Sipuleucel-T With or Without Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Hormone-Resistant Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Randomized Phase II Trial of Sipuleucel T Immunotherapy Preceded by Sensitizing Radiation Therapy and Sipuleucel-T Alone in Patients With Castrate Resistant Metastatic Prostate Cancer

This randomized phase II trial studies how well giving sipuleucel-T with or without radiation therapy works in treating patients with hormone-resistant metastatic prostate cancer. Vaccines may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. Radiation therapy uses high energy x rays to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known whether giving sipuleucel-T vaccine is more effective with or without radiation therapy in treating prostate cancer

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Recurrent Prostate Cancer; Bone Metastases; Hormone-resistant Prostate Cancer; Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate; Stage IV Prostate Cancer; Soft Tissue Metastases
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: laboratory biomarker analysis; Biological: sipuleucel-T; Radiation: external beam radiation therapy

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess the feasibility, based on percent able or willing to receive all three infusions of sipuleucel-T immunotherapy, when combining sipuleucel-T with radiation therapy to a single site of metastasis delivered one week prior to beginning of sipuleucel-T therapy.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess the effect of radiation therapy to single metastasis on immune response (antibody and T-cell proliferation to prostate acid phosphate [PAP] and fusion protein PA2024) generated by sipuleucel-T immunotherapy.

II. To assess the effect of external beam radiotherapy to single metastasis on prostate specific antigen (PSA) response to therapy with sipuleucel-T.

III. To assess the effect of external beam radiotherapy to single metastasis on radiographic response rate to therapy with sipuleucel-T.

IV. To assess the time from the onset of therapy with sipuleucel-T +/- radiation to the need for subsequent therapy for prostate cancer.

V. To assess the toxicity associated with sipuleucel-T +/- radiation.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

ARM A: Patients receive sipuleucel-T intravenously (IV) over 60 minutes days 22, 36, and 50.

ARM B: Patients undergo external beam radiation therapy in weeks 1-2. Patients also receive sipuleucel-T as in Arm A.

In both arms, treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up until week 60.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 51
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Duarte, California, United States, 91010
      • City of Hope Medical Center
    • Pasadena, California, United States, 91030
      • South Pasadena Cancer Center
  • Utah
    • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112
      • Huntsman Cancer Institute, Univ. of Utah

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically documented adenocarcinoma of the prostate
• Life expectancy of >= 6 months, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2
• Metastatic disease as evidenced by soft tissue and/or bony metastases on baseline bone scan and/or computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen or pelvis

• Castration resistant prostatic adenocarcinoma; subjects must have current or historical evidence of disease progression despite castrated level of testosterone (< 50 ng/dL) achieved by orchiectomy or luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist or antagonist therapy; disease progression has to be demonstrated by PSA progression OR progression of measurable disease OR progression of non-measurable disease as defined below:

  • PSA: Two consecutive rising PSA values, at least 7 days apart
  • Measurable disease: >= 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameters of all measurable lesions or the development of any new lesions; the change will be measured against the best response to castration therapy or against the pre-castration measurements if there was no response

  • Non-measurable disease:

    • Soft tissue disease: The appearance of 1 or more lesions, and/or unequivocal worsening of non-measurable disease when compared to imaging studies acquired during castration therapy or against the pre-castration studies if there was no response
    • Bone disease: Appearance of 2 or more new areas of abnormal uptake on bone scan when compared to imaging studies acquired during castration therapy or against the pre-castration studies if there was no response; increased uptake of pre-existing lesions on bone scan does not constitute progression
• White blood cell (WBC) >= 2,500 cells/uL
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,000 cells/uL
• Platelet count >= 75,000 cells/uL
• Hemoglobin (HgB) >= 9.0 g/dL
• Creatinine =< 2.5 mg/dL
• Total bilirubin =< 2 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST, serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT, serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 x institutional ULN
• Prior chemotherapy with 0-2 regimens is allowed
• Prior radiation therapy to prostate or prostate bed is allowed provided it occurred > 3 months before enrollment to the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• The presence of liver, or known brain metastases, malignant pleural effusions, or malignant ascites
• Moderate or severe symptomatic metastatic disease, defined as a requirement for treatment with opioid analgesics for cancer-related pain within 21 days prior to registration
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status > 2
• Treatment with chemotherapy within 3 months of registration

• Treatment with any of the following medications or interventions within 28 days of registration:

  • Systematic corticosteroids; use of inhaled, intranasal, and topical steroids is acceptable
  • Any other systemic therapy for prostate cancer (except for medical castration)
• History of external beam radiation therapy to metastatic sites within 1 year of enrollment to the study
• Participation in any previous study involving sipuleucel-T
• Pathologic long-bone fractures, imminent pathologic long-bone fracture (cortical erosion on radiography > 50%) or spinal cord compression

• Concurrent other malignancy with the exception of:

  • Cutaneous squamous cell and basal carcinomas
  • Adequately treated stage 1-2 malignancy
  • Adequately treated stage 3-4 malignancy that has been in remission for >= 2 years at the time of registration
• A requirement for systemic immunosuppressive therapy for any reason
• Any infection requiring parenteral antibiotic therapy or causing fever (temperature > 100.5 degrees Fahrenheit [F] or 38.1 degrees Celsius [C]) within 1 week prior to registration
• Any medical intervention or other condition which, in the opinion of the principal investigator could compromise adherence with study requirements or otherwise compromise the study's objectives

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Arm A (sipuleucel-T); Patients receive sipuleucel-T IV over 60 minutes days 22, 36, and 50.	Other: laboratory biomarker analysis; Correlative studies; Biological: sipuleucel-T; Given IV; Other Names: Provenge; APC 8015
Experimental: Arm B (radiation therapy, sipuleucel-T); Patients undergo external beam radiation therapy in weeks 1-2. Patients also receive sipuleucel-T as in Arm A.	Other: laboratory biomarker analysis; Correlative studies; Biological: sipuleucel-T; Given IV; Other Names: Provenge; APC 8015; Radiation: external beam radiation therapy; Undergo external beam radiation therapy; Other Names: EBRT

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Progression-free Survival	Estimated using the product-limit method of Kaplan and Meier. Progression is defined as one or more of the following: 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameters of target measurable lesions over the smallest sum observed (over baseline if no decrease during therapy) using the same techniques as baseline; unequivocal progression of non-measurable disease in the opinion of the treating physician; appearance of any new lesions; PSA increase of 25% from baseline or nadir and by 2ng/uL or greater at 12 weeks; death due to disease without prior documentation of progression and without symptomatic deterioration.	Until progression or death, Up to 2 years.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants With Grade 2 or Above Adverse Events	Number of participants with specified adverse event that is grade 2 or above and related to treatment. Graded according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) v4.0	Up to 60 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Twardowski P, Wong JYC, Pal SK, Maughan BL, Frankel PH, Franklin K, Junqueira M, Prajapati MR, Nachaegari G, Harwood D, Agarwal N. Randomized phase II trial of sipuleucel-T immunotherapy preceded by sensitizing radiation therapy and sipuleucel-T alone in patients with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer. Cancer Treat Res Commun. 2019;19:100116. doi: 10.1016/j.ctarc.2018.100116. Epub 2018 Dec 20.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: June 7, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 31, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 6, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 6, 2013
• First Posted (Estimate): March 8, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 25, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 21, 2020
• Last Verified: June 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Neoplasms; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Genital Neoplasms, Male; Prostatic Diseases; Neoplastic Processes; Prostatic Neoplasms; Neoplasm Metastasis
• Other Study ID Numbers: 12367; NCI-2013-00542 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))