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A Study of Cetrelimab (JNJ-63723283), a Programmed Cell Death Receptor-1 (PD-1) Inhibitor, Administered in Combination With Apalutamide in Participants With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Castration-Resistant Prostatic Neoplasms
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT03551782
Lead Sponsor
Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of the combination of cetrelimab, with apalutamide and to define a population of participants with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who respond to treatment with the combination of cetrelimab and apalutamide.

Detailed Description

This study is of participants originally diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the prostate who have now developed mCRPC and who have progressed on therapy with abiraterone acetate plus prednisone/prednisolone (AA-P), apalutamide, darolutamide, or enzalutamide. Participants with treatment-emergent small-cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer (t-SCNC) assessed by the screening biopsy may be considered for this study. Participants must have confirmed prostate-specific antigen (PSA) progression per Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Working Group (PCWG3) criteria. The primary hypothesis is that treatment with cetrelimab and apalutamide is safe and leads to improvement in the 12-week PSA response rate. The study consists of an Optional Pre-screening Period, Screening period (28 days prior to Cycle 1 Day 1), Treatment Period, End-of-Treatment Visit (performed after the last dose of study drug is administered), and Follow-up Period (participants will have Follow-up assessment every 12 weeks after the End-of-Treatment Visit). The efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of cetrelimab in combination with apalutamide will be evaluated.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
33
Inclusion Criteria
  • Pathologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Treatment-emergent small-cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer (t-SCNC) on screening biopsy may be eligible for cohort 5
  • Metastatic disease as documented by technetium-99m (99mTc) bone scan or metastatic lesions by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans (visceral or lymph node disease). CT-portion of positron emission tomography (PET)/CT scan may be used for eligibility. If lymph node metastasis is the only evidence of metastatic disease, it must be greater than (>=) 1.0 centimeter (cm) in the short axis and above the level of the iliac bifurcation
  • Progressed while on therapy with abiraterone acetate plus prednisone/prednisolone (AA-P), enzalutamide, darolutamide, or apalutamide for mCRPC. No washout is required and no additional therapy may have been administered between discontinuation of AR-targeted the agent and study treatment. Participants will be assigned to cohorts based on the results of the biomarker panel. Cohort 1: Biomarker-negative or biomarker-unknown participants with adenocarcinoma (and not t-SCNC) who progressed on abiraterone acetate plus prednisone/prednisolone (AA-P); Cohort 2: Biomarker-negative or biomarker-unknown participants with adenocarcinoma (and not t-SCNC) who progressed on apalutamide, darolutamide, or enzalutamide; Cohort 3: Biomarker-positive participants who progressed on AA-P; Cohort 4: Biomarker-positive participants who progressed on apalutamide, darolutamide, or enzalutamide; Cohort 5: Biomarker-negative participants with t-SCNC who progressed on treatment with AA-P, apalutamide, darolutamide, or enzalutamide
  • Surgical or medical castration, with testosterone levels of less than (<)50 nanogram per deciliter (ng/dL). If the participant is being treated with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogs (participant who has not undergone bilateral orchiectomy), this therapy must have been initiated at least 4 weeks prior to first dose of study drug and must be continued throughout the study
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG) prostate-specific (PS) grade of 0 or 1
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Initial diagnosis of primary prostatic neuroendocrine or small cell carcinoma
  • Brain metastases
  • Prior treatment with an anti-programmed cell death receptor-1 (PD-1), anti-programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1), or anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) antibody
  • Prior chemotherapy, except for docetaxel for hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (HSPC)
  • Prior therapy with poly adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Cohort 5Cetrelimab 480 mgBiomarker-negative participants with t-SCNC who progressed on treatment with AA-P, apalutamide, darolutamide, or enzalutamide will be enrolled in this cohort. Participants will receive cetrelimab 480 mg plus apalutamide 240 mg daily starting Cycle 1 (each cycle of 28 days).
Cohort 2Cetrelimab 480 mgBiomarker-negative or biomarker-unknown participants with adenocarcinoma (and not t-SCNC) who progressed on apalutamide, darolutamide, or enzalutamide will be enrolled in this cohort. Participants will receive cetrelimab 480 mg plus apalutamide 240 mg daily starting Cycle 1.
Cohort 3Apalutamide 240 mgBiomarker-positive participants who progressed on AA-P will be enrolled in this cohort. Participants will receive cetrelimab 480 mg plus apalutamide 240 mg daily starting Cycle 1 (each cycle of 28 days).
Cohort 1Cetrelimab 480 mgBiomarker-negative or biomarker-unknown participants with adenocarcinoma (and not treatment-emergent small-cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer \[t-SCNC\]) who progressed on abiraterone acetate plus prednisone/prednisolone (AA-P) will be enrolled in this cohort. Participants will receive cetrelimab 480 milligram (mg) plus apalutamide 240 mg daily starting Cycle 1 (each cycle of 28 days).
Cohort 1Apalutamide 240 mgBiomarker-negative or biomarker-unknown participants with adenocarcinoma (and not treatment-emergent small-cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer \[t-SCNC\]) who progressed on abiraterone acetate plus prednisone/prednisolone (AA-P) will be enrolled in this cohort. Participants will receive cetrelimab 480 milligram (mg) plus apalutamide 240 mg daily starting Cycle 1 (each cycle of 28 days).
Cohort 2Apalutamide 240 mgBiomarker-negative or biomarker-unknown participants with adenocarcinoma (and not t-SCNC) who progressed on apalutamide, darolutamide, or enzalutamide will be enrolled in this cohort. Participants will receive cetrelimab 480 mg plus apalutamide 240 mg daily starting Cycle 1.
Cohort 3Cetrelimab 480 mgBiomarker-positive participants who progressed on AA-P will be enrolled in this cohort. Participants will receive cetrelimab 480 mg plus apalutamide 240 mg daily starting Cycle 1 (each cycle of 28 days).
Cohort 4Cetrelimab 480 mgBiomarker-positive participants who progressed on apalutamide, darolutamide, or enzalutamide will be enrolled in this cohort. Participants will receive cetrelimab 480 mg plus apalutamide 240 mg daily starting Cycle 1 (each cycle of 28 days).
Cohort 4Apalutamide 240 mgBiomarker-positive participants who progressed on apalutamide, darolutamide, or enzalutamide will be enrolled in this cohort. Participants will receive cetrelimab 480 mg plus apalutamide 240 mg daily starting Cycle 1 (each cycle of 28 days).
Cohort 5Apalutamide 240 mgBiomarker-negative participants with t-SCNC who progressed on treatment with AA-P, apalutamide, darolutamide, or enzalutamide will be enrolled in this cohort. Participants will receive cetrelimab 480 mg plus apalutamide 240 mg daily starting Cycle 1 (each cycle of 28 days).
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)Approximately 2 years

