RecruitingPhase 2

Study of AR Suppression With Carotuximab in Metastatic, Castration-Resistant Prostate Canc

Phase II Study of AR Suppression With Carotuximab in Metastatic, Castration-Resistant Prostate Canc

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
Male only
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests whether adding carotuximab to treatment that blocks male hormones keeps prostate cancer from getting worse for longer. It is for people whose cancer has spread and is getting worse despite low testosterone and hormone-blocking treatment. The first 10 people will be checked for safety before the study moves to its next stage.

This is an open-label, multi-site study of AR Blockade with carotuximab in patients who have progressed on androgen receptor signaling inhibitor (ARSI) therapy. This study will begin with a safety assessment in the first 10 subjects (part 1: Safety Lead-in). If the combination is deemed safe, the trial will proceed to the Phase II stage. The purpose of this study is to compare progression free survival (PFS) between patients receiving AR Blockade and AR Blockade + carotuximab using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST 1.1) and Prostate Cancer Working Group 3. The secondary objectives are to describe adverse events related to the intervention, overall response rate (ORR), proportion of patients resistant to AR blockade that benefit from the addition of carotuximab, and to determine the ORR, radiographic PFS, and biochemical PFS in the overall population.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Have prostate cancer that keeps growing despite very low testosterone. PSA, a blood marker for prostate cancer, must rise by at least 0.2 ng/mL on two tests more than a week apart while taking a newer hormone-blocking drug.
  • Have had surgery to stop testosterone production, or take medicine that keeps testosterone below 50 ng/dL.
  • Have used 1 or 2 prior hormone-targeted drugs, but not apalutamide. People who used enzalutamide may join only study group C.
  • Have had no chemotherapy except docetaxel given when the cancer still responded to lowering testosterone. Must decline taxane chemotherapy or be unable to receive it, as judged by the doctor.
  • Be fully active or able to do light work, even if unable to do hard physical activity. Organs must work well enough for treatment.
  • Side effects from the last treatment must improve to the study’s limits: moderate or less after abiraterone or enzalutamide; usually mild or less after other treatments.
  • Agree to use birth control approved by the study doctor during treatment and for 3 months after the last dose.
  • Give written consent and be able to follow study requirements.

Who can't join

  • Have prostate cancer that does not make PSA, or cancer that worsens on scans without a PSA rise; or have another cancer needing active treatment.
  • Previously received carotuximab or another antibody drug targeting CD105. Have a known allergy to Chinese hamster ovary products or certain lab-made antibody drugs.
  • Had major surgery within 2 weeks before treatment, or have blood pressure above 150/90 despite treatment.
  • Have active bleeding, a condition with a high bleeding risk, or Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome, a blood vessel disorder. Used clot-dissolving drugs within 10 days before carotuximab.
  • Have fluid in the belly, around the heart, or around the lungs that needs to be drained.
  • Have untreated cancer involving the brain, spinal cord compression, or cancer in the lining around the brain or spinal cord. Treated brain spots may be allowed if inactive, with no symptoms and no steroid use for at least 28 days.
  • Had a serious heart or blood vessel event in the past 6 months, such as a heart attack, heart failure, stroke, mini-stroke, artery or lung clot, or a procedure to open or bypass heart arteries.
  • Had a deep vein blood clot in the past 6 months, unless treated for at least 2 weeks with a blood thinner other than warfarin and approved by the study doctor.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * History of castration-resistant prostate cancer with rising PSA on a contemporary ARSI (e.g. abiraterone or, enzalutamide, darolutamide). Bicalutamide, nilutamide, and flutamide will not be considered as contemporary ARSIs. * PSA rise will be defined as an increase in PSA of 0.2 ng/mL or higher on at least 2 separate occasions greater than 1 week apart while on an ARSI * Patient must be surgically castrated or have serum testosterone concentrations much be consistent with castrate levels of testosterone (under 50 ng/dL) while on LHRH analog therapy * Patient must have had 1 and can have up to 2 prior AR targeted agents (if patients have had previous enzalutamide, they will be considered only for arm C). therapy with the exception of apalutamide. * Patients may not have had previous chemotherapy with the exception of docetaxel administered for castration-sensitive disease. * Patients must decline or be ineligible for taxane therapy in the opinion of the treating physician. * Have Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0-1 * Resolution of adverse events results as described below: * If the subject's patient's most recent line of therapy is treatment with abiraterone or enzalutamide, then all adverse events must be resolved to Grade 2 or less * If the subject's patient's most recent line of therapy is any other treatment for mCRPC then all Adverse events must be resolved to grade 1 or less, with the exception of fatigue, alopecia and neuropathy (which must resolve to CTCAE grade 2) * Adequate organ function * All patients must agree to use an adequate method of contraception, in the opinion of the treating investigator, while on protocol treatment and for 3 months after the last dose of protocol treatment (apalutamide/enzalutamide and/or carotuximab) * Written informed consent obtained from subject and ability for subject to comply with the requirements of the study Exclusion Criteria: * Non-PSA producing prostate cancers such as small cell prostate cancers or those prostate cancers which exhibit radiographic progression without PSA rise * Other prior malignancy requiring active anticancer therapy * Prior exposure to carotuximab or any CD105 targeted antibody * Any major surgical procedure, in the opinion of the treating physician, within 2 weeks of starting therapy * Uncontrolled chronic hypertension defined as sustained systolic pressure (SBP) \>150 mmHg or diastolic pressure (DBP) \>90 despite optimal therapy * Active bleeding or pathologic medical conditions, including but not limited to factor deficiencies, hemophilia, etc., that carries a high bleeding risk * Use of thrombolytics within 10 days prior to the first day of carotuximab * Known hypersensitivity to Chinese hamster ovary products or other recombinant human, chimeric, or humanized antibodies * A known diagnosis of Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome * Ascites or pericardial or pleural effusion requiring external drainage procedures * History of untreated brain involvement with cancer, spinal cord compression, or carcinomatous meningitis, or new evidence of brain or leptomeningeal disease. Patients with radiated or resected lesions are permitted, provided the lesions are fully treated and inactive, patients are asymptomatic, and no steroids have been administered for at least 28 days. Imaging for CNS disease will not be required for screening unless there is a history of a neurological finding such as new onset of weakness or numbness that cannot be explained by other medical history. * Acute cardiovascular event within the past 6 months. An acute cardiovascular event will be defined as a myocardial infarction, NYHA Class II or worse congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack, arterial embolism, pulmonary embolism, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), or CABG. * Deep venous thrombosis within the past 6 months, unless the patient is anti-coagulated without the use of warfarin for at least 2 weeks. In this situation, low molecular weight heparin is preferred but clearance should be given by the local PI.

Study sites (3)

CA

UT