New combo attack on prostate cancer liver spread begins safety trial
NCT ID NCT07145177
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-phase study tests whether combining a radioactive drug (177Lu-PSMA-617) with liver-directed procedures (ablation or chemoembolization) is safe for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer that has spread to the liver. The 30 participants must have already tried at least one hormone therapy. The main goal is to track side effects and see if tumors shrink.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- 177Lu-PSMA-617 (a radioactive drug that targets prostate cancer cells)
- What this could lead to
- If this combination proves safe, it could offer a new treatment option for men with prostate cancer that has spread to the liver and stopped responding to hormone therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early (phase 1b) and small study (30 people) focused on safety, not effectiveness. The added liver treatments may increase side effects, and the approach may not work for everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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. Histologically confirmed prostate cancer. 2. Progressive disease by PCWG3 criteria at study entry. 3. Male participants who are at least 18 years of age on the day of signing informed consent. 4. Castrate level of serum testosterone at study entry (\< 50 ng/dL). Note: Participants without prior bilateral orchiectomy are required to remain on Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogue treatment for duration of study treatment. 5. Prior progression on at least one second generation androgen signaling inhibitor including abiraterone, apalutamide, darolutamide, and/or enzalutamide. 6. Adverse events related to prior anti-cancer treatment (excluding LHRH analogs) must have recovered to Grade ≤ 1 (except for any grade alopecia and grade ≤ 2 neuropathy). 7. Prior external beam radiotherapy is allowed if the last radiotherapy treatment was greater than 2 weeks from start of study treatment on Cycle 1 Day 1 (C1D1). Note: Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities. A 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (≤2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-central nervous system (CNS) disease. 8. At least one PSMA-avid extrahepatic lesion on screening PSMA Positron Emission Tomography (PET). A positive lesion is defined as uptake above background liver. Hepatic lesions may be PSMA PETnegative or positive. 9. Availability of archival mCRPC tissue, or presence of a metastatic lesion that is amenable to fresh biopsy and willingness to undergo biopsy during screening if no archival mCRPC tissue available. 10. The presence of one or more liver metastases amenable to liver-directed therapy in the judgment of the treating interventional radiologist. Liver metastases may be detected by CT or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and biopsy confirmation is not required. 11. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2 or Karnofsky ≥ 50%. 12. Demonstrates adequate organ function as defined below: 1. Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/ microliter (mcL). 2. Platelets ≥ 100,000/mcL. 3. Hemoglobin \> 9.0 g/dL. 4. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN). In participants with known or suspected Gilbert's disease, direct bilirubin ≤ ULN. 5. aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) ≤ 5 x institutional upper limit of normal. 6. alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) ≤ 5 x institutional upper limit of normal. 7. Prothrombin time ≤ 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (unless on medical therapy known to prolong prothrombin time). 8. Albumin ≥ 2.8 g/dL 9. Creatinine clearance Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 30 mL/min/1.73 m2, calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault equation or 24 hour urine collection. 13. Participants with previously treated brain metastases are eligible provided the following criteria are all met: 1. Last treatment was \> 28 days prior to C1D1 2. No evidence of new/progressive brain metastases is observed on MRI obtained during the Screening window 14. Participants must use appropriate methods of contraception during study treatment and for at least 6 months after last study treatment. Note: Participants who are sexually active should consider their female partner to be of childbearing potential if she has experienced menarche and is not postmenopausal (defined as amenorrhea \> 24 consecutive months) or has not undergone successful surgical sterilization. Even women who use contraceptive hormones (oral, implanted, or injected), an intrauterine device, or barrier methods (diaphragms, condoms, spermicide) should be considered to be of childbearing potential. Participants who have undergone vasectomy themselves should also be considered to be of childbearing potential. Acceptable methods of contraception include continuous total abstinence, or double barrier method of birth control (e.g., condoms used with spermicide, or condoms used with oral contraceptives). Periodic abstinence and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception. 15. Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. Exclusion Criteria: 1. De novo small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer. 2. One or more extrahepatic soft tissue lesions (lymph nodes \> 1.5 cm in short axis, visceral/soft tissue lesions \> 1 cm) on screening CT that is negative on PSMA PET. Non- PSMA avid liver lesions are allowed. 3. Recipient of other systemic anti-cancer therapies administered within 14 days, or 5 half lives, whichever is shorter, prior to initiation of study treatment. Note: LHRH analogues are the exception and are permitted 4. Recipient of prior PSMA-directed radioligand treatment. 5. Recipient of \> 2 lines of prior taxane-based chemotherapy administered in the castration-resistant setting. Prior taxane in the castration sensitive setting does not count towards this limit. If platinum chemotherapy is added to taxane this does not count as a separate line of treatment. 6. Previous bilio-enteric anastomosis, ampulla of Vater sphincterotomy, biliary stent, or biliary drain passing through the ampulla of Vater. 7. Currently participating in a study of an investigational therapeutic agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment on C1D1. Note: Participants who have entered the follow-up phase of an investigational study may participate as long as it has been 4 weeks after the last dose of the previous investigational agent. 8. Clinically significant cardiovascular disease including, but not limited to: 1. Uncontrolled or any New York Heart Association Class 3 or 4 congestive heart failure. 2. Uncontrolled angina, history of myocardial infarction, unstable angina, or stroke within 6 months before study entry. 3. Clinically significant arrhythmias not controlled by medication. Note: Chronic rate-controlled or paroxysmal atrial fibrillation/flutter is not an exclusion to study participation. 9. Major surgery within 28 days of study treatment. Note: If participant received major surgery, they must have recovered adequately from the toxicity and/or complications from the intervention prior to starting study treatment on C1D1. Minor procedures (e.g., biopsy, cataract surgery, stent placement, endoscopy) are not considered major surgery. 10. Has a secondary malignancy requiring active treatment at study entry (except for carcinoma-in-situ, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, and non-melanoma skin cancer). 11. Has an active infection requiring intravenous antibiotics within 7 days prior to C1D1. 12. Has a known history of Hepatitis B infection (Hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] reactive) or known active Hepatitis C virus infection (HCV RNA \[qualitative\] detected, with the following exceptions: 1. Participants who are HbsAg positive are eligible if they have received hepatitis B Virus (HBV) antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to study entry. 2. Participants with history of HCV infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable at screening. Participants must have completed curative anti-viral therapy at least 4 weeks prior to study entry. 13. Not a candidate for liver-directed therapy on the basis of any of the following: 1. History of bleeding diathesis and currently on anti-coagulation therapy that cannot be safely discontinued for liver directed therapy. 2. Clinically significant ascites including requiring more than one paracentesis in the 28 days prior to C1D1. 14. Unable or unwilling to follow radiation safety precautions following each dose of radioligand therapy or liver directed therapy. 15. Any condition that, in the opinion of the Principal Investigator, would impair the participant's ability to comply with study procedures.
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University of California, San Francisco
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