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ADXS31-142 Alone and in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Participants With Previously Treated Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of ADXS31-142 and Pembrolizumab in Cancer and Prostate Cancer, sponsored by Advaxis, Inc.. Completed at 8 sites in United States. Open to male participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-04-02.

Primary conditionProstatic NeoplasmsRegistry: NeoplasmsReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Neoplasms — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Prostatic Neoplasms
Why
  1. The study's listed conditions name Prostatic Neoplasms, a narrower term within Neoplasms.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own listed conditions. Of 351 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 68% were exactly right and 84% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 5% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
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Sponsored by Advaxis, Inc. · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Male
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Study summary

A Phase 1/2 multicenter, dose determining, open-label study of ADXS31-142 monotherapy and a combination of ADXS31-142 and pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in participants with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Part A will be dose-determining part of ADXS31-142 monotherapy. Part B will be dose-determining part of ADXS31-142 and pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in combination. Part B expansion will treat additional participants with the recommended dose from Part B.

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Part A of the study will be an open-label, Phase 1, multicenter, non-randomized, dose-determining trial of ADXS31-142 monotherapy in participants with mCRPC. The dose determining phase is intended to select a recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) for Part B.

Part B of the study will be an open-label, Phase 1-2, multicenter, non-randomized dose-determining trial of ADXS31-142 in combination with pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in participants with mCRPC. Part B will consist of a dose-determination phase followed by an expansion cohort phase. The dose-determining phase is intended to select an RP2D for the combination.

Dose escalation/de-escalation for this study will be explored by applying the modified toxicity probability interval design.

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Conditions studied

  • Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer

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In context

Prostatic Neoplasms Reclassified

7,046 studies on the registry are indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms; 1,580 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 50 is below the median of 60 across 5,348 interventional studies indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Advaxis, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 10 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Of its 7 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 6 (86%) have results posted.

Compared within Prostatic Neoplasms, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Neoplasms. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Have progressive mCRPC, on androgen deprivation therapy, based on at least one of the following criteria:

    1. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) progression, defined as 25% increase over baseline value with an increase in the absolute value of at least 2 ng/mL that is confirmed by another PSA level with a minimum of a 1 week interval with a minimum PSA of 2 ng/mL.
    2. Progression of bi-dimensionally measurable soft tissue (nodal ) assessed within 1 month prior to registration by computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen and pelvis.
    3. Progression of bone disease (evaluable disease) (new bone lesion[s]) by bone scan.
  2. Has discontinued antiandrogens (bicalutamide, nilutamide) >6 weeks and enzalutamide >4 weeks prior to Day 1 of trial treatment
  3. Have a performance status of 0 or 1 on the (ECOG) performance scale.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Received more than 3 prior systemic treatment regimens with chemotherapy, hormonal, or immunotherapy in the setting or received more than 1 prior chemotherapeutic regimen in the metastatic setting
  2. Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving any systemic therapy or any other form of therapy within 7 days prior to Day 1 of trial treatment. The use of physiologic doses of corticosteroids may be approved after consultation with the Sponsor.
  3. Has had a prior monoclonal antibody within 4 weeks prior to study Day 1 or who has not recovered (i.e., Grade ≤1 or at baseline) from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.
  4. Has had prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or radiation therapy within 2 weeks prior to study Day 1 or who has not recovered (i.e., Grade ≤1 or at baseline) from adverse events due to a previously administered agent.
  5. Has received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death protein-1 (), anti-programmed death-ligand-1 (PD-L1), or anti-Programmed death-ligand-2 (PD-L2) agent or if the participant has previously participated in a Merck MK-3475 clinical trial.
  6. Has a to administration of ampicillin or trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole.
  7. Has implanted medical device(s) that pose a high risk for colonization and/or cannot be easily removed (e.g., prosthetic joints, artificial heart valves, pacemakers, orthopedic screw(s), metal plate(s), bone graft(s), or other exogenous implant(s)). NOTE: More common devices and prosthetics which include arterial and venous stents, dental and breast implants, and venous access devices (e.g., Port-a-Cath or Mediport) are permitted. Sponsor must be contacted prior to consenting any subject who has any other device and/or implant.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(6)

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Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

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Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

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PD-1, PD-L1 and checkpoint inhibitors

PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are proteins that act as brakes on the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, block them so the immune system can attack a cancer.

PD-L1 can also be measured in a tumour sample. Some scores count stained tumour cells only (TPS); others also count certain immune cells (CPS). The study names the score and the minimum it uses.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
50 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Part A: ADXS31-142

    Participants received ADXS31-142 1 × 10\^9 colony-forming units (CFU), 5 × 10\^9 CFU, or 1 × 10\^10 CFU intravenously (IV) every 3 weeks (Q3W) in a 12-week cycle for up to 24 months or until disease progression or discontinuation.

