New hope for tough prostate cancer: immunotherapy meets targeted radiation
NCT ID NCT05682443
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether adding an immunotherapy drug (ONC-392) to a targeted radiation therapy (Pluvicto) can help men with a hard-to-treat form of advanced prostate cancer. About 148 participants whose cancer has worsened despite standard treatments will receive either a low or high dose of ONC-392 plus Pluvicto. The goal is to see if the combination can shrink tumors or delay cancer growth, while monitoring for side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ONC-392 (gotistobart) and lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan (Pluvicto)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new treatment option for men with advanced prostate cancer that has stopped responding to standard therapies, potentially slowing disease progression.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial (Phase 1/2) with a small number of participants, so results may not apply broadly. The combination may cause significant side effects, including immune-related reactions and radiation toxicity.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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148 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2023
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Male participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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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: 1. Patients must be ≥ 18 years of age and have the ability to understand and sign an approved informed consent form (ICF). 2. Patients must have an ECOG performance status of 0 or 1. 3. Patients must have a life expectancy \> 6 months. 4. Patients must have histological or cytological confirmation of prostate adenocarcinoma. 5. Patients must have a positive PSMA in an FDA-approved PSMA PET scan. A positive PSMA is defined as at least one tumor lesion with PSMA uptake greater than normal liver. 6. Patients must have prior orchiectomy and/or ongoing androgen-deprivation therapy and a castrate level of serum testosterone (\< 50 ng/dL or \< 1.7 nmol/L). 7. Patients must have received at least one second generation AR-targeting agents (such as apalutamide, darolutamide, enzalutamide and/or abiraterone). 8. Patients should have prior treatment of up to two taxane regimens, or are unfit for, or refuse taxane chemotherapy. A taxane regimen is defined as a minimum exposure of 2 cycles of a taxane. Note: Taxane chemotherapy administered in the Castration Sensitive Prostate Cancer (CSPC) or Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC) setting is allowed. 9. Patients must have progressive mCRPC. Documented progressive mCRPC will be based on at least 1 of the following criteria: 1. Serum PSA progression defined as 2 consecutive increases in PSA over a previous reference value measured at least 1 week prior. The minimal start value is 1.0 ng/mL. 2. RECIST v1.1 soft-tissue progression 3. Progression of bone disease: 2 or more new metastatic bone lesions by bone scan per PCWG3 criteria. 10. Patients must have ≥ 1 metastatic lesion that is present on baseline CT, MRI, or bone scan imaging obtained ≤ 42 days prior to beginning study therapy. 11. Patients must have adequate organ function. 12. Patients with or without concomitant bisphosphonate or denosumab regimen for ≥ 30 days prior to randomization are eligible. 13. For patients who have partners of childbearing potential: Partner and/or patient must use adequate methods of birth control with barrier protection, deemed acceptable by the principal investigator during the study and for 3 months after last study drug administration. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who have not recovered to NCI CTCAE grade ≤ 1 from an adverse event (AE) due to prior cancer therapeutics except neuropathy or endocrinopathy with Gr 2 or less. 2. Any systemic anti-cancer therapy within 5 half-lives or 14 days, whichever is shorter (small molecule drugs) or within 28 days for antibody based therapy, prior to starting study treatment. 3. Known hypersensitivity to the components of the study therapy or its analogs. 4. Other concurrent cytotoxic chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radioligand therapy, or investigational therapy. 5. Transfusion within 14 days of first day of study treatment 6. PSMA-negative lesions are defined as lesions with PSMA uptake equal to or lower than that of liver parenchyma. Patients with PSMA-negative lesions in any lymph node with a short axis of ≥ 2.5 cm, in any metastatic solid-organ lesions with a short axis of ≥ 1.0 cm, or in any metastatic bone lesion with a soft-tissue component of ≥ 1.0 cm in the short axis are ineligible. 7. Previous treatment with Strontium-89, Samarium-153, Rhenium-186, Rhenium-188, Radium-223 or hemi-body irradiation within 6 months prior to randomization. Previous PSMA-targeted radioligand therapy is not allowed. 8. Patients with a history of CNS metastases must have received therapy (surgery, radiotherapy, gamma knife) and be neurologically stable, asymptomatic, and not receiving corticosteroids for the purposes of maintaining neurologic integrity. Patients with epidural disease, canal disease and prior cord involvement are eligible if those areas have been treated, are stable, and not neurologically impaired. For patients with parenchymal CNS metastasis (or a history of CNS metastasis), baseline and subsequent radiological imaging must include evaluation of the brain (MRI preferred or CT with contrast). 9. A superscan as seen in the baseline bone scan. 10. Symptomatic cord compression, or clinical or radiologic findings indicative of impending cord compression. 11. Concurrent serious (as determined by the Principal Investigator) medical conditions, including, but not limited to, myocardial infarction within 6 months, New York Heart Association class III or IV congestive heart failure, history of congenital prolonged QT syndrome, or unstable arrhythmia within 3 months, uncontrolled infection, active hepatitis B or C, or other significant co-morbid conditions that in the opinion of the investigator would impair study participation or cooperation. 12. Active concurrent malignancy (with the exception of non-melanomatous skin cancer). Patients with carcinoma in situ of any origin and patients with prior malignancies who are in remission and/or whose likelihood of recurrence is very low per investigator's judgment are eligible for this study. 13. Receiving systemic steroid therapy with \> 10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent within 7 days prior to the first dose of study treatment or receiving any other form of immunosuppressive medication. 14. Active GI disease, including peptic ulcer disease, pancreatitis, diverticulitis, or inflammatory bowel disease. 15. Active or previously documented autoimmune disease and/or current use of immunosuppressive agents. Use of endocrine replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, low dose of steroid, etc.) is allowed.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chesapeake Urology Research Associates
Towson, Maryland, 21204, United States
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Columbia University Irving Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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Duke Cancer Center
Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Emory University Winship Cancer Institute
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
Burlington, Massachusetts, 01805, United States
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Moffitt Cancer Cancer
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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NYU Langone Health, Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10016, United States
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New Mexico Oncology Hematology Consultants
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87109, United States
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OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Portland, Oregon, 97210, United States
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Oncology and Hematology Associates Of Southwest Virginia USOR
Norton, Virginia, 24273, United States
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Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers USOR
Aurora, Colorado, 80012, United States
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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo, New York, 14203, United States
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Rutgers Cancer Institute
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States
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The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland, 21202, United States
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UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sacramento, California, 95817, United States
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UNC North Carolina Comprehensive Cancer Care Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States
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UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States
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UW Carbone Cancer Center
Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States
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University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States
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Virginia Cancer Specialists USOR
Fairfax, Virginia, 22031, United States
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Virginia Oncology Associates USOR
Norfolk, Virginia, 23502, United States
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XCancer/GU Research Network
Omaha, Nebraska, 68130, United States
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