Study of AZD0754 in Participants With Metastatic Prostate Cancer
A Phase I/II Open Label Study to Evaluate the Safety, Cellular Kinetics, and Efficacy of AZD0754, a Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapy Directed Against STEAP2, in Adult Participants With Metastatic Prostate Cancer: APOLLO
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 to 130 Years
- 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 AZD0754 CAR T-cell therapy, a treatment that uses immune cells to fight cancer. It looks at safety, side effects, and how well it fights prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. It is for adults whose cancer has worsened despite treatment to lower testosterone.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and antitumour activity of AZD0754 CAR T-cell therapy in participants with metastatic prostate cancer.
Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.
Eligibility
Who can join
- You must be 18 or older.
- A tissue test must confirm prostate adenocarcinoma, a type of prostate cancer, that has spread. It must not have small cell or neuroendocrine features.
- Your cancer must have worsened despite surgery or medicine to lower testosterone. You must keep taking testosterone-lowering medicine if you use it.
- Your PSA blood test level must be at least 1 ng/mL. Scans must show the cancer worsened within the past 6 months; some scan results also require a rising PSA.
- You must have had a newer hormone treatment and taxane chemotherapy. The study doctor may allow you to join if you cannot take or refuse taxanes.
- Certain tumor gene changes require earlier treatment: a PARP inhibitor for BRCA1 or BRCA2 changes, unless you could not tolerate it; or immune treatment for certain DNA repair problems, unless you could not take or tolerate it.
- Before blood cells are collected, you must be fully active or able to do light work, and expected to live more than 12 weeks. Your organs and bone marrow must work well enough.
- You must agree to provide tumor samples before and during treatment. If new samples cannot safely be taken, a stored sample no more than 10 years old is required.
Who can't join
- You weigh less than 39 kg (about 86 pounds), have cancer that has spread to the brain, or have had an organ transplant.
- You have had another cancer, unless it meets the study’s rules for successfully treated cancer with a low chance of returning.
- You have a current or past disease where the immune system attacks the body, or an inflammatory disease. Some stable, skin-only, diet-controlled, or long-inactive conditions may be allowed.
- You had a stroke, bleeding inside the skull, or a seizure within 6 months before blood cell collection, or have active, uncontrolled epilepsy.
- You have certain heart rhythm problems, heart electrical test changes, or personal or family heart rhythm history. Other serious or uncontrolled illnesses, including heart or lung disease, infection, high blood pressure, diabetes, or bleeding disorders, may also exclude you.
- You still have moderate or worse side effects from earlier cancer treatment. Hair loss is allowed; some lasting side effects and nerve problems may be allowed after review.
- You test positive for HIV or have active hepatitis C. Hepatitis B is allowed only under specific blood test and treatment rules. Local infection-testing rules also apply.
- You use certain full-dose blood thinners or clot-dissolving drugs during the restricted period, or have major surgery too close to cell collection or treatment. The listing also starts a restriction on steroids and other immune-system medicines, but that rule is cut off.
Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.
Official eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Age 1. Participant must be 18 years or older at the time of signing the informed consent form. Type of Participant and Disease Characteristics 2. Participants with: 1. A histologically confirmed diagnosis of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the prostate without known neuroendocrine differentiation or small cell features. 2. Castration-resistant prostate cancer as defined by disease progression despite castration by orchiectomy or ongoing luteinising hormone-releasing hormone analogue. Participants receiving medical castration therapy with gonadotropin releasing hormone analogues should continue this treatment during the study. 3. Measurable PSA \>/=1 ng/mL AND 4. Evidence of progression within 6 months prior to screening according to one of the following: (i) Radiographic disease progression in soft tissue based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours Version 1.1 criteria with or without PSA progression as per Prostate Cancer Working Group Criteria 3 (PCWG3) (ii) Radiographic disease progression in bone defined as the appearance of 2 or more new bone lesions on bone scan as per Prostate Cancer Working Group Criteria 3 (PCWG3). (iii) Evidence of disease progression in bone according to PSMA PET scan results in tandem with PSA progression according to PCWG3 criteria." 3. Participant has previously received a NHA (ie, abiraterone, enzalutamide, apalutamide, darolutamide) and a taxane as part of their treatment for prostate cancer (whether before or in the metastatic castration-resistant setting). Participants who are ineligible for taxanes or refuse these therapies may be enrolled at the discretion of the investigator. 4. For participants with pathogenic mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2, they must also have received a PARP-inhibitor or be intolerant of this therapy. For participants with non-BRCA HRR deficiency disease, treatment with a PARP-inhibitor is at the discretion of the Investigator based on a risk/benefit analysis and discussion with the participant. 5. For participants who have high microsatellite instability or deficient DNA mismatch repair they must also have received at least one line of checkpoint inhibitors (ie, pembrolizumab), not be eligible for, or be intolerant to therapy as per NCCN or local treatment guidelines. 6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 prior to apheresis. 7. Minimum life expectancy of \> 12 weeks prior to apheresis in the opinion of the Investigator 8. Adequate organ and marrow function. 9. Consent and provision of tumour material to assess STEAP2 expression and other correlative biomarkers retrospectively with pre- and post-treatment biopsies. Fresh baseline and on-treatment biopsies are required unless these are deemed medically unfeasible. If the participant is unable to undergo fresh biopsy, an archival tumour sample will be required (age of biopsy cannot be greater than 10 years). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Participants with weight less than 39 kg 2. History of another primary malignancy except for malignancy treated with curative intent with no known active disease (≥ 2 years) before the first dose of study intervention and of low potential risk for recurrence. Such exceptions include non-melanoma cancer of the skin that has undergone curative therapy or adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease. 3. Participants with known brain metastases. 4. Prior solid organ transplantation. 5. Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders. The following are exceptions to this criterion: 1. Participants with vitiligo or autoimmune alopecia. 2. Participants with autoimmune hypothyroidism (eg, following Hashimoto thyroiditis) stable on hormone replacement. 3. Any chronic inflammatory or autoimmune skin condition that does not require systemic therapy. 4. Participants without active disease in the last 5 years may be included, but only after consultation with the Sponsor. 5. Participants with coeliac disease controlled by diet alone. 6. Stroke, intracranial haemorrhage, or seizure within 6 months of apheresis. 7. Cardiac arrhythmias, (such as multifocal premature ventricular contractions, bigeminy, trigeminy, ventricular tachycardia), which are symptomatic or require treatment (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events \[CTCAE\] Grade 3) unless controlled by pacemaker (discussion with the Study Physician required); symptomatic or uncontrolled atrial fibrillation despite treatment, or asymptomatic sustained ventricular tachycardia. 8. Investigator judgement of one or more of the following: 1. Mean resting corrected QT interval \> 470 ms, obtained from triplicate electrocardiograms (ECGs) performed at screening. 2. History of QT prolongation associated with other medications that required discontinuation of that medication, or any current concomitant medication known to prolong the QT interval and be associated with Torsades de Pointe. 3. Congenital long QT syndrome, family history of long QT syndrome, or unexplained sudden death under 40 years of age in first-degree relatives. 9. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active known infection, cardiomyopathy of any aetiology, symptomatic congestive heart failure defined by New York Heart Association class ≥ 3), interstitial lung disease, uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, unstable angina pectoris, history of myocardial infarction within the past 6 months prior to apheresis, known bleeding diathesis such as haemophilia, von Willebrand disease, etc. 10. Active, uncontrolled epilepsy. Participants without active/uncontrolled epilepsy in the last 5 years may be included. 