# An Efficacy and Safety Study of Apalutamide (JNJ-56021927) in Combination With Abiraterone Acetate and Prednisone Versus Abiraterone Acetate and Prednisone in Participants With Chemotherapy-naive Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)

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## TL;DR

A phase 3 trial of Apalutamide, Abiraterone acetate and Prednisone in prostate cancer, run by Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., active and no longer recruiting.

## Summary

An Efficacy and Safety Study of Apalutamide (JNJ-56021927) in Combination With Abiraterone Acetate and Prednisone Versus Abiraterone Acetate and Prednisone in Participants With Chemotherapy-naive Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) is a phase 3 interventional study registered as NCT02257736 by Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., with 982 participants enrolled, started 2014-11-26 and due to reach its primary completion in 2018-03-19. Interventions recorded: Apalutamide, Abiraterone acetate, Prednisone and Placebo. Results have been posted on the registry.

## Fields

- Kind: Trial
- Status: active
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Tags: pipeline; ctgov-ingest
- Registry id: NCT02257736
- Phase: 3
- Setting: A Phase 3 Randomized, Placebo-controlled Double-blind Study of JNJ-56021927 in Combination With Abiraterone Acetate and Prednisone Versus Abiraterone Acetate and Prednisone in Subjects With Chemotherapy-naive Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)
- Sponsor: Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Enrolled: 982

## Sources

- ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02257736: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02257736

## Connected records

- cancers: [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/)
- drugs: [Abiraterone acetate](https://onco.cc/drugs/abiraterone/), [Apalutamide](https://onco.cc/drugs/apalutamide/), [Prednisone](https://onco.cc/drugs/prednisone/)
- companies: [Johnson & Johnson](https://onco.cc/companies/johnson-johnson/)

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