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Phase I Study of Bortezomib and Mitoxantrone in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer

Alternate Title
Basic Trial Information
Objectives
Entry Criteria
Expected Enrollment
Outline
Published Results
Trial Contact Information
Registry Information

Alternate Title

Bortezomib and Mitoxantrone in Treating Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer

Basic Trial Information

Phase
Type
Status
Age
Sponsor
Protocol IDs

Phase I


Treatment


Closed


Not specified


NCI, Pharmaceutical / Industry


MDA-ID-02227
MILLENNIUM-MDA-ID-02227, NCT00082680

Special Category: SPORE trial

Objectives

Primary

  1. Determine the dose-limiting toxicity and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of bortezomib and mitoxantrone in patients with advanced or metastatic androgen-independent prostate cancer.

Secondary

  1. Determine the degree of proteasome inhibition in peripheral blood of patients treated with this regimen.
  2. Correlate the effect of this regimen on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels with the degree of proteasomal inhibition in the blood of patients with baseline PSA levels ≥ 5 ng/mL who are treated near the MTD.
  3. Determine the effect of this regimen on selected parameters of clinical benefit (i.e., performance status, tumor-related symptoms, and measurable disease response) in these patients.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

  • Histologically confirmed androgen-independent prostate cancer
    • Advanced or metastatic disease


  • Requires antineoplastic therapy


  • Progressive measurable or evaluable disease


  • Testosterone ≤ 50 ng/dL


  • No uncontrolled brain metastases


  • No CNS disease


Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

Biologic therapy

  • More than 8 weeks since prior antibody therapy and recovered

Chemotherapy

  • More than 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas) and recovered
  • No prior cumulative doxorubicin dose ≥ 180 mg/m2

Endocrine therapy

  • At least 4 weeks since prior flutamide (6 weeks for bicalutamide or nilutamide)
  • Patients receiving luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analog therapy for androgen suppression should continue this therapy throughout study participation

Radiotherapy

  • More than 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered
  • More than 4 weeks since prior samarium Sm 153 lexidronam pentasodium
  • More than 12 weeks since prior strontium chloride Sr 89

Surgery

  • More than 4 weeks since prior major surgery

Patient Characteristics:

Age

  • Not specified

Performance status

  • Zubrod 0-2

Life expectancy

  • At least 3 months

Hematopoietic

  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm3
  • Hemoglobin > 8.0 g/dL
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm3

Hepatic

  • ALT or AST ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) (5 times ULN if liver metastases are present)
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN

Renal

  • Creatinine ≤ 2 mg/dL

Cardiovascular

  • LVEF ≥ 50% at rest
  • None of the following significant atherosclerotic diseases:
    • Myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
    • Uncontrolled or unstable angina pectoris
    • Acute ischemia by ECG
    • Clinically significant ventricular arrhythmias
    • Symptomatic congestive heart failure
    • Any of the following significant conduction abnormalities:
      • Second- or third-degree atrioventricular block
      • Bifascicular block (defined as left anterior hemiblock in the presence of right bundle branch block)
    • Claudication limiting activity
    • Cerebrovascular events with the past year (including transient ischemic attack)

Other

  • No prior allergic reaction to antidiarrheal medications or antiemetics
  • No prior severe hypersensitivity reaction to mitoxantrone or other agents formulated with polysorbate 80
  • No active infection
  • No other concurrent uncontrolled illness
  • No diabetes mellitus requiring insulin OR that required pharmacologic intervention for more than 5 years
  • No peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 2
  • No other serious medical or psychiatric illness that would preclude study compliance or treatment

Expected Enrollment

42

A total of 42 patients will be accrued for this study.

Outline

This is a dose-escalation study.

Patients receive bortezomib IV and mitoxantrone IV on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. Treatment repeats every 35 days for up to 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Cohorts of patients receive escalating doses of bortezomib and mitoxantrone until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined using a continuous reassessment method for dose escalation. The MTD is defined as the dose level having a mean posterior dose-limiting toxicity probability closest to 25%.

Patients are followed at 3 weeks.

Published Results

Siefker-Radtke AO, Poulter V, Mathew P, et al.: Preliminary evidence of efficacy and tolerance for weekly intravenous bortezomib plus mitoxantrone in patients with advanced androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPCa). [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 23 (Suppl 16): A-4567, 394s, 2005.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas

Arlene Siefker-Radtke, MD, Protocol chair
Ph: 713-792-2830; 800-392-1611
Email: asiefker@mdanderson.org
Christopher Logothetis, MD, Protocol co-chair
Ph: 713-563-7210; 800-392-1611

Registry Information
Official Title Phase I Study of Weekly Intravenous PS-341 Plus Mitoxantrone in Patients with Advanced Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer (Al-PCa)
Trial Start Date 2003-03-24
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00082680
Date Submitted to PDQ 2003-03-24
Information Last Verified 2007-07-03
NCI Grant/Contract Number CA16672, CA90270

Note: The purpose of most clinical trials listed in this database is to test new cancer treatments, or new methods of diagnosing, screening, or preventing cancer. Because all potentially harmful side effects are not known before a trial is conducted, dose and schedule modifications may be required for participants if they develop side effects from the treatment or test. The therapy or test described in this clinical trial is intended for use by clinical oncologists in carefully structured settings, and may not prove to be more effective than standard treatment. A responsible investigator associated with this clinical trial should be consulted before using this protocol.

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