An AE is any untoward medical event that occurs in a participant administered an investigational product, and it does not necessarily indicate only events with clear causal relationship with the relevant investigational product.

Number of Participants with AEs by SeverityApproximately 2 years

Severity of AEs will be assessed using National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE). Any AE not listed in the NCI CTCAE will be graded according to the investigator clinical judgment by using the standard grades as follows: Grade 1 Mild: Awareness of symptoms that are easily tolerated, causing minimal discomfort and not interfering with everyday activities; Grade 2 Moderate: Sufficient discomfort is present to cause interference with normal activity; Grade 3 Severe: Extreme distress, causing significant impairment of functioning or incapacitation. Prevents normal everyday activities; Grade 4: Life-threatening or disabling AE; Grade 5: Death related to the AE.

Percentage of Participants with Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Response at Week 12Week 12

Percentage of participants with baseline in PSA level response (greater than or equal to \[\>=\]50 percent \[%\] decrease from baseline in PSA) will be reported at Week 12.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of Participants with Circulating Tumor Cell (CTC) ResponseApproximately 2 years

Percentage of participants with CTC response (either CTC less than \[\<\]5 cells/7.5 milliliter \[mL\] with CTC \>=5 at baseline or CTC = 0 cells/7.5 mL with CTC \>=1 at baseline) will be reported.

Maximal PSA DeclineApproximately 2 years

Maximal PSA decline is defined as maximal percent decrease in PSA at any time during treatment.

Trial Locations

Locations (34)

University of Toronto

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Regional Urology LLC

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Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

University of California San Francisco (UCSF) - Prostate Cancer Center

🇺🇸

San Francisco, California, United States

Washington University

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Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, United States

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - The Derald H. Ruttenberg

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas HealthCare System

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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Virginia Oncology Associates

🇺🇸

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

AZ Maria Middelares

🇧🇪

Gent, Belgium

Cross Cancer Institute

🇨🇦

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

NKI-AVL, Amsterdam

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

UMC Radboud

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Nijmegen, Netherlands

Sint Franciscus Gasthuis

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Rotterdam, Netherlands

Istituto Europeo di Oncologia Servizio Radioterapia

🇮🇹

Milano, Italy

Hosp. Univ. Vall D Hebron

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Barcelona, Spain

Non-State Healthcare Institution 'Road Clinical Hospital of Russian Railways'

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Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Hosp. Gral. Univ. Gregorio Marañon

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Madrid, Spain

Hosp. Virgen de La Victoria

🇪🇸

Málaga, Spain

Hosp. Univ. Hm Sanchinarro

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hosp. Quiron Madrid Pozuelo

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Pozuelo de Alarcon, Spain

Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia

🇪🇸

Valencia, Spain

University of Michigan Health System

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

New York University Langone Medical Center

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Centers for Advanced Urology, LLC; d/b/a MidLantic Urology

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Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States

University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Houston, Texas, United States

Grand Hôpital de Charleroi, site Notre Dame

🇧🇪

Charleroi, Belgium

Centre de Recherche du CHUM

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Moscow City Clinical Hospital # 62

🇷🇺

Moscow, Russian Federation

Hertzen Oncology Research Institute

🇷🇺

Moscow, Russian Federation

Clinical Oncology Dispensary

🇷🇺

Omsk, Russian Federation

Russian Scientific Center of Radiology and Surgical Technologies

🇷🇺

Sankt-Peterburg, Russian Federation

Hosp. Univ. Ramon Y Cajal

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hosp. Univ. Fund. Jimenez Diaz

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hosp. Univ. Marques de Valdecilla

🇪🇸

Santander, Spain

Thomas Jefferson University

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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