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Cora N. Sternberg, MD, FACP Chairman, Department of Medical Oncology San Camillo and Forlanini Hospitals Rome, Italy New targets and drugs in prostate cancer

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Cora N. Sternberg, MD, FACP

Chairman, Department of Medical Oncology

San Camillo and Forlanini Hospitals

Rome, Italy

New targets and drugs in prostate cancer

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Castration Resistant Prostate

Cancer (CRPC)

• Has our perception of CRPC changed with the

advent of more effective therapies?

• How has our increasing knowledge about the importance of the androgen receptor (AR) in the progression of prostate cancer helped us?

• Have we commuted a death sentence into a more

chronic disease that patients can learn to live with?

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Huggins*

Castration

1940-

1950

Orchiectomy

DES

1960-

1980

Shalley*

LHRH

agonists

1977-

1990

Flutamide

1989

Bicalutamide

1997

Nilutamide

1999

Mitoxantrone

Docetaxel

Zoledronic acid

2002-

2006

Time-line for Prostate Cancer Therapeutics

* Nobel Prize

in 1966

Sipuleucel-T

Cabazitaxel

Denosumab(FDA)

2010

CRPC

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Challenges to developing new drugs

for advanced prostate cancer

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Bone metastases are difficult to

evaluate

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Skeletal-related events (SREs)

Pathologic Fracture

Radiotherapy to Bone

Surgery to BoneSpinal Cord

Compression

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Challenges to developing new drugs for

advanced prostate cancer

• Regulatory authorities: survival is the only accepted measure of outcome (no surrogate endpoints)

• Castration Resistant rather than Hormone Refractory

• Inter-patient molecular heterogeneity

- ETS gene rearrangements (40-70%)

- PTEN loss cancers (> 50%)

- RAF rearrangements (~5%)

- BRCA carrier cancers (<1%)

Most prostate trials have not selected patients on biology

Reason for late Phase III trial failure!

Courtesy of J. de Bono from Attard et al, Cancer Cell. 2009 Dec 8;16(6):458-62

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Challenges to developing new drugs for

advanced prostate cancer

• PCWG2 (Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials

Working Group)

• What surrogate markers should we be

measuring in the laboratory?

• PSA

• Circulating tumor cells

Scher HI, et al. J Clin Oncol 2008;26:1148−59

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Fall in CTC count (>5 to <5) associates

with improved OS

1

23

4

Curve Logrank

Comparison p-Value*

1 vs. 2 0.1528

1 vs. 3 <0.0001

1 vs. 4 <0.0001

2 vs. 3 <0.0001

2 vs. 4 <0.0001

3 vs. 4 0.5013

Cox HR (95% CI) = 2.2 (1.9 - 2.6)

chi-square = 101.09

(p-value < 0.0001)

%P

rob

ab

ilit

y o

f S

urv

ival

Time from Baseline Blood Draw (Months)

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 22 24 26 28 30

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

20

*p-values not adjusted for

multiple hypothesis tests

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

88

45

26

71

# of Patients Still at Risk

87

45

26

65

84

45

24

57

84

44

20

42

80

41

17

31

76

35

10

28

71

32

7

18

58

25

5

12

47

20

4

7

36

13

3

5

21

9

2

2

7

4

0

1

2

3

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Median OS in

Group Description N (%) Months (95% C.I.)

1 <5 CTC at All Draws 88 (38%) >26 (21.4 to ------)

2 >5 CTC at BL & <5 CTC at Last Draw 45 (20%) 21.3 (18.4 to ------)

3 <5 CTC at Early Draw & >5 CTC at Last Draw 26 (11%) 9.3 ( 8.2 to 11.3)

4 >5 CTC at All Draws 71 (31%) 6.8 ( 5.8 to 10.3)

21.3m

6.8m

Courtesy of de Bono JS et al, Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Oct 1;14(19):6302-9

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Chemotherapy

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TAX 327: Updated survival analysis

Berthold DR, et al. J Clin Oncol 2008;26:242–245

Tannock I, N Engl J Med, 2004 Oct 7;351(15):1502-12

Docetaxel q3w

Docetaxel qw

Mitoxantrone q3w

Median

survival Hazard

(months) ratio p-value

Docetaxel q3w: 19.2 0.79 0.004

Docetaxel qw: 17.8 0.87 0.086

Mitoxantrone q3w 16.3 – –

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Years

Pro

ba

bil

ity o

f su

rviv

ing

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Metastatic CRPC 1st - line therapy Current standard of care

