177Lu-PSMA-617 with Liver Directed Therapy for the Treatment of Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer with Liver Metastasis
This phase Ib tests the safety, side effects and how well giving 177Lu-PSMA-617 with liver directed therapy, with ablation or transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), works for treating prostate cancer that remains despite castration treatment (castration resistant) and that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body, including the liver (metastatic). 177Lu-PSMA-617 is a radioactive drug. It binds to a protein called prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) receptor, which is found on some prostate tumor cells. 177Lu-PSMA-617 builds up in these cells and gives off radiation that may kill them. It is a type of radioconjugate and a type of PSMA analog. Ablation destroys tumor cells in the liver with the use of heat(radiofrequency), cold (cryotherapy)or microwaves. TACE helps to block the blood flow to tumor(s) in the liver and deliver chemotherapy directly to the tumor via intraarterial access. Giving 177Lu-PSMA-617 with liver directed therapy may be safe and effective in treating patients with castration resistant prostate cancer with liver metastasis.
Inclusion Criteria
- Histologically confirmed prostate cancer
- Progressive disease by PCWG3 criteria at study entry
- Male participants who are at least 18 years of age on the day of signing informed consent
- Castrate level of serum testosterone at study entry (< 50 ng/dL). * Note: Patients without prior bilateral orchiectomy are required to remain on luteinizing hormone-releasing factor (LHRH) analogue treatment for duration of study treatment
- Prior progression on at least one second generation androgen signaling inhibitor including abiraterone, apalutamide, darolutamide, and/or enzalutamide
- Adverse events related to prior anti-cancer treatment (excluding LHRH analogs) must have recovered to grade ≤ 1 (except for any grade alopecia and grade ≤ 2 neuropathy)
- Prior external beam radiotherapy is allowed if the last radiotherapy treatment was greater than 2 weeks from start of study treatment on cycle 1 day 1 (C1D1). * Note: Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities. A 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (≤ 2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-central nervous system (CNS) disease
- At least one PSMA-avid extrahepatic lesion on screening PSMA PET. A positive lesion is defined as uptake above background liver. Hepatic lesions may be PSMA PET negative or positive
- Availability of archival mCRPC tissue, or presence of a metastatic lesion that is amenable to fresh biopsy and willingness to undergo biopsy during screening if no archival mCRPC tissue available
- The presence of one or more liver metastases amenable to liver-directed therapy in the judgment of the treating interventional radiologist. Liver metastases may be detected by CT or MRI, and biopsy confirmation is not required
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2 or Karnofsky ≥ 50%
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mcL
- Platelets ≥ 100,000/mcL
- Hemoglobin > 9.0 g/dL
- Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN). In patients with known or suspected Gilbert’s disease, direct bilirubin ≤ ULN
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)(serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) ≤ 5 x institutional upper limit of normal
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase [SGPT]) ≤ 5 x institutional upper limit of normal
- Prothrombin time ≤ 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (unless on medical therapy known to prolong prothrombin time)
- Albumin ≥ 2.8 g/dL
- Creatinine clearance glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 30 mL/min/1.73 m^2, calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault equation or 24 hour urine collection
- Patients with previously treated brain metastases are eligible provided the following criteria are all met: * Last treatment was > 28 days prior to C1D1 * No evidence of new/progressive brain metastases is observed on MRI obtained during the screening window
- Patients must use appropriate methods of contraception during study treatment and for at least 6 months after last study treatment. * Note: Patients who are sexually active should consider their female partner to be of childbearing potential if she has experienced menarche and is not postmenopausal (defined as amenorrhea > 24 consecutive months) or has not undergone successful surgical sterilization. Even women who use contraceptive hormones (oral, implanted, or injected), an intrauterine device, or barrier methods (diaphragms, condoms, spermicide) should be considered to be of childbearing potential. Patients who have undergone vasectomy themselves should also be considered to be of childbearing potential. Acceptable methods of contraception include continuous total abstinence, or double barrier method of birth control (e.g., condoms used with spermicide, or condoms used with oral contraceptives). Periodic abstinence and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Exclusion Criteria
- De novo small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer
- One or more extrahepatic soft tissue lesions (lymph nodes > 1.5 cm in short axis, visceral/soft tissue lesions > 1 cm) on screening CT that is negative on PSMA PET. Non PSMA avid liver lesions are allowed
- Recipient of other systemic anti-cancer therapies administered within 14 days, or 5 half lives, whichever is shorter, prior to initiation of study treatment. * Note: LHRH analogues are the exception and are permitted
- Recipient of prior PSMA-directed radioligand treatment
- Recipient of > 2 lines of prior taxane-based chemotherapy administered in the castration-resistant setting. Prior taxane in the castration sensitive setting does not count towards this limit. If platinum chemotherapy is added to taxane this does not count as a separate line of treatment
- Previous bilio-enteric anastomosis, ampulla of Vater sphincterotomy, biliary stent, or biliary drain passing through the ampulla of Vater
- Currently participating in a study of an investigational therapeutic agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment on C1D1 * Note: Participants who have entered the follow-up phase of an investigational study may participate as long as it has been 4 weeks after the last dose of the previous investigational agent
- Clinically significant cardiovascular disease including, but not limited to: * Uncontrolled or any New York Heart Association Class 3 or 4 congestive heart failure * Uncontrolled angina, history of myocardial infarction, unstable angina, or stroke within 6 months before study entry * Clinically significant arrhythmias not controlled by medication. ** Note: Chronic rate-controlled or paroxysmal atrial fibrillation/flutter is not an exclusion to study participation
- Major surgery within 28 days of study treatment. * Note: If participant received major surgery, they must have recovered adequately from the toxicity and/or complications from the intervention prior to starting study treatment on C1D1. Minor procedures (e.g., biopsy, cataract surgery, stent placement, endoscopy) are not considered major surgery
- Has a secondary malignancy requiring active treatment at study entry (except for carcinoma-in-situ, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, and non-melanoma skin cancer)
- Has an active infection requiring intravenous antibiotics within 7 days prior to C1D1
- Has a known history of Hepatitis B infection (defined as Hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] reactive) or known active Hepatitis C virus infection (defined as hepatitis c virus [HCV] ribonucleic acid [RNA] [qualitative] detected, with the following exceptions: * Patients who are HbsAg positive are eligible if they have received HBV antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to study entry. * Patients with history of HCV infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening. Participants must have completed curative anti-viral therapy at least 4 weeks prior to study entry
- Not a candidate for liver-directed therapy on the basis of any of the following: * History of bleeding diathesis and currently on anti-coagulation therapy that cannot be safely discontinued for liver directed therapy. * Clinically significant ascites including requiring more than one paracentesis in the 28 days prior to C1D1
- Unable or unwilling to follow radiation safety precautions following each dose of radioligand therapy or liver directed therapy.
