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A Randomized Phase II Trial of the Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitor BMS-275291 in Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer Patients with Bone Metastases

Authors' Affiliations: ¹ University of California Davis Cancer Center and the University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California; ² U.S. Department of Agriculture, Davis, California; ³ University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California; ⁴ City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California; ⁵ University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; and ⁶ the Veterans Administration of Northern California, Mather AFB, CA

Requests for reprints: Primo N. Lara, Jr., University of California Davis Cancer Center, 4501 X Street, Suite 3016, Sacramento, CA 95817. Phone: 916-734-3771; Fax: 916-734-7946; E-mail: primo.lara{at}ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.

Background: BMS-275291 is a selective matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor (MMPI) that does not inhibit sheddases implicated in the dose-limiting arthritis of older MMPIs. We conducted a randomized phase II trial of two doses of BMS-275291 (1,200 versus 2,400 mg) in hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) patients with bone metastases to probe for a dose-response relationship and to assess differential toxicities. Serial serum and urine specimens were collected to assess for markers of bone metabolism.

Methods: The primary end point was 4-month progression-free survival (PFS). Eligibility criteria included documentation of androgen-independent disease (including anti-androgen withdrawal), skeletal metastasis, adequate end-organ function and performance status, and no more than one prior chemotherapy regimen. Patients were randomized to 1,200 mg orally once daily (arm A) or 1,200 mg orally twice daily (arm B). Response was assessed every 56 days.

Results: Eighty patients were enrolled: 39 in arm A and 41 in arm B. There were no responders by prostate-specific antigen or measurable disease to treatment. Stable disease was noted at 8 weeks in 39% of patients in arm A and in 17% of patients in arm B. Progression of disease at 8 weeks was seen in 61% of patients in arm A versus 83% of patients in arm B. Median survival time was 21.6 months (95% confidence interval, 17.5; not reached), whereas median PFS time was 1.8 months (95% confidence interval 1.74; 2) for all patients. Patients in arm A had a median survival time that was not reached, whereas patients on arm B has a median survival time of 21 months (P = 0.2). PFS at 4 months favored arm A: 22% versus 10% (log-rank, P = 0.008). Grade 3 toxicities occurred in 5 (13%) patients in arm A and in 9 (22%) patients in arm B. Grade 4 toxicities were uncommon (only 4% of patients): one each of thrombosis, fatigue, and motor neuropathy was seen in the arm B. Bone marker studies showed that baseline serum levels of N-telopeptide, osteocalcin, procollagen I NH₂-terminal propeptide, and PICP had prognostic significance for PFS and/or overall survival.

Conclusions: Regardless of dose schedule, BMS-275291 was well tolerated in HRPC patients and had no dose-limiting arthritis. Toxicities differed modestly according to the dose schedule employed. As overall survival and PFS favored the once daily schedule, this dose schedule is recommended for future studies. Baseline markers of bone metabolism may have prognostic value in HRPC patients with bone metastases.

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