A Study to Learn How Safe the Study Treatment Actinium-225-macropa-pelgifatamab (BAY3546828) is, How it Affects the Body, How it Moves Into, Through and Out of the Body, and About Its Anticancer Activity in Participants With Advanced Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)

Last updated: June 12, 2026
Sponsor: Bayer
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

1

Condition

Prostate Disorders

Urologic Cancer

Prostate Cancer, Early, Recurrent

Treatment

BAY3546828

BAY2616505

BAY2315493

Clinical Study ID

NCT06052306
22143
2022-502623-22-00
  • Ages > 18
  • Male

Study Summary

Researchers are looking for a better way to treat people who have advanced metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). In participants with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), the cancer of the prostate has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic) and does not respond to the lowering of testosterone levels in the body (castration resistant). The cancer is 'advanced' and is unlikely to be cured or controlled with currently available treatments. Despite new treatment options for participant(s) with prostate cancer in recent years, the cancer often returns and worsens.

The study treatment actinium-225-macropa-pelgifatamab (also called 225Ac-pelgi or BAY3546828) is a new type of treatment under development for participants with mCRPC who have already received available treatments or have few treatment options available. It works by binding to a protein on the surface of the cancer cells called prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA). As it gives off a type of radioactivity that travels a very short distance, it kills the nearby (cancer) cells that express PSMA.

The main purpose of this first-in-human study in participants with mCRPC is to learn:

  • How safe different doses of 225Ac-pelgi are.

  • To what degree medical problems caused by 225Ac-pelgi can be tolerated by the participants?

  • Which dose of 225Ac-pelgi is optimal for treatment (safe and working well)?

  • How good is 225Ac-pelgi's anticancer activity?

To answer this, the researchers will look at:

  • The number and severity of medical problems that the participants have after treatment with 225Ac-pelgi (per dose level).

  • The ratio of medical problems and anticancer activity per dose.

  • Anticancer activity of the optimal 225Ac-pelgi dose as proportion of participants who have at least halved prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels after 12 weeks of treatment or later and/or shrunken or no longer detectable tumors.

  • The lowest PSA level reached after treatment start.

Doctors keep track of all medical problems (also called adverse events) that participants have during the study, even if they do not think that they might be related to the study treatment.

Anticancer activity is measured using cancer imaging techniques and change in blood level of a protein called PSA. PSA is made by normal and by cancerous cells in the body. The PSA level is taken as a marker for prostate cancer development and is usually elevated in participants with mCRPC.

In addition, researchers want to find out how 225Ac-pelgi moves into, through and out of the body.

The study will have two parts. The first part, called dose escalation, is done to find the most appropriate dose and schedule that can be given in the second part of the study. For this, each participant will receive one of the predefined increasing doses of 225Ac-pelgi as an infusion into the vein. All participants in part 2, called dose expansion, will receive the most appropriate dose and schedule identified from the first part of the study. More than one dose level or schedule from part 1 may be tested. Both the participants and the study team know what treatment the participants will take.

Participants in this study will take the study treatment 225Ac-pelgi once in a period of 6 weeks called a cycle. Each participant will have 4 of these treatment cycles, if the participant benefits from the treatment.

Each participant will be in the study for up to nearly six years, including a first test (screening) phase of a maximum of 30 days, up to 12 months of treatment depending on the participant's benefit, and a follow-up phase of 60 months after the end of treatment. The following visits to the study site are planned: 2 during the screening phase, 8 in the first treatment cycle, 7 in subsequent cycles, and a visit 6 to 12 weeks after the last dose. In the following 12 months, visits are planned every 6 weeks and during the next 48 months phone calls or clinic visits are planned approximately every 12 weeks.

In addition, a sub study during the dose escalation part will gather information on the distribution of the study treatment in the body, the proportion that binds to the cancer cells, and the resulting radiation at the tumor site.

During the study, the study team will:

  • Do physical examinations

  • Check vital signs such as blood pressure, heart rate, and body temperature

  • Take blood, and urine samples

  • Examine heart health using echocardiogram and electrocardiogram (ECG)

  • Take tumor samples

  • Track 225Ac-pelgi in the body using gamma imaging (generally available at all study sites)

  • Check the tumor status using PET (positron emission tomography), CT (computed tomography) or MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and bone scan

  • Ask questions about the impact of the disease on the participants' wellbeing and activities of daily life (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance status (ECOG PS)).

