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Active, not recruitingNCT03385655Updated Aug 21, 2025

Prostate Cancer Biomarker Enrichment and Treatment Selection

A Phase 2 interventional study of Adavosertib and Savolitinib in Prostate Cancer, sponsored by Canadian Cancer Trials Group. Active, not recruiting at 11 sites in Canada. Open to male participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-08-21.

Sponsored by Canadian Cancer Trials Group · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
200
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Male
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 11 studies in Prostatic Neoplasms by Canadian Cancer Trials Group — 3 open to participants now, 8 under way, 3 of them phase 3. Prostatic Neoplasms · Canadian Cancer Trials Group.

Enrollment
6th of 11
200 · median 200
Started
2018
the only one that year
Phase 2
5 of 11
none open now
Registered
6th of 11
by date

Among the 11 studies in Prostatic Neoplasms by Canadian Cancer Trials Group, this one is the 6th largest by enrollment, is the only one that started in 2018, is one of 5 in phase 2, and was the 6th registered.

By phase

11 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.

Phase 2this study5 · 0 open
No phase3 · 0 open
Phase 33 · 3 open

By the year they started

First in 2012; this study’s year is marked. 1 started in 2018.

Size and results

Median enrollment 200 across the 11 interventional studies. Of the 3 that completed or were terminated, 2 (67%) have results posted.

Watch this landscapeDownload CSVWith an account: a weekly mail of what changed among 11 studies in Prostatic Neoplasms by Canadian Cancer Trials Group, or all of them as a file.
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Study summary

The purpose of the pre-study screening is to test for DNA abnormalities or biomarkers.

Read the detailed description

This testing will be done on a samples of blood to see whether or not patients are eligible to take part in one of the sub-studies. Each study will be looking at what effects a new drug or drugs has on prostate cancer and will also be looking at the side effects of treatment. The purpose of the main studies is to see if the biomarkers that were identified screening samples can help predict which patients are most likely to be helped by that drug or drugs and to see how the cancer cells respond to treatment.

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Conditions studied

  • Prostate Cancer

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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

The following will be required prior to REGISTRATION:

  • Patients must have confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate without pathologic or clinical evidence (e.g. PSA \< 2.0 μg/L with liver ) of small cell neuroendocrine differentiation.
  • Patients must consent prior to blood collection for screening correlative testing by a central reference laboratory. The screening blood sample cannot be sent for analysis prior to screening registration.
  • All patients must have consented to the release of a tumour block from their primary or metastatic tumour. The centre/pathologist must have agreed to the submission of the specimen(s). Contact CCTG if no is available.
  • Patients must have evidence of castrate resistance with either biochemical or radiological disease progression in the setting of surgical or medical castration:

PSA Progression:

  • Minimum of two rising PSA values from a baseline measurement with an interval of ≥ 1 week between each measurement
  • PSA must be ≥ 2.0 µg/L (ng/mL)

Objective progression:

  • 1.1, or
  • PCWG3 Criteria for bone progression

Surgical/Medical Castration:

  • Prior bilateral orchiectomy, or
  • LHRH agonist/antagonist and testosterone \< 50 ng/dL or \< 1.7 nmol/L. LHRH agonist/antagonist therapy must be maintained for the duration of study therapy and if previously discontinued, must be restarted and castrate level of testosterone present.
  • Patients must be ≥18 years of age.
  • performance status 0 or 1 (Appendix I) and have a of ≥ 6 months.
  • Patients must have radiologically documented disease (measurable or non-measurable as defined by RECIST 1.1. Patients with elevated PSA only are not eligible.
  • Neutrophils ≥ 1.5 x 10\^9/L
  • ≥ 100 x 10\^9/L
  • ≥ 90 g/L; contact CCTG if hemoglobin is between 80-89 g/L, patient is not decompensated, is asymptomatic and transfusion is not indicated.
  • Serum potassium within normal limits
  • ≤ 1.5 ; if confirmed Gilbert's then bilirubin ≤ 3.0 x ULN
  • ≤ 2.5 x ULN; if patient has liver metastases ≤ 5.0 x ULN
  • Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or ≥ 45 mL/min; measured directly by 24-hour urine sampling OR as calculated by Cockcroft and Gault equation: Males: = 1.23 x (140-age) x weight in kg/serum creatinine in μmol/L
  • Patient consent for screening and subsequent enrollment (as applicable) must be appropriately obtained in accordance with applicable local and regulatory requirements. Each patient must sign a consent form prior to screening and subsequent enrollment (as applicable) in the trial to document their willingness to participate.

Additional Criteria to be met prior to SUB-STUDY ENROLLMENT:

  • Patients must have recovered from any treatment-related toxicities prior to enrollment (unless ≤ grade 1, irreversible, or considered by investigator as not ).
  • Prior major surgery is permitted provided that a minimum of 14 days have elapsed between any major surgery and enrollment (7 days for minor surgery e.g. port insertion), and that wound healing has occurred.
  • Prior external beam radiation or radium-223 is permitted provided a minimum of 28 days (4 weeks) have elapsed between the last dose and enrollment. Consult CCTG if patients have received other therapeutic radioisotopes. Exceptions may be made for low-dose non-myelosuppressive radiotherapy after consultation with CCTG. Concurrent radiation is not permitted. If radiation is required for example for pain control, it must be completed prior to enrollment. Prior strontium-89 at any time is not permitted.
  • Previous Hormone Therapy: Patients must have received prior hormonal treatment with at least one of: abiraterone acetate, enzalutamide, apalutamide (ARN-509), darolutamide (ODM-201), TAK-700 and TOK-001 or other next-generation AR-pathway inhibitor (if agent is not listed, must be discussed and approved with CCTG prior to registration). Consult substudies for additional criteria
  • Prior cytotoxic therapy: Patients may have received cytotoxic therapy in the castrate sensitive setting as well as up to 1 regimen of cytotoxic therapy in the CRPC setting
  • Patients must have an adequate prior to enrollment as follows:
  • Longest of one of the following:

    • Standard cycle length of standard therapies;
    • Two weeks;
    • The longer of 30 days or 5 half-lives for agents;
  • Patients must have discontinued anti-androgens for at least 4 weeks prior to substudy entry/enrollment (at least 6 weeks for bicalutamide).
  • LHRH agonist therapy must continue unless surgically castrated. Note: after discussion, CCTG selected patients may be screened prior to adequate washout.
  • Patient must have progressed (biochemically or radiologically, as defined in 4.1.4) during or after their last systemic therapy
  • Patients must be accessible for treatment and follow up. Patients registered enrolled on this trial must be treated and followed at the participating centre. This implies there must be reasonable geographical limits (for example: 1 ½ hour's driving distance) placed on patients being considered for this trial.
  • Investigators must assure themselves the patients enrolled on this trial will be available for complete documentation of the treatment, adverse events, response assessment and follow-up.
  • Patients must agree to return to their primary care facility for any adverse events, which may occur through the course of the trial.
  • In accordance with CCTG policy, protocol treatment is to begin within 2 working days of patient enrollment.
  • Men of must have agreed to use a highly effective method during study drug treatment for 6 months after stopping treatment and should not father a child or donate sperm during this period.
  • In addition to routine contraceptive methods, "effective contraception" also includes heterosexual celibacy and surgery intended to prevent pregnancy (or with a side-effect of pregnancy prevention) defined as a hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy or bilateral tubal ligation, or vasectomy / vasectomized partner. However, if at any point a previously celibate patient chooses to become heterosexually active during the time period for use of contraceptive measures outlined in the protocol, he is responsible for beginning contraceptive measures.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with a history of other , except: adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, or other solid tumours curatively treated with no evidence of disease for ≥ 2 years.
  • Patients with central nervous system (CNS) involvement unless at least 4 weeks from prior therapy completion (including radiation and/or surgery) AND clinically stable and not receiving and/or enzyme-inducing anti-epileptic medications for . Patients with epilepsy not due to CNS metastases are eligible as long as no or concern with drug interactions.
  • Patients with serious illnesses or medical conditions which could cause unacceptable safety risks or would not permit the patient to be managed according to the protocol. This includes but is not limited to:

    • active infection requiring systemic therapy;
    • active or known (HIV) with detectable viral load;
    • uncontrolled or recent cardiac disease, including:

      • angina pectoris, symptomatic pericarditis, coronary artery bypass grafting, coronary angioplasty, or stenting, or myocardial infarction in the previous 12 months;
      • history of documented congestive heart failure ( functional classification III-IV) or cardiomyopathy;
      • history of any cardiac arrhythmias, e.g. ventricular, supraventricular, nodal arrhythmias, or conduction abnormality in the previous 12 months;
      • patients with uncontrolled hypertension.
    • Patients with significant liver diseases including viral/other hepatitis, current alcohol abuse or cirrhosis.
  • Patients who are unable to swallow oral medication and/or have impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of the study drugs (e.g. Crohn's disease, ulcerative diseases, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, active bowel inflammation (e.g. diverticulitis) or small bowel resection), unless agreed with CCTG (exceptions may be given if parenteral substudy is available/appropriate.
  • Patients who require continued or concurrent treatment with:

    • Systemic corticosteroids at a dose equivalent to prednisone > 10 mg daily. Topical applications (e.g. rash), inhaled sprays (e.g. obstructive airways diseases), eye drops or local injections (e.g. intra-articular) are allowed.
    • Bisphosphonates / denosumab for reasons other than hypercalcemia, osteoporosis or prevention of skeletal-related events.
    • Other anti-cancer or agents (except LHRH)
  • History of to any of the study drugs or any .
  • Patients with a history of non-compliance to medical regimens.
  • Patients who have received growth factors within 28 days prior to initiation of dosing of study drug or who are likely to require treatment with growth factors throughout the duration of the trial.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(26)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

Histologically or cytologically confirmed

The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).

Your pathology report is the document that shows this.

Metastases

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

Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.

RECIST

The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.

“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.

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.

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

Washout period

A planned gap after a treatment, so that its effects can lessen before the study treatment or a study assessment. Ask the study team and the doctor who prescribed it before changing any medicine.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

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

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Brain metastases

Cancer deposits in the brain from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body (CNS metastases include the spinal cord).

Studies differ: some leave out any brain metastases, some accept ones treated and stable for some weeks. Check what this study allows.

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.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
200 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    WEE-1 inhibitor - ARM CLOSED

    Drug: Adavosertib

  • Experimental
    cMET inhibitor

    Drug: Savolitinib

  • Experimental
    novel non-steroidal androgen receptor (AR) antagonist

    Drug: Darolutamide

  • Experimental
    CFI400945 PLK4 inhibitor - ARM CLOSED

    Drug: CFI-400945

  • Experimental
    Ipatasertib AKT inhibitor

    Drug: Ipatasertib

  • Experimental
    Durvalumab and Tremelimumab immunotherapy

    Drug: Durvalumab and Tremelimumab

  • Experimental
    Carboplatin platinum based chemotherapy

    Drug: Carboplatin

Interventions

  • 250mg, may dose escalate to 300mg if no drug-related GI tox in cycle 1

  • 600mg once daily, orally.

  • 600mg twice daily, orally.

  • Dose level assigned at enrollment, starting at 32mg/day on Days 1-7 and 15-21 or 15-28 depending on toxicity experienced.

  • 400mg daily 3 weeks on, 1 week off

  • DrugDurvalumab and Tremelimumab

    Durvalumab 1500mg day 1 every 4 weeks; Tremelimumab 225mg day 1 cycle 1

  • AUC 5 IV 60min Day 1 q 21 days

This study also gives Durvalumab, Tremelimumab. No intervention listed here names it: that was found by reading the record.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Clinical benefit rate defined as proportion of patients who had PSA decline ≥ 50%, complete or partial objective response, or Stable disease for ≥ 12 weeks.

    Time frame: 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Measure effect of each study drug on PSA decline

    Time frame: 2 years

  2. Measure objective response as determined by RECIST 1.1 criteria

    Time frame: 2 years

  3. Number and severity of adverse events

    Time frame: 2 years

  4. Measure effect of each study drug on time to PSA progression

    Time frame: 2 years

  5. To summarize progression-free survival

    Time frame: 2 years

  6. To summarize overall survival

    Time frame: 2 years

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Study locations

11 sites
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References and documents

Publications

  • Maia MC, Salgia M, Pal SK. Harnessing cell-free DNA: plasma circulating tumour DNA for liquid biopsy in genitourinary cancers. Nat Rev Urol. 2020 May;17(5):271-291. doi: 10.1038/s41585-020-0297-9. Epub 2020 Mar 17. PubMed 32203306 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 21, 2025, 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
NCT03385655
Lead sponsor
Canadian Cancer Trials Group
Collaborators
Canadian Cancer Clinical Trials Network, BC Cancer Foundation
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 28, 2017
Start date
Aug 1, 2018
Primary completion
Oct 7, 2024
Completion
Dec 31, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 21, 2025

Study contacts

Michael Kolinsky
study chair · Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB Canada
Som Mukherjee
study chair · Juravinski Cancer Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, ON Canada
Michael Ong
study chair · Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON Canada
Kim Chi
study chair · BCCA - Vancouver Cancer Centre
Aaron Hansen
study chair · University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sebastien Hotte
study chair · Juravinski Cancer Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON Canada
Zineb Hamilou
study chair · CHUM-Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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Studies of the drugs tested here: Adavosertib · Savolitinib · Darolutamide · Ocifisertib fumarate · Ipatasertib · Carboplatin · Tremelimumab

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