Carboplatin or Olaparib for BRcA Deficient Prostate Cancer

Last updated: September 13, 2024
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Prostate Cancer

Prostate Disorders

Urologic Cancer

Treatment

Carboplatin

Olaparib

Clinical Study ID

NCT04038502
ONCA-009-18F
CX-18-006
01783
01781
CX001963-01
19-08
  • Ages > 18
  • Male

Study Summary

This is an unblinded, randomized clinical study comparing the efficacy of DNA damaging chemotherapy using carboplatin, to standard of care therapy for patients who have metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer. This trial will use olaparib or carboplatin as initial therapy with crossover to the alternate or second-line drug after first progression for patients with tumors containing BARD1, BRCA1, BRCA2, BRIP1, CHEK1, FANCL, PALB2, RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, or RAD54L inactivating mutations.

Participants are randomized (1:1) and receive either carboplatin (AUC 5, IV) every 21 days, first or olaparib taken orally (300 mg), twice daily in 28 day cycles, until intolerance, complete response, or progression by Prostate Cancer Working Group 3 (PCWG3) criteria.

Participants then crossover from the first-line therapy to the second-line therapy with the opposite study medication and receive treatment to intolerance or progression (whichever is first). Enrolled participants will be allowed to crossover to second line therapy if they continue to meet initial eligibility criteria, and at least three weeks have elapsed since last administration of either carboplatin or olaparib. Throughout the study, safety and tolerability will be assessed. Progression will be evaluated with bone scan, CT of the abdomen/pelvis, or MRI and PSA as per PCWG3 criteria.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Signed study informed consent form (ICF) and HIPAA authorization form

  2. Male age > 18 years

  3. Diagnosis of prostate cancer (pure small-cell histology or pure high-gradeneuroendocrine histology are excluded; neuroendocrine differentiation is allowed)

  4. Ongoing gonadal androgen deprivation therapy with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues, antagonists or orchiectomy. Patients who have not had anorchiectomy must be maintained on effective GnRH analogue/antagonist therapy

  5. mCRPC as defined by serum testosterone < 50 ng/ml (for patients on GnRH analogues orantagonists) and at least one of the following:

  • PSA level of at least 2 ng/ml that has risen on at least 2 successive occasionsat least 1 week apart

  • Evaluable disease progression by modified RECIST 1.1 (Response EvaluationCriteria in Solid Tumors)

  • Progression of metastatic bone disease on bone scan, CT or MRI with > 2 newlesions

  1. Prior therapy with abiraterone acetate, enzalutamide, apalutamide, or darolutamide

  2. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of < 2 (see Appendix 3,ECOG Grading Scale)

  3. Results of previous standard DNA testing, or previous research testing, whichconfirms RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, or RAD54L mutations (see Introduction, Section 2for study design and previous research on targeted therapy) from primary, metastatictumor or circulating tumor DNA, or pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variant asassessed by a CLIA certified laboratory level assay for DNA sequencing.

  4. Patients must have normal organ and bone marrow function measured within 28 daysprior to administration of study treatment as defined below:

  • Hemoglobin > 10.0 g/dL

  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 1.5 x 109/L

  • Platelet count > 100 x 109/L

  • Total bilirubin < 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)

  • 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 arepresent in which case, they must be < 5x ULN

  • Patients must have creatinine clearance estimated using the Cockcroft-Gaultequation of >51 mL/min: Estimated creatinine clearance =(140-age [years]) xweight (kg))/ (serum creatinine (mg/dL) x 72)

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Currently receiving active therapy for other neoplastic disorder(s)

  2. Concurrent enrollment in another clinical investigational drug or device study

  3. Histologic evidence of small cell carcinoma (morphology alone - immunohistochemicalevidence of neuroendocrine differentiation without morphologic evidence is notexclusionary)

  4. Prior treatment with platinum, mitoxantrone or PARP inhibitor for castrationresistant prostate cancer

  5. Known parenchymal brain metastasis

  6. Active or symptomatic viral hepatitis or chronic liver disease AST or ALT > 2.5 xULN or total bilirubin > ULN (unless Gilbert's syndrome is the etiology ofhyperbilirubinemia)

  7. Subjects with myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia or with featuressuggestive of MDS/AML

  8. Concomitant use of known strong CYP3A inhibitors (e.g. itraconazole, telithromycin,clarithromycin, protease inhibitors boosted with ritonavir or cobicistat, indinavir,saquinavir, nelfinavir, boceprevir, telaprevir) or moderate CYP3A inhibitors (e.g.ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, diltiazem, fluconazole, verapamil). The requiredwashout period prior to starting olaparib is 2 weeks

  9. Concomitant use of known strong (e.g. phenobarbital, enzalutamide, phenytoin,rifampicin, rifabutin, rifapentine, carbamazepine, nevirapine and St John's Wort) ormoderate CYP3A inducers (e.g. bosentan, efavirenz, modafinil). The required washoutperiod prior to starting olaparib is 5 weeks for phenobarbital and 3 weeks for otheragents

  10. Subjects unable to swallow orally administered medication and subjects withgastrointestinal disorders likely to interfere with absorption of the studymedication

  11. Clinically significant heart disease as evidenced by myocardial infarction, orarterial thrombotic events in the past 6 months, severe or unstable angina, or NewYork Heart Association (NYHA) Class II-IV heart disease or cardiac ejection fractionmeasurement of < 35 % at baseline

  12. Treatment with an investigational therapeutic within 30 days of Cycle-1

  13. Presence of dementia, psychiatric illness, and/or social situations limitingcompliance with study requirements or understanding HIPAA authorization and/orgiving of informed consent

  14. Any condition(s), medical or otherwise, which, in the opinion of the Investigators,would jeopardize either the patient or the integrity of the data obtained.

Study Design

Total Participants: 100
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Carboplatin
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
October 01, 2019
Estimated Completion Date:
August 29, 2025

Study Description

Study General Trial Over-view

This study is designed to help better understand treatment options compared to standard therapies for patients who have targeted DNA repair mutations and metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Cancer therapies are aimed at finding a way to kill the cancer cells while causing minimal damage to normal (non-cancer) cells. This often works because cancers cells grow faster than many normal cells, many treatments are aimed at to take advantage of that difference. One of the ways to do this is to damage the DNA of these more rapidly growing cells. However, if the cells have a way of repairing that damage then therapies may not work as well. Some research shows that when specific changes or mutations occur in the genes involved with repairing DNA damage, resulting cancers have responded well to drugs which damage DNA.

Olaparib is known as a PARP inhibitor and is standard of care therapy for men with BRCA altered mCRPC. Carboplatin is a synthetic antineoplastic agent which has been used in the treatment of solid tumors and BRCA related cancers. When mutations occur in critical DNA-repair genes, research has found that treatment with carboplatin is also effective.

This research is being done to determine the response of mCRPC in patients with DNA repair mutations to treatment with olaparib compared to carboplatin. This study will test whether giving one drug or the other a has a better response.

Patients wishing to participate in this study are screened for safety and health eligibility before enrolling.

This study is enrolling 100 male participants total, from across the VAMC nationally who have the following:

  • Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)

  • Cancer that has gotten worse, after any number of first-line treatments

  • Mutations in DNA-repair genes discovered as part of a patient's routine care.

Once eligibility is determined, enrolled participants are randomized into one of two groups:

  • Group A will start with carboplatin (IV) first, given every 21 days, then have the option to switch to the second treatment with olaparib taken daily, (orally) with cycles of every 28 days.

  • Group B will start with olaparib first, taken (orally), with 28 day cycles, then have the option to switch to the second treatment with carboplatin (IV) every 21 days.

Both study drugs in this trial are currently FDA approved, and are prescribed at the participating VAMC clinical sites per institutional guidelines. Carboplatin given in IV is also given as prescribed at the participating VAMC, and administered per institutional guidelines.

Participants are monitored for health and body function, cancer progression, toxicity and life quality at every visit during the trial and at an end of treatment visit (28 days after completion of the trial or after withdrawal). For participants who respond well to treatment during the trial, additional treatment cycles may be added and the study can be extended. Participants who experience intolerable toxicity, cancer progression, or whose doctors decide to change treatment, will either be switched to the opposite study drug or withdrawn from the study.

This important trial is designed to compare response rate and duration of response using carboplatin compared to olaparib in patients who have mCRPC which contains DNA repair gene mutations.

Connect with a study center

  • VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA

    West Los Angeles, California 90073
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO

    Aurora, Colorado 80045
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC

    Washington, District of Columbia 20422-0001
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Pay Pines, FL

    Bay Pines, Florida 33744
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Orlando VA Medical Center, Orlando, FL

    Orlando, Florida 32827
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL

    Tampa, Florida 33612
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Atlanta VA Medical and Rehab Center, Decatur, GA

    Decatur, Georgia 30033
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Boise VA Medical Center, Boise, ID

    Boise, Idaho 83702
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL

    Chicago, Illinois 60612
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI

    Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN

    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417-2309
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Kansas City VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO

    Kansas City, Missouri 64128
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY

    Bronx, New York 10468
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Manhattan Campus of the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, New York, NY

    New York, New York 10010
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC

    Durham, North Carolina 27705-3875
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

    Portland, Oregon 97239
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Philadelphia MultiService Center, Philadelphia, PA

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA

    Seattle, Washington 98108-1532
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI

    Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2254
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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