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CompletedNCT01188187SYNERGYUpdated Oct 14, 2016

Comparison of Docetaxel/Prednisone to Docetaxel/Prednisone in Combination With OGX-011 in Men With Prostate Cancer

A Phase 3 interventional study of Custirsen and Docetaxel in Prostate Cancer, sponsored by Achieve Life Sciences. Completed at 140 sites in 12 countries. Open to male participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-10-14.

Sponsored by Achieve Life Sciences · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1,022
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Male
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Study summary

This Phase 3 study has been designed to confirm that adding custirsen to standard first-line docetaxel/prednisone treatment can slow tumor progression and enhance survival outcomes compared to standard first-line docetaxel/prednisone treatment alone. This will be a randomized, open-label, multicenter, international trial. Treatment will consist of docetaxel/prednisone/custirsen vs. docetaxel/prednisone. A total of at least 1000 patients will be randomized. Patients will be randomly assigned with equal probability to the two arms.

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Conditions studied

  • Prostate Cancer

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Keywords

  • custirsen sodium
  • prostate cancer
  • overall survival
  • Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer
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In context

Prostatic Neoplasms

6,370 studies on the registry are indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms; 1,400 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 1,022 is above the median of 58 across 4,822 interventional studies indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Achieve Life Sciences is the lead sponsor of 29 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

Of its 11 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 7 (64%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≥ 18 years on the date of consent.
  • Histological or cytological diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the prostate.
  • Metastatic disease on chest, abdominal, or pelvic CT and/or bone scan.
  • Systemic chemotherapy indicated due to progression while on or after androgen ablative therapy defined as:

    1. Progressive measurable disease: at least a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameters of measurable lesions over the smallest sum observed -or- the appearance of one or more new lesions as assessed by CT scan during hormone ablation treatment. Measurable lesions are nodal or visceral soft-tissue lesions with nodal lesions ≥ 20 mm in diameter or visceral/soft-tissue lesions ≥ 10 mm in diameter (see Section 6.3.1.1 ).

      OR

    2. Bone Scan Progression: appearance of 2 or more new lesions on bone scan during hormone ablation treatment.

      OR

    3. Increasing serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level: Two consecutive increases in PSA levels documented over a previous reference value obtained at least one week apart are required. If the third PSA value is less than the second, an additional fourth test to confirm a rising PSA is acceptable. A minimum starting value of 5.0 ng/mL is required for study randomization.
  • Baseline laboratory values as stated below:

    1. Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN).
    2. Bilirubin ≤ 1.1 x ULN (unless elevated secondary to conditions such as Gilbert's disease).
    3. Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) ≤ 1.5 x ULN.
    4. Castrate serum testosterone level (\< 50 ng/dL-or-\< 1.7 nmol/L).
  • Must be willing to continue primary androgen suppression with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues (either agonists or antagonists) throughout the study, unless treated with bilateral orchiectomy.
  • Adequate bone marrow function defined at screening as absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 10\^9 cells /L and platelet count ≥ 100 x 10\^9 /L.
  • Karnofsky score ≥ 70% (see Appendix 17.2).
  • At least 28 days has passed since completing radiotherapy (exception for radiotherapy: at least 7 days since completing a single fraction of ≤ 800 centigray (cGy) to a restricted field or limited-field radiotherapy to non-marrow bearing area such as an extremity or orbit) at the time of randomization.
  • At least 4 weeks have passed since receiving any investigational agent at the time of randomization.
  • Has recovered from any other therapy-related toxicity to ≤ grade 2, (except alopecia, anemia and any signs or symptoms of androgen deprivation therapy).
  • Patient must be willing to not add, delete or change their current bisphosphonate or denosumab usage throughout study treatment to assure that adverse event reporting is not confounded by changing their bisphosphonate or denosumab usage (unless withdrawn or changed as a result of bisphosphonate or denosumab associated toxicity).
  • Patients receiving more than 10 mg of prednisone per day (or steroid equivalent) at screening must be willing to have the dose reduced to 10 mg of prednisone per day for at least 7 days prior to randomization and maintained throughout study treatment.
  • Written informed consent must be obtained prior to any protocol-specific procedures being performed.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria

