Sorafenib and Docetaxel in Patients With Prostate Cancer That Did Not Respond to Previous Hormone Therapy

Sponsor
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT00589420
Collaborator
Sanofi (Industry), Bayer (Industry)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Sorafenib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving sorafenib together with docetaxel may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying giving sorafenib together with docetaxel to see how well it works in treating patients with metastatic androgen-independent prostate cancer.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
Phase 2

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • To determine the proportion of patients achieving a 50% reduction in serum PSA from baseline in patients with androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC) receiving sorafenib tosylate and docetaxel.

Secondary

  • To estimate the progression-free survival of patients with AIPC.

  • To quantify the number and percent of patients who have stable disease at 6 months of therapy (failure to progress).

  • To estimate median time to progression for all patients.

  • To estimate the objective response rate of patients with AIPC treated with this regimen.

  • To measure the percentage of patients surviving at 2 years.

  • To determine the toxicities and estimate toxicity rates for patients treated with this regimen.

  • To measure changes in tumor vasculature in response to therapy in selected patients with dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) and correlate primary and secondary objectives to these measurement changes.

  • To measure changes in serum HMGB1 in response to therapy and correlate primary and secondary objectives with these changes.

  • To measure changes in serum cathepsin D in response to therapy and correlate primary and secondary objectives with these changes.

OUTLINE: Patients receive oral sorafenib tosylate twice daily on days 2-19 and docetaxel IV on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 10 courses. Patients then receive oral sorafenib tosylate alone twice daily on days 1-19 with treatment repeating every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients undergo blood collection periodically to measure serum HMGB1 and cathepsin D levels before and after therapy.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
18 participants
Allocation:
N/A
Intervention Model:
Single Group Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
A Phase II Study of Sorafenib in Combination With Docetaxel in Patients With Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer
Actual Study Start Date :
Jul 27, 2007
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Feb 2, 2010
Actual Study Completion Date :
Feb 2, 2011

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Phase II

All patients received sorafenib 200 mg bid daily and docetaxel 75 mg/m2 every 3 weeks

Drug: docetaxel
Other Names:
  • Taxotere
  • Drug: sorafenib tosylate
    Other Names:
  • Nexavar
  • Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Response Rate [From start of treatment until withdrawal from the study, approximately 12 months]

      PSA Response: ≥50% decline from baseline PSA measurement confirmed by a second PSA measurement 3 weeks later. Patients may not demonstrate clinical or radiographic evidence of disease progression. PSA progression (PSA-P): Two measurements of rising serum PSA measured at least 2 weeks apart where the second is greater than the first.

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. 6-month Progression-free Survival (PFS) [6 months from end of treatment]

      Number of patients that achieved 6 month PFS

    2. Objective Response Rate (ORR) [6 months from end of treatment]

      To determine the ORR in patients with measurable disease

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years to 120 Years
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    Male
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion criteria:
    • Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate with clinical or radiological evidence of metastatic disease.

    • Serum PSA >5 ng/mL.

    • Patients must have discontinued flutamide or nilutamide for at least 4 weeks and bicalutamide for at least 6 weeks

    • Disease progression during hormonal therapy defined as at least one of the following:

    1. increasing serum PSA levels on at least two measurements at least two weeks apart.

    2. Progressive measurable disease (by RECIST criteria) independent of PSA

    3. Bone scan progression with at least one new lesion.

    • Serum testosterone ≤ 50 ng/dL. Patients must be receiving primary androgen ablation therapy with a GnRH agonist as maintenance therapy unless surgically castrated.

    • Age > 18 years.

    • ECOG performance status of ≤ 1.

    • Baseline laboratory values (evaluated within 14 days of randomization):

    White Blood Count > 3,000/mm3 Absolute Granulocyte Count > 1,500/mm3 Platelet Count > 100,000/mm3 Serum creatinine < 2.0 x upper limit of normal (ULN) INR < 1.5 before the start of chronic anticoagulation and a PTT within normal limits

    • Liver Function Total Bilirubin less or equal to ULN AST and ALT must be <5X ULN for eligibility. In determining eligibility the more abnormal of the two values (AST or ALT) should be used.

