Ovarian Cancer Clinical Trial

Carboplatin or Olaparib for BRcA Deficient Prostate Cancer

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 BRCA1, BRCA2 or PALB2 inactivating DNA 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.

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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.

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Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Signed study informed consent form (ICF) and HIPAA authorization form
Male age > 18 years
Diagnosis of prostate cancer (pure small-cell histology or pure high-grade neuroendocrine histology are excluded; neuroendocrine differentiation is allowed)
Ongoing gonadal androgen deprivation therapy with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues, antagonists or orchiectomy. Patients who have not had an orchiectomy must be maintained on effective GnRH analogue/antagonist therapy

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

PSA level of at least 2 ng/ml that has risen on at least 2 successive occasions at least 1 week apart
Evaluable disease progression by modified RECIST 1.1 (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors)
Progression of metastatic bone disease on bone scan, CT or MRI with > 2 new lesions
Prior therapy with abiraterone acetate, enzalutamide, apalutamide, or darolutamide
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of < 2 (see Appendix 3, ECOG Grading Scale)
Results of previous standard DNA testing, or previous research testing, which confirms RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, or RAD54L mutations (see Introduction, Section 2 for study design and previous research on targeted therapy) from primary, metastatic tumor or circulating tumor DNA, or pathogenic/likely pathogenic germline variant as assessed by a CLIA certified laboratory level assay for DNA sequencing.

Patients must have normal organ and bone marrow function measured within 28 days prior 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 are present in which case, they must be < 5x ULN
Patients must have creatinine clearance estimated using the Cockcroft-Gault equation of >51 mL/min: Estimated creatinine clearance =(140-age [years]) x weight (kg))/ (serum creatinine (mg/dL) x 72)

Exclusion Criteria:

Currently receiving active therapy for other neoplastic disorder(s)
Concurrent enrollment in another clinical investigational drug or device study
Histologic evidence of small cell carcinoma (morphology alone - immunohistochemical evidence of neuroendocrine differentiation without morphologic evidence is not exclusionary)
Prior treatment with platinum, mitoxantrone or PARP inhibitor for castration resistant prostate cancer
Known parenchymal brain metastasis
Active or symptomatic viral hepatitis or chronic liver disease AST or ALT > 2.5 x ULN or total bilirubin > ULN (unless Gilbert's syndrome is the etiology of hyperbilirubinemia)
Subjects with myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia or with features suggestive of MDS/AML
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 required washout period prior to starting olaparib is 2 weeks
Concomitant use of known strong (e.g. phenobarbital, enzalutamide, phenytoin, rifampicin, rifabutin, rifapentine, carbamazepine, nevirapine and St John's Wort) or moderate CYP3A inducers (e.g. bosentan, efavirenz, modafinil). The required washout period prior to starting olaparib is 5 weeks for phenobarbital and 3 weeks for other agents
Subjects unable to swallow orally administered medication and subjects with gastrointestinal disorders likely to interfere with absorption of the study medication
Clinically significant heart disease as evidenced by myocardial infarction, or arterial thrombotic events in the past 6 months, severe or unstable angina, or New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II-IV heart disease or cardiac ejection fraction measurement of < 35 % at baseline
Treatment with an investigational therapeutic within 30 days of Cycle-1
Presence of dementia, psychiatric illness, and/or social situations limiting compliance with study requirements or understanding HIPAA authorization and/or giving of informed consent
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 is for people with:

Ovarian Cancer

Phase:

Phase 2

Estimated Enrollment:

100

Study ID:

NCT04038502

Recruitment Status:

Recruiting

Sponsor:

VA Office of Research and Development

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There are 18 Locations for this study

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VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA
West Los Angeles California, 90073, United States More Info
Matthew Rettig, MD
Contact
310-478-3711
[email protected]
Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO
Aurora Colorado, 80045, United States More Info
Daniel Bowles
Contact
[email protected]
Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC
Washington District of Columbia, 20422, United States More Info
Joao Ascensao, MD
Contact
202-745-8134
[email protected]
Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Pay Pines, FL
Bay Pines Florida, 33744, United States More Info
Behzad Mowlazadeh, MD
Contact
727-398-6661
[email protected]
Andrew Leone, MD
Contact
7273986661
[email protected]
Orlando VA Medical Center, Orlando, FL
Orlando Florida, 32827, United States More Info
Priya Gopalan, MD
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[email protected]
Atlanta VA Medical and Rehab Center, Decatur, GA
Decatur Georgia, 30033, United States More Info
Wayne Harris, MD
Contact
404-321-6111
Boise VA Medical Center, Boise, ID
Boise Idaho, 83702, United States More Info
Paul Montgomery, MD
Contact
[email protected]
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Chicago Illinois, 60612, United States More Info
Joshua Meeks, MD
Contact
312-363-8959
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor Michigan, 48105, United States More Info
Ramnath Nithya, MD
Contact
734-845-5800
[email protected]
Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis Minnesota, 55417, United States More Info
Mark Klein
Contact
[email protected]
Kansas City VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Missouri, 64128, United States More Info
Bruce Montgomery
Contact
206-277-6878
James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Bronx New York, 10468, United States More Info
Antonio Fojo, MD
Contact
718-584-9000
[email protected]
Manhattan Campus of the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, New York, NY
New York New York, 10010, United States More Info
Daniel Becker, MD
Contact
212-731-6463
[email protected]
Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
Durham North Carolina, 27705, United States More Info
Rhonda L Bitting, MD
Contact
919-286-6180
[email protected]
VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR
Portland Oregon, 97239, United States More Info
Julie Graff, MB
Contact
503-220-8262
[email protected]
Philadelphia MultiService Center, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 19106, United States More Info
Kyle Robinson, MD
Contact
215-823-5800
[email protected]
VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA
Seattle Washington, 98108, United States More Info
Robert B Montgomery, MD
Contact
206-277-6878
[email protected]
Robert B. Montgomery, MD
Principal Investigator
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI
Madison Wisconsin, 53705, United States More Info
David Kosoff
Contact
[email protected]

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Study is for people with:

Ovarian Cancer

Phase:

Phase 2

Estimated Enrollment:

100

Study ID:

NCT04038502

Recruitment Status:

Recruiting

Sponsor:


VA Office of Research and Development

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