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NCT Number: NCT06888102

A Platform Study of Epigenetic Therapy Before Prostatectomy in Men With Prostate Cancer

This is an open-label, non-randomized, exploratory platform protocol designed to assess the safety and antitumor activity of epigenetic therapies in participants with localized prostate cancer who are undergoing radical prostatectomy. The epigenetic therapy is intended to increase the sensitivity of the underlying tumor to the patient's immune system. The platform study will evaluate safety, biomarkers, and clinical activity of an epigenetic therapy. The particular details relevant to each module within this platform study will be provided as appendices to the core protocol.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Early Phase 1

Primary location

Cedars-Sinai Cancer at SOCC

Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Andrew Hung, MD

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Anirban Mitra, MD-PhD

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Clinical Trial Recruitment Navigator

CONTACT

Edwin Posadas, MD

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hyung L Kim, MD

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Jun Gong, MD

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Michael Ahdoot, MD

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Nikka Berkowitz, NP

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Stephen Freedland, MD

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

About this study

The study lead investigators will modify and/or add new therapies to the protocol as data emerge from this and other trials. Participants must provide consent for archival biopsy tissue prior to surgery for prostate cancer and must consent to allowing for use of their surgical specimens from biopsy and prostatectomy for biomarker characterization. Given the absence of data in this setting, this pilot proposes this experience with up to 4 weeks of epigenetic agents at doses known to be clinically safe and effective at inducing clinical activity.

Participants will be assigned to receive one of the study interventions and will be monitored for safety and response. The duration of epigenetic therapy will be dependent on the treatment administered and will continue for the duration described in the cohort appendix for each respective combination, unless the participant: is no longer clinically benefiting (NLCB, as evidenced by symptomatic or radiographic disease progression and/or clinical deterioration); experiences any toxicity meeting specified discontinuation criteria (as described in the cohort appendix for each respective combination) or unacceptable toxicity in the best clinical discretion of the treating physician (i.e., Investigator discretion); reaches the maximum duration of study intervention; or withdraws consent.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Men electing to undergo radical prostatectomy with preoperative tissue available.
  • Age ≥18 years
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0 or 1
  • Adequate organ function defined by:
  • AST and ALT < 2.5 x ULN
  • Total bilirubin < 1.5 x ULN
  • Platelets > 90 x 1000/μL
  • Hemoglobin (Hgb) > 8.5 g/dL
  • Serum Creatinine (Cr) <1.5 x ULN or eGFR > 30 mL/min
  • People with partners of childbearing potential in circumstances that may result in the pregnancy, must have had a successful vasectomy (with medically confirmed lack of sperm that are alive) OR must either practice complete abstinence or agree to use adequate contraception (latex or synthetic condom during sexual contact with a female of childbearing potential) from the start of study treatment until 3 months following last dose of study intervention. Subjects should not donate sperm on study, during interruptions in treatment and for 3 months following completion of study drug treatment.
  • Written informed consent obtained from subject and ability for subject to comply with the requirements of the study.

Exclusion criteria

  • Active intercurrent illness or malignancy requiring therapy outside of prostate cancer.
  • Other anti-cancer therapy (chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, radiation therapy, surgery, immunotherapy, biologic therapy, or tumor embolization)
  • Currently participating in a study using an investigational, medicinal anti-cancer agent within 4 weeks prior to first dose of epigenetic therapy.

Treatment and study plan

Neoadjuvant Epigenetic Therapy

Drug

Participants will be assigned to receive one of the study interventions and will be monitored for safety and response. The duration of epigenetic therapy will be dependent on the treatment administered and will continue for the duration described in the cohort appendix for each respective combination, unless the participant: is no longer clinically benefiting (NLCB, as evidenced by symptomatic or radiographic disease progression and/or clinical deterioration); experiences any toxicity meeting specified discontinuation criteria (as described in the cohort appendix for each respective combination) or unacceptable toxicity in the best clinical discretion of the treating physician (i.e., Investigator discretion); reaches the maximum duration of study intervention; or withdraws consent.

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety of Using Epigentic Therapy

    Time frame: 2 Years

    Safety and tolerability using CTCAE version 5.0. To assess the safety, toxicity, and feasibility of using epigenetic therapy in the neoadjuvant setting for men undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP). Defined by the number of patients who demonstrate treatment related AEs, defined as grade 3 or 4, or grade 2 that causes a dose interruption.

  2. Toxicity of Using Epigentic Therapy

    Time frame: 2 Years

    Safety and tolerability using CTCAE version 5.0. To assess the safety, toxicity, and feasibility of using epigenetic therapy in the neoadjuvant setting for men undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP). Defined by the number of patients that undergo radical prostatectomy without delay due to epigenetic therapy.

  3. Feasibility - % of Patients Able to Undergo Surgery

    Time frame: 2 Years

    Feasibility - Percentage of patients able to undergo surgery. To assess the feasibility of measuring changes in gene expression (in radical prostatectomy [RP] tissue) induced by epigenetic therapy at conventional doses (defined by ongoing clinical work focusing on doses within the recommended dose and schedule per the manufacturer where safety has been defined) with a focus on Interferon Stimulated Genes

  4. Feasibility - % of patients with grade 3/4 AEs related

    Time frame: 2 Years

    Feasibility - Percentage of patients with grade 3/4 adverse events related to epigenetic therapy. To assess the feasibility of measuring changes in gene expression (in radical prostatectomy [RP] tissue) induced by epigenetic therapy at conventional doses (defined by ongoing clinical work focusing on doses within the recommended dose and schedule per the manufacturer where safety has been defined) with a focus on Interferon Stimulated Genes

  5. Feasibility - % of patients with evaluable tissue specimens

    Time frame: 2 Years

    Feasibility - Percentage of patients with evaluable tissue specimens following epigenetic therapy. To assess the feasibility of measuring changes in gene expression (in radical prostatectomy [RP] tissue) induced by epigenetic therapy at conventional doses (defined by ongoing clinical work focusing on doses within the recommended dose and schedule per the manufacturer where safety has been defined) with a focus on Interferon Stimulated Genes. The evaluability of tissue specimens would be defined as the number of subjects that completed epigenetic therapy and underwent RP and undergo any of the correlative studies using tissue or blood.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression Free Survival

    Time frame: 7 Years

    To estimate the biochemical progression free survival in men treated with epigenetic therapy prior to prostatectomy.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

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CONTACT

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Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Edwin Posadas, MD

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Registry information

Official study title

IIT2023-10-Posadas-PC-Net : A Platform Study of Epigenetic Therapy Before Prostatectomy in Men With Prostate Cancer

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2029
First posted
Mar 21, 2025
Registry last updated
Feb 3, 2026

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