• Docetaxel is the standard of care in 1st-line

mCRPC¹,²

• All patients eventually progress on docetaxel-

based chemotherapy

• Approximately 50% receive 2nd-line

chemotherapy3,4

• Until recently, there has been no approved

second-line therapy

1Tannock IF, et al. N Engl J Med 2004;351:1502−12, 2Berthold DR, et al. J Clin Oncol 2008;26:242−53Garmey EG, et al. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol 2008;6:118−22, 127−32, 4Eymard JC, et al. BJU Int Mar 9, 2010 [Epub ahead of print]

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Overall Survival with 2nd linechemotherapy for mCRPC

Treatment SettingPatients

(N)Overall survival

SPARC

Satraplatin +prednisone

vs

Placebo + prednisone

Progression after 1 prior

chemotherapy regimen

950

Median OS: 14.3 months

vs 14.3 months

HR = 0.98

p = 0.7999

TROPIC

Cabazitaxel + prednisone

vs Mitoxantrone+ prednisone

Prior Docetaxel 755

Median OS: 15.1 months

vs 12.7 months

HR = 0.70

p<.0001

Sternberg CN, et al. J Clin Oncol 2009;27:5431−8

de Bono J, et al. Lancet. 2010 Oct 2;376(9747):1147-54

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SPARC: Progression Free Survival

ITT Population (per IRC)

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Pro

po

rtio

n E

ven

t F

ree (

%)

16%

30%

Weeks

17%

7%

S P

Median (wks) 11.1 9.7

HR: 0.67 (95% CI: 0.57 - 0.77)

Log-Rank P = 0.0000003

Placebo + Prednisone

Satraplatin + Prednisone

33% Improvement in PFS

Sternberg CN, J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov 10;27(32):5431-8

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At Risk

Pro

po

rtio

n E

ve

nt

Fre

e (%

)

Weeks

Satraplatin 635 528 398 288 208 103 50 20 6 3

Placebo 315 262 194 150 105 53 21 10 1 0

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190

Median (wks) 61.3 61.4

Stratified HR: 0.98 (95% CI: 0.84, 1.15)

Log-Rank P value = 0.7999

Satraplatin PlaceboPlacebo +

Prednisone

Satraplatin + Prednisone

SPARC Overall Survival

Sternberg CN, J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov 10;27(32):5431-8

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Overall Survival with 2nd linechemotherapy for mCRPC

Treatment SettingPatients

(N)Overall survival

SPARC

Satraplatin +prednisone

vs

Placebo + prednisone

Progression after 1 prior

chemotherapy regimen

950

Median OS: 14.3 months

vs 14.3 months

HR = 0.98

p = 0.7999

TROPIC

Cabazitaxel + prednisone

vs Mitoxantrone+ prednisone

Prior Docetaxel 755

Median OS: 15.1 months

vs 12.7 months

HR = 0.70

p<.0001

Sternberg CN, et al. J Clin Oncol 2009;27:5431−8

de Bono J, et al. Lancet. 2010 Oct 2;376(9747):1147-54

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TROPIC: Randomized Phase III Trial(n=755)

*Oral prednisone/prednisolone: 10 mg daily

mitoxantrone 12 mg/m² q 3 wk+ prednisone* for 10 courses (MP)

(n=377)

cabazitaxel 25 mg/m² q 3 wk+ prednisone* for 10 courses (CBZP)

(n=378)mCRPC patients progressing during and after treatment with a

docetaxel-based regimen

RANDOMIZE

Premedication

• cabazitaxel group: antihistamine, steroid, and H₂ antagonist Antiemetic prophylaxis as required

Stratification factors

• ECOG PS (0, 1 vs 2)

• Measurable vs non-measurable disease

de Bono J, et al. Lancet. 2010 Oct 2;376(9747):1147-54

Primary objective: OS; 90% power to detect a HR of 0.75

Secondary objective: PFS

*The protocol was amended after the first 59 patients enrolled to mandate that eligible patients had to have received >225 mg/m² of docetaxel