  • Received any other cytotoxic chemotherapy as treatment for prostate cancer.
  • Received any cycling, intermittent or continuous hormonal treatment 28 days prior to randomization with the exception of the continuous GnRH analogues required in Inclusion Criteria #6.
  • Participated in a prior clinical study evaluating custirsen.
  • History of or current documented brain metastasis or carcinomatous meningitis, treated or untreated. (Brain imaging for asymptomatic patients is not required.)
  • Current symptomatic cord compression requiring surgery or radiation therapy. (Once successfully treated and there has been no progression, patients are eligible for the study.) -Active second malignancy (except non-melanomatous skin or superficial bladder cancer) defined as requiring anticancer therapy or at high risk of recurrence during the study.
  • Active second malignancy (except non melanomatous skin or superficial bladder cancer) defined as requiring cancer therapy or at high risk of reoccurrence during the study
  • Uncontrolled medical conditions such as heart failure, myocardial infarction, uncontrolled hypertension, stroke or treatment of a major active infection within 3 months of randomization, as well as any significant concurrent medical illness that in the opinion of the Investigator would preclude protocol therapy.
  • Planned concomitant participation in another clinical trial of an experimental agent, vaccine, or device. Concomitant participation in observational studies is acceptable.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
1,022 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Custirsen, Docetaxel, Prednisone

    Three doses of 640 mg custirsen administered intravenously (IV) as a loading dose between Days -9 to -1. Custirsen, 640 mg, given IV weekly on Days 1, 8, and 15 of each 21-day cycle. Docetaxel (75 mg/M\^2 via intravenous injection) on Day 1 of every 21 days plus prednisone (5 mg tablets taken by mouth) twice each day and dexamethasone (8 mg by mouth twice a day for 3 days beginning one day before docetaxel administration). Treatment continues for 10 cycles or until unacceptable toxicity or disease progression.

    Drug: Custirsen · Drug: Docetaxel · Drug: Prednisone · Drug: Dexamethasone

  • Active comparator
    Docetaxel, Prednisone

    Docetaxel (75 mg/M\^2 via intravenous injection) on Day 1 of every 21 days plus prednisone (5 mg tablets taken by mouth) twice each day and dexamethasone (8 mg by mouth twice a day for 3 days beginning one day before docetaxel administration). Treatment continues for 10 cycles or until unacceptable toxicity or disease progression.

    Drug: Docetaxel · Drug: Prednisone · Drug: Dexamethasone

Interventions

  • DrugCustirsen

    Also known as: OGX-011

  • DrugDocetaxel
  • DrugPrednisone
  • DrugDexamethasone

    Dexamethasone 8 mg by mouth twice a day for 3 days beginning one day before docetaxel administration to reduce the incidence and severity of hypersensitivity reactions and fluid retention.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Kaplan-Meier Estimates for Time to Death (Overall Survival)

    Time from the date of randomization to death from any cause. After stopping treatment, patients were followed every 4 weeks until disease progression and then followed every 12 weeks until death.

    Time frame: Randomization (approximately Day -12) to longest survival follow-up (Day 971).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Participants Who Were Alive Without Event At Day 140

    Patients who were alive without event (AWE) are patients who had their Milestone Day 140 Disease Status performed per protocol (Day 125 - Day 155 window), were not determined to have disease progression by the investigator on that window and confirmed as not having progressive disease (NONPD) by the Central Imagine Lab independent review.

    Time frame: Day 125-155

  2. Percentage of Participants with Adverse Events

    An adverse event (AE) is any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom or disease temporally associated with the administration, at any dose, of a medicinal or therapeutic product whether or not considered related to that product. Severity was rated by the investigator on a scale of 1 (mild) to 5 (death). A severity of 3 = Severe or medically significant but not immediately life-threatening. A severity of 4 = Life-threatening. Serious AEs include death (death due to progressive disease were not reported as an SAE), a life-threatening adverse event, inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, persistent or significant disability or incapacity, a congenital anomaly or birth defect, OR an important medical event that jeopardized the patient and required medical intervention to prevent the previously listed serious outcomes.

    Time frame: Docetaxel/prednisone/custirsen arm: Days -9 up to Day 743. Docetaxel/prednisone arm: Day 1 up to Day 400.

