Study of Pembrolizumab Plus Enzalutamide Versus Placebo Plus Enzalutamide in Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer
Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
ClinicalTrials ID:NCT03834493
This clinical trial is testing whether combining pembrolizumab with enzalutamide is more effective than enzalutamide alone in treating men with advanced prostate cancer that has spread and is resistant to hormone therapy. The study aims to see if this combination can improve survival and slow cancer progression.
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Program Overview
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of combining pembrolizumab with enzalutamide in treating men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). This type of prostate cancer has spread to other parts of the body and does not respond to hormone therapy. Participants in this study have not received chemotherapy for mCRPC and either have not taken abiraterone or did not respond well to it. The study will compare the combination treatment to a placebo plus enzalutamide to see if it improves overall survival and slows cancer progression.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Diagnosed with prostate cancer confirmed by lab tests, without small cell cancer type.
- Cancer has progressed despite hormone therapy or after surgical removal of the testicles within the last 6 months.
- Evidence of cancer spread to bones or soft tissues as shown by scans.
- Either never used abiraterone, used it without cancer progression, or used it and cancer progressed after a certain period.
- Ongoing hormone therapy with low testosterone levels.
- Stable doses of bone-strengthening therapy if applicable.
- Agree to not donate sperm and use contraception during and for 90 days after treatment.
- Provide a recent biopsy sample from a tumor not previously treated with radiation.
- Good overall health with an ECOG performance status of 0 or 1.
Exclusion Criteria
- Have another active cancer needing treatment in the last 3 years.
- Have an autoimmune disease needing treatment in the last 2 years.
- Have an immune deficiency or are on long-term steroid therapy.
- Had major surgery recently and not fully recovered.
- Have digestive issues affecting medication absorption.
- Have an active infection needing treatment.
- Have lung disease needing steroids or current lung disease.
- Have active HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C infections.
- Have cancer spread to the brain or spinal cord.
- Allergic to pembrolizumab or enzalutamide.
- Have a history of seizures or conditions causing seizures.
- Have had recent loss of consciousness.
- Have low or uncontrolled high blood pressure.
- Have a slow heart rate.
- Cancer progressed on ketoconazole.
- Previously treated with certain prostate cancer drugs.
- Previously treated with specific immune therapies.
- Previously treated with certain radioactive drugs for prostate cancer.
- Previously treated with chemotherapy for mCRPC.
- Previously treated with monoclonal antibodies.
- Used herbal products affecting prostate cancer or PSA levels.
- Received a live vaccine recently.
- Participating in another clinical trial recently.
- Have a specific type of bone scan result.
- Planning to have children during or shortly after the study.
- Had an organ transplant.
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