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NCT04986423RecruitingPhase 2

ZEN003694 and Enzalutamide Versus Enzalutamide Monotherapy in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

A Randomized Phase 2b Study of ZEN003694 in Combination With Enzalutamide Versus Enzalutamide Monotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 May 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is an open-label, randomized, Phase 2b study of ZEN003694 in combination with enzalutamide vs. enzalutamide monotherapy in patients with mCRPC who have progressed on prior abiraterone by PCWG3 criteria. Disease must have progressed on only abiraterone by PCWG3 criteria prior to study entry. The patient population will be separated into two cohorts: Cohort A: Patients with poor response to prior abiraterone defined as: * Abiraterone started in hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (HSPC) disease setting: \< 12 months duration on abiraterone or failure to achieve PSA nadir of 0.2 ng/mL while taking abiraterone, or; * Abiraterone started in castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) disease setting: \< 6 months duration on abiraterone or failure to achieve PSA50 response while on abiraterone Cohort B: Patients with response to prior abiraterone, defined as: * Abiraterone started in hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (HSPC) disease setting: ≥ 12 months duration on abiraterone and nadir PSA \< 0.2 ng/mL, or; * Abiraterone started in castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) disease setting: ≥ 6 months duration on abiraterone and confirmed PSA50 response

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
200 (estimated)
First submitted
14 Jul 2021
Start date
8 Sept 2021
Primary completion date
Dec 2026
Lead sponsor
Zenith Epigenetics
NCT number
NCT04986423

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 200
  • From 8 Sept 2021 to the primary completion date, Dec 2026
  • 31 sites in 2 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Any history of brain metastases, prior seizure, conditions predisposing to seizure activity
  • Have previously received an investigational BET inhibitor (including previous participation in this study or a study of ZEN003694)
  • Have received prior chemotherapy in the metastatic castration-resistant setting (prior chemotherapy in the hormone-sensitive setting is allowed provided last dose was at least 6 months prior to first dose of study drug)
  • Have received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy within 2 weeks or five half-lives, whichever is shorter, prior to the first administration of study drug
  • Have received exogenous administration of testosterone therapy since discontinuation of abiraterone.
  • Failure to recover to Grade 1 or lower toxicity related to prior systemic therapy (excluding alopecia and neuropathy) prior to study entry
  • Radiation therapy within 2 weeks of the first administration of study drug

Lab values

  • Receipt of prior second-generation androgen receptor inhibitors (e.g. enzalutamide, apalutamide, darolutamide, proxalutamide). Receipt of first-generation AR antagonists (e.g. bicalutamide, nilutamide, flutamide) does not count towards this limit.

Who the study is looking for

  • Males age ≥ 18 years
  • Metastatic, castration-resistant, histologically confirmed prostate cancer
  • Surgical castration or continuous medical castration for ≥ 8 weeks prior to screening; serum testosterone \< 50 ng/dL confirmed within 4 weeks of first administration of study drug
  • Have progressed on prior abiraterone treatment by PCWG3 criteria
  • Patients who are not candidates for chemotherapy in the opinion of the investigator or patients who decline chemotherapy
  • Cohort A only - Patient must meet definition of poor responder to abiraterone by one of the following:
    • Abiraterone started in hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (HSPC) disease setting: \< 12 months duration on abiraterone or failure to achieve PSA nadir of 0.2 ng/mL while taking abiraterone
    • Abiraterone started in castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) disease setting: \< 6 months duration on abiraterone or failure to achieve a PSA50 response
  • Cohort B only - Patient must meet definition of responder to abiraterone by one of the following:
    • Abiraterone started in hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (HSPC) disease setting: ≥ 12 months duration on abiraterone and nadir PSA \< 0.2 ng/mL
    • Abiraterone started in castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) disease setting: ≥ 6 months duration on abiraterone and PSA50 response
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: Male · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (31)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Hunan Cancer Hospital
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ChangshaChinaRecruiting
Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital
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ChengduChinaRecruiting
Chongqing Cancer Hospital
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ChongqingChinaRecruiting
Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital
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HangzhouChinaRecruiting
Anhui Provincial Hospital
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HefeiChinaRecruiting
Nanjing Drum Tower hospital
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NanjingChinaRecruiting
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
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ShanghaiChinaRecruiting
Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital
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ShanghaiChinaRecruiting
Liaoning Cancer Hospital
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ShenyangChinaWithdrawn
First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University
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TaiyuanChinaRecruiting
Hubei Cancer Hospital
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WuhanChinaRecruiting
Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology
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WuhanChinaRecruiting
The First Affiliated hospital of Xiamen University
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XiamenChinaRecruiting
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotang University
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Xi'anChinaRecruiting
Henan Cancer Hospital
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ZhengzhouChinaRecruiting
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
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Ann ArborUnited StatesRecruiting
Messino Cancer Center
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AshevilleUnited StatesRecruiting
Texas Oncology - Central South
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AustinUnited StatesRecruiting
Hematology/Oncology Clinic
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Baton RougeUnited StatesWithdrawn
Maryland Oncology Hematology P.A.
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ColumbiaUnited StatesRecruiting
Virginia Cancer Specialists
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FairfaxUnited StatesRecruiting
Colorado Urology
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LakewoodUnited StatesRecruiting
California Research Institute
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Los AngelesUnited StatesRecruiting
D&H Cancer Research Center LLC
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MargateUnited StatesRecruiting
Urology Associates, P.C.
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NashvilleUnited StatesRecruiting
Weill Cornell Medical College-New York Presbyterian Hospital
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New YorkUnited StatesCompleted
BRCR global
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PlantationUnited StatesRecruiting
Northwest Cancer Specialists, P.C.
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PortlandUnited StatesRecruiting
University of California San Francisco
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San FranciscoUnited StatesRecruiting
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
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SeattleUnited StatesRecruiting
Innovative Clinical Research Institute
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WhittierUnited StatesRecruiting

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