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TROPIC – Overall survival (primary

end point)

377

378

300

321

188

231

67

90

11

28

1

4

Number

at risk

MP

CBZP

30% reduction in the risk of death

MP CBZP

Median OS (months) 12.7 15.1

Hazard ratio 0.70

95% CI 0.59–0.83

P value <0.0001

Pro

po

rtio

n o

f O

S (

%)

100

80

60

40

20

0

Mitoxantrone

Cabazitaxel

0 6 12 18 24 30

28%

17%

Time (months)

de Bono J, et al. Lancet. 2010 Oct 2;376(9747):1147-54

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Targeting the Androgen Receptor (AR)

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Direct Measurement of Tissue Androgens Confirm

The Presence of Sufficient Levels To Activate the

Receptor

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transactivation domain

Androgen Receptor and Reactivation

LBD

CoR

Knudsen KE, Scher HI. Clin Cancer Res. 2009;15:4792-4798

AR structure

AR regulation

TargetedAR therapies

AR reactivation

TAD DBD H

AndrogenDependentIntratumoral

androgen production

Ligand Hypersensitization1. AR amplification2. Cofactor dysregulation3. GF cross talk4. AR-Y-P

Androgen Independent1. Alternative AR splicing2. AR mutation

T DHT+ or

ARESecretion (eg, PSA); proliferation; differentiation; other AR-regulated outcomes

Antagonists

“Biochemical progression”(rising PSA, AR target

gene expression)

+

signaling

Restored AR

+

X-inactive-

CRPC

Androgen Depletion

Co-Act

N terminal DNA binding C terminal

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LIGAND BINDING DOMAIN NUCLEAR TRANS. DOMAIN

LBDNUCLEAR TRANS. DOMAIN

NUCLEAR TRANS. DOMAINLBD

NUCLEAR TRANS. DOMAIN

Sun S, Clin Invest. 2010 Aug 2;120(8):2715-30, Watson PA, PNAS, 2010 Sept 28 vol 107, no. 39; 16759-16765

AR Splice Variants Offer a Clinically

Important Avenue of Castration Resistance

AR splice variants lack the ligand binding

domain

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Constitutively Active, Androgen Receptor

Alternative Splice Variants

• Some AR splice variants are constitutively active;ligand-independent state of activation

- ARv567es (exon skipped) vs ARfl (full length)

• Not limited to all-or-none expression, broad range of AR full length/AR variant ratios

• AR homodimers and heterodimers can form- ARfl-ARfl, ARfl-ARv567es, ARv567es-ARv567es

Sun S, Clin Invest. 2010 Aug 2;120(8):2715-30Watson PA, PNAS, 2010 Sept 28 vol 107, no. 39; 16759-16765

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Metastases with AR splice variants are common

• Amplified cDNA from 69 metastases, derived from 13 CRPC patients

• No full-length or variant AR detected in 23 samples (neuroendocrine phenotype, non-AR dependent); of the remaining 46 metastases:

- 80% expressed ARfl- 43% expressed ARv567es- 24% expressed ARv7es

• Metastases with AR splice variants are common:- 20% expressed only the ARv567es variant- 59% AR-positive metastases expressed one or more AR splice

variants

- 92% of patients had a minimum of at least one metastasis that was positive for at least one AR splice variant

Sun S, Clin Invest. 2010 Aug 2;120(8):2715-30

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The new antiandrogensAbiraterone Acetate (phase III studies post and pre docetaxel)- Potent and selective inhibitor of CYP17-α-hydroxylase and C17,20-lyase

MDV3100 (phase III studies post and pre docetaxel)-AR antagonist, inhibits nuclear translocation and blocks DNA binding of the

receptor and activation

TAK-700 (phase III studies post and pre docetaxel) - Selective, non-steroidal, small-molecule inhibitor of 17,20-lyase

TOK- 001 (phase I/II ARMOR1) - AR antagonist and AR degrader and a CYP17 lyase inhibitor

SARDS - selective androgen receptor degraders (destroy the AR receptor)

