TALAPRO-2: A two-part, placebo-controlled phase III study of talazoparib (TALA) with enzalutamide (ENZA) in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
TPS337 Background: ENZA is approved to treat men with CRPC. TALA is a poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor that inhibits PARP1/PARP2 and traps PARP on DNA, preventing DNA damage repair (DDR), and causing cell death in BRCA1/2-mutated cells. TALA is approved in the US to treat germline BRCA1/2-mutated HER2- locally advanced/metastatic breast cancer. A combination of TALA with ENZA in mCRPC may improve clinical outcomes. Methods: Eligible patients (pts) in parts (P) 1 and 2 of this study are aged ≥18 years; have asymptomatic/mildly symptomatic mCRPC, ECOG PS ≤1, and no brain metastases; and have not received taxanes/novel hormonal therapy (NHT). P1 is an open label study to confirm the starting dose of TALA to be given in combination with ENZA. P2 is a randomized double-blind study that will evaluate the safety, efficacy and pt reported outcomes of TALA (0.5 mg QD) + ENZA (160 mg QD) vs placebo + ENZA in 2 cohorts (C). C1: pts with mCRPC (all comers) (N = 560); C2: pts with DDR gene mutations likely to sensitize to PARP inhibition (DDR deficient) (N = 300). Randomization will be stratified by prior treatment with NHT for castration sensitive prostate cancer (CSPC) or prior treatment with taxane-based chemotherapy for CSPC (yes/no), and DDR mutation status (deficient vs. nondeficient/unknown). For P1, the primary endpoint is safety; the secondary endpoint is pharmacokinetics of TALA and ENZA. For P2, the primary endpoint is radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS), defined as time to progression in soft tissue per RECIST v1.1 or in bone per PCWG3 criteria or death and evaluated separately in all comers (C1) and DDR-deficient (DDR-deficient pts from C1 and C2 combined, N = 380 pts) populations. The key secondary endpoint is overall survival. Efficacy will be assessed by radiography every 8 weeks up to week 25 and every 8-12 weeks thereafter. P2 analysis for rPFS is powered at 90% and 85% using a 2-sided log-rank test with alpha of 0.025, respectively, in the all comers and DDR deficient populations. This study was sponsored by Pfizer Inc. Clinical trial information: NCT03395197.