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • mCRPC with pathological confirmation of adenocarcinoma without small-cell orneuroendocrine features.

  • Previous treatment with at least 1 Novel androgen axis drug (NAAD) (e.g.,enzalutamide, apalutamide, darolutamide and/or abiraterone).

  • Prior orchiectomy and/or ongoing androgen deprivation therapy and a castrate levelof serum testosterone (<50 ng/dL or <1.7 nmol/L).

  • Prior taxane treatment:

  • Dose Escalation: Participants must either have had prior treatment with atleast 1 but no more than 2 taxane regimens, or been deemed ineligible for orrefused taxane therapy on consultation with their physician

  • Dose Expansion Group A: Participants must have had prior treatment with atleast 1 but no more than 2 taxane regimens, in the castration-resistant setting

  • Dose Expansion Group B: Participants must not have received taxane therapysince becoming castration-resistant

  • Dose Expansion Group C: Participants must either have had prior treatment withat least 1 but no more than 2 taxane regimens*, or been deemed ineligible foror refused taxane therapy on consultation with their physician *A taxaneregimen consists of a minimum of 2 treatment cycles (maximum number of cyclesas per local guidelines). A treatment break within a taxane regimen may begiven provided that another anticancer therapy is not administered during thattime

  • Prior treatment with an established 177Lu-PSMA therapy (i.e., dose activity andcycles comparable to approved treatments) is required for participants in DoseExpansion Group C only. More specifically, to qualify for this expansion group,participants must not have discontinued 177Lu-PSMA tratment due to intolerance.

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) of 0 or 1.

  • Adequate bone marrow, hepatic, and renal function, as assessed by the followinglaboratory requirements within 30 days before start of study intervention:

  • Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL

  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500/mm^3

  • Platelet count ≥100,000/mm^3

  • Total bilirubin ≤1.5 x the Upper limit of normal (ULN), or <= 3 ULN if theparticipant has a confirmed history of Gilbert's syndrome (note thatparticipants with Gilbert's syndrome should be carefully evaluated for otherliver-related disorders that may impact their suitability for this study).

  • Alanine transaminase (ALT) and Aspartate transaminase (AST) ˂2.5 x ULN (≤5 xULN for participants with liver involvement)

  • Participants on a stable dose of anticoagulation therapy are allowed toparticipate if they have no sign of bleeding or clotting, and Prothrombin timeinternational normalized ratio (PT/INR) and activated partial thromboplastintime (aPTT) test results are acceptable at the Investigator's discretion

  • Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) >60 mL/min/1.73 m^2, according tothe Modified Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) abbreviated formula and creatinineclearance (CrCl) >60 mL/min based on Cockcroft-Gault formula

  • Participants must have at least one Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive distant metastatic lesion on the screening PSMA PET/CT scan usingthe study-designated PSMA PET tracers, as determined by the site Investigator. Foreligibility purposes, a PSMA-positive lesion must have activity greater than theliver by visual assessment of the screening PSMA PET/CT. A PSMA-positive metastaticlesion should not correspond to a normal tissue structure or benign lesion.

  • Documented progressive mCRPC per PCWG3, defined as meeting at least one of thefollowing criteria:

  • PSA-progression (defined as 2 consecutive increases over a previous referencevalue obtained at a minimum of 1-week intervals, with a minimum starting valueof 2.0 ng/mL)

  • Radiological progression in soft-tissue lesions according to PCWG3 modificationof RECIST v1.1 criteria

  • Progression of bone disease (defined as ≥2 new bone lesions according to PCWG3bone scan criteria).

  • Documented progressive mCRPC per PCWG3 and a minimun starting PSA value of 2.0ng/mL is mandatory. Progressive mCRPC is defined as meeting at least one of thefollowing criteria: a. PSA progression (defined as 2 consecutive increases overa previous reference value obtained at a minimun of 1-week intervals). b.Radiological progression in soft-tissue lesions according to PCWG3 modificationof RECIST v1.1 criteria. c. Progression of bone disease (defined as ≥ 2 newbone lesions according to PCWG3 bone scan criteria).