ARN-509 (phase II/II) - AR antagonist, inhibits nuclear translocation and DNA binding of the

receptor

Co-factor antagonists-Target coactivator interaction surfaces - AR antangonists

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MDV3100 blocks 3 steps in testosterone

signalingTestosterone synthesis

Testosterone

DNA binding and activation blocked

cell nucleus

T

AR

MDV3100

No prednisone required

AR binding blocked

nuclear translocation blocked

1

T

2

3

X

X X

Tumor death

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Waterfall Plot of Best Percent PSA

Change from BaselineChemotherapy-Naïve (N=65) Post-Chemotherapy (N=75)

62% (40/65)

>50% Decline

51% (38/75)

>50% Decline

Scher HI, The Lancet, April 2010; Vol 375, 9724, 1437 - 1446

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MDV3100 -160 mg QD (n=780)

Placebo QD (n=390)

mCRPC

docetaxel

up to 2

lines - 1

with

docetaxel

AFFIRM Phase III Trial of MDV3100

in Post-Chemotherapy CRPC (n ~1,170)

R

A

N

D

O

M

I

Z

E

2:1

Scher HI and de Bono JS. Co-PI

1° Endpoint: OS (25% increase 12 to 15 mos)

Biomarkers: CTC enumeration and profiling with

outcome

NCT00974311

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1°end point: OS and PFS

2°end point: time to 1st SRE, time to start

cytotoxic chemotherapy

MDV3100 160mg QD

Placebo QD

PREVAIL Phase III Trial of MDV3100 in

asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic mCRPC

Pre Chemotherapy (n=1,680)

R

A

N

D

O

M

I

Z

E

1:1

mCRPC

asymptomatic

or mildly

symptomatic

patients

< 4 BPI

1st patient enrolled Sept 29, 2010NCT01212991

Beer T and Tombal B, co-PI

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Adverse effects of androgen

deprivation therapy (ADT)

• Hot flashes

• Loss of libido

• Fatigue

• Anemia

• Obesity

• Sarcopenia

• Diabetes

• Cardiovascular disease

• Osteoporosis/fracture

Keating NL et al, J Clin Oncol. 2006 Sep 20;24(27):4448-56

Keating NL et al, J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010 Jan 6;102(1):39-46

Taylor LG, et al. Cancer. 2009;115:2388-2399

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Bone lossSarcopenic obesity

Long-term side-effects of ADT

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Abdominal obesity and sarcopenia during ADT

Eugonadal young man Older man on ADT

Saylor PJ, Smith MR. J Urol 2009;181:1998-2008

What are the long term effects of further androgen suppression?

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Targeting Bone

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Adapted from: Boyle, et al. Nature 2003;423:337−42; Roodman. N Engl J Med 2004;350:1655−64; Roodman. Leukemia 2009;23:435–41.

The ‘vicious cycle’ hypothesis of bone

destruction in prostate cancer

Prostate tumor cells

Ca2+

Growth factors(eg, PTHrP, IL-6, IL-8)

Growth factors(PDGF, BMPs, TGF-,

IGFs, FGFs)Osteoprotegerin

Activated osteoclast

RANK Ligand

Osteoblast

RANK Ligand

Bone resorption

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Growth factors(eg, PTHrP, IL-6, IL-8)

Adapted from: Boyle, et al. Nature 2003;423:33742; Roodman. N Engl J Med 2004;350:165564.

Denosumab may interrupt the vicious cycle of

bone destruction in prostate cancer

RANK Ligand

Osteoblast

RANK Ligand

Bone resorption

Ca2+Growth factors(PDGF, BMPs, TGF-,

IGFs, FGFs)

Denosumab

X X X

X

Osteoclast apoptosis

X

Prostate tumor cells

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Phase III randomized double-blind study of

Denosumab vs Zoledronic acid for bone

metastases in CRPC (n=1,904)

Zoledronic acid placebo IV infusion

and Denosumab 120 mg SC Q4W

Zoledronic acid 4 mg IV infusion and

placebo SC Q4W Q4W

1:1

R

A

N

D

O

M

I

Z

E

Eligibility:

mCRPC

No prior

bisphosphonates

Stratification:

Previous SRE

PSA < or ≥ 10

ng/mL)

Current chemo

Primary objective: Efficacy (non-inferiority) (SRE); Secondary objectives:

Efficacy (superiority), multiple SRE analysis, safety

Fizazi K, J Clin Oncol 28:7s 2010 (suppl: abstr LBA 4507)