- Any condition that, in the opinion of the Principal Investigator, would impair the patient’s ability to comply with study procedures
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To characterize the safety profile of Lutetium Lu 177 EB-PSMA-617 (177Lu-PSMA-617) in combination with liver-directed therapy.
II. To determine the investigator assessed objective response rate per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version (v) 1.1 criteria in patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate carcinoma (mCRPC) treated with 177Lu-PSMA-617 and liver-directed therapy.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine the median investigator assessed radiographic progression-free survival per Prostate Cancer Working Group 3 (PCWG3) criteria in patients with mCRPC treated with 177Lu-PSMA-617 and liver-directed therapy.
II. To determine the median overall survival in patients with mCRPC treated with 177Lu-PSMA-617 and liver-directed therapy.
III. To determine the median investigator assessed duration of objective response per RECIST 1.1 criteria in patients with mCRPC treated with 177LuPSMA-617 and liver directed therapy.
IV. To determine the investigator-assessed hepatic disease response rate (HDRR) per RECIST v 1.1 criteria in patients with mCRPC treated with 177Lu-PSMA-617 and liver-directed therapy.
V. To determine the investigator-assessed hepatic disease control rate (HDCR) at 6 months per RECIST v 1.1 criteria in patients with mCRPC treated with 177Lu-PSMA-617 and liver-directed therapy.
VI. To determine the greater than 50% decline in baseline prostate specific antigen (PSA) (PSA50) and greater than 90% decline in baseline PSA (PSA90) response rate by PCWG3 criteria at any time point on study, as well as individually following each dose of 177Lu-PSMA-617 or liver-directed therapy.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine the lesion-specific response by baseline uptake on prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography (PET).
II. To determine the association between clinical outcomes and baseline genomic, transcriptional, and immune microenvironment factors of liver metastases, using targeted deoxyribonucleic acid sequencing (DNA-seq), spatial transcriptomics, and multiplex immune profiling.
III. To determine the association between baseline circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and change from baseline ctDNA (% fraction, genomic alterations in homologous recombination pathway) with clinical outcomes.
IV. To determine the association between hepatic tumor dosimetry measured by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/computed tomography (CT) with hepatic response rate (HDRR) and hepatic disease control rate (HDCR) at 6 months.
V. To characterize patient reported outcomes using the brief pain Inventory and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy- Prostate (FACT-P) instruments.
VI. To evaluate and compare the efficacy between the subgroup of patients with extrahepatic disease responsive to 177LuPSMA-617 who undergo liver-directed therapy versus those who do not undergo liver-directed therapy.
OUTLINE:
Patients with PSMA low or negative liver lesions and PSMA avid disease in all other site undergo ablation or TACE with doxorubicin, mitomycin C and cisplatin via hepatic artery infusion as determined by the investigator team, given per standard of care. All patients then receive 177Lu-PSMA-617 intravenously (IV), over 20-30 minutes on day 1 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 6 weeks for 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After cycle 2 patients with extrahepatic stable disease/partial response/complete response but hepatic stable disease or progression also receive ablation or TACE with doxorubicin, mitomycin C and cisplatin via hepatic artery infusion as determined by the investigator team, given per standard of care. If clinically indicated and extrahepatic disease remains stable after cycle 3 of 177Lu-PSMA-617, patients may undergo a second course of ablation or TACE with doxorubicin, mitomycin C and cisplatin via hepatic artery infusion as determined by the investigator team, given per standard of care. Patients undergo PSMA PET/computed tomography (CT) scan/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), tumor biopsy and blood sample collection throughout the study.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months.
Trial PhasePhase I
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationUniversity of California San Francisco
Principal InvestigatorRahul Raj Aggarwal
- Primary ID25929
- Secondary IDsNCI-2025-05994, 25-44407
- ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT07145177