PMID- 34427023 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211221 LR - 20211221 IS - 1549-490X (Electronic) IS - 1083-7159 (Print) IS - 1083-7159 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 12 DP - 2021 Dec TI - Phase I Study of Entinostat in Combination with Enzalutamide for Treatment of Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. PG - e2136-e2142 LID - 10.1002/onco.13957 [doi] AB - LESSONS LEARNED: Entinostat at the selected dose levels in combination with a standard dose of enzalutamide showed a promising safety profile in this small phase I study BACKGROUND: Entinostat inhibits prostate cancer (PCa) growth and suppresses Treg cell function in vitro and in vivo. METHODS: This was a phase I study to explore the safety and preliminary efficacy of entinostat (3 and 5 mg orally per week) in combination with enzalutamide in castration resistant PCa (CRPC). The study was carried out in an open-label two-cohort design. Patients who had developed disease progression on or were eligible for enzalutamide were enrolled in the study. The safety profile of the combination therapy, Prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels, the pharmacokinetics of enzalutamide after entinostat administration, peripheral T-cell subtype (including Treg quantitation), and mononuclear cell (PBMC) histone H3 acetylation were analyzed. RESULTS: Six patients with metastatic CRPC were enrolled. There was no noticeable increment of fatigue related to entinostat. Toxicities possibly or probably related to entinostat or the combination therapy included grade 3 anemia 1/6 (17%), grade 2 white blood cell (WBC) decrease 1/6 (17%), and other self-limiting grade 1 adverse events (AEs). Median duration of treatment with entinostat was 18 weeks. Entinostat did not affect the steady plasma concentration of enzalutamide. Increased PBMC histone H3 acetylation was observed in blood samples. No evident T-cell subtype changes were detected, including in Treg quantitation. CONCLUSION: Entinostat 5 mg weekly in combination with enzalutamide showed an acceptable safety profile in this small phase I study. A planned phase II part of the trial was terminated because of sponsor withdrawal. CI - (c) AlphaMed Press; the data published online to support this summary are the property of the authors. FAU - Lin, Jianqing AU - Lin J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0406-690X AD - Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA. FAU - Elkon, Jacob AU - Elkon J AD - Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA. FAU - Ricart, Brittany AU - Ricart B AD - Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA. FAU - Palmer, Erica AU - Palmer E AD - Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA. FAU - Zevallos-Delgado, Christian AU - Zevallos-Delgado C AD - Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA. FAU - Noonepalle, Satish AU - Noonepalle S AD - Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA. FAU - Burgess, Brooke AU - Burgess B AD - Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA. FAU - Siegel, Robert AU - Siegel R AD - Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA. FAU - Ma, Yan AU - Ma Y AD - Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA. FAU - Villagra, Alejandro AU - Villagra A AD - Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA. LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial, Phase I PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210914 PL - England TA - Oncologist JT - The oncologist JID - 9607837 RN - 0 (Benzamides) RN - 0 (Nitriles) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - 1ZNY4FKK9H (entinostat) RN - 2010-15-3 (Phenylthiohydantoin) RN - 93T0T9GKNU (enzalutamide) SB - IM MH - Benzamides MH - Humans MH - Leukocytes, Mononuclear MH - Male MH - Nitriles MH - Phenylthiohydantoin MH - *Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant/drug therapy MH - Pyridines PMC - PMC8649040 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Combination OT - Entinostat OT - Enzalutamide OT - Prostate cancer EDAT- 2021/08/25 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/22 06:00 PMCR- 2021/12/01 CRDT- 2021/08/24 06:34 PHST- 2021/04/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/08/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/08/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/24 06:34 [entrez] PHST- 2021/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ONCO13957 [pii] AID - 10.1002/onco.13957 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncologist. 2021 Dec;26(12):e2136-e2142. doi: 10.1002/onco.13957. Epub 2021 Sep 14.