This study is for patients with metastatic prostate cancer receiving radium-223 as their standard of care therapy. The researchers will collect blood and urine samples from patients before, during and after the radium-223 therapy. The researchers will compare these samples to observe how the treatment has affected different cancer markers.
This study proposes to document the presence of clonal emergence and regression during radium-223 therapy for metastatic prostate cancer by serial ctDNA analysis of tumor-associated mutations, using the clinically-available Guardant 360 platform. These data may provide important mechanistic insights into radium-223 therapy by 1) identifying mutations associated with radium-223 resistance or sensitivity, 2) providing new markers of treatment response in an individual, and 3) revealing antitumor effects from radium-223 that are not easily recognized with standard tumor response metrics. Positive finding based on this clinically-available platform will be readily applied by the oncology treatment community.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
14
Collection of research blood and urine
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Minor allele frequency (MAF) in ctDNA
The primary objective is to estimate average change in MAF in one or more clonal SNVs, comparing baseline to on-treatment, and baseline to post-treatment samples
Time frame: 24 months
Changes in MAF of clonal SNV
• Determine if changes from baseline in MAF of clonal SNVs during therapy and post-treatment differ significantly from 0.
Time frame: 24 months
Change in clonal mutation MAF and change in pain
• Evaluate the association between change from baseline in clonal mutation MAF and change in pain (evaluated by VAS pain score and analgesic usage diary), measured both during therapy and post-treatment.
Time frame: 24 months
Change in clonal mutation MAF and change in tumor markers
• Evaluate the association between change in clonal mutation MAF and change in tumor markers, including prostate specific antigen (PSA), CEA and LDH, measured by standard biochemical assays both during therapy and post-treatment.
Time frame: 24 months
Change in clonal mutation MAF and markers of bone metabolism
• Evaluate the association between change in clonal mutation MAF and markers of bone metabolism including urine N-telopeptide and serum bone-specific alkaline phosphatase, measured by ELISA assays both during therapy and post-treatment.
Time frame: 24 months
Change in clonal mutation MAF and presence of the TMPRSS2-ERG fusion gene
• Evaluate the association between change in clonal mutation MAF and presence of the TMPRSS2-ERG fusion gene, measured in plasma/urine by digital PCR Evaluate the association between change in clonal mutation MAF and clinical benefit, (time from the last dose of radium-223 to the initiation of a new systemic therapy, measured at least 60 days after final dose) and change in QOL (measured by FACT-P instrument).
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Time frame: 24 months