    • Prior radiation therapy is allowed. However, if radiation has been administered to a lesion, there must be radiographic evidence of progression of that lesion in order for that lesion to constitute measurable disease or to be included in the measured target lesions. 4 weeks must have elapsed between radiation therapy and entry into study.

    • Prior vaccine therapy is allowed

    • Prior and/or concurrent zoledronic acid (Zometa) therapy is allowed.

    • Men of childbearing potential must be willing to consent to using effective contraception while on treatment and for at least 3 months thereafter.

    Exclusion criteria:
    • Prior therapy with cytotoxic chemotherapy

    • Prior therapy with radioisotopes

    • History of brain metastasis or leptomeningeal disease

    • Symptomatic neuropathy >grade2

    • Prior history of cancer (except basal cell or squamous-cell skin cancer) within the past 5 years (exceptions must be approved by the PI)

    • Prior history of DVT or Pulmonary embolism in the last 1 year

    • Patients must not have a serious medical illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection requiring parental antibiotics; clinically significant cardiovascular disease (e.g. uncontrolled hypertension, recent myocardial infarction, unstable angina), New York heart association grade II or greater congestive heart failure, or grade II or greater peripheral arterial vascular within 1 year prior to study entry, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements

    • Patients must not be taking cytochrome P450 enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (phenytoin, carbamazepine or phenobarbital), rifampin or St. John's wort.

    • Patients must not be taking drugs that inhibit CYP3A at the time of enrollment to prevent drug-drug interactions with docetaxel. These include ketoconazole, voriconazole, itraconazole, fluconazole, cimetidine, clarithromycin, erythromycin, troleandomycin, and grapefruit juice. These agents should be avoided during treatment while on study.

    • Because patients with immune deficiency are at increased risk of lethal infections when treated with bone marrow-suppressive therapy, HIV-positive patients are excluded from the study. For patients receiving combination anti-retroviral therapy, the potential impact of pharmacokinetic interactions with sorafenib and docetaxel is unknown. Appropriate studies may be undertaken in patients with HIV and those receiving combination anti-retroviral therapy in the future.

    • Patients with a history of severe hypersensitivity reaction to docetaxel or other drugs formulated with polysorbate 80

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States 19104-4283

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
    • Sanofi
    • Bayer

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Ravi Amaravadi, RN, MPA, Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT00589420
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • UPCC 03806
    • 805372
    • CDR0000581020
    First Posted:
    Jan 9, 2008
    Last Update Posted:
    Feb 17, 2022
    Last Verified:
    Feb 1, 2022
    Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
    No
    Plan to Share IPD:
    No
    Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.:
    No
    Keywords provided by Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:

    Study Results

    Participant Flow

    Recruitment Details
    Pre-assignment Detail
    Arm/Group Title Phase II Trial of Sorafenib and Docetaxel
    Arm/Group Description All patients received sorafenib 200 mg bid daily and docetaxel 75 mg/m2 every 3 weeks docetaxel sorafenib tosylate
    Period Title: Overall Study
    STARTED 18
    COMPLETED 17
    NOT COMPLETED 1

    Baseline Characteristics

    Arm/Group Title Sorafenib and Docetaxel
    Arm/Group Description All patients received sorafenib 200 mg bid daily and docetaxel 75 mg/m2 every 3 weeks docetaxel sorafenib tosylate
    Overall Participants 17
    Age (years) [Median (Full Range) ]
    Median (Full Range) [years]
    66
    Sex: Female, Male (Count of Participants)
    Female
    0
    0%
    Male
    17
    100%
    Race (NIH/OMB) (Count of Participants)
    American Indian or Alaska Native
    0
    0%
    Asian
    0
    0%
    Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
    0
    0%
    Black or African American
    5
    29.4%
    White
    12
    70.6%
    More than one race
    0
    0%
    Unknown or Not Reported
    0
    0%
    Region of Enrollment (participants) [Number]
    United States
    17
    100%

    Outcome Measures

    1. Primary Outcome
    Title Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Response Rate
    Description PSA Response: ≥50% decline from baseline PSA measurement confirmed by a second PSA measurement 3 weeks later. Patients may not demonstrate clinical or radiographic evidence of disease progression. PSA progression (PSA-P): Two measurements of rising serum PSA measured at least 2 weeks apart where the second is greater than the first.
    Time Frame From start of treatment until withdrawal from the study, approximately 12 months

    Outcome Measure Data

    Analysis Population Description
    [Not Specified]
    Arm/Group Title Phase II Trial of Sorafenib and Docetaxel
    Arm/Group Description All patients received sorafenib 200 mg bid daily and docetaxel 75 mg/m2 every 3 weeks docetaxel sorafenib tosylate
    Measure Participants 17
    Count of Participants [Participants]
    6
    35.3%
    2. Secondary Outcome
    Title 6-month Progression-free Survival (PFS)
    Description Number of patients that achieved 6 month PFS
    Time Frame 6 months from end of treatment

    Outcome Measure Data

    Analysis Population Description
    [Not Specified]
    Arm/Group Title Phase II Trial of Sorafenib and Docetaxel
    Arm/Group Description All patients received sorafenib 200 mg bid daily and docetaxel 75 mg/m2 every 3 weeks docetaxel sorafenib tosylate
    Measure Participants 17
    Count of Participants [Participants]
    10
    58.8%
    3. Secondary Outcome
    Title Objective Response Rate (ORR)
    Description To determine the ORR in patients with measurable disease
    Time Frame 6 months from end of treatment

    Outcome Measure Data

    Analysis Population Description
    [Not Specified]
    Arm/Group Title Phase II Trial of Sorafenib and Docetaxel
    Arm/Group Description All patients received sorafenib 200 mg bid daily and docetaxel 75 mg/m2 every 3 weeks docetaxel sorafenib tosylate
    Measure Participants 18
    Count of Participants [Participants]
    3
    17.6%

    Adverse Events

    Time Frame first treatment through study completion, approximately 12 months
    Adverse Event Reporting Description
    Arm/Group Title Phase II Trial of Sorafenib and Docetaxel
    Arm/Group Description All patients received sorafenib 200 mg bid daily and docetaxel 75 mg/m2 every 3 weeks docetaxel sorafenib tosylate
    All Cause Mortality
    Phase II Trial of Sorafenib and Docetaxel
    Affected / at Risk (%) # Events
    Total / (NaN)
    Serious Adverse Events
    Phase II Trial of Sorafenib and Docetaxel
    Affected / at Risk (%) # Events
    Total 0/17 (0%)
    Other (Not Including Serious) Adverse Events
    Phase II Trial of Sorafenib and Docetaxel
    Affected / at Risk (%) # Events
    Total 17/17 (100%)
    Blood and lymphatic system disorders
    anemia 3/17 (17.6%) 3
    lymphopenia 5/17 (29.4%) 5
    neutropenia 17/17 (100%) 17
    Cardiac disorders
    hypertension 1/17 (5.9%) 1
    Gastrointestinal disorders
    diarreha 1/17 (5.9%) 1
    nausea 2/17 (11.8%) 2
    Infections and infestations
    pneumonia 1/17 (5.9%) 1
    Metabolism and nutrition disorders
    anorexia 1/17 (5.9%) 1
    fatigue 3/17 (17.6%) 3
    Weight Loss 3/17 (17.6%) 3
    Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders
    hand-foot syndrome 3/17 (17.6%) 3
    Rash 3/17 (17.6%) 3

    Limitations/Caveats

    [Not Specified]

    More Information

    Certain Agreements

    All Principal Investigators ARE employed by the organization sponsoring the study.

    There is NOT an agreement between Principal Investigators and the Sponsor (or its agents) that restricts the PI's rights to discuss or publish trial results after the trial is completed.

    Results Point of Contact

    Name/Title Ravi Amaravadi
    Organization Abramson Cancer Center
    Phone 2156622222
    Email ravi.amaravadi@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
    Responsible Party:
    Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT00589420
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • UPCC 03806
    • 805372
    • CDR0000581020
    First Posted:
    Jan 9, 2008
    Last Update Posted:
    Feb 17, 2022
    Last Verified:
    Feb 1, 2022