Clinical Trial · NCT03392428

A Trial of 177Lu-PSMA617 Theranostic Versus Cabazitaxel in Progressive Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer

Overview

This open label, randomised, stratified, 2-arm, multicentre, phase 2 trial aims to determine the activity and safety of Lu-PSMA vs cabazitaxel in men with progressive metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer

Sponsor

Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group

Phase

Phase 2

Contacts

Michael Hofman, A/Prof (STUDY_CHAIR)

ClinicalTrials.gov

NCT03392428

Drug / Compound

PSMA-617

Isotope(s):
Target(s):
  • PSMA
Ligand Class: Small Molecules
Chelator: DOTA

Eligibility

Inclusion

  • Estimated life expectancy \> 12 weeks
  • AST or ALT ≤ 2.0 x ULN (or ≤ 5.0 x ULN in the presence of liver metastases)
  • Neutrophils \> 1.5 x10 billion/L
  • Castration-resistant prostate cancer (defined as disease progressing despite castration by orchiectomy or ongoing Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone (LHRH) analog
  • Progressive disease with rising PSA on 3 consecutive measurements, and PSA ≥ 20 ng/mL
  • Adequate bone marrow function:
  • Hb ≥ 90g/L (no red blood cell transfusion in last 4 weeks)
  • ECOG Performance status 0 to 2
  • Significant PSMA avidity on 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT, defined as a minimum uptake of SUVmax 20 at a site of disease, and SUVmax \> 10 at sites of measurable disease ≥10mm (unless subject to factors explaining a lower uptake, e.g. respiratory motion, reconstruction artefact)
  • Target or non-target lesions according to RECIST 1.1
  • Adequate liver function:
  • Assessed by a medical oncologist as suitable for chemotherapy with cabazitaxel
  • Adequate renal function: • Cr Cl ≥ 40mL/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula)
  • Willing and able to comply with all study requirements, including all treatments (cabazitaxel or Lu-PSMA); and, the timing and nature of all required assessments
  • Prior treatment with docetaxel
  • Study treatment both planned and able to start within 21 days of randomisation
  • Bilirubin \< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (or if bilirubin is between 1.5-2x ULN, must have a normal conjugated bilirubin)
  • Platelets ≥ 100 x10 billion /L
  • Documented histopathology of prostate adenocarcinoma OR
  • Metastatic disease typical of prostate cancer (i.e. involving bone or pelvic lymph nodes or para-aortic lymph nodes)

Exclusion

  • Concurrent illness, including severe infection that may jeopardise the ability of the participant to undergo the procedures outlined in this protocol with reasonable safety
  • Sjogren's syndrome
  • Site(s) of disease that are FDG positive with minimal PSMA expression defined as FDG intensity \> 68Ga-PSMA activity OR 68Ga-PSMA SUVmax \< 10
  • Presence of any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule, including alcohol dependence or drug abuse
  • Prior treatment with cabazitaxel or Lu-PSMA
  • Contraindications to the use of corticosteroid treatment
  • Patients who are sexually active and not willing/able to use medically acceptable forms of barrier contraception
  • Active malignancy other than prostate cancer
  • Prostate cancer with significant sarcomatoid or spindle cell or neuroendocrine small cell components