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A Bioluminescent and Fluorescent Orthotopic Syngeneic Murine Model of Androgen-dependent and Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer
Published on: March 6, 2018
Phase II randomized study of figitumumab plus docetaxel and docetaxel alone with crossover for metastatic
Johann S de Bono1, Josep M Piulats, Hardev S Pandha
1Authors' Affiliations: Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Cancer Research UK, Sutton; Institut Català d'Oncologia, L'Hospitalet, Barcelona; University of Surrey, Surrey, United Kingdom; Yale University Cancer Center, New Haven; Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal, Montreal; A Coruña University Hospital, A Coruña, Spain; Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland; Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pfizer Inc, Groton, Connecticut; and Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Purpose:
Figitumumab is a human IgG2 monoclonal antibody targeting insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R), with antitumor activity in prostate cancer. This phase II trial randomized chemotherapy-naïve men with progressing castration-resistant prostate cancer to receive figitumumab every 3 weeks with docetaxel/prednisone (Arm A) or docetaxel/prednisone alone (Arm B1). At progression on Arm B1, patients could cross over to the combination (Arm B2).
Experimental Design:
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response was the primary endpoint; response assessment on the two arms was noncomparative and tested separately; H0 = 0.45 versus HA = 0.60 (α = 0.05; β = 0.09) for Arm A; H0 = 0.05 versus HA = 0.20 (α = 0.05, β = 0.10) for Arm B2. A comparison of progression-free survival (PFS) on Arms A and B1 was planned.
Results:
A total of 204 patients were randomized and 199 treated (Arm A: 97; Arm B1: 102); 37 patients crossed over to Arm B2 (median number of cycles started: Arm A = 8; B1 = 8; B2 = 4). PSA responses occurred in 52% and 60% of Arms A and B1, respectively; the primary PSA response objective in Arm A was not met. Median PFS was 4.9 and 7.9 months, respectively (HR = 1.44; 95% confidence interval, 1.06-1.96). PSA response rate was 28% in Arm B2. The figitumumab combination appeared more toxic, with more treatment-related grade 3/4 adverse events (75% vs. 56%), particularly hyperglycemia, diarrhea, and asthenia, as well as treatment-related serious adverse events (41% vs. 15%), and all-causality grade 5 adverse events (18% vs. 8%).
Conclusion:
IGF-1R targeting may merit further evaluation in this disease in selected populations, but combination with docetaxel is not recommended.