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Study locations

140 sites
  • Teva Investigational Site 100
    Birmingham, Alabama, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 086
    Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 263
    Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 093
    Marina del Rey, California, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 097
    San Diego, California, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 090
    Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 106
    Fort Myers, Florida, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 094
    Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 096
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 103
    Baton Rough, Louisiana, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 098
    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 112
    Detroit, Michigan, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 032
    Rochester, Minnesota, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 204
    Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 107
    Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 266
    Greensboro, South Carolina, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 102
    Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 084
    Memphis, Tennessee, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 101
    Nashville, Tennessee, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 116
    San Antonio, Texas, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 059
    Tyler, Texas, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 063
    Tyler, Texas, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 047
    Newport, Virginia, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 104
    Norfolk, Virginia, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 029
    Seattle, Washington, United States
  • Teva Investigational Site 862
    Bonheiden, Belgium
  • Teva Investigational Site 860
    Brussels, Belgium
  • Teva Investigational Site 864
    Edegem, Belgium
  • Teva Investigational Site 863
    Gent, Belgium
  • Teva Investigational Site 002
    Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 023
    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 118
    Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 007
    Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 001
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 085
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 024
    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 028
    Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 025
    Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 108
    Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 091
    Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 003
    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 004
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 087
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 026
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 027
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Teva Investigational Site 551
    Angers Cedex 9, France
  • Teva Investigational Site 552
    Avignon, France
  • Teva Investigational Site 553
    Grenoble, France
  • Teva Investigational Site 555
    La Roche-sur-Yon Cedex, France
  • Teva Investigational Site 557
    Marseille, France
  • Teva Investigational Site 558
    Nice Cedex 2, France
  • Teva Investigational Site 560
    Paris Cedex 05, France
  • Teva Investigational Site 559
    Paris Cedex 15, France
  • Teva Investigational Site 561
    Saint Herblain Cedex, France
  • Teva Investigational Site 566
    Saint-Brieuc Cedex, France
  • Teva Investigational Site 562
    Saint-Priest-en-Jarez Cedex, France
  • Teva Investigational Site 563
    Toulouse, France
  • Teva Investigational Site 564
    Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy Cedex, France
  • Teva Investigational Site 550
    Villejuif, France
  • Teva Investigational Site 607
    Aachen, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 609
    Berlin, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 613
    Berlin, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 604
    Darmstadt, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 612
    Dresden, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 618
    Greifswald, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 600
    Hannover, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 606
    Heidelberg, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 615
    Heinsberg, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 611
    Homburg/Saar, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 617
    Kempen, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 608
    Marburg, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 616
    Meiningen, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 614
    Muenchen, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 601
    Muenster, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 602
    Nuertingen, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 603
    Stuttgart, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 610
    Tuebingen, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 605
    Wuppertal, Germany
  • Teva Investigational Site 691
    Budapest, Hungary
  • Teva Investigational Site 694
    Budapest, Hungary
  • Teva Investigational Site 692
    Debrecen, Hungary
  • Teva Investigational Site 697
    Debrecen, Hungary
  • Teva Investigational Site 696
    Gyor, Hungary
  • Teva Investigational Site 698
    Miskolc, Hungary
  • Teva Investigational Site 699
    Nyiregyhaza, Hungary
  • Teva Investigational Site 693
    Szeged, Hungary
  • Teva Investigational Site 695
    Veszprem, Hungary
  • Teva Investigational Site 506
    Jerusalem, IL, Israel
  • Teva Investigational Site 507
    Haifa, Israel
  • Teva Investigational Site 505
    Petach Tikva, Israel
  • Teva Investigational Site 502
    Ramat Gan, Israel
  • Teva Investigational Site 503
    Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Teva Investigational Site 501
    Zrifin, Israel
  • Teva Investigational Site 753
    Arezzo, Italy
  • Teva Investigational Site 758
    Catanzaro, Italy
  • Teva Investigational Site 760
    Cesena (FC), Italy
  • Teva Investigational Site 752
    Genova, Italy
  • Teva Investigational Site 755
    Lugo (Ravenna), Italy
  • Teva Investigational Site 759
    Meldola (FC), Italy
  • Teva Investigational Site 763
    Milano, Italy

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References and documents

Publications

  • Chi KN, Higano CS, Blumenstein B, Ferrero JM, Reeves J, Feyerabend S, Gravis G, Merseburger AS, Stenzl A, Bergman AM, Mukherjee SD, Zalewski P, Saad F, Jacobs C, Gleave M, de Bono JS. Custirsen in combination with docetaxel and prednisone for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (SYNERGY trial): a phase 3, multicentre, open-label, randomised trial. Lancet Oncol. 2017 Apr;18(4):473-485. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30168-7. Epub 2017 Mar 8. PubMed 28283282 ↗
  • de Liano AG, Reig O, Mellado B, Martin C, Rull EU, Maroto JP. Prognostic and predictive value of plasma testosterone levels in patients receiving first-line chemotherapy for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer. Br J Cancer. 2014 Apr 29;110(9):2201-8. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.189. Epub 2014 Apr 10. PubMed 24722180 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 14, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01188187
Lead sponsor
Achieve Life Sciences
Collaborators
Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 25, 2010
Start date
Nov 2010
Primary completion
Feb 2014
Completion
Jun 2014
Last update
Oct 14, 2016

Study contacts

Celestia Higano, MD
study chair · Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, US
Kim Chi, MD
study chair · Vancouver Prostate Centre, BC Cancer Agency, Canada
Johann de Bono, Professor
study chair · Institute of Cancer Research, UK
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