11. Persistent toxicities (CTCAE Grade ≥ 2) caused by previous anticancer therapy, excluding alopecia. Participants with irreversible toxicity that is not reasonably expected to be exacerbated by study intervention may be included (eg, hearing loss) after consultation with the Study Physician or Medical Monitor. Participants with Grade 2 neuropathy will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis after consultation with the Study Physician or Medical Monitor. 12. Seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 13. Active hepatitis C infection (HCV). Participants testing positive for HCV antibody are eligible only if the polymerase chain reaction is negative for HCV RNA. 14. Participants with hepatitis B virus (HBV) may be included under the following circumstances: 1. Negative for hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) and positive for anti-HBc antibody 2. Positive for HbsAg, but for \> 6 months have had normal transaminases and HBV DNA levels between 0 - 2000 IU/mL (inactive carrier state) and willing to start and maintain antiviral treatment for at least the duration of the study. 3. HBV DNA levels \> 2000 IU/mL but on prophylactic antiviral treatment for the past 3 months and will maintain the antiviral treatment during the study. 15. Local requirements for the testing for infectious diseases and exclusions of applicable participants should be followed per local regulations. Prior/Concomitant Therapy 16. Participants may not receive full-dose long-acting oral (eg, warfarin) or parenteral anticoagulants or thrombolytic agents for therapeutic (as opposed to prophylactic) purpose from the time of informed consent to 28-days post infusion of AZD0754. Use of short acting direct oral anticoagulants (eg, rivaroxaban) for therapeutic and prophylactic purposes are permitted. 17. Received the following: 1. Major surgery within 2 weeks prior to apheresis, or planned major surgery within 4 weeks of the study treatment administration (Note: participants with planned surgical procedures to be conducted under local anaesthesia may participate after discussion with the Sponsor). 2. Corticosteroids (except inhaled corticosteroids) or other immunomodulators (including interleukins, interferons, and thymosins) of systemic therapeutic dose, and systemic corticosteroids at doses exceeding 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent \< 7 days prior to apheresis. 18. Receipt of the last dose of anticancer therapy (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, endocrine therapy targeted therapy, biologic therapy, tumour embolisation, or monoclonal antibodies, investigational product) within 5 half-lives or ≤ 21 days (whichever is shorter) prior to apheresis. Radiotherapy within 14 days. However, if the radiation portal covered ≤ 5% of the bone marrow reserve, the participant is eligible irrespective of the end date of radiotherapy. If sufficient washout time has not occurred due to the schedule or PK properties of an agent, a longer washout period will be required, as agreed by AstraZeneca and the Investigator. 19. Any concurrent anticancer treatment with the following exceptions: 1. Protocol-defined LDC 2. Hormonal therapy for non cancer-related conditions (eg, hormone replacement therapy) 3. Androgen deprivation therapy with a luteinising-hormone replacement hormone agonist/antagonist is required if needed to maintain testosterone level in the castration range (levels \< 50 ng/dL) and should be continued (unless bilateral orchiectomy) throughout the trial. Following apheresis, bridging therapy is permitted (if required) as outlined in Section 6.1.2 20. Participants should not have received any live vaccines within 30 days prior to apheresis. Participants can receive coronavirus (COVID)-19 vaccines, at the discretion of the Investigator, following a benefit/risk evaluation for the individual participant and in accordance with local rules and regulations and vaccination guidelines. Note: If a COVID-19 vaccine is administered, it should ideally be done at least one week prior to LDC or after completion of the DLT period. Prior/Concurrent Clinical Study Experience 21. Prior treatment with a CAR-T therapy directed at any target or any therapy that is targeted to STEAP2. 22. Participants with a known life-threatening allergy, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to AZD0754 or any of the excipients of the product, including dimethylsulfoxide. In addition to the above, the following exclusion criteria is applicable for study participants in Australia: \- Participants with human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV).
Study sites (13)
CA
- Research Site · Duarte, CA 91010More trials in Duarte
FL
- Research Site · Tampa, FL 33612More trials in Tampa
GA
- Research Site · Atlanta, GA 30322More trials in Atlanta
KS
- Research Site · Westwood, KS 66205More trials in Westwood
MA
- Research Site · Boston, MA 02114More trials in Boston
- Research Site · Boston, MA 02215More trials in Boston
MO
- Research Site · St Louis, MO 63110More trials in St Louis
NJ
- Research Site · Hackensack, NJ 07601More trials in Hackensack
NY
- Research Site · New York, NY 10032More trials in New York
- Research Site · New York, NY 10065More trials in New York
PA
- Research Site · Philadelphia, PA 19104More trials in Philadelphia
TX
- Research Site · Dallas, TX 75235More trials in Dallas
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