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Study of Olaparib (Lynparza™) Versus Enzalutamide or Abiraterone Acetate in Men With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (PROfound Study)

A Phase III, Open Label, Randomized Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Olaparib (Lynparza™) Versus Enzalutamide or Abiraterone Acetate in Men With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Who Have Failed Prior Treatment With a New Hormonal Agent and Have Homologous Recombination Repair Gene Mutations (PROfound)

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02987543
Enrollment
387
Registered
2016-12-09
Start date
2017-02-06
Completion date
2023-02-15
Last updated
2023-10-06

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Conditions

Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer

Keywords

metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), homologous recombination repair (HRR)

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of olaparib versus enzalutamide or abiraterone acetate in subjects with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have failed prior treatment with a new hormonal agent and have homologous recombination repair gene mutations.

Detailed description

This is a prospective, multicenter, randomized, open-label, phase 3 trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of olaparib versus enzalutamide or abiraterone in subjects with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have failed prior treatment with a new hormonal agent (NHA) and have a qualifying tumor mutation in one of 15 genes involved in the homologous recombination repair (HRR) pathway. Subjects will be divided into two cohorts based on HRR gene mutation status. Approximately 340 subjects will be randomized 2:1 (olaparib : investigator choice of enzalutamide or abiraterone acetate) into the trial.

Interventions

DRUGolaparib

300 mg (2x 150 mg tablets) twice daily

DRUGenzalutamide

160 mg (4 x 40 mg capsules) once daily

DRUGabiraterone acetate

1,000 mg (4 x 250 mg tablets) once daily

Sponsors

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Foundation Medicine
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Myriad Genetics, Inc.
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
AstraZeneca
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to 130 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Histologically confirmed diagnosis of prostate cancer. 2. Documented evidence of metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). 3. Subjects must have progressed on prior new hormonal agent (e.g. abiraterone acetate and/or enzalutamide) for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer and/or CRPC . 4. Ongoing therapy with LHRH analog or bilateral orchiectomy. 5. Radiographic progression at study entry while on androgen deprivation therapy (or after bilateral orchiectomy). 6. Qualifying HRR mutation in tumor tissue.

Exclusion criteria

1. Any previous treatment with PARP inhibitor, including olaparib. 2. Subjects who have any previous treatment with DNA-damaging cytotoxic chemotherapy, except if for non-prostate cancer indication and last dose \> 5 years prior to randomization. 3. Other malignancy (including MDS and MGUS) within the last 5 years except: adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or other solid tumors curatively treated with no evidence of disease for ≥5 years. 4. Subjects with known brain metastases.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Radiological Progression Free Survival (rPFS) by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) - Cohort A OnlyTumor assessments every 8 weeks from randomisation until radiographic progression assessed by BICR (median duration of treatment of 7 and 4 months for Olaparib and Investigators Choice of NHA respectively).The time from randomisation until the date of objective radiological disease progression (determined by RECIST 1.1 (soft tissue) and Prostate Cancer Working Group 3 (PCWG-3) (bone)) or death (by any cause in the absence of progression) regardless of whether the patient withdrew from randomised therapy or received another anti-cancer therapy prior to progression. Progression is defined using (i) Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for soft tissue, as a \>=20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions and an absolute increase of \>=5mm taking as reference the smallest sum of diameters since treatment started including the baseline sum of diameters; (ii) Prostate Cancer Working Group 3 (PGWG-3) for bone as \>= 2 new bone lesions on the 1st week 8 scan compared to baseline. The confirmatory scan, \>=6 weeks later, must show \>=2 more new bone lesions (for a total of \>=4 new bone lesions since baseline).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Confirmed Objective Response Rate (ORR) by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) - Cohort A OnlyTumor assessments every 8 weeks from randomisation until radiographic progression assessed by BICR (median duration of treatment of 7 and 4 months for Olaparib and Investigators Choice of NHA respectively).ORR is the percentage of patients with at least one visit response of Complete response (CR) or Partial response (PR), in their soft tissue disease assessed by Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1), in the absence of progression on bone scan assessed by Prostate Cancer Working Group 3 (PCWG3)). Per RECIST v1.1, CR=Disappearance of all target lesions; PR = \>=30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions; For each treatment group, ORR is the number of patients with a CR and PR.
Radiological Progression Free Survival (rPFS) by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) - Cohort A+BTumor assessments every 8 weeks from randomisation until radiographic progression assessed by BICR (median duration of treatment of 7 and 4 months for Olaparib and Investigators Choice of NHA respectively).The time from randomisation until the date of objective radiological disease progression (by RECIST 1.1 and Prostate Cancer Working Group 3 (PGWG-3)) or death (by any cause in the absence of progression) regardless of whether the patient withdrew from randomised therapy or received another anti-cancer therapy prior to progression.
Time to Pain Progression - Cohort A OnlyEvery 4 weeks from randomisation (for 7 consecutive days) throughout the study (median duration of treatment of 7 and 4 months for Olaparib and Investigators Choice of NHA respectively).Time from randomisation to time point at which worsening in pain is observed (ie date of pain progression - date of randomisation + 1). Based on average Brief Pain Inventory - short form (BPI-SF) worst pain \[Item 3\] and Analgesic Quantification Algorithm \[AQA\] score.
Overall Survival (OS) - Cohort A OnlyApproximately 35 months after the first patient was randomised.Number of Participants with Overall Survival (OS) - Cohort A only.

Countries

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey (Türkiye), United Kingdom, United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

Subjects were divided into two cohorts based on HRR gene mutation status. Subjects with mutations in either BRCA1, BRCA2, or ATM are in Cohort A whereas subjects with mutations among 12 other genes involved in the HRR pathway (BARD1, BRIP1, CDK12, CHEK1,CHEK2, FANCL, PALB2, PPP2R2A, RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, or RAD54L) are in Cohort B.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Cohort A Olaparib 300mg bd
2x150mg film-coated tablets
162
Cohort A Investigators Choice of NHA
either enzalutamide capsules (160 mg od) or abiraterone acetate tablets (1,000 mg od with 5 mg bid prednisone)
83
Cohort B Olaparib 300mg bd
2x150mg film-coated tablets
94
Cohort B Investigators Choice of NHA
either enzalutamide capsules (160 mg od) or abiraterone acetate tablets (1,000 mg od with 5 mg bid prednisone)
48
Total387

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002FG003
Overall StudyDeath88546728
Overall StudyDisease progression0001
Overall StudyInvestigator decision0100
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up3010
Overall StudyOngoing study at data cut off49211912
Overall StudyScreen failure0001
Overall StudyStudy terminated by sponsor1000
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject21776

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicCohort A Olaparib 300mg bdCohort A Investigators Choice of NHACohort B Olaparib 300mg bdCohort B Investigators Choice of NHATotal
Age, Continuous68.0 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.23
68.1 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.36
69.2 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.79
70.3 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.83
68.6 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.15
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Asian
43 Participants19 Participants26 Participants17 Participants105 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Black or African American
2 Participants1 Participants5 Participants0 Participants8 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Missing
7 Participants7 Participants8 Participants1 Participants23 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Other
1 Participants1 Participants1 Participants0 Participants3 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
White
109 Participants55 Participants54 Participants30 Participants248 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
162 Participants83 Participants94 Participants48 Participants387 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
160 / 25688 / 131
other
Total, other adverse events
241 / 256112 / 130
serious
Total, serious adverse events
94 / 25639 / 130

Outcome results

Primary

Radiological Progression Free Survival (rPFS) by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) - Cohort A Only

The time from randomisation until the date of objective radiological disease progression (determined by RECIST 1.1 (soft tissue) and Prostate Cancer Working Group 3 (PCWG-3) (bone)) or death (by any cause in the absence of progression) regardless of whether the patient withdrew from randomised therapy or received another anti-cancer therapy prior to progression. Progression is defined using (i) Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for soft tissue, as a \>=20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions and an absolute increase of \>=5mm taking as reference the smallest sum of diameters since treatment started including the baseline sum of diameters; (ii) Prostate Cancer Working Group 3 (PGWG-3) for bone as \>= 2 new bone lesions on the 1st week 8 scan compared to baseline. The confirmatory scan, \>=6 weeks later, must show \>=2 more new bone lesions (for a total of \>=4 new bone lesions since baseline).

Time frame: Tumor assessments every 8 weeks from randomisation until radiographic progression assessed by BICR (median duration of treatment of 7 and 4 months for Olaparib and Investigators Choice of NHA respectively).