    Drug: ADXS31-142

  • Experimental
    Part B: ADXS31-142 + Pembrolizumab

    Participants received ADXS31-142 1 × 10\^9 CFU) IV Q3W (in a 12-week cycle) in combination with 200 mg pembrolizumab IV Q3W for three times, with a fourth pembrolizumab dose 3 weeks later (in 12 week-cycles) for up to 24 months or until disease progression or discontinuation.

    Drug: ADXS31-142 · Drug: Pembrolizumab

Interventions

  • DrugADXS31-142

    ADXS31-142 IV infusion

  • Pembrolizumab IV infusion

    Also known as: MK-3475

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events

    An adverse event (AE) was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant or clinical investigation participant administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product or protocol-specified procedure, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product or protocol-specified procedure. Adverse events with onset dates on or after the first dose of study medication and within 30 days following the last dose of study medication were considered "treatment emergent".

    Time frame: From first dose up to 30 days after last dose (maximum duration: 108 weeks)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Objective Response Rate (ORR)

    The objective response rate (ORR) according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1 was defined as the number of participants with objective evidence of radiologic complete response (CR: disappearance of all target lesions) and partial response (PR: at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions compared with baseline, in absence of new lesions or unequivocal progression of non-target lesions) as determined from investigator response assessments. Disease Control Rates are based upon confirmed events only.

    Time frame: From screening until progression or death (maximum duration: 104 weeks)

  2. Objective Response Rate According to Immune-related Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (irRECIST)

    The ORR according to irRECIST was defined as the number of participants with objective evidence of radiologic immune-related CR (irCR: Disappearance of all target lesions) and immune-related PR (irPR: At least 30% decrease in tumor burden compared with baseline) as determined from investigator response assessments.

    Time frame: From screening until progression or death (maximum duration: 104 weeks)

  3. Progression-free Survival, Assessed by RECIST Version 1.1

    Progression-free survival (PFS) was defined as the time from randomization until objective tumor progression based on response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) version 1.1 or death. The progressive disease is defined at least a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions. Participants who had not experienced disease progression or who were still alive at the time of evaluation were censored for the analysis. The PFS was estimated using Kaplan-Meier method.

    Time frame: From screening until progression or death (maximum duration: 104 weeks)

  4. Overall Survival

    Overall survival is defined as the time from the date of start of study treatment until death due to any cause. Any participant not died at the time of analysis was censored based on the last recorded date on which the participant was known to be alive. The OS was estimated using Kaplan-Meier method.

    Time frame: From screening until progression or death (maximum duration: 104 weeks)

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Results

Posted Feb 20, 2024

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestonePart A: ADXS31-142 1x10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 5×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^10 CFUPart B: ADXS31-142 1×10^9 CFU + Pembrolizumab
Started101237
Completed0000
Not completed101237
Withdrew: Progressive disease1000
Withdrew: Withdrawal by subject40015
Withdrew: Death51116
Withdrew: Lost to follow-up0011
Withdrew: Other0005

Outcome measures

PrimaryNumber of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events

An adverse event (AE) was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant or clinical investigation participant administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product or protocol-specified procedure, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product or protocol-specified procedure. Adverse events with onset dates on or after the first dose of study medication and within 30 days following the last dose of study medication were considered "treatment emergent".

Time frame:
From first dose up to 30 days after last dose (maximum duration: 108 weeks)
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events
ParticipantsPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 5×10^9 CFUADXS31-142 1×10^10 CFUPart B: ADXS31-142 + Pembrolizumab
Number of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events101237
SecondaryObjective Response Rate (ORR)

The objective response rate (ORR) according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1 was defined as the number of participants with objective evidence of radiologic complete response (CR: disappearance of all target lesions) and partial response (PR: at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions compared with baseline, in absence of new lesions or unequivocal progression of non-target lesions) as determined from investigator response assessments. Disease Control Rates are based upon confirmed events only.

Time frame:
From screening until progression or death (maximum duration: 104 weeks)
Reported as:
Number · participants
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
participantsPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 5×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^10 CFUPart B: ADXS31-142 + Pembrolizumab
Objective Response Rate (ORR)00—0
SecondaryObjective Response Rate According to Immune-related Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (irRECIST)

The ORR according to irRECIST was defined as the number of participants with objective evidence of radiologic immune-related CR (irCR: Disappearance of all target lesions) and immune-related PR (irPR: At least 30% decrease in tumor burden compared with baseline) as determined from investigator response assessments.

Time frame:
From screening until progression or death (maximum duration: 104 weeks)
Reported as:
Number · participants
Objective Response Rate According to Immune-related Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (irRECIST)
participantsPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 5×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^10 CFUPart B: ADXS31-142 + Pembrolizumab
Objective Response Rate According to Immune-related Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (irRECIST)00—0
SecondaryProgression-free Survival, Assessed by RECIST Version 1.1

Progression-free survival (PFS) was defined as the time from randomization until objective tumor progression based on response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) version 1.1 or death. The progressive disease is defined at least a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions. Participants who had not experienced disease progression or who were still alive at the time of evaluation were censored for the analysis. The PFS was estimated using Kaplan-Meier method.

Time frame:
From screening until progression or death (maximum duration: 104 weeks)
Reported as:
Median · Months
Progression-free Survival, Assessed by RECIST Version 1.1
MonthsPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 5×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^10 CFUPart B: ADXS31-142 + Pembrolizumab
Progression-free Survival, Assessed by RECIST Version 1.12.2 (0.8 to NA)NA (NA to NA)NA (NA to NA)5.3 (2.1 to 7.9)
SecondaryOverall Survival

Overall survival is defined as the time from the date of start of study treatment until death due to any cause. Any participant not died at the time of analysis was censored based on the last recorded date on which the participant was known to be alive. The OS was estimated using Kaplan-Meier method.

Time frame:
From screening until progression or death (maximum duration: 104 weeks)
Reported as:
Median · Months
Overall Survival
MonthsPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 5×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^10 CFUPart B: ADXS31-142 + Pembrolizumab
Overall Survival7.8 (1.3 to NA)18.5 (NA to NA)7.8 (NA to NA)33.7 (15.4 to NA)

Adverse events

Collected over From first dose up to 30 days after last dose (maximum duration: 108 weeks). Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Part A: ADXS31-142 1×10^9 CFU5/10 (50%)4/10 (40%)10/10 (100%)
Part A: ADXS31-142 5×10^9 CFU1/1 (100%)1/1 (100%)1/1 (100%)
Part A: ADXS31-142 1×10^10 CFU1/2 (50%)1/2 (50%)2/2 (100%)
Part B: ADXS31-142 + Pembrolizumab16/37 (43.2%)22/37 (59.5%)37/37 (100%)
Most frequent serious events
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Most frequent serious events
EventPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 5×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^10 CFUPart B: ADXS31-142 + Pembrolizumab
Disease progressionGeneral disorders3/101/11/20/37
HypercalcaemiaMetabolism and nutrition disorders0/101/10/20/37
Back PainMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders0/101/10/20/37
Muscular WeaknessMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders0/101/10/20/37
Iiird Nerve ParalysisNervous system disorders0/101/10/20/37
Cytokine release syndromeImmune system disorders0/100/11/20/37
DyspnoeaRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders0/100/11/21/37
HypotensionVascular disorders0/100/10/24/37
FatigueGeneral disorders1/100/10/21/37
AstheniaGeneral disorders1/100/10/20/37
Most frequent other events
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Most frequent other events
EventPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 5×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^10 CFUPart B: ADXS31-142 + Pembrolizumab
AnaemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders2/101/11/29/37
HypothyroidismEndocrine disorders0/101/10/29/37
Vision blurredEye disorders0/101/10/22/37
Abdominal painGastrointestinal disorders0/101/10/24/37
ConstipationGastrointestinal disorders2/101/10/29/37
DiarrhoeaGastrointestinal disorders0/101/10/25/37
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders5/101/10/219/37
VomitingGastrointestinal disorders3/101/10/29/37
AstheniaGeneral disorders2/101/10/22/37
Chest discomfortGeneral disorders0/101/10/21/37

Baseline characteristics

The All Treated Population included all participants who received at least one dose of ADXS31-142 or pembrolizumab.

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)Part A: ADXS31-142 1×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 5×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^10 CFUPart B: ADXS31-142 + PembrolizumabTotal
<=18 years00000
Between 18 and 65 years3001114
>=65 years7122636
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Part A: ADXS31-142 1×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 5×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^10 CFUPart B: ADXS31-142 + PembrolizumabTotal
Female00000
Male10123750
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Part A: ADXS31-142 1×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 5×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^10 CFUPart B: ADXS31-142 + PembrolizumabTotal
Hispanic or Latino00011
Not Hispanic or Latino10123649
Unknown or Not Reported00000
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Part A: ADXS31-142 1×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 5×10^9 CFUPart A: ADXS31-142 1×10^10 CFUPart B: ADXS31-142 + PembrolizumabTotal
American Indian or Alaska Native00000
Asian10001
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander00000
Black or African American00077
White9123042
More than one race00000
Unknown or Not Reported00000
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Study locations

8 sites
  • Recruiting
    San Francisco, California, United States
  • University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC)
    Aurora, Colorado, United States
  • Recruiting
    Rockville, Maryland, United States
  • Recruiting
    Towson, Maryland, United States
  • New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
  • Recrutiing
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Site
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Recruiting
    Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Stein MN, Fong L, Tutrone R, Mega A, Lam ET, Parsi M, Vangala S, Gutierrez AA, Haas NB. ADXS31142 Immunotherapy +/- Pembrolizumab Treatment for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Open-Label Phase I/II KEYNOTE-046 Study. Oncologist. 2022 Jun 8;27(6):453-461. doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyac048. PubMed 35373299 ↗

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Study documents

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 2, 2024, 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
NCT02325557
Lead sponsor
Advaxis, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 25, 2014
Start date
Jun 4, 2015
Primary completion
Aug 30, 2019
Completion
Jan 22, 2020
Results posted
Feb 20, 2024
Last update
Apr 2, 2024

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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