RecruitingPhase 1 / Phase 2

Safety and Efficacy of AGN-INM176 in Prostate Patients With Rising PSA

Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Daily Oral Angelica Gigas Nakai (AGN)-INM176 in Prostate Patients With Rising Plasma PSA (Phase I/II Trial)

Who can join

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

Age
40 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 the safety and best dose of INM176, an herbal supplement, in men age 40 or older with prostate cancer. It also tests whether INM176 can keep PSA levels steady or lower them. PSA is a blood marker used to track prostate cancer; the study includes men treated before and some who have not had treatment.

This Phase I/II open-label trial aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the herbal supplement INM176 in patients with a history of prostate cancer or low-risk disease under active surveillance. The study will determine the recommended Phase II dose (RP2D) and assess the efficacy of INM176 in stabilizing or decreasing plasma PSA levels in post-radical prostatectomy (RP) and post-radiation therapy (RT) patients with rising PSA levels.

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

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Be a man age 40 or older. Agree to join, follow study steps, and attend all visits.
  • Phase I: Have prostate cancer that was treated before, or cancer still in the prostate that is low-risk or for which you declined treatment.
  • Phase II: Have prostate cancer called adenocarcinoma, confirmed by a tissue test. Have had prostate surgery or radiation, or have cancer still in the prostate and declined treatment after talking with a doctor.
  • Phase II: Scans must show no distant cancer spread. PSA must rise on two tests in the past 6 months, at least one week apart, with levels of at least 0.1 ng/mL.
  • Be able to care for yourself and be out of bed at least half the day. Blood tests must meet study rules for liver, kidney, and blood cell health; Phase I also requires normal blood clotting tests.
  • Phase II: Meet testosterone rules, including a level above 50 ng/dL, and have had no hormone-lowering treatment in the past 6 months. Returning Phase I patients must wait at least 90 days and meet added safety rules.
  • Agree to use two accepted birth control methods during the study and for at least one week after the last dose.
  • Have medicines checked for possible drug interactions. Stop supplements containing AGN extract at least 4 weeks before starting the study drug.

Who can't join

  • Cancer that has spread to distant parts of the body. Prostate cancer in nearby lymph nodes is allowed after treatment is finished.
  • Current chemotherapy, hormone-lowering treatment, anti-hormone drugs, immune-based cancer treatment, or other study drugs. Phase I also does not allow current radiation treatment.
  • Phase II: Neuroendocrine or small cell prostate cancer, or surgery that removed both testicles.
  • An illness that is not controlled and could make joining unsafe or following study steps hard, such as an infection, diabetes, asthma, or a serious mental health condition.
  • Severe heart failure, a heart attack within the past 6 months, or another heart problem the doctor believes makes joining unsafe.
  • Another active cancer that needs treatment.
  • Severe long-term kidney disease, with a kidney filtering rate below 30.
  • Taking warfarin, also called Coumadin, a blood thinner.

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

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Phase I Inclusion Criteria * Willingness and ability to give informed consent. * Agree to comply with all study procedures and attend all study visits. * Male aged \>=40 years. * History of prostate cancer diagnosis: Subjects with treated prostate cancer are eligible. Prior prostate cancer treatments must be clearly defined. Acceptable treatment modalities include surgery, radiation therapy, and previous use of antiandrogen therapy. Subjects with localized prostate cancer in low-risk group who were not on treatment or declined any treatment are eligible. Subjects with localized prostate cancer in the favorable intermediate-risk group who declined any treatment are eligible. Subjects with localized prostate cancer in the high-risk or unfavorable intermediate-risk group who have declined definitive therapy, including surgery, radiation therapy, or androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), are eligible. * Subjects must not be undergoing concurrent radiation therapy or androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) at the time of enrollment. * ECOG performance status 0-2. * Subjects must have normal liver and kidney function at baseline: Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits. AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) \< 2.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN). Creatinine \< 1.5 ULN or creatinine clearance \> 50 mL/min/1.73 m2. Adequate bone marrow function: Hgb ≥ 9.0 g/dL, Platelets ≥ 100 x 109/L, absolute neutrophil count of ≥ 1.0 x 109/L).International Normalized Ratio (INR), Prothrombin Time (PT), and Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)within normal institutional limits. * Subjects and their partners must agree to use two medically accepted methods of contraception and must agree to continue use these methods during the trial and for at least one week after the last dose of study drug. Acceptable methods of contraception include abstinence, barrier method with spermicide, intrauterine device (IUD) known to have a failure rate of less than 1% per year, or steroidal contraceptive (oral, transdermal, implanted, or injected) in conjunction with a barrier method. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, post ovulation methods) withdrawal, spermicides only, or lactational amenorrhea are not acceptable methods of contraception. * Subjects taking strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4 or CYP2C19 must be evaluated for potential drug interactions with the study drug. Essential medications, such as statins, that cannot be discontinued may be allowed at the investigator's discretion. * Subjects currently taking herbal supplements containing AGN extract, such as Cogni.Q, Decursinol-50, Ache Action, Fast-Acting Joint Formula, must discontinue these or any other supplements containing these products at least 4 weeks prior to starting study drug. Phase II Inclusion Criteria * Willingness and ability to give informed consent. * Agree to comply with all study procedures and attend all study visits. * Male aged \>=40 years. * Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of prostate (neuroendocrine or small cell prostate cancer excluded). * Any T stage, N0-1, M0, any Gleason grade. * Subjects must meet one of the following: Post-radical prostatectomy (RP) and/or post-radiation therapy (RT), including those with local recurrence declining further treatment. Localized prostate cancer who declined any treatment after physician discussion. Non-castrate status required: eligible subjects must have a serum total testosterone \>50 ng/dL measured within 6 months prior to enrollment and must not have received systemic ADT (LHRH agonist/antagonist) within the prior 6 months. Subjects with bilateral orchiectomy are ineligible. * No distant metastases disease confirmed by imaging (CT or MRI and bone scan or prostate-specific PET scan such as PSMA PET scan or Axumin PET scan) within 5 years prior to enrollment. * Blood PSA level rising over 2 consecutive tests within the past 6 months, at least one week apart, with values ≥ 0.1 ng/mL. * Not currently receiving concurrent androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). For subjects with a prior history of ADT, screening testosterone levels must be obtained and must be within a non-castrate range (\>50 ng/dL) to be eligible for Phase II. Subjects without a history of ADT are not required to undergo testosterone screening. * ECOG performance status 0-2. * Subjects must have normal liver, kidney, and bone marrow function at baseline: Total bilirubin within institutional limits. AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) \< 2.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN). Creatinine \< 1.5 ULN or creatinine clearance \> 50 mL/min/1.73 m2. Adequate bone marrow function: Hgb ≥ 9.0 g/dL, Platelets ≥ 100 x 109/L, absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.0 x 109/L. * No evidence of any active secondary malignancy requiring ongoing treatment. * Subjects must agree to use two medically accepted method of contraception and must agree to continue use this method while on the trial and through at least one week after the last dose of study drug. Acceptable methods of contraception include abstinence, barrier method with spermicide, intrauterine device (IUD) known to have a failure rate of less than 1% per year, or steroidal contraceptive (oral, transdermal, implanted, or injected) in conjunction with a barrier method. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, post ovulation methods) withdrawal, spermicides only, or lactational amenorrhea are not acceptable methods of contraception. * Subjects taking strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4 or CYP2C19 will be evaluated for potential drug interactions with the study drug. Essential medications, such as statins, that cannot be discontinued may be allowed at the investigator's discretion. * Subjects currently taking herbal supplements containing AGN extract, including Cogni.Q, Decursinol-50, Ache Action, Fast-Acting Joint Formula, must discontinue these or any other supplements containing these products at least 4 weeks prior to starting study drug. * Prior Phase I subjects: must have completed ≥90 days washout from the last investigational product dose and meet all of the following: No treatment-related Grade 3 or higher adverse events occurred during Phase I, Any treatment-related adverse events have resolved to Grade 1 or less prior to Phase II enrollment, hepatic and renal function tests within protocol-defined limits, and investigator confirmation of clinical stability. Phase I and II Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects with distant metastatic cancer. Node-positive prostate cancer patients are allowed after completion of treatment. * Subjects who are receiving systemic treatments such as chemotherapy, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) or anti-androgen therapy including LHRH agonist, antagonist, GNRH analogs, and antiandrogens, or immunotherapy (checkpoint inhibitor) or investigational agents. * Participants will be excluded if they have any uncontrolled intercurrent illness at the discretion of the treating investigator. This may include, but is not limited to, the following conditions: ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM) with an HbA1C \>9, uncontrolled asthma, or significant psychiatric illness that would limit compliance with study requirements. * History of New York Heart Association Class III or IV heart failure, history of a myocardial infarction within 6 months, or any other cardiac-related problem that would be considered a contraindication for participation in the opinion of the treating physician. * Any active secondary malignancy requiring treatment. * Chronic kidney disease with calculated GFR \<30 mL/min/1.73 m(2) using Cockcroft-Gault formula, or measured GFR \<30 mL/min/1.73 m(2) using a 24-hour urine collection. The hospital's lab measured GFR can be used if a 24-hour collection is not possible. * Subjects who are taking Warfarin/coumadin.

Study sites (1)

PA