Conditions: Prostate Cancer
Keywords: castrate resistant prostate cancer, CRPC, orteronel, TAK-700
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 137
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This is a double-blind, placebo-controlled, multiregional Phase1/2 study to characterize the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic responses to orteronel when administered concomitantly with prednisone in Chemotherapy-Naive Participants With Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Detailed description:
The drug being tested in this study is called orteronel. Orteronel is being tested to treat adult males who have adenocarcinoma of the prostate. This study will look at the pharmacokinetics (how the drug moves through the body) and pharmacodynamics (how the drug effects the body) in people who take orteronel in addition to prednisone.

The study will enroll approximately 144 patients. Participants will be randomly assigned (by chance, like flipping a coin) to one of the eight treatment groups (4 in Japan, 4 in Ex-Japan) which will remain undisclosed to the participant and study doctor during the study (unless there is an urgent medical need).

In Japan:

Participants were randomized in a ratio of 2:1:2:1

* 200 mg orteronel or Placebo-matching orteronel \[(dummy inactive pill) - this is a tablet that looks like the study drug but has no active ingredient\] twice daily (BID) + prednisone
* 300 mg orteronel, or Placebo-matching orteronel, BID + prednisone Ex-Japan Participants were randomized in a ratio of 2:1:2:1
* 200 mg orteronel or Placebo-matching orteronel, BID in Cycle 1 + prednisone
* 400 mg orteronel, or Placebo-matching orteronel ,BID in Cycle 1 + Prednisone

Participants initially randomized to placebo received 4 weeks of placebo and then 12 weeks of active treatment with orteronel then entered a follow-up period treatment period. Participants initially randomized to orteronel received 16 weeks of treatment then entered a follow-up treatment period.

This multi-centre trial will be conducted worldwide. The overall time to participate in this study is approximately 3.2 years. Participants will make multiple visits to the clinic and a final visit 30 to 40 days after receiving their last dose of study drug for a follow-up assessment.

Arms:
arm 1: Orteronel placebo-matching tablets, orally, twice daily in Cycle 1 (28 days) followed by orteronel 200 mg, tablets, orally, twice daily in 28 day cycles in Japan for up to 3.1 years. Study drug will be administered concomitantly with prednisone (or commercially available equivalent) 5 mg twice daily (BID) continuously throughout the study. arm 2: Orteronel 200 mg, tablets, orally, twice daily in 28 day cycles in Japan for up to 3 years. Study drug will be administered concomitantly with prednisone (or commercially available equivalent) 5 mg twice daily (BID) continuously throughout the study. arm 3: Orteronel placebo-matching tablets, orally, twice daily in Cycle 1 followed by orteronel 300 mg, tablets, orally, twice daily in 28 day cycles in Japan for up to 2.8 years. Study drug will be administered concomitantly with prednisone (or commercially available equivalent) 5 mg twice daily (BID) continuously throughout the study. arm 4: Orteronel 300 mg, tablets, orally, twice daily in 28 day cycles in Japan for up to 2.8 years. Study drug will be administered concomitantly with prednisone (or commercially available equivalent) 5 mg twice daily (BID) continuously throughout the study. arm 5: Orteronel placebo-matching tablets, orally, twice daily in Cycle 1 followed by orteronel 200 mg, tablets, orally, twice daily in 28 day cycles outside of Japan (Ex-Japan) for up to 3.1 years.

Study drug will be administered concomitantly with prednisone (or commercially available equivalent) 5 mg twice daily (BID) continuously throughout the study. arm 6: Orteronel 200 mg, tablets, orally, twice daily in 28 day cycles Ex-Japan for up to 3.1 years. Study drug will be administered concomitantly with prednisone (or commercially available equivalent) 5 mg twice daily (BID) continuously throughout the study. arm 7: Orteronel placebo-matching tablets, orally, twice daily in Cycle 1 followed by orteronel 400 mg, tablets, orally, twice daily in 28 day cycles Ex-Japan for up to 3.1 years. Study drug will be administered concomitantly with prednisone (or commercially available equivalent) 5 mg twice daily (BID) continuously throughout the study. arm 8: Orteronel 400 mg, tablets, orally, twice daily in 28 day cycles Ex-Japan for up to 3.1 years. Study drug will be administered concomitantly with prednisone (or commercially available equivalent) 5 mg twice daily (BID) continuously throughout the study.

Interventions: intervention 1: Orteronel intervention 2: Orteronel Placebo intervention 3: Prednisone
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Orteronel tablets intervention 2: Orteronel placebo-matching tablets intervention 3: Prednisone 5 mg

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