Clinical trial NCT04421222: Oral EPI-7386 in Patients with Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Official title: A Phase 1, Open-label Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Anti-Tumor Activity of Oral EPI-7386 in Patients with Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Phase: PHASE1
Conditions: Prostate Cancer
Lead sponsor: ESSA Pharmaceuticals
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2020-06-09
Enrollment: 71
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This is a phase I, clinical research study of EPI-7386, an investigational drug being studied as a treatment for patients with prostate cancer. All patients in the study will receive EPI-7386.

Since this is the first study of EPI-7386 in humans, there is no information about how it affects people or what dose should be used. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to assess the safety (side effects) of EPI-7386 and to find a dose that can be given without unacceptable side effects.

There are other important things that will be evaluated during the study:

* How the amount of EPI-7386 in the blood changes over time.
* The effect of EPI-7386 on prostate cancer.
* The effect of EPI-7386 on certain substances in the body.
* The possibility that EPI-7386 can interact with other drugs.

The study will be conducted in 2 parts:

* Part A: To evaluate the safety and tolerability of EPI-7386 as a single agent via 2 Phases:

  * Phase 1a: Dose Escalation (mCRPC)
  * Phase 1b: Dose Expansion (mCRPC)
* Part B: To evaluate 2 parallel enrolling cohorts (Cohort 1 and Cohort 2) of EPI-7386 in combination of apalutamide acetate + prednisone (AAP) or apalutamide (APA):

  * Cohort 1: Combination with AAP in mHSPC or mCRPC patients
  * Cohort 2: Will evaluate the anti-tumor activity of EPI-7386 for a limited window of time (12 weeks EPI-7386 monotherapy prior to the start of combination therapy with APA) in nmCRPC patients unperturbed by previous 2nd generation anti-androgen therapies or chemotheraphy.


Eligibility criteria: Part A/Phase 1a (Dose Escalation) Inclusion Criteria:

* Male 18 years of age or older.
* Histologically, pathologically, or cytologically confirmed prostate cancer without small cell features.
* Evidence of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
* Presence of metastatic disease at study entry documented by 1 or more bone lesions on bone scan or by soft tissue disease observed by CT/MRI.
* Limited further treatment options available known to confer clinical benefit in this disease setting from the perspective of the treating physician. Specifically, patients must have progressed on at least 2, but not more than 3, prior approved systemic therapies for mCRPC which include at least one, but not more than 2, second generation anti-androgen drug.
* Patients may have received prior docetaxel for mCSPC or mCRPC but must not have had disease progression during, or within 6 months of completing chemotherapy. Only one line of prior chemotherapy is allowed.
* Evidence of progressive disease defined as 1 or more Prostate Cancer Working Group 3 (PCWG3) criteria.
* The patient must have recovered from toxicities related to any prior treatments.
* Castrate at screening.
* Patients receiving bisphosphonates or other approved bone-targeting therapy must be on a stable dose for at least 4 weeks prior to the start of study drug.
* Demonstrate adequate organ function.
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 to 1.

Part A/Phase 1b (Dose Expansion) Inclusion Criteria:

The inclusion criteria for this cohort are the same as for Phase 1a with the exception of: limit of prior therapies to 2 and prior chemotherapy is not allowed for this cohort of patients.

Part B/Cohort 1 (EPI-7386 in combination with AAP) Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients are eligible to enroll in this cohort if they meet the clinical criteria for receiving AAP as standard of care treatment as per label (i.e., high-risk mHSPC or mCRPC).
* All other inclusion criteria listed for Part A/Phase 1a apply except for those that do not apply to mHSPC or mCRPC patients (i.e. evidence of CRPC and limited treatment options for mCRPC).

Part B/Cohort 2 (Window of Opportunity with clinical endpoints followed by combination with Apalutamide)

* Male 18 years of age or older.
* Histologically, pathologically, or cytologically confirmed prostate cancer without small cell features.
* Evidence of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
* Patients who received a first generation anti-androgen as part of an initial combined androgen blockade therapy or as second-line hormonal therapy must show continuing disease (PSA) progression off the anti-androgen for at least 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
* At least 4 weeks must have elapsed from the use of 5-α reductase inhibitors, estrogens, and any other anti-cancer therapy prior to enrollment.
* At least 4 weeks must have elapsed from major surgery or radiation therapy prior to enrollment.
* The patient must have recovered from toxicities related to any prior treatments.
* Castrate at screening.
* Demonstrate adequate organ function.
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 to 1.

