The COSMYC Trial (COmbined Suppression of MYC)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexMale
Age18+
SponsorSidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

About this trial

This research is being done to determine if receiving the combination of testosterone and ZEN-3694 followed by the combination of enzalutamide plus ZEN-3694 will decrease the size of tumors in patients with prostate cancer that has become resistant to castration and other therapies. The investigators also want to determine if dosing first with the combination of testosterone and ZEN-3694 may cause enzalutamide and ZEN-3694 to work more effectively.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance status ≤2.

Age ≥18 years.

Histologically-confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate.

Treated with continuous androgen ablative therapy (either surgical castration or LHRH agonist/antagonist).

Disqualifiers

Pain due to metastatic prostate cancer requiring treatment intervention with opioid pain medication.

ECOG Performance status ≥3

Requirement for urinary self-catheterization for voiding due to obstruction secondary to prostatic enlargement well documented to be due to prostate cancer or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Patients with indwelling Foley or suprapubic catheter for obstructive symptoms are eligible.

Active uncontrolled infection. Patients with a history of HIV/AIDS may be eligible if cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4)+ T cell counts are ≥ 350 cell/ul, they have had no opportunistic infection within the past 12 months, they have been on established antiretroviral therapy (ART) for at least four weeks, the HIV viral load is less than 400 copies/ml prior to enrollment, and there is no significant drug-drug interaction with ART and the study drugs. Patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with active disease who meet criteria for anti HBV therapy are eligible if they are on a suppressive antiviral therapy prior to enrollment and there is no drug-drug interaction with the study drugs. Patients with a history of HCV infection are eligible if they have completed curative antiviral treatment and the hepatitis C virus (HCV) viral load is below the limit of quantification.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • ZEN-3694
  • Testosterone cypionate
  • Enzalutamide
  • Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogue

Treatment groups

50 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Lead sponsor

Zenith Epigenetics

Collaborator

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator