Comparing Opevesostat to Other Treatments for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Official title: A Phase 3 Randomized, Open-label Study of MK-5684 Versus Alternative Abiraterone Acetate or Enzalutamide in Participants With Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) Previously Treated With Next-generation Hormonal Agent (NHA) and Taxane-based Chemotherapy (OMAHA-003)
Run by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · NCT06136624 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This study is testing if a new drug called opevesostat can help people with advanced prostate cancer live longer and have fewer problems with their disease compared to other treatments they’ve already tried.
Quick facts
| Phase | Phase 3 |
|---|---|
| Study type | Interventional |
| Ages | 18 Years and up |
| Sex | All |
| Enrollment | 1310 (estimated) |
| Sponsor | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Industry-sponsored |
| Drugs / interventions | denosumab, chemotherapy, radiation, prednisone |
| Locations | 288 sites (Orange, California and 287 other locations) |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Started | December 31, 2023 |
| Main results expected | November 30, 2028 |
| Study ends | March 29, 2030 |
| Registry record updated | November 5, 2026 |
| Trial ID | NCT06136624 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
Is this trial a fit for you?
✓Likely a good fit
Ideal candidates are men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have progressed on prior hormonal therapies and chemotherapy.
✕Probably not a fit
Patients with small cell histology prostate cancer or those who have not received prior hormonal agents may not benefit from this study.
A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.
What this trial studies
This phase 3, randomized, open-label study evaluates the effectiveness of opevesostat compared to alternative treatments like abiraterone acetate or enzalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The study focuses on overall survival and radiographic progression-free survival, assessing outcomes through independent reviews. Participants must have previously received treatment with next-generation hormonal agents and taxane-based chemotherapy. The goal is to determine if opevesostat offers superior benefits in terms of survival and disease progression.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this treatment could improve survival rates and delay disease progression for patients with advanced prostate cancer.
How similar studies have gone: Other studies have shown promising results with similar approaches, but the specific efficacy of opevesostat remains to be fully established.
Who can join: the full rules
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Has histologically- or cytologically-confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate without small cell histology. * Has prostate cancer progression while on androgen deprivation therapy (or post bilateral orchiectomy) within 6 months before Screening * Has current evidence of distant metastatic disease (M1 disease) documented by either bone lesions on bone scan and/or soft tissue disease by computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (CT/MRI). * Has disease that progressed during or after treatment with 1 novel hormonal agent (NHA) * Has received 1 but no more than 2 taxane-based chemotherapy regimens for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and has had progressive disease (PD) during or after treatment * Has ongoing androgen deprivation with serum testosterone \<50 ng/dL (\<1.7 nM) * Has provided tumor tissue from a fresh core or excisional biopsy from soft tissue not previously irradiated * Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 assessed within 7 days of randomization * Has had prior treatment with PARPi or were deemed ineligible to receive treatment by the investigator or have refused PARPi treatment * Has received prior 177Lu-PSMA-617 or were deemed ineligible to receive 177Lu-PSMA-617 treatment by the investigator or refused 177Lu-PSMA-617 treatment * Participants who have not received cabazitaxel can be enrolled if they are ineligible for cabazitaxel treatment as determined by the investigator or have refused treatment * If participant received first generation anti-androgen therapy before screening, the participant has evidence of disease progression \>4 weeks since the last flutamide treatment and \>6 weeks since the last bicalutamide or nilutamide treatment * Participants receiving bone resorptive therapy (including, but not limited to, bisphosphonate or denosumab) must have been on stable doses for ≥ 4 weeks before the date of randomization * Participants with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection must have well controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) * Participants who are hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive are eligible if they have received hepatitis B virus (HBV) antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load before randomization * Participants with history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at Screening. * Participants who can produce sperm must agree to the following during the study treatment