C Chad Tang (Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas USA) P Phuoc T. Tran A Ana P. Kiess

Abstract

PURPOSE Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) have shown progression-free survival (PFS) benefits of metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) without androgen deprivation therapy for oligometastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (omCSPC). Most patients with bone metastatic (BM) omCSPC recur with additional bone disease after MDT. We hypothesized the BM-targeting alpha-emitter radium-223 dichloride (Ra223) could target subclinical bone disease and delay progression. METHODS This is an investigator-initiated, multicenter, open-label phase II RCT. Eligible men with recurrent omCSPC with ≥one bone metastasis (≤three on conventional imaging and/or ≤five on molecular imaging) were randomly assigned (1:1) to stereotactic ablative radiation (SABR) MDT alone or SABR MDT with Ra223 (six cycles). Primary end point was composite PFS. RESULTS From August 9, 2019, to March 2, 2023, 64 patients were randomly assigned, 33 to SABR MDT and 31 to SABR MDT/Ra223 balancing for key covariates. Most SABR MDT/Ra223 patients (87%) received six cycles of Ra223. The median PFS was 11.8 months with SABR MDT and 10.5 months with SABR MDT/Ra223 (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 1.42 [95% CI, 0.79 to 2.56]; P = .24). Seven patients (11%) experienced grade 3 treatment-related adverse events (no grade 4 or 5), 2 of 33 (6%) with SABR and 5 of 30 (17%) with SABR MDT/Ra223. Patients with high-risk (HiRi) pathogenic mutations in ATM , BRCA1/2 , RB1 , or TP53 had worse PFS (HR, 5.95 [95% CI, 1.83 to 19.3]; P = .003). Greater T-cell receptor (TCR) unique productive rearrangements were prognostic for improved PFS independent of the treatment arm (aHR, 0.45 [95% CI, 0.21 to 0.96]; P = .04). CONCLUSION Adding Ra223 to SABR MDT in BM omCSPC does not delay progression of disease. We provide evidence for an HiRi mutational signature and TCR repertoire as prognostic biomarkers in omCSPC treated with SABR MDT, highlighting the importance of collecting biological correlates in RCTs for omCSPC.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 43, Issue 18
Published June 20, 2025
Pages 2059-2068
ISSN 0732-183X
Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Journal Info

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

ISSN: 0732-183X Health Sciences

Authors (34)

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Jarey H. Wang

Phuoc T. Tran, MD, PhD, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Phuoc T. Tran, MD, PhD, Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Chad Tang, MD, Department of GU Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; and Ana P. Kiess, MD, PhD, Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

A

Alexander D. Sherry

Noah S. Meimoun, BA, Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Alexander D. Sherry, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Ethan B. Ludmir, MD, Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; and Timothy A. Lin, MD, MBA, Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

S

Soha Bazyar

P

Philip Sutera

Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

N

Noura Radwan

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

R

Ryan M. Phillips

Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

M

Matthew P. Deek

Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Brunswick, NJ

J

Jiayun Lu

S

Shirl Dipasquale

Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

C

Curtiland Deville

T

Theodore L. DeWeese

Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

D

Daniel Y. Song

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

H

Hao Wang

Division of Quantitative Sciences, Department of Oncology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland USA

R

Robert F. Hobbs

R

Reem Malek

Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

S

Sara A. Dudley

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

S

Stephen C. Greco

Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

E

Emmanuel S. Antonarakis

Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

C

Catherine H. Marshall

S

Samuel Denmeade

Johns Hopkins University

C

Channing J. Paller

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

M

Michael A. Carducci

Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD

K

Kenneth J. Pienta

Urology, Oncology, Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Cancer Ecology Center at the Brady Urological Institute Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland USA

O

Orhan K. Oz

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL

M

Matthew Ramotar

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

J

James L. Leenstra

Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

S

Sean S. Park

M

Matthew C. Abramowitz

Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

N

Neil Desai

UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

A

Alejandro Berlin

B

Bradley J. Stish

Mayo Clinic Department of Radiation Oncology, Rochester, MN

C

Chad Tang

Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas USA

P

Phuoc T. Tran

A

Ana P. Kiess