Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
ACE is a multi-centre proof of concept Phase I/II trial of the CXCR2 antagonist AZD5069, administered in combination with enzalutamide, in patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer(mCRPC). The investigators will be investigating the safety and toxicity of the combination.
Detailed description
The purpose of this study is to find out the side effects and safety of a combination of the CXCR2 antagonist, AZD5069 in combination with the androgen receptor antagonist, enzalutamide in patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer and to determine the most appropriate dose of this combination. During the phase I study, patients will receive AZD5069 orally twice daily (BD) in combination with enzalutamide at 160mg orally once daily continuously. The starting dose of AZD5069 will be 40mg BD (dose level 1): other doses to be evaluated will include 80mg BD (dose level 2), 120mg BD (dose level 3), 160mg BD (dose level 4) and 320mg BD (dose level 5) in order to determine the MTD and RP2D to take forward to a Phase II reversal of resistance cohort. Intermediate dose levels such as 240mg BD may also be evaluated. During dose levels 1 to 4, patients will start with AZD5069 monotherapy for two weeks before commencing the combination. At all other dose levels, the two agents will be started concurrently. In addition, if agreed by the SRC, intermediate dose levels such as 240 mg taken BD will be explored. The Phase II part of the study will evaluate the optimized dose/schedule identified in Phase I of the study in patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer. In the Phase I part of the study, the AZD5069 is started first and will be taken twice daily as an oral tablet at Cycle 1, Day -14 for 14 days. Two weeks later on Cycle 1 Day 1, patients will start taking 160mg enzalutamide once a day in addition to the AZD5069. The starting dose of AZD5069 will be 40mg taken orally twice daily with single dose escalations to 80mg, 120mg and 160mg taken orally twice daily to determine the MTD to take forward to a Phase II reversal of resistance cohort. The Phase II reversal of enzalutamide resistance study will explore whether the addition of AZD5069 to enzalutamide reverses resistance to enzalutamide alone. In the phase II reversal of enzalutamide resistance study patients will start taking the AZD5069 at the dose established in the Phase I safety run in part of the study in combination with 160mg of enzalutamide once a day and at the same time from Cycle 1 Day 1 onwards. If the MTD of AZD5069 is greater than 160 mg BD, two different dose levels may be taken forward to the phase II study to determine efficacy. Only patients who have experienced disease progression after at least 12 weeks of treatment with enzalutamide, apalutamide or darolutamide will be eligible for this trial. Those patients who progressed on enzalutamide, apalutamide or darolutamide (at least 12 weeks of therapy) greater than 6 months prior to starting the IMP will enter the Phase II enzalutamide resistance run in cohort to confirm resistance to enzalutamide; once progression on enzalutamide is confirmed they will enter the Phase II reversal of enzalutamide resistance cohort. Up to approximately 86 patients will be enrolled into this phase I/II trial, with up to 36 patients in the phase I safety run in cohort depending on number of patients required to determine the RP2D and up to 50 patients in the phase II study. We predict around 50% of these patients will enter the phase II enzalutamide resistance run in cohort first. The anticipated accrual rate for this trial is 3-6 patients per month across 4 centres.
Interventions
DRUGAZD5069
10mg and 40mg plain, beige, film-coated tablets packaged in bottles
Enzalutamide is presented in 40mg white to off white capsules or tablets. The capsules/tablets are provided in a cardboard wallet incorporating a PVC/PCTFE/aluminium blister which holds 28 soft capsules/tablets. Each carton contains 4 wallets (112 soft capsules/tablets). Or tablets in bottles (120 per bottle).
