Table 2.
Ongoing single-agent trialsa
Agent | Phase | Target population | No. patients | Comments |
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ProVenge® (sipuleucel-T) | IIII | Metastatic HRPC | 500 | IMPACT (immunotherapy in metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma treatment), 2:1 randomized, double-blinded trial comparing ProVenge I.V. q 2 weeks × 3 to empty vector. Primary endpoint is overall survival. Crossover to a second-line active treatment protocol is allowed for the control group upon progression. |
GVAX® prostate | III | Progressive, metastatic HRPC, asymptomatic | 600 | VITAL-1 (vaccine immunotherapy with allogeneic prostate cancer cell Lines), 1:1 randomized, unblinded trial comparing first line immunotherapy (GVAX q 2 weeks × 13) to standard chemotherapy (docetaxel q 3 weeks × 9). Primary endpoint is overall survival. |
Ipilimumab (MDX-010) | I/II | Metastatic HRPC, no chronic narcotic pain medication, prior chemotherapy allowed | 34 | Open-label, multi-site dose-escalation study of MDX-010 q 3 weeks × 4 doses. |
Current data available at www.clinicaltrials.gov.