This phase II trial investigates how well ZEN-3694, enzalutamide, and pembrolizumab work in treating patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic). ZEN-3694 blocks the expression of the MYC gene to prevent cellular growth in certain types of tumors, including castrate resistant prostate cancer. Enzalutamide has been shown to block testosterone from reaching prostate cancer cells by binding to a receptor on prostate cancer cells, called androgen receptors. This works similar to a lock and key. When enzalutamide (key) inserts into the androgen receptor (lock) testosterone cannot attach to the androgen receptor, which slows the growth of tumor cells and may cause them to shrink. Pembrolizumab is a monoclonal antibody (proteins that can protect the body from foreign organisms, such as bacteria and viruses) designed to block a specific control switch which may be activated by tumor cells to overcome the body's natural immune system defenses. It also enhances the activity of the body's immune cells against tumor cells. The purpose of this study is to find out the effects ZEN-3694, enzalutamide, and pembrolizumab on patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have previously experienced disease progression.
Patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who had prior disease progression on at least one second generation androgen signaling inhibitor, including abiraterone, apalutamide, darolutamide, and/or enzalutamide and have clinicogenomic evidence of transdifferentiated mCRPC (Cohort A) or mCRPC without transdifferentiation (Cohort B). Prior to enrollment in Phase 2 (Cohort A and B), a safety lead-in cohort of 6 patients with metastatic CRPC will be enrolled. Accrual will proceed to Phase 2 if \< 33% of patients (0/6 or 1/6 patients) experiences a dose-limiting toxicity during Cycle 1. OUTLINE: Patients receive pembrolizumab intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on day 1, BET bromodomain inhibitor ZEN-3694 orally (PO) once daily (QD) and enzalutamide PO QD on days 1-21. Patients not on enzalutamide prior to study enrollment or have previously discontinued enzalutamide receive BET bromodomain inhibitor ZEN-3694 beginning on day 1 of cycle 2. Cycles repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and every 90 days until death or study completion or loss to follow-up, whichever occurs first. PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To determine the composite response rate in Cohort A and Cohort B study population. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the objective response rate and median duration of response in each study cohort. II. To determine the median progression free survival and 6-month progression-free survival rate. III. To determine the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) 50 (PSA50) response proportion in each study cohort. IV. To determine the median overall survival of each cohort. V. To determine the safety of the treatment combination. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. To explore the association between baseline metastatic tumor characteristics including treatment-emergent small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (t-SCNC), androgen receptor (AR), retinoblastoma tumor suppressor gene (RB1) loss, and immune response transcriptional signatures with clinical outcomes. II. To evaluate modulation of AR transcriptional activity, expression of t-SCNC markers, and immune parameters including tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and PD-L1 expression in evaluable paired tumor biopsies. III. To evaluate the association between baseline and change from baseline in peripheral blood biomarkers including T cell subsets, T cell repertoire, and inhibitors of bromodomain extraterminal protein (BETi) whole blood ribonucleic acid (RNA) panel with clinical outcomes. IV. To evaluate the association between baseline or change from baseline in gallium Ga 68 citrate (68Ga-citrate) positron emission tomography (PET) with subsequent clinical outcomes. V. To compare efficacy outcomes (composite response, PSA50 response, objective response, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS)) between cohorts.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
61
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
University of Chicago
Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Composite Response Rate
Defined as either objective response per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria (complete response (CR), partial response (PR)) or confirmed \>= 50% decline from serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) at baseline confirmed by repeat measurement performed ≥ 4 weeks later for each study cohort. To be considered evaluable for PSA50 response, patients must have a serum PSA \>=2 ng/mL at baseline. To be considered evaluable for objective response, patients must have measurable soft tissue disease by RECIST 1.1 criteria on baseline scan assessment. The composite response rate along with 95% confidence interval will be reported for participants in each study cohort.
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
Objective response is defined as a complete response (CR), partial response (PR)) for the subset of patients with measurable soft tissue disease by RECIST 1.1 criteria. ORR will be reported along with 95% confidence interval for each study cohort. To be considered evaluable for objective response, patients must have measurable soft tissue disease by RECIST 1.1 criteria on baseline scan assessment Only those participants who have measurable disease present at baseline, have received at least one cycle of therapy, and have had their disease re-evaluated will be considered evaluable for response.
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Median Duration of Response
The duration of overall response is measured from the time measurement criteria are met for CR, PR, or stable disease (SD) (whichever is first recorded) until the first date that recurrent or progressive disease is objectively documented (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since the treatment started). The duration of overall CR is measured from the time measurement criteria are first met for CR until the first date that recurrent disease is objectively documented. Stable disease is measured from the start of the treatment until the criteria for progression are met, taking as reference the smallest measurements recorded since the treatment started. The median duration of response will be reported along with 95% confidence interval for each study cohort, for the subset of patients with measurable soft tissue disease by RECIST 1.1 criteria.
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Progression-free survival (PFS)
PFS is defined as the duration of time from start of treatment to time of progression or death, whichever occurs first. Will be determined for each cohort using Kaplan-Meier product limit method.
Time frame: Up to 3 years
PSA50 response proportion
PSA50 response is a \>= 50% decline from baseline in serum PSA, confirmed by repeat measurement \>= 4 weeks later. The PSA50 response proportion will be reported along with 95% confidence interval for each study cohort, for the subset of PSA-evaluable patients (serum PSA \>= 2 ng/mL at baseline).
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Overall survival (OS)
The median overall survival along with 95% confidence interval will be determined from the date of first dose of protocol-defined therapy until death from any cause, using the Kaplan-Meier product limit method. Patients who withdraw from study will be censored for analysis of overall survival using the date of study withdrawal.
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Incidence of treatment-related adverse events
All participants will be evaluable for toxicity from the time of their first protocol-defined treatment on C1D1. Will be recorded and severity graded using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0.The frequency and severity of adverse events will be descriptively reported
Time frame: Up to 30 days post-last dose
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