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Denosumab vs Zoledronic acid: Time to SRE

(n=1901)

Zoledronic Acid 951 733 544 407 299 207 140 93 64 47

Denosumab 950 758 582 472 361 259 168 115 70 39

Subjects at risk:

0

1.00

Pro

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ub

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ts W

ith

ou

t S

RE

0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27

0.25

0.50

0.75

KM Estimate ofMedian Months

DenosumabZoledronic acid

20.717.1

HR 0.82 (95% CI: 0.71, 0.95)

P = 0.0002 (Non-inferiority)

P = 0.008 (Superiority)

Study Month

18% Risk Reduction

Fizazi K, J Clin Oncol 28:18s, 2010 (suppl; abstr LBA 4507) and Lancet. 2011 Feb 24. [Epub ahead of print]

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Time to First and Subsequent On-Study SRE

*Events occurring at least 21 days apart

Rate Ratio = 0.82 (95% CI: 0.71, 0.94)

Study Month

0.0

2.0

0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27

Cu

mu

lati

ve

M

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n N

um

be

r o

f

SR

Es p

er

Pa

tie

nt

30 33 36

0.2

0.6

1.0

1.4

1.8

0.4

0.8

1.2

1.6

Denosumab Zoledronic acid 584

494

Events

P = 0.008

18% Risk Reduction

Fizazi K, J Clin Oncol 28:18s, 2010 (suppl; abstr LBA 4507) ) and Lancet. 2011 Feb 24. [Epub ahead of print]

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Patients With Bone Scan Resolution (Partial or Complete)a

Baseline Week 6Prior docetaxel Yes

Maximum tumor

change, per

mRECIST–14%

Improvement in bone

painb NE

Change in tALP

and PSA

Bone scans at baseline and

during therapy with cabozantinib

Cabozantinib: Bone Scan Evidence of Metastasis With ≥ 1 Post-Baseline Scan

NE, not evaluated due to no pain at baseline; PSA, prostate specific antigen; BL, baseline.a Independent radiologist review.b Post-hoc investigator survey of whether pain improved at week 6 and/or week 12. Smith D, J Clin Oncol 29: 2011 (suppl 7; abstr 127)

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Immunotherapy

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Sipuleucel -T (Provenge)

Therapy with Pulsed Dendritic CellsDendritic-cell (APC)

precursors are harvested by

leukapheresis (day 1)

Prostate Cancer Patient

Pulse with PAP-GM-CSF fusion protein

for 40 hrs

MHC

Purified Dendritic Cells (APC) with prostate-specific

peptides

(days 2-3)Inject Back Into Prostate Cancer

Patient

(day 3-4)

APC: Antigen presenting cells

COMPLETE COURSE OF THERAPY: Weeks 0, 2, 4

Kantoff PW et al, N Engl J Med. 2010 Jul 29;363(5):411-22

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Randomized Phase III IMPACT Trial

Primary endpoint: Overall Survival

Secondary endpoint: Time to Objective Disease Progression

Asymptomatic or

Minimally

Symptomatic

Metastatic

Castrate

Resistant

Prostate Cancer

(N=512)Placebo

Q 2 weeks x 3

Sipuleucel-T

Q 2 weeks x 3

P

R

O

G

R

E

S

S

I

O

N

2:1

S

U

R

V

I

V

A

L

Treated at

Physician

discretion

and/or

Salvage

Protocol

Treated at

Physician

discretion

Kantoff PW et al, N Engl J Med. 2010 Jul 29;363(5):411-22

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0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 660

25

50

75

100

Perc

ent

Surv

ival

Survival (Months)

P = 0.032 (Cox model)

HR = 0.775 [95% CI: 0.614, 0.979]

Median Survival Benefit = 4.1 Mos.

Sipuleucel-T (n = 341)

Median Survival: 25.8 Mos.

Placebo (n = 171)

Median Survival: 21.7 Mos.

Kantoff PW et al, N Engl J Med. 2010 Jul 29;363(5):411-22

Sipuleucel -T Immunotherapy for CRPC

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Development of PROSTVAC-VF-Tricom

• Vaccinia

– Potent immunological priming agent

• Fowlpox

– Minimally/non-cross-reactive with vaccinia

Enables boosting

• Slightly altered PSA transgene

– Modified HLA-A2 epitope. Increased HLA-A2 binding and immunogenicity.