Part A Phase 1a and Phase 1b Exclusion Criteria:

* Biologic anti-cancer therapy or a cytotoxic chemotherapy within 4 weeks prior to the start of study drug.
* Use of hormonal agents with anti-tumor activity against prostate cancer within 4 weeks prior to the start of study drug.
* Any lutamides or abiraterone within 14 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer prior to start of study drug.
* Use of radium-223 dichloride or other radioligand/radiopharmaceutical within 28 days prior to the start of study drug.
* Received limited-field palliative bone radiotherapy \>5 fractions and/or any radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to the start of study drug.
* Received a blood transfusion within 28 days of screening.
* Received prior chemotherapy (for Part 1b Cohort A only).
* Known intra-cerebral disease or brain metastasis unless adequately treated and stable for the last 4 weeks before enrollment.
* Spinal cord compression.
* Diagnosis of another invasive malignancy within the previous 3 years other than curatively treated non-melanomatous skin cancer or superficial urothelial carcinoma.
* Gastrointestinal disorder affecting absorption.
* Significant cardiovascular disease.
* Concurrent disease or any clinically significant abnormality.
* Use of strong inducers of CYP3A within 14 days of the first dose of study drug.

Part A Phase 1b (Dose Expansion) Exclusion Criteria:

The exclusion criteria for this cohort are the same as the criteria from Phase 1a with the addition of the following:

• Any prior treatment with chemotherapy.

Part B Cohort 1 (EPI-7386 in combination with AAP) Exclusion Criteria:

The exclusion criteria for this cohort are the same as the criteria from Phase 1a with the addition of the following:

* Use of concomitant CYP2D6 substrates with narrow therapeutic index.
* Known allergies, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to the excipients of AA (refer to AA Investigator's Brochure \[IB\] or package inserts as appropriate).

Part B Cohort 2 (Window of Opportunity with clinical endpoints followed by combination with Apalutamide)

* Presence of distant metastases, including visceral, nodal and bones involvement. Exception: pelvic lymph nodes \< 2 cm in short axis (N1) located below the iliac bifurcation are allowed.
* Symptomatic loco-regional disease requiring medical intervention, such as moderate or severe urinary obstruction or hydronephrosis due to primary tumor.
* Prior treatment with second generation anti-androgens.
* Prior treatment with CYP17 inhibitors.
* Prior treatment with radiopharmaceutical agents, immunotherapy, or any other investigational agent for nmCRPC.
* Prior chemotherapy.
* History or evidence of: prior malignancy (other than adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, superficial bladder cancer, or any other cancer in situ currently in complete remission) within 3 years prior to enrollment; severe/unstable angina, myocardial infarction, symptomatic congestive heart failure, arterial or venous thromboembolic events; uncontrolled hypertension.
* Gastrointestinal disorder affecting absorption.
* Use of strong inducers of CYP3A within 14 days of the first dose of study drug.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The primary safety variable for Part A/Phase 1a of the study is the incidence of protocol-defined DLT during the DLT assessment period (first 28 days of dosing).
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: The primary efficacy variable for Part A/Phase 1b is the proportion of patients with a decline from baseline in PSA blood concentrations of ≥50% and ≥90% at any time point during daily dosing with EPI-7386.
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: The primary efficacy variable for Part B/Cohort 1 is the incidence of protocol-defined DLT during the DLT assessment period (first 28 days of dosing); TEAEs; abnormalities in clinical laboratory parameters/vitals/ECGs; and changes in ECOG.
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: The primary efficacy variable for Part B/Cohort 2 is the proportion of patients with a decline from baseline in PSA blood concentrations of ≥50% and ≥90% at any time point during daily dosing with single agent EPI-7386 up to Week 12.
timeFrame: 4 months
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Locations:
city: Port St. Lucie
country: United States
facility: Hematology Oncology Associates of the Treasure Coast
state: Florida
city: Atlanta
country: United States
facility: Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
state: Georgia
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: Massachusetts General Hospital
state: Massachusetts
city: St. Louis
country: United States
facility: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
state: Missouri
city: Las Vegas
country: United States
facility: Comprehensive Cancer Center of NV Las Vegas
state: Nevada
city: Buffalo
country: United States
facility: Great Lakes Cancer Center
state: New York
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
state: New York
city: Vancouver
country: Canada
facility: BC Cancer
state: British Columbia
city: Montréal
country: Canada
facility: Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
state: Quebec
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