period and for at least 7 days after the last dose of opevesostat, for at least 30 days after the last dose of abiraterone acetate, and for at least 3 months after the last dose of enzalutamide: EITHER be abstinent OR must agree to use male condom Exclusion Criteria: * Has a gastrointestinal disorder that might affect absorption * Has a history of pituitary dysfunction * Has poorly controlled diabetes mellitus * Has clinically significant abnormal serum potassium or sodium level * Has a history of active or unstable cardio/cerebro-vascular disease, including thromboembolic events * Has a history of seizure within 6 months of providing documented informed consent or any condition that may predispose to seizures within 12 months before the date of randomization * Has a history of clinically significant ventricular arrhythmias * Has received an anticancer monoclonal antibody (mAb) within 4 weeks before the date of randomization, or has not recovered from adverse events (AEs) due to mAbs administered more than 4 weeks before the date of randomization * Has undergone major surgery, including local prostate intervention (except prostate biopsy), within 28 days before the date of randomization, and has not recovered from the toxicities and/or complications * Participants who have not adequately recovered from major surgery or have ongoing surgical complications * Has used herbal or medicinal products that may have hormonal anti-prostate cancer activity and/or are known to decrease prostate-specific Antigen (PSA) (eg, saw palmetto, megesterol acetate, citrus pectin polysaccharide) within 4 weeks before the date of randomization * Has received radium-223 or Lutetium-177 within 4 weeks before the date of randomization, or has not recovered to Grade ≤1 or baseline from AEs due to radium-223 or Lutetium-177 administered more than 4 weeks before the date of randomization * Has received treatment with 5-αreductase inhibitors (eg, finasteride or dutasteride), estrogens, or cyproterone within 4 weeks before the date of randomization * Has received colony-stimulating factors within 28 days before the date of randomization * Has received a whole blood transfusion in the last 120 days before the date of randomization. Packed red blood cells and platelet transfusions are acceptable if not given within 28 days of the date of randomization * Has received prior targeted small molecule therapy or NHA treatment within 4 weeks before the first dose of study intervention as follows: enzalutamide or apalutamide within 3 weeks or abiraterone acetate + prednisone or darolutamide within 2 weeks * Has a "superscan" bone scan * Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of study medication * Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years * Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis * Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years * Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy * Has concurrent active HBV or known active HCV infection * Has a history of long QTc syndrome * Has any of the following at Screening Visit: hypotension (systolic BP \<110 mm Hg) or uncontrolled hypertension (systolic BP ≥160 mm Hg or diastolic BP ≥90 mm Hg, in 2 out of 3 recordings with optimized antihypertensive therapy) * Is unable to swallow capsules/tablets * Is currently being treated with cytochrome 450-inducing antiepileptic drugs for seizures * Participants on an unstable dose of thyroid hormone therapy within 6 months before the start of the study intervention * Received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks before the first dose of study intervention * Received prior radiotherapy within 2 weeks of start of study intervention, or radiation-related toxicities, requiring corticosteroids * Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention * Systemic use of the following medications within 2 weeks before the first dose of study intervention: strong CYP3A4 inducers (eg, avasimibe, carbamazepine, lumacaftor, phenobarbital, rifampicin, rifapentine, or St John's Wort); P-gp inhibitors (eg, erythromycin, clarithromycin, rifampicin, ketoconazole, itraconazole, posaconazole, artesunate-pyronaridine, ritonavir, indinavir, nelfinavir, atazanavir, glecaprevir-pibrentasvir, simeprevir, ledipasvir-sofosbuvir, verapamil, diltiazem, dronedarone, propafenone, quinidine, cyclosporine, valspodar, or milk thistle \[Silybum marianum\]) * Use of aldosterone antagonist (eg, spironolactone, eplerenone) and phenytoin within 4 weeks before the start of the study intervention
Where it's running
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Stanford Cancer Center ( Site 0036)
Palo Alto, California, United States Recruiting -
Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center ( Site 0099)
Riverside, California, United States Recruiting -
Anschutz Cancer Pavilion ( Site 0046)
Aurora, Colorado, United States Recruiting -
University of Colorado Health - Highlands Ranch Hospital ( Site 0111)
Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States Recruiting -
University of Colorado Health - Lone Tree Medical Center ( Site 0112)
Lone Tree, Colorado, United States Recruiting -
Yale-New Haven Hospital-Yale Cancer Center ( Site 0064)
New Haven, Connecticut, United States Recruiting
Show 44 more locations
