Treatment of advanced prostate cancer with XNW5004 and enzalutamide
Official title: A Phase Ib/II Study of XNW5004 Tablet in Combination With Enzalutamide in Subjects With Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) Who Failed Prior Novel Hormone Therapy
Run by Evopoint Biosciences Inc. · NCT06702995 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This study tests if combining the drugs XNW5004 and enzalutamide can help men with advanced prostate cancer that hasn't responded to other hormone treatments.
Quick facts
| Phase | Phase1; Phase2 |
|---|---|
| Study type | Interventional |
| Ages | 18 Years and up |
| Sex | Men only |
| Enrollment | 307 (estimated) |
| Sponsor | Evopoint Biosciences Inc. Industry-sponsored |
| Drugs / interventions | chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation |
| Locations | 2 sites (Jinan, Shandong and 1 other locations) |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Started | April 19, 2023 |
| Main results expected | July 13, 2027 |
| Study ends | July 13, 2027 |
| Registry record updated | October 20, 2026 |
| Trial ID | NCT06702995 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
Is this trial a fit for you?
✓Likely a good fit
Ideal candidates include adult males aged 18 and older with confirmed metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma who have experienced disease progression despite prior hormone therapy.
✕Probably not a fit
Patients with neuroendocrine carcinoma or small cell carcinoma of the prostate 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 clinical trial investigates the combination of XNW5004 and enzalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have previously failed other hormone therapies. The study is divided into three parts: a dose escalation phase to determine the optimal dosage, a dose expansion phase to evaluate safety and preliminary anti-tumor activity, and a randomized phase to compare the efficacy of the combination treatment against enzalutamide alone. Participants will be closely monitored for safety and treatment response throughout the trial.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this treatment could provide a new therapeutic option for patients with advanced prostate cancer who have limited treatment choices.
How similar studies have gone: Other studies have shown promise in combining novel therapies with enzalutamide, suggesting potential for success in this approach.
Who can join: the full rules
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients must have the ability to understand and sign an approved informed consent form (ICF). * Age at the time of consent ≥ 18 years; * Life expectancy of ≥ 3 months; * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 to 1; * Prostate adenocarcinoma confirmed by histological or cytological examination, except neuroendocrine carcinoma or small cell carcinoma; * Metastatic prostate cancer disease, documented by CT/MRI imaging/bone scan ; * Ongoing luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist (LHRHa) or antagonist therapy (medical castration) or prior bilateral orchiectomy (surgical castration); subjects who have not undergone bilateral orchiectomy must be scheduled for Maintain effective LHRHa therapy throughout the study period; * Testosterone at castration level (≤50ng/dL or 1.7nmol/L) at screening; * Progressive disease in the setting of medical or surgical castration for study entry, the subject has 1 or more of the following 3 items: (1) PSA progression, defined as PSA \> 1ng/ml and at least 2 episodes of PSA level elevation ≥ 1 week apart; (2) disease progression as defined by RECIST 1.1; (3) bone disease progression as defined by PCWG3 criteria, i.e., ≥ more than 2 new lesions found on bone scan; * Previous anti-tumor therapy meet the following conditions: Ib and IIb: Failure of previous abiraterone acetate therapy (refers to disease progression during abiraterone acetate treatment; disease progression is defined as the same as in Article 9 of the enrollment criteria), and no next generation androgen receptor inhibitors (enzalutamide or apalutamide, etc.) have been used; IIb: Failure of previous only one approved novel hormone therapy, such as abiraterone acetate, apalutamide, darolutamide and rezvilutamide, etc., except enzalutamide; * Adequate hematologic and non-hematologic function during the screening. * Must agree to take adequate contraceptive measures from the beginning of the study to at least 3 months after the last dose of the test drug, and prohibit sperm donation; * Ability to comply with all procedures of the clinical trial protocol. Exclusion Criteria: * Previous anti-tumor therapy meet the following conditions: Ib and IIb: previously received any next generation androgen receptor antagonists (such as enzalutamide, apalutamide, proxalutamide and rezvilutamide, etc.) ; IIa: previously received with enzalutamide or more than 1 novel hormone therapy; * Prior chemotherapy for castration resistant disease (including but not limited to ADCs); * Prior exposure to EZH2 inhibitor(s) (including but not limited to tazemetostat and EZH1/2 inhibitors); * Subjects who received anti-tumor therapies including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radical radiotherapy, major surgery, targeting therapy and other anti-tumor therapies within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is shorter) before the first dose; or received palliative radiotherapy within 2 weeks before the first dose; * Plan to receive any other anti-tumor therapy during this trial; * Subjects who participated in any other clinical trial of anti-tumor therapy within 28 days before the first dosing, and the last dose of other anti-tumor trial drug is within 28 days prior to the first administration of study drug in this trial; * Central nervous system metastasis or disease; * Severe bone injury caused by tumor bone metastasis judged by the investigator, including severe bone pain with poor control, pathological fractures of important sites and spinal cord compression that occurred in the past 6 months or are expected to occur in the near future, etc.; * Subjects who have a history of other malignancies within 3 years prior to enrollment and do not meet the criteria for clinical cure. This exclusion criterion does not apply to skin basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma with local treatment methods available and has been cured, superficial bladder cancer, intraductal breast carcinoma in situ, and papillary thyroid carcinoma; * Subjects who experienced stroke or other serious cerebrovascular diseases within 12 months prior to enrollment; * Subjects who have impaired heart functions or clinically serious heart disease; * Have severe systemic active infection; * Have a history of tuberculosis within 1 year before enrollment, or had an active TB infection more than 1 year before but not received adequate anti-TB treatment; * Subjects known to be allergic to the study drug or its active ingredients or excipients; * Subjects taking known moderate or strong inducers and inhibitors of CYP3A within 14 days before the first administration; * Active autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, such as: systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriasis requiring systemic therapy, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and Hashimoto's thyroiditis, etc., except type I diabetes, Hypothyroidism that can be controlled by replacement therapy alone, hyperthyroidism that is stable under drug control, skin diseases that do not require systemic therapy (eg, vitiligo, psoriasis); * Past medical history of interstitial lung disease (ILD), history of drug-induced ILD, history of radiation pneumonitis requiring steroid therapy, or evidence of any clinically active ILD; * Known impaired gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI diseases that may significantly affect the absorption or metabolism of oral drugs; abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation or abdominal abscess occurred within 6 months before the first administration; * Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive, syphilis (Anti-TB) positive; * Known acute or chronic active hepatitis B (HBsAg positive or HBcAb positive, and HBV DNA ≥ 200 IU/mL or ≥ 103 copies/mL) or acute or chronic active hepatitis C (HCV antibody positive and positive for HCV RNA test); * Subjects who experienced toxicity events during previous anti-tumor treatment and the toxicity has not resolved (the toxicity events has not been graded as ≤ level 1 according to NCI-CTCAE 5.0). Other toxicities that the investigator does not think it will affect the safety assessment of the subject (such as hair loss, etc.) will be allowed; * Subjects who have clinically symptomatic and uncontrollable pleural or pericardial effusions after multiple times of treatments; * Subjects who have an allogeneic tissue/ solid organ transplantation; * Subjects who underwent major surgery within 4 weeks prior to the start of the study treatment, or who are scheduled to undergo a major surgery during the study period (procedures such as puncture or lymph node biopsy is allowed); * Subjects who have received live vaccines (including attenuated live vaccines) within 28 days prior to the administration of study drug. Inactivated vaccines are permitted. * A superscan as seen in the baseline bone scan; * Subjects who are considered unsuitable for the study judged by the investigator.
Where it's running
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Cancer Hosipital of Shandong First Medical University,440 Jiyan Road, Jinan City, Shandong Province
Jinan, Shandong, China Recruiting -
270 Dongan Road, Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China Recruiting
Study contacts
- Principal investigator: D Ye, M.D. — Dingwei Ye
- Study coordinator: Junjie Zhang
- Email: junjie.zhang@evopointbio.com
- Phone: 86+15010250838
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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.