Pidnarulex and Talazoparib in Patients With Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer

Sponsor
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia
Study ID
NCT05425862
Phase
PHASE1
Status
Suspended

Conditions

  • Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
MALE
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Pidnarulex — DRUG
    Pidnarulex is a treatment that is designed to stop the action of a particular protein in the body called Polymerase I, that cancer cells rely on. Laboratory studies show that pidnarulex targets a process involving Polymerase I within cells, which can lead to a decrease in cancer growth. Pidnarulex has been shown to have some anticancer activity in ovarian cancer and haematological cancers.
  • Talazoparib — DRUG
    Talazoparib belongs to a class of drugs called PARP inhibitors, which is currently being used to treat various types of cancer. Talazoparib blocks the function of PARP, a protein that is involved in repairing DNA in cells. By stopping damaged DNA in cells from being repaired, this will lead to accumulation of DNA damage in the cancer cell and ultimately cancer cell death. Talazoparib has established anticancer activity in breast, ovarian and prostate cancers with underlying DNA repair defects. This class of drug have also been used in combination with other treatments such as radiation or chemotherapy to further increase cell death within the cancer.

Study Details

This is phase I, open label, multicentre, dose-escalation study where both doses of talazoparib and pidnarulex will be escalated to define the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) for the combination. It is possible that either 1 or 2 RP2D of the combination will be defined at the end of the study. Patients with disease that is deemed to be amendable to repeated tumour biopsies will be invited to undergo optional paired biopsies: at baseline and Cycle 1 Day 9 + 3 days and at the time of progression. Pidnarulex will be given as an IV infusion on days 1 and 8 of a 28 day cycle and talazoparib will be taken once daily continuously. Disease status will be assessed at regular intervals by CT scans, radionuclide bone scans, and PSA. Throughout the study, safety and tolerability will be assessed and established procedures for management of toxicities will be applied

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 21, 2022
Status verified
Dec 2023
Primary completion
Jul 12, 2024
Completion
Dec 30, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
48 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Treatment with both talazoparib and pidnarulex
    At the time of registration, patients will be assigned to the specific dose-schedule of talazoparib and pidnarulex depending on where the study is at in terms of dose-escalation or dose-expansion

Primary Outcome Measure

The MTD is defined as the highest tolerable dose of pidnarulex when talazoparib is given at the highest tolerable dose and the highest dose of pidnarulex when talazoparib is given at the lowest dose (two MTDs will be estimated). [ Time Frame: From study start to end of 2 years of recruitment period. ]

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