New 'See and Treat' approach targets Hard-to-Treat prostate cancer

NCT ID NCT04868604

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests two copper-based drugs that work together: one helps doctors see prostate cancer tumors on scans, and the other delivers targeted radiation to kill them. The trial involves 54 men with a type of advanced prostate cancer that no longer responds to hormone therapy. The goal is to find the safest and most effective dose while checking if the treatment can shrink tumors or lower PSA levels.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
64Cu-SAR-bisPSMA and 67Cu-SAR-bisPSMA (copper-based imaging and therapy agents)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could lead to a more targeted way to both detect and treat advanced prostate cancer with fewer side effects than traditional therapies.
What could go wrong
This is an early-phase trial with only 54 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The therapy may cause side effects or not shrink tumors as hoped.
Why investors are watching

Clarity Pharmaceuticals is running a phase I/IIa trial of a drug called 67Cu-SAR-bisPSMA in 54 men with a type of advanced prostate cancer. The trial tests whether the drug can both find and treat tumors that show a specific marker, PSMA. For a small company, this readout is a key test of whether its main drug candidate works safely and effectively.

If it works: A positive result could show that the drug controls the cancer and is safe, which would support Clarity's case for moving the drug toward later-stage testing. That could strengthen the company's position with partners or regulators.

If it fails: The trial could fail to show enough safety or disease control, or it could be delayed. Trials at this stage often fail, and a negative result would likely hurt the company's prospects for advancing the drug.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Phase 1/2

Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.

