CELLO-1, Study of Tazemetostat With Enzalutamide or Abiraterone/Prednisone in Subjects With Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Who Have Not Received Chemotherapy
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04179864 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : November 27, 2019
Last Update Posted : May 4, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Metastatic Prostate Cancer | Drug: Tazemetostat Drug: Abiraterone/prednisone Drug: Enzalutamide | Phase 1 Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 104 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | CELLO-1: A Phase 1b/2 Open-Label Study Evaluating Tazemetostat in Combination With Enzalutamide or Abiraterone/Prednisone in Chemotherapy Naive Subjects With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer |
Actual Study Start Date : | November 18, 2019 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | May 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | November 2024 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Phase 1b: Tazemetostat in Combination with Abiraterone/Prednisone
In Phase 1b, Abiraterone/prednisone will be administered on cycle 1 day 1 and Tazemetostat on cycle 1 day 2
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Drug: Tazemetostat
Tazemetostat (EPZ-6438) is a selective small-molecule inhibitor of the histone-lysine methyltransferase EZH2 gene
Other Names:
Drug: Abiraterone/prednisone 1,000 mg (two 500 mg tablets or four 250 mg tablets) orally once daily in combination with prednisone 5 mg administered orally twice daily.
Other Name: Zytiga |
Experimental: Phase 1b: Tazemetostat in Combination with Enzalutamide
In Phase 1b, Enzalutamide will be administered on cycle 1 day 1 and Tazemetostat on cycle 1 day 2
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Drug: Tazemetostat
Tazemetostat (EPZ-6438) is a selective small-molecule inhibitor of the histone-lysine methyltransferase EZH2 gene
Other Names:
Drug: Enzalutamide enzalutamide 160 mg (four 40 mg capsules) orally once daily
Other Name: Xtandi |
Experimental: Phase 2: Tazemetostat in Combination with Enzalutamide
In Phase 2, Enzalutamide and Tazemetostat will be administered on cycle 1 day 1
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Drug: Tazemetostat
Tazemetostat (EPZ-6438) is a selective small-molecule inhibitor of the histone-lysine methyltransferase EZH2 gene
Other Names:
Drug: Enzalutamide enzalutamide 160 mg (four 40 mg capsules) orally once daily
Other Name: Xtandi |
Active Comparator: Phase 2: Enzalutamide only
In Phase 2, Enzalutamide will be administered on cycle 1 day 1
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Drug: Enzalutamide
enzalutamide 160 mg (four 40 mg capsules) orally once daily
Other Name: Xtandi |
- Ph 1b: Determine the safety and tolerability of each of the combinations [ Time Frame: Assessed at end of Cycle 1 (each cycle is 28 days) ]Assess safety and tolerability of Tazemetostat in combination with enzalutamide or with abiraterone/prednisone by reviewing incidence and severity of treatment-emergent adverse events (AEs) qualifying as protocol-defined DLTs in Cycle 1Safety and tolerability of Tazemetostat in combination with enzalutamide or with abiraterone/prednisone
- Ph 1b: Select the recommended phase 2 doses (RP2D) of tazemetostat for each combination [ Time Frame: 1 cycle/28 days ]Based on pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic parameters as well as efficacy and the overall tolerability of each of the combinations (tazemetost with enzalutamide or tazemetostat with abiraterone/prednisone)
- Ph 2: Determine the benefit of combining tazemetostat with enzalutamide when compared to enzalutamide alone by assessing change in radiographic progression free survival [ Time Frame: Day 1 of Cycles 3, 5, 7, 10, and 13, and every 12 weeks after Cycle 13 for 1 year (each cycle is 28 days) ]Assessed by change radiographic progression free survival (rPFS) according to Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Working Group 3 (PCWG3) criteria for progression in bone or in soft tissue

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age at the time of consent ≥ 18 years.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 to 1 (Appendix
- Life expectancy of > 3 months.
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Small cell or neuroendocrine tumors of the prostate are also permitted.
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Progressive disease in the setting of medical or surgical castration (ie, castration- resistant prostate cancer [CRPC]) by PCWG3 criteria for study entry.
- Evidence of disease progression by rising PSA or
- Soft tissue progression per RECIST 1.1 or
- Evidence of disease progression by observation of 2 new bone lesions since the initiation of last systemic therapy.
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Metastatic prostate cancer disease, documented by the following imaging
• Bone lesions on bone scan (per PCWG3) or by soft tissue disease (per RECIST 1.1) by CT/MRI imaging Must have undergone bilateral orchiectomy or be willing to continue GnRH analogue or antagonist.
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Prior treatment with a second-generation androgen inhibitor as follows:
- For phase 1b, EITHER Previously untreated with or progressed on a second generation androgen inhibitor (abiraterone, enzalutamide, or apalutamide) OR progressed on a second generation inhibitor (inhibitor (abiraterone, enzalutamide, or apalutamide)
- For phase 2 randomized component (i.e, enzalutamide- containing treatment arms) of the study, previously progressed on abiraterone.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known symptomatic brain metastases
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Treatment with any of the following for prostate cancer within the indicated timeframe prior to day 1 of starting study treatment:
- First generation: AR antagonists (eg, bicalutamide, nilutamide, flutamide) within 4 weeks.
- 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors, ketoconazole, estrogens (including diethylstilbesterol), or progesterones within 2 weeks.
- Chemotherapy (except as permitted in inclusion criteria #10) within 3 weeks.
- Prior radionuclide therapy within 4 weeks.
- Another interventional product or standard agent in a clinical study within 28 days prior to the first planned dose of Tazemetostat
- For phase 2 subjects to be randomized to one of the enzalutamide treatment arms only, prior treatment with the second-generation androgen antagonist including enzalutamide, apalutamide, darolutamide, and proxalutamide, etc.
- Severe concurrent disease, infection, or comorbidity that, in the judgment of the Investigator, would make the subject inappropriate for enrollment
- Has had prior exposure to tazemetostat or other inhibitor(s) of enhancer of zeste homologue-2.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04179864
Contact: Medical Affairs | +1 (855) 500-1011 | clinicaltrials@epizyme.com |

Responsible Party: | Epizyme, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04179864 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
EZH-1101 |
First Posted: | November 27, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 4, 2022 |
Last Verified: | April 2022 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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abiraterone Prednisone Zytiga Xtandi |
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