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participants who have any of the following tumor lesions which are PSMA negative ANDmeet the size criteria below are excluded as determined by the site investigator. APSMA-negative lesion for eligibility purposes must have activity equal to or lessthan the liver by visual assessment of the screening PSMA PET/CT scan using thestudy-designated PSMA PET/CT tracers. A PSMA-negative metastatic lesion should notcorrespond to a normal tissue structure or benign lesion.

  • a. Any single or multiple lymph node(s) ≥2.5cm in the short axis.

  • b. Any solid organ metastasis (e.g., lung, liver, adrenal glands, etc.) that is ≥1 cm in the short axis.

  • c. Any bone metastasis with a soft tissue component ≥ 1cm in short axis withthe soft tissue component being PSMA-negative. PSMA-negative osseous metastaseswithout a soft tissue component do not exclude a participant.

  • d. Predominantly necrotic lesions with greater than 1cm of enhancing tissue oncontrast-enhanced Computer tomography / magnetic resonance imaging (CT/MRI).

  • Prior systemic anticancer therapy including chemotherapy, NAAD, biologic therapy,immunotherapy, or investigational therapies within 4 weeks of the start of studyintervention, except luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) orgonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Start of study intervention is allowed inshorter timeframes if 5 half-lives of the prior drug(s) have elapsed.

  • Prior radiopharmaceutical treatment using actinium-225.

  • Other prior radiopharmaceutical treatments:

  • Dose escalation and Dose expansion Groups A and B: Prior treatment with aradiopharmaceutical is prohibited.

  • Dose expansion Group C: Prior treatment with a radiopharmaceutical isprohibited with the following exceptions: Prior treatment with radium-223dichloride more than 3 months before the start of study intervention ispermitted; and prior treatment with 177Lu PSMA more than 6 weeks before thestart of study intervention is required.

Note: Participants who have discontinued 177Lu-PSMA treatment due to intolerance are excluded from Group C.

  • Prior definitive therapy (radiotherapy or surgery) completed less than 6 weeksbefore the start of study intervention. Note that palliative radiotherapy completedless than 6 weeks before the start of study intervention will be allowed if: (i) nomore than 10% of the participants' bone marrow is irradiated, (ii) it does notencompass all potential target/measurable lesions for participants in doseexpansion.

  • Toxic effects of Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Grade ≥2from prior anticancer therapy not yet stabilized or where significant post-treatmenttoxicities have been observed. Chronic toxic effects of CTCAE Grade ≤2 from prioranticancer therapy where no further resolution is expected do not require exclusionwith agreement between the Investigator and Sponsor (e.g., chemotherapy-inducedneuropathy, fatigue, alopecia, anorexia, etc.).

  • Dose Expansion (Groups A, B and C): Presence of >3 liver metastases, any diffuseliver metastasis, or PSMA-non-avid liver metastasis (uptake is lower or equalcompared to healthy liver tissue).

Study Design

Total Participants: 232
Treatment Group(s): 3
Primary Treatment: BAY3546828
Phase: 1
Study Start date:
September 20, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
August 10, 2031

Connect with a study center

  • Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM)

    Montreal, Quebec H2X 3E4
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM) - Hopi

    Montreal, Quebec H2X 3E4
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM) | Oncology

    Montreal, Quebec H2X 0C1
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) - Research Institute (RI) - McConnell Centre for Innovative Medicine (CIM)

    Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • McGill University Health Centre - Glen Site

    Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre | McConnell Centre for Innovative Medicine

    Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) - Hopital Fleurimont

    Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5N4
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) | Oncology

    Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5N4
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM) - Hopi

    Montreal 6077243, Quebec 6115047 H2X 3E4
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) - Research Institute (RI) - McConnell Centre for Innovative Medicine (CIM)

    Montreal 6077243, Quebec 6115047 H4A 3J1
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) - Hopital Fleurimont

    Sherbrooke 6146143, J1H 5N4
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopion yliopistollinen sairaala (KYS) - Syövänhoitokeskus

    Kuopio, Northern Savonia 70210
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • Kuopio University Hospital

    Kuopio 650224, Northern Savonia 830690 70210
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • Tampere University Hospital, Tampereen yliopistollinen sairaala (TAYS) - Syöpäkeskus

    Tampere, Pirkanmaa 33520
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • CRST Oy - Clinical Research Services Turku

    Turku, Southwest Finland 20520
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • Docrates Cancer Center

    Helsinki, Uusimaa FIN-00180
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • Docrates Mehiläinen Syöpäsairaala