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University of Miami Hospital and Clinics, Sylvester Cancer Center ( Site 0051)
Miami, Florida, United States Recruiting -
University of Illinois at Chicago ( Site 0105)
Chicago, Illinois, United States Recruiting -
University of Chicago Medical Center ( Site 0045)
Chicago, Illinois, United States Recruiting -
Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center ( Site 0069)
Baltimore, Maryland, United States Recruiting -
Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center ( Site 0049)
Baltimore, Maryland, United States Recruiting -
Avera Cancer Institute - Marshall ( Site 0122)
Marshall, Minnesota, United States Recruiting -
M Health Fairview Clinics and Surgery Center ( Site 0019)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Recruiting -
Hattiesburg Clinic Hematology/Oncology ( Site 0120)
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States Recruiting -
Washington University School of Medicine-Internal Medicine/Oncology ( Site 0062)
St Louis, Missouri, United States Recruiting -
University Of Nebraska Medical Center-Oncology/Hematology ( Site 0095)
Omaha, Nebraska, United States Recruiting -
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada ( Site 0010)
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Recruiting -
Atlantic Health System Morristown Medical Center ( Site 0115)
Morristown, New Jersey, United States Recruiting -
James J. Peters VA Medical Center ( Site 0088)
The Bronx, New York, United States Recruiting -
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center ( Site 0043)
Cleveland, Ohio, United States Recruiting -
VA Portland Health Care System ( Site 0058)
Portland, Oregon, United States Recruiting -
Avera Cancer Institute - Aberdeen ( Site 0123)
Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States Recruiting -
Avera Cancer Institute - Mitchell ( Site 0121)
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States Recruiting -
Avera Cancer Institute - Pierre ( Site 0118)
Pierre, South Dakota, United States Recruiting -
Avera Cancer Institute- Research ( Site 0094)
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States Recruiting -
Avera Cancer Institute - Yankton ( Site 0117)
Yankton, South Dakota, United States Recruiting -
SCRI Oncology Partners ( Site 7000)
Nashville, Tennessee, United States Recruiting -
Texas Oncology - Central/South Texas ( Site 8003)
Austin, Texas, United States Recruiting -
Texas Oncology - Gulf Coast ( Site 8002)
Houston, Texas, United States Recruiting -
University of Virginia Health System ( Site 0054)
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States Recruiting -
Blue Ridge Cancer Care ( Site 0004)
Roanoke, Virginia, United States Recruiting -
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ( Site 0013)
Seattle, Washington, United States Recruiting -
Medical College of Wisconsin ( Site 0020)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Recruiting -
Asociación de Beneficencia Hospital Sirio Libanés ( Site 0205)
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina Recruiting -
Instituto Alexander Fleming-Alexander Fleming ( Site 0206)
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina Recruiting -
Sanatorio Parque ( Site 0208)
Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina Recruiting -
Fundacion Centro Oncologico de Integración Regional-Medical Oncology ( Site 0204)
Mendoza, Argentina Recruiting -
Dubbo Hospital ( Site 0235)
Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia Recruiting -
Macquarie University-MQ Health Clinical Trials Unit ( Site 0234)
Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia Recruiting -
Westmead Hospital ( Site 0232)
Westmead, New South Wales, Australia Recruiting -
Princess Alexandra Hospital-Cancer Care Serices ( Site 0237)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Recruiting -
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre-Parkville Cancer Clinical Trials Unit (PCCTU) ( Site 0230)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Recruiting -
Medizinische Universität Graz-Innere Medizin Klin. Abt. Onkologie ( Site 0280)
Graz, Styria, Austria Recruiting -
Ordensklinikum Linz GmbH Elisabethinen-Urologie ( Site 0276)
Linz, Upper Austria, Austria Recruiting -
Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen GmbH ( Site 0279)
Wels, Upper Austria, Austria Recruiting -
Hospital Santa Rita de Cassia-Centro de Pesquisa Clínica ( Site 0320)
Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil Recruiting -
Obras Sociais Irma Dulce ( Site 0302)
Salvador, Estado de Bahia, Brazil Recruiting -
Hospital Felicio Rocho ( Site 0317)
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Recruiting -
Hospital Mario Penna ( Site 0309)
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Recruiting -
Hospital Universitário Evangélico Mackenzie-Centro de Oncologia Mackenzie ( Site 0314)
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Recruiting
+238 more sites. See ClinicalTrials.gov for the full list.
Study contacts
- Study coordinator: Toll Free Number
- Email: Trialsites@msd.com
- Phone: 1-888-577-8839
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How to take part
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
- Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.