Cohorts of Docetaxel or Cabazitaxel in Combination With the Potent CYP3A4 Inhibitor, Clarithromycin

Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Two Independent Phase 1b Cohorts of Docetaxel or Cabazitaxel in Combination With the Potent CYP3A4 Inhibitor, Clarithromycin

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03043989
• Other study ID #: J16144
• Secondary ID: IRB00117591
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 1
• Start date: March 21, 2017
• Est. completion date: July 26, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: February 2020
• Source: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This clinical trial is being conducted to recommend a safe and tolerable phase 2 dose of docetaxel or cabazitaxel when combined with clarithromycin in men who have developed castrate-resistant prostate cancer.

In the castrate-resistant setting, resistance to taxane therapy inevitably develops. Men who develop resistance to taxanes have a very poor prognosis, and few treatment options.

It is believed that CYP enzymes contribute to docetaxel and cabazitaxel resistance in metastatic prostate cancer, and this resistance can be mitigated through pharmacologic CYP inhibition. In this study a potent CYP3A inhibitor, clarithromycin, will be co-administered concurrently with either docetaxel or cabazitaxel, whose systemic metabolism is dependent of CYP3A4, with the intent to overcome resistance to taxanes.

Description:

This is a dose-escalation study designed to determine the maximum tolerated dose of docetaxel or cabazitaxel when given in combination with clarithromycin. Eligible patients will be assigned to docetaxel or cabazitaxel, based on which drug they were previously administered prior to study entry. Enrollment to dose levels will be in a 3+3 cohort design until the maximum tolerated dose is achieved.

Docetaxel or cabazitaxel will be administered on day 1 of each (3 week) cycle for a total of 6 cycles. Subjects in both arms will be administered clarithromycin on days -1, 1 and 2 of each 3 week cycle.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 4
• Est. completion date: July 26, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: July 26, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (prostate cancer progressing despite castrate levels of testosterone <50 ng/dL), using standard measures of progression defined by PCWG2

2. Have received at least 4 cycles of docetaxel or cabazitaxel, and less than ten, with two consecutive rising PSA values, checked at least 7 days apart. No PSA decline in last 42 day

3. Bone disease documented by either: a positive bone scan, CT scan, or MRI; or biopsy-proven bony metastases

4. Age =18 years

5. ECOG performance status = 2 (Karnofsky = 60%)

6. Have normal organ and marrow function defined as:

• absolute neutrophil count =1,500/mcL

• platelets =100,000/mcL

• total bilirubin (within normal institutional limits)

• AST/ALT = 2.5 × ULN (or = 1.5 x ULN in conjunction with alk phos >2.5 x ULN for Docetaxel

• AST = 1.5 x ULN for Cabazitaxel

• creatinine clearance-no minimum for Docetaxel

• creatinine clearance- = 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 for Cabazitaxel

7. No evidence of clinical progression, in the form of increased lesions on cross-sectional imaging, or new cancer-attributable symptoms or worsening of existing symptoms

8. Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who have residual toxicities > Grade 2 attributed to taxane therapy, except for neuropathy, who are excluded if > grade 1

2. Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents or have within the last 28 day.

3. History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to clarithromycin or taxanes

4. Patients receiving any medications or substances that are inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4 are ineligible

5. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.

6. Received more than 10 cycles of docetaxel [for docetaxel cohort only] or 6 of cabazitaxel [for cabazitaxel cohort only]

7. Last docetaxel or cabazitaxel dose > 6 weeks prior to enrollment

8. Patients with a documented history of QT prolongation or ventricular cardiac arrhythmia, including torsades de pointes, or taking drugs that are known to prolong the QT

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Prostate Cancer
• Prostatic Neoplasms

Intervention

Drug:
• Docetaxel
6 infusions of Docetaxel with 18 doses clarithromycin
• Cabazitaxel
6 infusions of Cabazitaxel with 18 doses clarithromycin
• Clarithromycin
18 doses of clarithromycin with either Docetaxel or Cabazitaxel

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	Maryland

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins	Maryland Technology Development Corporation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v4.0		3 years
Primary	Escalate dose up the maximum tolerated dose achieved, and initiate this as the recommended phase 2 dose of docetaxel and of cabazitaxel when it is combined with clarithromycin.		3 years
Secondary	Compare docetaxel OR cabazitaxel exposure (maximal [Cmax] when combined with the strong CYP3A4 inhibitor clarithromycin to historic controls.		3 years
Secondary	Compare docetaxel OR cabazitaxel exposure ( total [AUC]) when combined with the strong CYP3A4 inhibitor clarithromycin to historic controls.		3 years