    Helsinki, Uusimaa 00180
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • HUS, Meilahden sairaala

    Helsinki, Uusimaa 00029
    Finland

    Active - Recruiting

  • HUS-Yhtymä, Helsingin yliopistollinen sairaala (HUS) - Syöpäkeskus

    Helsinki, Uusimaa 00029
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • Docrates Mehiläinen Syöpäsairaala

    Helsinki 658225, Uusimaa 830709 FIN-00180
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • HUS, Meilahden sairaala

    Helsinki 658225, Uusimaa 830709 00029
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • HUS-Yhtymä, Helsingin yliopistollinen sairaala (HUS) - Syöpäkeskus

    Helsinki 658225, Uusimaa 830709 00029
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • Tampere University Hospital

    Tampere 634963, 33520
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • Tampere University Hospital, Tampereen yliopistollinen sairaala (TAYS) - Syöpäkeskus

    Tampere 634963, 33520
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • CRST Clinical Research Services Turku

    Turku 633679, 20520
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • CRST Oy - Clinical Research Services Turku

    Turku 633679, 20520
    Finland

    Site Not Available

  • Istituto Europeo di Oncologia s.r.l - Medicina Nucleare

    Milan, 20141
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale - S. C. Medicina Nucleare e Terapia Metabolica

    Naples, 80131
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Erasmus Medisch Centrum

    Rotterdam, South Holland 3015 CE
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

    Groningen, 9713 GZ
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • Skånes Universitetssjukhus - Lund - Onkologens kliniska forskningsenhet

    Lund, Skåne County 221 85
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Skånes Universitetssjukhus Lund - Onkologens kliniska forskningsenhet

    Lund, Skåne County 221 85
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset - Fas I-enheten Solna CKC

    Stockholm, Stockholm County 171 76
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset - Solna - Fas I-enheten Solna CKC

    Stockholm, Stockholm County 171 76
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Akademiska Sjukhuset - Fas-I-enheten

    Uppsala, Uppsala County 751 85
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Akademiska sjukhuset i Uppsala - Fas 1-enheten

    Uppsala, Uppsala County 751 85
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset - Klinisk prövningsenhet Fas I/FIH

    Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County 413 46
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset - Sahlgrenska Sjukhuset - Klinisk prövningsenhet Fas I/FIH

    Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County 413 46
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset - Klinisk prövningsenhet Fas I/FIH

    Gothenburg 2711537, 41346
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Skånes Universitetssjukhus Lund - Onkologens kliniska forskningsenhet

    Lund 2693678, 22185
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset - Fas I-enheten Solna CKC

    Stockholm 2673730, 17176
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Akademiska Sjukhuset - Fas-I-enheten

    Uppsala 2666199, 75185
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Kantonsspital Baden

    Baden, Canton of Aargau 5404
    Switzerland

    Site Not Available

  • Universitätsspital Basel

    Basel, Canton of Basel-City 4056
    Switzerland

    Site Not Available

  • Univestitätsspital Zürich (USZ)

    Zurich, 8091
    Switzerland

    Site Not Available

  • Addenbrookes Hospital

    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 0QQ
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Addenbrookes Hospital - Clinical Research Centre

    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 0QQ
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | University College Hospital - NIHR UCLH Clinical Research Facility

    London, Greater London W1T 7HA
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust | Sutton - Oak Foundation Drug Development Unit

    Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Freeman Hospital - Cancer Trials Research Centre

    Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE7 7DN
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | University College Hospital - NIHR UCLH Clinical Research Facility

    London 2643743, W1T 7HA
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Freeman Hospital - Cancer Trials Research Centre

    Newcastle upon Tyne 2641673, NE7 7DN
    United Kingdom

    Suspended

  • City of Hope

    Duarte, California 91010
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • City of Hope - Duarte Cancer Center

    Duarte, California 91010
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • M Health Fairview Masonic Cancer Clinic - Clinics and Surgery Center

    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • XCancer Omaha

    Omaha, Nebraska 68130
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - Texas Medical Center

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas 77030-4000
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Utah Cancer Specialists Cancer Center - Medical Oncology

    Salt Lake City, Utah 84106
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Utah Cancer Specialists (UCS) (Intermountain Hematology - Oncology Associates) - UCS Cancer Center

    Salt Lake City 5780993, Utah 5549030 84106-1494
    United States

    Site Not Available

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