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MBM-02 (Tempol) for the Treatment of Biochemical Recurrent Prostate Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of MBM-02 in Prostate Cancer Recurrent and Biochemical Recurrent Prostate Cancer, sponsored by Matrix Biomed, Inc.. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to male participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-05-06.

Sponsored by Matrix Biomed, Inc. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified May 2021), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
55
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Male
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Study summary

This is an open label trial to assess the efficacy of MBM-02 (Tempol) as a treatment for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer in biochemical recurrence.

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Preliminary data shows MBM-02 has anti-prostate cancer activity without hormone suppression or toxicity to non-cancerous cells and organs.

Solid tumors contain hypoxic regions (low oxygen) due to their high rates of cell proliferation and formation of aberrant blood vessels. Intratumoral hypoxia is associated with increased risk of invasion, metastasis, and patient mortality. Cancer cells respond to hypoxia by stabilizing hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) and hypoxia inducible factor 2 (HIF-2). HIF-1 and HIF-2 activate a transcription of genes encoding proteins that mediate major adaptive responses to hypoxia that are critical for cancer cell survival. Without activation of HIF-1 and HIF-2, cancer cells would not survive.

MBM-02 has been shown to inhibit the genes responsible for prostate carcinogenesis, HIF-1 and HIF-2.

This trial is an open label study that will employ a 3+3 escalation design up to 1600 mg/day. Patients will be exposed to study drug for 20 weeks. PSA and scans will be taken at baseline and week 20 for efficacy.

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Conditions studied

  • Prostate Cancer Recurrent
  • Biochemical Recurrent Prostate Cancer

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In context

Prostatic Neoplasms

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

This study's planned enrollment of 55 is close to the median of 60 across 5,348 interventional studies indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Matrix Biomed, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 6 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  1. Male 18 years or older;
  2. or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of prostate cancer;
  3. Patient must have had previous treatment with definitive surgery or radiation therapy, cryoablation, or brachytherapy;
  4. Patient may have prior salvage therapy (surgery, radiation or other local ablative procedures) within 6 months prior to randomization if the intent was for cure. Prophylactic radiotherapy to prevent gynecomastia within 4 weeks prior to randomization is allowed
  5. Patient must have evidence of biochemical failure after primary therapy and subsequent progression. Biochemical failure is declared when the PSA reaches a threshold value after primary treatment and it differs for radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy:

    1. For radical prostatectomy the threshold for this study is PSA ≥ 0.8ng/mL
    2. For radiation therapy the threshold is a PSA rise of 2 ng/mL above the nadir PSA achieved post radiation with or without hormone therapy (2006 RTOG-ASTRO Consensus definition).
  6. PSA progression requires a PSA rise above the threshold measured at any time point since the threshold was reached;
  7. PSA doubling time ≤ 12 months. PSA calculation requires two consecutive PSA rises (PSA2 and PSA3) above the threshold PSA (total 3 PSA values); PSA2 and PSA3 must be obtained within 12 months of study entry. All baseline PSAs should be obtained at the same reference lab.
  8. performance status less than or equal to 2;
  9. Ability to swallow the study drugs;
  10. If a male with a female partner of child bearing potential, adequate methods of must be employed;
  11. If male, no sperm donation for 90 days until after the conclusion of the study;
  12. Be properly informed of the nature and risks of the clinical investigation, comply with all clinical investigation-related procedures, and sign an Form prior to entering the clinical investigation;
  13. Be able to participate for the full term of the clinical investigation;
  14. Have a performance status of >70;
  15. Have a ≥ 6 months; and
  16. Have adequate baseline organ function (hematologic, liver, renal, nutritional and metabolic):

Hematology:

(ANC) ≥1.5 ≥ 10 g/dL ≥ 100,000 per microliter of blood

Hepatic:

Total ≤ 2 x (ALT) and Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤2.5 x ULN

Renal:

(CrCl) ≥ 60 ml/min within 2 weeks prior to registration determined by 24-hour collection or estimated by Cockcroft-Gault formula: CrCl male = [(140 - age) x (wt in kg)] [(Serum Cr mg/dl) x (72)] CrCl female = 0.85 x (CrCl male)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Evidence of disease on imaging studies (CT and/or bone scan);
  2. Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus defined as:

    1. Fasting blood glucose > 126 mg/dl or,
    2. Random blood glucose > 200 mg/dl
    3. > 6.5%
  3. Patients with >480 msec
  4. Need for treatment with any conventional modality for prostate cancer (surgery, radiation therapy, and hormonal therapy);
  5. Treatment within the last 30 days with any drug;
  6. Radiation therapy within prior 6 months (prophylactic radiotherapy to prevent gynecomastia within 4 weeks prior to randomization is allowed);
  7. Patient with previous or concurrent . Exceptions are made for patients who meet any of the following conditions: Basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or prior malignancy that has been adequately treated and patient has been continuously disease free for ≥ 2 years;
  8. Evidence of a significant medical illness, or a psychiatric illness/social situation that would, in the investigator's judgment, make the patient inappropriate for this study;
  9. nausea and vomiting, malabsorption, biliary shunt, or significant bowel resection that would preclude adequate absorption of the study drug;
  10. Have had a recent, serious, non-malignant medical complication that, in the opinion of the investigator, makes the individual unsuitable for study participation;
  11. Have used an investigational drug within 28 days of the initiation of study treatment;
  12. Have a history of a positive blood test for ;
  13. At the time of screening, have a significant active medical illness which, in the opinion of the investigator, would preclude completion of the study; and
  14. Body weight less than 35 kg (77 lbs.)
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(20)

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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.

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.

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.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Karnofsky performance status (KPS)

A 0–100 scale of how well someone can carry out everyday activities. 100 is no complaints and no signs of illness; 70 is able to look after yourself but not to work or keep up normal activity; 50 is needing considerable help and frequent medical care.

Studies often ask for 60 or 70 and above. Your doctor gives the score.

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.

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)

The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.

It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (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).

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.

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.

Metastases

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

HbA1c

A blood test of average blood sugar over the past two to three months, given as a percentage or in mmol/mol. 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) or more is the usual threshold for diabetes, normally confirmed by a second test.

QT and QTc

On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.

The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.

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.

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.

Relapsed and refractory

Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
55 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Cohort 1

    Cohort 1 patients will administered 600 mg/day of MBM-02 for 20 weeks.

    Drug: MBM-02

  • Experimental
    Cohort 2

    Cohort 2 patients will administered 1000 mg/day of MBM-02 for 20 weeks.

    Drug: MBM-02

  • Experimental
    Cohort 3

    Cohort 3 patients will administered 1200 mg/day of MBM-02 for 20 weeks.

    Drug: MBM-02

  • Experimental
    Cohort 4

    Cohort 4 patients will administered 600 mg/day of MBM-02 for 20 weeks.

    Drug: MBM-02

  • Experimental
    Cohort5

    Cohort 5 patients will administered 600 mg/day of MBM-02 for 20 weeks.

    Drug: MBM-02

  • Experimental
    Cohort 6

    Cohort 6 patients will administered 600 mg/day of MBM-02 for 20 weeks.

    Drug: MBM-02

Interventions

  • DrugMBM-02

    Drug page: Tempol

    MBM-02 is an HIF-1 and HIF-2 inhibitor.

    Also known as: Tempol; 4-hydroxy-tempo; 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Reduction in Serum PSA

    To determine whether the proportion of patients who achieve a ≥ 50% decline in serum PSA after 16 weeks of protocol therapy.

    Time frame: baseline to week 20

Secondary outcomes

  1. PSA progression

    To determine the median time to PSA progression from the start of protocol therapy with MBM-02 among men with biochemically recurrence prostate cancer.

    Time frame: baseline to week 20

  2. Percent Change in PSA

    To determine the mean percent change from baseline after 16 weeks of protocol therapy compared with pre-treatment in PSA doubling time. The pre-treatment PSA doubling time will be determined based upon all PSA measurements obtained within 3 months prior to Day 1 of protocol therapy, with a minimum of three PSA measurements spaced at least 14 days apart

    Time frame: baseline to week 20

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Study locations

1 site
  • Prostate Oncology Specialists
    Marina Del Rey, California 90292, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Thomas R, Sharifi N. SOD mimetics: a novel class of androgen receptor inhibitors that suppresses castration-resistant growth of prostate cancer. Mol Cancer Ther. 2012 Jan;11(1):87-97. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-11-0540. Epub 2011 Dec 15. PubMed 22172488 ↗

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Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for May 2021; primary completion for Sep 2022, 16 months later.

Of 114 industry-sponsored phase 2 interventional studies under Prostatic Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 35 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 21 and three quarters within 45. This study's planned 16 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 724 studies reached it within 53 months; a quarter within 34 and three quarters within 80.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
May 3, 2021
First posted
May 6, 2021
StartEst.
May 30, 2021
Primary completionEst.
Sep 2022
CompletionEst.
Feb 2023
Last update
May 6, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 6, 2021, 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
NCT04876755
Lead sponsor
Matrix Biomed, Inc.
Collaborators
Prostate Oncology Specialists
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 6, 2021
Start date
May 30, 2021 (estimated)
Primary completion
Sep 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 2023 (estimated)
Last update
May 6, 2021

Study contacts

Benji Crane
Contact
bjcrane@matrixbiomed.com
6264376506

Oversight

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