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Registration number
NCT01360840
Ethics application status
Date submitted
15/04/2011
Date registered
26/05/2011
Date last updated
14/12/2015

Titles & IDs
Public title
EMD 525797 in Subjects With Asymptomatic or Mildly Symptomatic Metastatic Castrate-resistant Prostate Cancer
Scientific title
A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Phase II Trial Investigating Two Doses of EMD 525797 in Subjects With Asymptomatic or Mildly Symptomatic Metastatic Castrate-resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
EMR 62242-006
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
PERSEUS
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Prostate Cancer Metastatic 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Prostate

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - EMD 525797
Treatment: Drugs - EMD 525797
Other interventions - Placebo
Other interventions - Standard of Care (SoC)

Placebo comparator: Placebo + Standard of care (SoC) -

Experimental: EMD 525797 750 mg + SoC -

Experimental: EMD 525797 1500 mg + SoC -


Treatment: Drugs: EMD 525797
Subjects will be administered with EMD 525797 at a dose of 1500 milligram (mg) (diluted with 0.9 percent \[%\] sodium chloride) as a 1-hour intravenous infusion every 3 Weeks until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity, whichever comes first, unless the subject stopped the trial treatment for other reasons.

Treatment: Drugs: EMD 525797
Subjects will be administered with EMD 525797 at a dose of 750 mg (diluted with 0.9% sodium chloride) as a 1-hour intravenous infusion every 3 Weeks until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity, whichever comes first, unless the subject stopped the trial treatment for other reasons.

Other interventions: Placebo
Subjects will be administered with placebo (as 0.9% sodium chloride) as a 1-hour intravenous infusion every 3 Weeks until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity, whichever comes first, unless the subject stopped the trial treatment for other reasons.

Other interventions: Standard of Care (SoC)
All the subjects followed the SoC consisting of the continued treatment with luteinizing-hormone releasing hormone agonists (or antagonists).
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Treatment: Drugs
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Other interventions
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Progression Free Survival (PFS) Time
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Time from randomization until data cut-off date (30 April 2013), assessed up to 2 years
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Overall Survival
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Time from randomization until data cut-off date (30 April 2013), assessed up to 2 years
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Time to Tumor Progression
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Time from randomization until data cut-off date (30 April 2013), assessed up to 2 years
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Number of Subjects With Presence of Tumor Response and Disease Control (DC) in Soft Tissue Lesions
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Time from randomization until data cut-off date (30 April 2013), assessed up to 2 years
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Number of Subjects With New Bone Lesions Compared to Baseline
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Time from randomization until data cut-off date (30 April 2013), assessed up to 2 years
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Number of Subjects With Presence of DC in Bone Lesions
Timepoint [5] 0 0
At Weeks 13, 19 and 25
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Bone and Soft Tissue Lesions Composite Tumor Response
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Time from randomization until data cut-off date (30 April 2013), assessed up to 2 years
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Number of Subjects With Presence of Skeletal Related Events
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Time from randomization until data cut-off date (30 April 2013), assessed up to 2 years
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Number of Subjects With Presence of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Response
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Time from randomization until data cut-off date (30 April 2013), assessed up to 2 years
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Minimum Percentage Change From Baseline in PSA Serum Concentration
Timepoint [9] 0 0
Baseline, up to data cut-off date (30 April 2013), assessed up to 2 years
Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Minimum Percentage Change From Baseline in the Number of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs)
Timepoint [10] 0 0
Time from randomization until data cut-off date (30 April 2013), assessed up to 2 years
Secondary outcome [11] 0 0
Overall Minimum Percentage Change From Previous Time Point in Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC)
Timepoint [11] 0 0
Cycle 1, Day 1 (Week 1): pre-dose, Cycle 3, Day 1 (Week 7): pre-dose, and Cycle 5, Day 1 (Week 13): pre-dose
Secondary outcome [12] 0 0
Number of Subjects With Any Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs), Serious TEAEs, TEAEs Leading to Death, and TEAEs Leading to Discontinuation
Timepoint [12] 0 0
From the first dose of study drug administration until 50 days after the last dose of study drug administration or until cut-off date (30 April 2013), assessed up to 2 years
Secondary outcome [13] 0 0
Pharmacokinetic Parameter: Clearance of Intravenously Administered EMD 525797 After First Dose (CL) and Clearance in Steady State of EMD52597 After Fifth Dose (CLss)
Timepoint [13] 0 0
Cycle 1 (Week 1) and cycle 5 (Week 13): Day 1: pre-dose, End of Infusion (EOI), 4, 8, 24, 48, 96, 168, 336, and 504 hours after start of infusion; Cycles 3 and 4 (Weeks 7 and 10), Day 1: pre-dose; Cycle 7 (Week 19), Day 1: pre-dose and EOI
Secondary outcome [14] 0 0
Pharmacokinetic Parameter: Volume of Distribution of EMD 525797 After the First Dose (V) and in Steady State After the Fifth Dose (Vss) of Intravenous Infusion
Timepoint [14] 0 0
Cycle 1 (Week 1) and cycle 5 (Week 13): Day 1: pre-dose, End of Infusion (EOI), 4, 8, 24, 48, 96, 168, 336, and 504 hours after start of infusion; Cycles 3 and 4 (Weeks 7 and 10), Day 1: pre-dose; Cycle 7 (Week 19), Day 1: pre-dose and EOI

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate (Gleason score)
* Bisphosphonate treatment
* Stable, ongoing adequate testosterone suppression proven by hypogonadal levels of testosterone (less than or equal to) <= 50 nanogram per deciliter [ng/dL]) for subjects without surgical castration (luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone antagonists and agonists)
* Other protocol defined inclusion criteria could apply
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Males
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Prior chemotherapy, biologic therapy (targeted therapy), or any experimental therapy for mCRPC
* Chronic and ongoing treatment with opioids
* Acute pathologic fracture, spinal cord compression, or hypercalcemia at Screening
* Visceral metastasis, brain metastasis
* Radiotherapy to bone lesions and/or orthopedic surgery for pathologic fractures. Any kinds of major elective surgery within 30 days prior to trial treatment
* Other protocol defined exclusion criteria could apply

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/04/2011
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/07/2014
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
180
Recruitment in Australia
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Research Site - Bendigo
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- Bendigo
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- Coffs Harbour
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- Darlinghurst
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- Randwick
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
EMD Serono
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The primary objective of the trial is to evaluate the clinical anti-tumor activity of EMD 525797 administered as 1-hour intravenous infusion every 3 weeks in terms of progression free survival (PFS) time in subjects with asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01360840
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Medical Responsible
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EMD Serono Inc., an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01360840