Participants

About 54 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Aug 2021

Expected to finish

Sep 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A company

The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Male participants only

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Signed informed consent; * ≥18 years of age; * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 to 2; * Life expectancy \>6 months; * Histological, pathological, and/or cytological confirmation of Prostate cancer (PCa); * Positive 64Cu-SAR-bisPSMA PET/CT scan, where 64Cu-SAR-bisPSMA uptake (standardized uptake value \[SUV\] max) of at least 1 known lesion is higher than that of the liver on the 1 hour positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) scan; * Castrate level of serum/plasma testosterone (\<50 ng/dL or \<1.7 nmol/L); * Have progressive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) despite prior androgen deprivation therapy and: * Dose Escalation: at least either enzalutamide and/or abiraterone (or other such androgen receptor pathway inhibitors \[androgen receptor pathway inhibitorsARPIs\]). * Cohort Expansion Main Group: Participant has progressed once or twice on a prior second generation ARPI (abiraterone, enzalutamide, darolutamide, or apalutamide). No concomitant ARPI on study. Note: First generation ARPI is allowed but not considered as prior ARPI. Second generation ARPI must be the most recent therapy received. * Cohort Expansion Concomitant Enzalutamide Group: Participant has progressed only once on prior second generation ARPI (prior abiraterone, darolutamide, or apalutamide is allowed, prior treatment with enzalutamide is not allowed). Note: First generation ARPI is allowed but not considered as prior ARPI. Second generation ARPI must be the most recent therapy received. Documented progressive mCRPC will be based on at least 1 of the following criteria: 1. Serum/plasma prostate specific antigen (PSA) progression defined as 2 consecutive increases in PSA over a previous reference value measured at least 1 week prior. The minimal value for study enrollment is 2.0 ng/mL; 2. Soft-tissue progression defined as a ≥20% increase in the sum of the diameter (SOD) (short axis for nodal lesions and long axis for non-nodal lesions) of all target lesions based on the smallest SOD since the last treatment directed at the metastatic cancer has started (not including hormonal therapy) or the appearance of 1 or more new lesions; 3. Progression of bone disease: evaluable disease or new bone lesions(s) by bone scan. * ≥1 metastatic lesion that is present at screening CT, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or bone scan imaging obtained ≤28 days prior to enrollment into the study; * Participants must have recovered to ≤ Grade 2 from all clinically significant toxicities related to prior therapies (prior chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy, etc.); * Participants must have adequate organ function: * Bone marrow reserve: * White blood cell (WBC) count ≥2.5 x 109/L (2.5 x 109/L is equivalent to 2.5 x 103/μL and 2.5 x K/μL and 2.5 x 103/cc and 2500/μL) OR * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5 x 109 /L (1.5 x 109 /L is equivalent to 1.5 x 103 /μL and 1.5 x K/μL and 1.5 x 103 /cc and 1500/μL); * Platelets ≥100 x 109 /L (100 x 109 /L is equivalent to 100 x 103 /μL and 100 x K/μL and 100 x 103 /cc and 100,000/μL); * Hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL (5.59 mmol/L); * Total bilirubin ≤1.5 x the institutional upper limit of normal (ULN). For participants with known Gilbert's Syndrome ≤3 x ULN is permitted; * Alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase ≤3.0 x ULN OR ≤5.0 x ULN for participants with liver metastases; * Creatinine clearance or estimated glomerular filtration rate ≥50 mL/min * For participants who are human immunodeficiency virus infected: Participant must be healthy and have a low risk of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome related outcomes in the opinion of the Investigator; * For participants who have partners of childbearing potential: Partner and/or participant must use a method of birth control with adequate barrier protection. Exclusion Criteria: * Major surgery within 12 weeks prior to enrollment into the study; * Brain metastasis; * Histologic diagnosis of small cell or neuroendocrine prostate cancer; * Prior history of leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome; * Diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis or Pulmonary Embolism within 4 weeks prior to enrollment into the study; * Unmanageable urinary tract obstruction; * Evidence of progressive lesion(s) on MRI and/or CT (according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors V1.1) that is prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) negative on the 1 hour 64Cu-SAR-bisPSMA PET/CT scan as determined at screening. NOTE: THIS CRITERION IS NOT APPLICABLE TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE 64Cu-SAR-bisPSMA DOSIMETRY PHASE AND DOSE ESCALATION PHASE. * Previous treatment with a systemic radionuclide: * Dose Escalation: Previous treatment with a systemic radionuclide, including 177Lu, Strontium-89, Samarium-153, Rhenium-186, Rhenium-188, Actinium-225, Iodine-131 within 6 months or in case of Radium-223 within 3 months of treatment initiation (Day 0) without prior approval of the medical monitor; * Cohort Expansion: Previous treatment with a systemic radionuclide, including Strontium-89, Samarium-153, Rhenium-186, Rhenium-188, Iodine-131 within 6 months or in case of Radium-223 within 3 months of treatment initiation (Day 0) without prior approval of the medical monitor; Any previous PSMA targeted radionuclide therapy (including 177Lu and Actinium-225) is also excluded. * Previous treatment with any systemic anti-cancer therapy (e.g. immunotherapy or biological therapy \[including monoclonal antibodies\]) within 4 weeks prior to treatment on study with the exception of Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone (LHRH), any other androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) or low dose corticosteroids. * Dose Escalation: prior treatment with chemotherapy within 4 weeks of first administration of 67Cu-SAR-bisPSMA is also excluded. * Cohort Expansion: Prior treatment with cytotoxic chemotherapy for castration resistant PCa (e.g. taxanes, platinum, estramustine, vincristine, methotrexate, etc) is also excluded. Note: Taxane exposure (maximum 6 cycles) in the adjuvant or neoadjuvant setting is allowed if 12 months have elapsed since completion of this adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy. Prior treatment with any poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) is also excluded. NOTE: THIS CRITERION IS NOT APPLICABLE TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE 64Cu-SAR-bisPSMA DOSIMETRY PHASE; * Previous treatment with any investigational agents within 4 weeks prior enrollment into the study; * Known hypersensitivity to the components of the investigational products or its analogues; * Transfusion for the sole purpose of making a participant eligible for study inclusion; * Spinal metastasis with symptomatic cord compression, or clinical or radiologic findings indicative of impending cord compression; * Concurrent serious medical conditions, including, but not limited to, New York Heart Association class III or IV congestive heart failure, history of congenital prolonged QT syndrome, uncontrolled infection, known active hepatitis B or C, or other significant co-morbid conditions that in the opinion of the Investigator would impair study participation or cooperation; * Diagnosed with other malignancies that are expected to alter life expectancy or may interfere with disease assessment. However, participants with a prior history of malignancy that has been adequately treated and who have been disease free for more than 3 years are eligible, as are participants with adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, superficial bladder cancer; * Any condition or personal situation that would pose an unacceptable radiation safety risk (as per institution guidelines, state and/or national regulations) to the participant or carer at the time of release following the completion of therapy (e.g. uncontrolled urinary incontinence, high dependency care); * Participants in whom it is known that external beam radiation therapy is scheduled after enrollment into the study. NOTE: THIS CRITERION IS NOT APPLICABLE TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE 64Cu-SAR-bisPSMA DOSIMETRY PHASE. * Participants in the Cohort Expansion Concomitant Enzalutamide Group: 1. Participants with known hypersensitivity to enzalutamide or any of its ingredients. 2. Participants with a history of seizures. 3. Participants with a history of loss of consciousness (unless of cardiac origin) or transient ischemic attack within 12 months prior to enrolment into the study. 4. Participants with conditions that increase the risk of seizures include those with a history of traumatic brain injury, stroke or cerebrovascular disease, arteriovenous malformations in the brain, neurodegenerative diseases, primary or metastatic brain tumors, active leptomeningeal disease, uncontrolled hypertension (systolic \>179 or diastolic \>105), patients undergoing alcohol withdrawal.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

castration-resistant prostate carcinoma Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant

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How to take part

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  2. The places running it

    7 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

    Email: •••••@•••••

Locations

  • BAMF Health

    RECRUITING

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States

  • East Jefferson General Hospital

    RECRUITING

    River Ridge, Louisiana, 70123, United States

  • Mayo Clinic

    RECRUITING

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

  • Stanford Cancer Institute

    RECRUITING

    Stanford, California, 94305, United States

  • Washington University School of Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital

    RECRUITING

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Weill Cornell Medicine at New York-Presbyterian

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10021, United States

  • XCancer

    RECRUITING

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68130, United States

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