Sponsors
Astellas Pharma Inc
AstraZeneca
Prostate Cancer UK
Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Masking description
Open label
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Written informed consent and be capable of cooperating with treatment. 2. Age ≥ 18 years 3. Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate and with tumour tissue accessible for research analysis for this trial. Patients who have no histological diagnosis must be willing to undergo a biopsy to prove prostate adenocarcinoma. 4. Metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer. 5. Documented prostate cancer progression as assessed by the investigator with RECIST (v1.1) and PCWG2 criteria (section 3.6) with at least one of the following criteria: a. Progression of soft tissue/visceral disease by RECIST (v1.1) and/or, b. Progression of bone disease by PCWG2 bone scan criteria and/or, c. Progression of PSA by PCWG2 PSA criteria and/or, d. Clinical progression with worsening pain and need for palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases. 6. PSA ≥ 10ng/ml. 7. Received prior castration by orchiectomy and/or ongoing luteinizing hormone releasing hormone agonist treatment. 8. Ongoing androgen deprivation with serum testosterone \< 50 ng/dL (\<2.0 nM). 9. Willing to have pre- and post-treatment biopsies to obtain proof of mechanism from translational studies. Archival tissue must be available for research analysis 10. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0-2. 11. Documented willingness to use an effective means of contraception while participating in the study and for 6 months post last treatment dose as defined in section 9.6. 12. Able to swallow the study drug. 13. All efforts should be made to discontinue steroid usage but up-to 5mg BD prednisolone (or equivalent) will be allowed. 14. Haematological and biochemical indices within the ranges shown below. These measurements must be performed within one week (Day -7 to Day 1) before the patient goes in the trial. Laboratory Test Value required Haemoglobin (Hb) ≥ 9.0 g/dL Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 109/L Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L WBC ≥ 3.0 x 109/L Calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min (uncorrected value) Serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) unless documented Gilbert's disease. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 x (ULN) unless raised due to known metastatic liver disease in which case ≤ 5 x ULN is permissible 15. Phase I safety run in cohort ONLY Patients that have progressed after either enzalutamide, apalutamide, darolutamide or abiraterone treatment (having received a minimum of 12 weeks of enzalutamide, apalutamide, darolutamide or abiraterone treatment). 16. Patients with histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate that have progressed after either enzalutamide, apalutamide or darolutamide (having received a minimum of 12 weeks of enzalutamide, apalutamide or darolutamide) more than 6 months prior to entry (day of starting IMP). Prior treatment with abiraterone is not an
Exclusion criteria
. 17. Patients with histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate that have progressed after either enzalutamide. apalutamide or darolutamide (having received a minimum of 12 weeks enzalutamide, apalutamide or darolutamide ) within 6 months prior to entry (day of starting IMP). Prior treatment with abiraterone is not an
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Establish the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) in Phase I of AZD5069 administered in combination with enzalutamide at 160mg OD. | 12 months | The maximum dose at which no more than 1 of 6 patients at same dose level experience a drug related toxicity (DLT), as defined in the protocol. |
| Antitumour activity of AZD5069 in combination with enzalutamide as measured by response rate in Phase II | 12 months | * Prostate specific antigen (PSA) decline ≥ 50% criteria confirmed 4 weeks or later and/or, * Confirmed soft tissue objective response by RECIST (v1.1) in patients with measurable disease and/or, * ONLY for patients with detectable circulating tumour cell count (CTC) of ≥ 5/7.5ml blood at baseline, conversion of CTC \<5/7.5ml blood nadir. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| To estimate the radiologic progression free survival (rPFS) on the combination in Phase II | 24 months | rPFS will be measured from the date of AZD5069 addition to enzalutamide until: * Progression of soft tissue/visceral disease by RESIST and/or, * Progression of bone disease by PCWG2 bone scan criteria and/or, * Death of any cause Patients withdrawn for any reason prior to radiological progression then the patient should be assessed until radiological progression has occurred. If however they have started another treatment then they will be censored at the start of the new treatment. |
| To assess the effects of AZD5069 and enzalutamide on the number of circulating tumour cells in Phase II | 24 months | CTC fall by \>30% will be expressed as the proportion of patients that have demonstrated a CTC fall of \>30% after 12 weeks of combination treatment. |
| To further evaluate the safety and tolerability of the combination in patients who progress on enzalutamide in Phase II | 24 months | Recording the population exposure to the AZD5069 and enzalutamide combination will summarise safety. Adverse events will be graded according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v4.0. |
| PSA decline | 24 months | Maximal PSA decline at any time during the trial and PSA decline after 12 weeks (as per PCWG2 criteria) of combination treatment. |
| To characterise the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of enzalutamide and AZD5069 when administered in combination in Phase I | 24 months | Plasma concentration of enzalutamide and AZD5069 in whole blood |
| To characterise the pharmacodynamic (PD) profile of AZD5069 and enzalutamide when administered in combination in Phase I | 24 months | Number of patients with a neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) ≥ 3 (at baseline) that convert to an NLR \< 3 (blood nadir) with AZD5069 and enzalutamide in combination. |
| To estimate the antitumour activity of AZD5069 in combination with enzalutamide as measured by response rate in Phase I. | 24 months | Antitumour activity will be defined by response rate on the basis of the following outcomes; if any of these occur, patients will be considered to have responded: * PSA decline ≥ 50% criteria confirmed 4 weeks or later and/or, * Confirmed soft tissue objective response by RECIST (v1.1) in patients with measurable disease and/or, * ONLY for patients with detectable circulating tumour cell count (CTC) of ≥ 5/7.5ml blood at baseline, conversion of CTC \<5/7.5ml blood nadir. |
| To further characterise the PD profile of AZD5069 and enzalutamide when administered in combination in Phase II | 24 months | Number of patients with a neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) ≥ 3 (at baseline) that convert to an NLR \< 3 (blood nadir) with AZD5069 and enzalutamide in combination. |
| Overall survival of patients in Phase II | 24 months | Overall survival will be measured from the date of AZD5069 addition to enzalutamide to the date of death (whatever cause). Survival time of living patients will be censored on the last date of patient is known to be alive or lost to follow up. |
Countries
Switzerland, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed