Phase II Trial of Abraxane in Front Line Therapy of Hormone Refractory Metastatic Prostate Cancer

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Purpose Evaluate the efficacy of Abraxane in first line chemotherapy of patients with hormone refractory metastatic prostate cancer, based on prostate specific antigen (PSA) response
ConditionProstate Cancer
InterventionDrug: Abraxane
PhasePhase 2
SponsorKaiser Permanente
Responsible PartyKaiser Permanente
ClinicalTrials.gov IdentifierNCT00284752
First ReceivedJanuary 30, 2006
Last UpdatedSeptember 28, 2012
Last verifiedSeptember 2012

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First Received DateJanuary 30, 2006
Last Updated DateSeptember 28, 2012
Start DateAugust 2005
Estimated Primary Completion DateDecember 2011
Current Primary Outcome Measures
  • Evaluate the efficacy of Abraxane in first line chemotherapy of patients with [Time Frame: August 2008] [Designated as safety issue: Yes]
  • hormone refractory metastatic prostate cancer, based on prostate specific antigen (PSA) response [Time Frame: August 2008] [Designated as safety issue: Yes]
Current Secondary Outcome Measures
  • Evaluate the effect of Abraxane on,Time to PSA progression, Measurable tumor response rate (if measureable disease at baseline), Overall survival [Time Frame: August 2008] [Designated as safety issue: No]
  • Evaluate the toxicity of Abraxane in this group of patients. [Time Frame: August 2008] [Designated as safety issue: Yes]

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Brief TitlePhase II Trial of Abraxane in Front Line Therapy of Hormone Refractory Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Official TitlePhase II Trial of Abraxane in Front Line Therapy of Hormone Refractory Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Brief Summary
Evaluate the efficacy of Abraxane in first line chemotherapy of patients with hormone
refractory metastatic prostate cancer, based on prostate specific antigen (PSA) response
Detailed Description
Taxanes are the most widely tested and effective chemotherapy drugs for hormone refractory
prostate cancer. Weekly paclitaxel was reported to produce 25-39% PSA responses in first
line and up to 33% in second line chemotherapy of patients with prostate cancer in early
clinical trials (1, 2). Paclitaxel activity in prostate cancer is schedule dependent, and
weekly paclitaxel was reported to produce highest response rates (1, 2). Docetaxel was
recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment of hormone refractory
metastatic prostate cancer, since it is the only chemotherapy drug with documented
improvement in survival in this group of patients. Docetaxel was associated with 45.8%
overall grade 3/4 toxicities and it has to be given with steroid pre-medication. This
regimen might be difficult to use in advanced prostate cancer patients that are often
elderly and with multiple co-morbid conditions.

ABI-007 [Abraxane™ (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension)
(albumin-bound)] is the first in its class of biologically interactive albumin-bound forms
of chemotherapy (3). This composition provides a novel approach of increasing intra-tumoral
concentration of the drug by a receptor-mediated transport process allowing transcytosis
across the endothelial cell wall, thereby breaching the blood/tumor interface. This
albumin-specific receptor mediated process involves the binding of a specific receptor
(gp60) on the endothelial cell wall, resulting in activation of a protein caveolin-1, which
initiates an opening in the endothelial wall with formation of a little caves or caveolae,
with transport of the albumin-bound chemotherapeutic complex via these caveolae to the
underlying tumor interstitium (4). A protein specifically secreted by the tumor (SPARC)
binds and entraps the albumin, allowing release of the hydrophobic drug to the tumor cell
membrane. ABI-007 is the first biologically interactive albumin-bound chemotherapy agent
leveraging this gp-60/caveolin-1/caveolae/Sparc pathway to increase intra-tumoral
concentration of the drug and reduce the amount of the toxic chemotherapy in normal tissue.

Preclinical studies comparing Abraxane to paclitaxel demonstrated lower toxicities, with a
maximum tolerated dose (MTD) approximately 50% higher for Abraxane (7) compared to
paclitaxel (11). At equal doses there was less myelosuppression and improved efficacy than
paclitaxel in a xenograft tumor model of human mammary adenocarcinoma. Clinical studies
confirmed improved toxicity profile and higher response rates, in metastatic breast cancer,
of Abraxane compared to cremophor EL paclitaxel (Taxol) (5, 8). The weekly regimen was
shown to be active even in patients with cancers refractory to paclitaxel, docetaxel or when
Abraxane was given after both agents (8).
Study TypeInterventional
Study PhasePhase 2
Study DesignEndpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
ConditionProstate Cancer
InterventionDrug: Abraxane
This is a Phase II single-arm study for first-line chemotherapy of patients with hormone refractory metastatic prostate cancer. Eligible patients will be chemotherapy naive and will receive weekly Abraxane 100mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes. These will be 4-week cycles with patients receiving Abraxane 100 mg/m2 weekly for 3 weeks and one week off for rest. Patients will continue on therapy until disease or PSA
Study Arm (s)Experimental: ABI-007

Recruitment Information[ + expand ][ + ]

Recruitment StatusCompleted
Estimated Enrollment56
Estimated Completion DateDecember 2011
Estimated Primary Completion DateOctober 2007
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Histopathologically or cytologically proven adenocarcinoma of the prostate metastatic
to the bones or lymph nodes as documented by bone scan or CT scan with evidence of
progression despite standard hormonal management (orchiectomy, GNRH agonist, or GNRH
antagonist-hormone refractory). No major organ allowed

2. No prior chemotherapy

3. For patients who have been on anti-androgen therapy, patients must have progressive
disease after anti-androgen withdrawal (6 weeks biclutamide or nilutamide, 4 weeks
for flutamide).

4. PSA progression is defined as rising PSA.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Active malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancer within 5 years of enrollment.

2. Significant active medical illness which in the opinion of the investigator will
preclude treatment.

3. Brain metastasis, any non-bone metastasis except lymph node metastasis
GenderMale
Ages18 Years
Accepts Healthy VolunteersNo
ContactsNot Provided
Location CountriesUnited States

Administrative Information[ + expand ][ + ]

NCT Number NCT00284752
Other Study ID NumbersTK001
Has Data Monitoring CommitteeNot Provided
Information Provided ByKaiser Permanente
Study SponsorKaiser Permanente
CollaboratorsCelgene Corporation
Investigators Principal Investigator: Tatjana Kolevska, MD Kaiser Permanente
Verification DateSeptember 2012

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Kaiser Permanente
Vallejo, California, United States, 94589