• Tricom

– Lymphocyte function-associated antigen LFA-3 (CD58)

– Intercellular adhesion molecule ICAM-1 (CD54)

– Costimulatory molecule for the T-cell receptor B7.1 (CD80) Schlom J, Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2008 May;233(5):522-34

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Randomized Phase II Study (Prostvac)

Kantoff PW, J Clin Oncol. 2010 Mar 1;28(7):1099-105

Asymptomatic or

Minimally

Symptomatic

Metastatic

Castrate

Resistant

Prostate Cancer

(N=125) Empty Vector +

placebo

PROSTVAC-VF

Tricom +

GMCSF

P

R

O

G

R

E

S

S

I

O

N

2:1

S

U

R

V

I

V

A

L

Treated at

physician

discretion

and/or Salvage

Protocol

Treated at

physician

discretion

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Progression-Free Survival

P = 0.60 (stratified logrank)

Hazard Ratio = 0.88 (95% CI 0.57 to 1.38)

0

20

40

60

80

100

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Months

ControlPROSTVAC

N4082

Events3058

Median3.73.8

Kantoff PW, J Clin Oncol. 2010 Mar 1;28(7):1099-105

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Overall Survival

P = 0.006 (stratified logrank)

Hazard Ratio = 0.56 (95% CI 0.37 to 0.85)

0

20

40

60

80

100

0 12 24 36 48 60

Months

ControlPROSTVAC

N4082

Deaths3765

Median16.625.1

Kantoff PW, J Clin Oncol. 2010 Mar 1;28(7):1099-105

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Phase III Prostvac Trial Design

Non/Minimally

symptomatic

Metastatic

Castration

Resistant

Prostate Cancer

PROSTVAC-(V)(F) TRICOM

+ low dose adjuvant GM-

CSF

Vector Placebo

Adjuvant placebo

S

U

R

V

I

V

A

L

No cross Over

PROSTVAC-(V)(F) TRICOM

Adjuvant placebo

Standard of

Care

PIs : James Gulley and Philip Kantoff

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New Agents and Trials for CRPC

• Abiraterone

• MDV3100

• Sipuleucel-T1

• PROSTVAC2

• Zibotentan3

• Ipilimumab

• Tasquinimod

• TAK 700

• Dasatinib

• Atrasentan

• Zibotentan

• Aflibercept

• Lenalidomide

• OGX-0114

• Abiraterone5

• Cabazitaxel6

• MDV31007

• Ipilimumab

• Tak-700

• Sunitinib

1Kantoff PW, N Engl J Med. 2010 Jul 29;363(5):411-22,2Kantoff PW, J Clin Oncol 2010; 28:1099–105 3James ND, Eur Urol 2009;55:1112–23, 4 CHi KN, J Clin Oncol; 28:4247-4254, 5de Bono J,. NEJM (in press),

6de Bono J, Lancet. 2010 Oct 2;376(9747):1147-54, 7Scher HI, The Lancet, April 2010; Vol 375, 9724, 1437 - 1446

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Longo DL. N Engl J Med 2010;363:479-481

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Treatment options for patients with CRPC

1 Saad F, J Natl Cancer Inst 2002;94:1458–68

2 Tannock I , N Engl J Med. 2004 Oct 7;351(15):1502-12

3 de Bono J, et al. Lancet. 2010 Oct 2;376(9747):1147-54

4 Kantoff PW, 2010 Jul 29;363(5):411-22

5 de Bono JS, NEJM (in press)

6 Fizazi K, Lancet. 2011 Feb 24

Docetaxel 2

Cabazitaxel 3

Denosumab 6

Sipuleucel-T 4

2002 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 2011

The near future

Abiraterone5

MDV3100

1

Zoledronic

Acid 1

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• We have unequivocal evidence of continued

involvement of the AR signaling axis

• We still need to address prostate cancer

heterogeneity to move the field forward

• We need further long term follow-up to evaluate

cardiovascular and metabolic toxicities

• Prostate cancer is not yet a chronic disease, but

we are making progress

Conclusions in mCRPC