Phenelzine Sulfate and Docetaxel in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer With Progressive Disease After First-Line Therapy With Docetaxel
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01253642 |
Recruitment Status
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Terminated
(low enrollment)
First Posted
: December 3, 2010
Results First Posted
: December 11, 2017
Last Update Posted
: December 11, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Hormone-Resistant Prostate Cancer Metastatic Prostatic Adenocarcinoma Prostate Adenocarcinoma Recurrent Prostate Carcinoma | Procedure: Biopsy of Prostate Drug: Docetaxel Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Drug: Phenelzine Sulfate | Phase 2 |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 11 participants |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II Study of MAOA Inhibitor Plus Docetaxel in Patients Receiving and Progressing on Docetaxel Therapy |
Study Start Date : | July 12, 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | September 15, 2016 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | September 15, 2017 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Treatment (antiangiogenesis, chemosensitizer, chemotherapy)
Patients receive phenelzine sulfate PO QD on days -7 to -4, and then BID on days -3 to 21. Patients receive docetaxel IV over 60 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for at least 12 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
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Procedure: Biopsy of Prostate
Undergo transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided prostate biopsy OR image-guided (CT or ultrasound) core bone or soft tissue biopsy
Other Names:
Drug: Docetaxel
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Drug: Phenelzine Sulfate
Given PO
Other Name: Nardil
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- Proportion of Patients Who Experience a PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) Decline of at Least 30% [ Time Frame: Within 12 weeks ]PSA response: A ≥ 30% reduction from baseline within 12 weeks of initiation of therapy (confirmed on a second measurement at least 3 weeks later).
- Duration of Progression Free Survival After Initiation of Combination Phenelzine and Docetaxel Therapy [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Progression free survival is calculated as the time from Day 1 of Combination therapy to first evidence of progression (by PSA, Measureable Disease, or Clinical Progression). For subjects who did not meet progression criteria, date of new therapy or date of death was used. Outcome is reported as mean.
- Frequency of MAOA (Monoamine Oxidase A) Overexpression in CRPC (Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer) Tumors That Are Progressing on Docetaxel [ Time Frame: Baseline ]Reported as Number of participants with MAOA expression greater than 5%.
- HIF-1alpha Expression in CTC (Circulating Tumor Cells) as a Potential Measure of MAO Activity [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]
- MAOA Expression in CTC (Circulating Tumor Cells) and Comparison to Biopsy MAOA Expression [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]A Pearson's correlation will be used to correlate tumor biopsy MAOA expression and circulating tumor cells MAOA expression.
- Maximum Change in PSA [ Time Frame: 12 weeks (or earlier in patients who discontinued early) ]Measured from Day 1 of Combination therapy to PSA at 12 Weeks on therapy (or earlier if subject not on therapy for 12 weeks).
- Response Rate in Measurable Disease by RECIST (Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors) Criteria [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Response in measurable disease is defined as a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions (as described by RECIST 1.1).
- Time to Death From All Causes [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Time to death is calculated from Day 1 of Combination therapy to death from any cause.
- Toxicity of the Regimen [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Number of participants who experienced an Adverse Event. Detail of Adverse Events is reported in the Adverse Event Section
- Frequency of Gene Expression [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Outcome measure will be reported using descriptive statistics, after overall study completion (March 2019).
- Frequency of LSD-1 (Lysine-specific Histone Demethylase 1) Expression [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]Outcome measure will be reported using descriptive statistics, after overall study completion (March 2019).

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histological or cytological diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the prostate
- Radiographic evidence of regional or distant metastases with suspected tumor in an area that is safe to biopsy
- Willingness to undergo tumor biopsy
- Evidence of CRPC indicated by history of progression despite standard hormonal therapy (by PSA and/or imaging studies)
- Planned or recent initiation of standard docetaxel therapy; patients may be enrolled after receiving standard docetaxel therapy as long as the patient has not demonstrated evidence of progression for more than 45 days before enrollment ("late enrollers")
- For patients who have been on anti-androgen therapy and had evidence of response to the addition of an anti-androgen (i.e., PSA reduction), patients must have discontinued anti-androgen therapy for at least six weeks (4 weeks for flutamide) without current evidence of an anti-androgen withdrawal response
- Serum testosterone levels < 50 ng/dL (unless surgically castrate); patients must continue androgen deprivation with an luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist if they have not undergone orchiectomy
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2
- Has recovered from all therapy-related toxicity to =< grade 2 (except alopecia, anemia and any signs or symptoms of androgen deprivation therapy)
- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1500/uL
- Platelets >= 100,000
- Creatinine =< 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Bilirubin =< 1.5 times ULN (if total bilirubin elevated, but direct is within normal limits [WNL], patient is eligible)
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 2.5 times ULN
- PSA > 2 ng/mL (at the time of enrollment or prior to initiation of docetaxel)
- Life expectancy > 3 months
- Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Significant peripheral neuropathy defined as grade 2 or higher
- A second active malignancy except adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or other non-invasive or in situ neoplasm
- Significant active concurrent medical illness or infection precluding protocol treatment or survival
- Current uncontrolled hyperthyroidism
- Pheochromocytoma
- Carcinoid Syndrome
- Known or suspected brain metastases
- Treatment with radiotherapy within the past 4 weeks or radiopharmaceutical therapy (strontium, samarium) within the past 8 weeks
- Concurrent therapy with a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI), tricyclic antidepressant, or Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor (MAOi); clinical judgment should be used in a decision to discontinue antidepressants; a minimum of a 1 week washout period is required for any tricyclic or related antidepressant, or any SSRI (2 weeks for paroxetine or sertraline, 5 weeks for fluoxetine); minimum 2 week washout for any MAOi
- Concurrent therapy with any excluded medications that cannot be safely discontinued prior to initiation of combination therapy; discontinuation prior to enrollment is not required, but discontinuation prior to combination therapy must be possible
- Caution should be exercised in patients who are regularly taking narcotic analgesics, particularly higher doses; the doses of narcotic analgesics may need to be reduced, patients may need to be monitored closely for drug interactions, and the risks and benefits of participation in the study should be considered; clinical judgment should be exercised to manage this potential drug interaction

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01253642
United States, Oregon | |
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute | |
Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239 | |
United States, Washington | |
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | |
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109 | |
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance | |
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109 |
Principal Investigator: | Tomasz Beer | OHSU Knight Cancer Institute |
Responsible Party: | Tom Beer, Principal Investigator, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01253642 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
IRB00005688 NCI-2010-02037 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) SOL-09105-LM 5688 OHSU-5688 e5688 MR00045508 MR46390 IRB00005688 ( Other Identifier: OHSU Knight Cancer Institute ) P30CA069533 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | December 3, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | December 11, 2017 |
Last Update Posted: | December 11, 2017 |
Last Verified: | December 2017 |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Prostatic Neoplasms Adenocarcinoma Genital Neoplasms, Male Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Genital Diseases, Male Prostatic Diseases Carcinoma Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
Docetaxel Phenelzine Antineoplastic Agents Tubulin Modulators Antimitotic Agents Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antidepressive Agents Psychotropic Drugs Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors |