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Phase 2 N=36 Treatment

Testosterone and Olaparib in Treating Patients With Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Castration-Resistant Prostate Carcinoma · Prostate Adenocarcinoma

Enrolled (actual)
36
Serious AEs
13.9%
Results posted
May 2022
Primary outcome: Primary: Percent of Patients With a Prostate-specific Antigen (PSA) Decline of at Least 50% Below Baseline PSA50 Response Rate — 14 Participants

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Interventions
Laboratory Biomarker Analysis (Other); Olaparib (Drug); Quality-of-Life Assessment (Other); Survey Administration (Other); Testosterone Enanthate (Drug); Testosterone Cypionate (Drug)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
Male
Sponsor
University of Washington
Primary completion
Mar 2021

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Percent of Patients With a Prostate-specific Antigen (PSA) Decline of at Least 50% Below Baseline PSA50 Response Rate
14
SECONDARY
Incidence of Adverse Events (AEs) According to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version 4.03
33
SECONDARY
Radiographic Response Rate
8
SECONDARY
PSA Progression Free Survival (PFS)
7
SECONDARY
Overall Survival (OS)
26
SECONDARY
Radiographic PFS
13
SECONDARY
Average Change in Quality of Life (QOL) Assessed by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate (FACT-P) Survey
1.36
SECONDARY
Average Change in Quality of Life (QOL) Assessed by the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) Survey
2.56

Summary

This phase II trial studies how well testosterone (enanthate or cypionate) and olaparib work in treating patients with prostate cancer that has progressed despite hormonal therapy. Hormonal therapy, such as leuprolide, may lessen the amount of male sex hormones made by the body. In patients that have developed progressive cancer in spite of standard hormonal treatment (i.e. castration-resistant prostate cancer), administering testosterone may result in regression of tumors by causing DNA damage in cancer cells that have adapted to low testosterone conditions. Olaparib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes involved in repairing DNA damage. Therefore, giving testosterone and olaparib together may work better in treating castration-resistant prostate cancer by generating DNA damage that the cancer cell is unable to repair.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Must be willing to provide informed consent prior to any study specific procedures
  • Documented histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate
  • Patient must have evidence of castration resistant prostate cancer as evidenced by PSA progression (per Prostate Cancer Working Group 3 [PCWG3] criteria) and a castrate serum testosterone level (i.e., ≤ 50 mg/dL)
  • PSA must be at least 1 ng/ml and rising on two successive measurements at least two weeks apart
  • Patients must have progressed on abiraterone and/or enzalutamide; there must be at least a 3-week washout period after stopping the most recent approved therapy for mCRPC (i.e., abiraterone, enzalutamide, Ra-223, sipuleucel-t); if applicable, patients should be weaned off steroids at least 1 week prior to starting treatment
  • No prior chemotherapy for the treatment of mCRPC; patients may have received docetaxel for the treatment of hormone-sensitive prostate cancer
  • Prior treatment with non-chemotherapy investigational agents is permitted; there must be at least a 3-week washout period after stopping any investigational cancer agent
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 10.0 g/dL with no blood transfusion in the past 28 days (within 28 days prior to administration of study treatment)
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 10^9/L (within 28 days prior to administration of study treatment)
  • Platelet count ≥ 100 x 10^9/L (within 28 days prior to administration of study treatment)
  • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) (within 28 days prior to administration of study treatment)
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamic pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) ≤ 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal unless liver metastases are present in which case they must be ≤ 5 x ULN (within 28 days prior to administration of study treatment)
  • Patients must have creatinine clearance estimated using the Cockcroft-Gault equation or based on a 24 hour urine test of ≥ 51 mL/min (within 28 days prior to administration of study treatment)
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1
  • Patients must have a life expectancy ≥ 16 weeks
  • Male patients and their partners, who are sexually active and of childbearing potential, must agree to the use of two highly effective forms of contraception in combination throughout the period of taking study treatment and for 3 months after last dose of study drug(s) to prevent pregnancy in a partner
  • Patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits and examinations
  • At least one lesion (measurable and/or non-measurable) that can be accurately assessed at baseline by computed tomography (CT), positron-emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or bone scan and is suitable for repeated assessment
  • Must have archival tissue available, be willing to undergo metastatic biopsy or have a sufficient plasma circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) concentration in order to perform next-generation DNA sequencing
  • The study will require that 50% of enrolled subjects have homozygous deletions, deleterious mutations, or both in one or more of the DNA damage response (DDR) genes; the other 50% of patients must have an intact DDR pathway

Exclusion Criteria

  • Involvement in the planning and/or conduct of the study (applies to both AstraZeneca staff and/or staff at the study site)
  • Previous enrollment in this study
  • Participation in another clinical study with an investigational product during the last 3 weeks
  • Any previous treatment with poly-adenosine diphosphate ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, including olaparib
  • Other malignancy unless curatively treated with no evidence of disease for ≥ 5 years except: adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer
  • Resting electrocardiogram (ECG) indicating uncontrolled, potentially reversi
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03516812). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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