Population: Full Analysis Set

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Cohort A Olaparib 300mg bdRadiological Progression Free Survival (rPFS) by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) - Cohort A Only7.39 Months
Cohort A Investigators Choice of NHARadiological Progression Free Survival (rPFS) by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) - Cohort A Only3.55 Months
p-value: <0.000195% CI: [0.25, 0.47]Regression, Cox
Secondary

Confirmed Objective Response Rate (ORR) by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) - Cohort A Only

ORR is the percentage of patients with at least one visit response of Complete response (CR) or Partial response (PR), in their soft tissue disease assessed by Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1), in the absence of progression on bone scan assessed by Prostate Cancer Working Group 3 (PCWG3)). Per RECIST v1.1, CR=Disappearance of all target lesions; PR = \>=30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions; For each treatment group, ORR is the number of patients with a CR and PR.

Time frame: Tumor assessments every 8 weeks from randomisation until radiographic progression assessed by BICR (median duration of treatment of 7 and 4 months for Olaparib and Investigators Choice of NHA respectively).

Population: Evaluable for response

ArmMeasureCategoryValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Cohort A Olaparib 300mg bdConfirmed Objective Response Rate (ORR) by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) - Cohort A OnlyResponse28 Participants
Cohort A Olaparib 300mg bdConfirmed Objective Response Rate (ORR) by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) - Cohort A OnlyNo response56 Participants
Cohort A Investigators Choice of NHAConfirmed Objective Response Rate (ORR) by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) - Cohort A OnlyResponse1 Participants
Cohort A Investigators Choice of NHAConfirmed Objective Response Rate (ORR) by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) - Cohort A OnlyNo response42 Participants
p-value: <0.000195% CI: [4.18, 379.18]Regression, Logistic
Secondary

Overall Survival (OS) - Cohort A Only

Number of Participants with Overall Survival (OS) - Cohort A only.

Time frame: Approximately 35 months after the first patient was randomised.

Population: Full analysis set

ArmMeasureCategoryValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Cohort A Olaparib 300mg bdOverall Survival (OS) - Cohort A OnlyDied91 Participants
Cohort A Olaparib 300mg bdOverall Survival (OS) - Cohort A OnlyAlive at data cut-off49 Participants
Cohort A Olaparib 300mg bdOverall Survival (OS) - Cohort A OnlyTerminated prior to death (withdrawn consent)22 Participants
Cohort A Investigators Choice of NHAOverall Survival (OS) - Cohort A OnlyDied57 Participants
Cohort A Investigators Choice of NHAOverall Survival (OS) - Cohort A OnlyAlive at data cut-off21 Participants
Cohort A Investigators Choice of NHAOverall Survival (OS) - Cohort A OnlyTerminated prior to death (withdrawn consent)5 Participants
p-value: 0.017595% CI: [0.5, 0.97]Regression, Cox
Secondary

Radiological Progression Free Survival (rPFS) by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) - Cohort A+B

The time from randomisation until the date of objective radiological disease progression (by RECIST 1.1 and Prostate Cancer Working Group 3 (PGWG-3)) or death (by any cause in the absence of progression) regardless of whether the patient withdrew from randomised therapy or received another anti-cancer therapy prior to progression.

Time frame: Tumor assessments every 8 weeks from randomisation until radiographic progression assessed by BICR (median duration of treatment of 7 and 4 months for Olaparib and Investigators Choice of NHA respectively).

Population: Full Analysis Set

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Cohort A Olaparib 300mg bdRadiological Progression Free Survival (rPFS) by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) - Cohort A+B5.82 Months
Cohort A Investigators Choice of NHARadiological Progression Free Survival (rPFS) by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) - Cohort A+B3.52 Months
p-value: <0.000195% CI: [0.38, 0.63]Regression, Cox
Secondary

Time to Pain Progression - Cohort A Only

Time from randomisation to time point at which worsening in pain is observed (ie date of pain progression - date of randomisation + 1). Based on average Brief Pain Inventory - short form (BPI-SF) worst pain \[Item 3\] and Analgesic Quantification Algorithm \[AQA\] score.

Time frame: Every 4 weeks from randomisation (for 7 consecutive days) throughout the study (median duration of treatment of 7 and 4 months for Olaparib and Investigators Choice of NHA respectively).

Population: Full Analysis Set

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Cohort A Olaparib 300mg bdTime to Pain Progression - Cohort A OnlyNA Months
Cohort A Investigators Choice of NHATime to Pain Progression - Cohort A Only9.92 Months
p-value: 0.019295% CI: [0.22, 0.91]Regression, Cox

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 1, 2026