A Pilot Study of Parenteral Testosterone and Oral Etoposide as Therapy for Men With Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer
Based on our preclinical data, high levels of androgens can lead to significant growth
suppressive effects in prostate cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistic data in in
vitro models suggests that this growth suppression may be due to the accumulation of
androgen induced TOP2B mediated double strand breaks at AR target sites occurring after
stimulation of prostate cancer cells with high levels of androgens. Provocatively, the
number of double strand breaks was significantly increased (Figure 3 B) if the cells were
treated with etoposide, an agent that leads to formation of double strand breaks at TOP2
target sites, concurrently with high-dose androgen stimulation. We hypothesize that
co-administration of testosterone with etoposide could produce high levels of double strand
breaks in prostate cancer cells, overwhelming DNA repair and survival mechanisms and leading
to cancer cell death or growth arrest. To test whether this possibility holds promise for
therapy of advanced prostate cancer, we propose the following clinical trial of parenteral
testosterone therapy in combination with oral etoposide in men with evidence of progressive
prostate cancer during chronic androgen ablation.
Interventional
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Change in PSA levels over the course of therapy Time to PSA progression after 3 months of testosterone and etoposide therapy
Patients with evidence of PSA and or measurable disease response after 3 months of therapy will continue to receive treatment with monthly injection of testosterone cypionate and 14 day treatments with oral etoposide per 28 day cycle. Patients will undergo response assessment with PSA levels and CT scans every 3 months and bone scans every 6 months
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Samuel Denmeade, MD
Principal Investigator
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine - Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
United States: Institutional Review Board
J09121, NA_00033419
NCT01084759
March 2010
December 2014
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Johns Hopkins School of Medicine - Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center | Baltimore, Maryland 21205 |