Phase III Study of DCVAC Added to Standard Chemotherapy for Men With Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (VIABLE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02111577 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 11, 2014
Last Update Posted : March 26, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer | Biological: Dendritic Cells DCVAC Biological: Placebo Drug: Docetaxel Drug: Taxotere | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1182 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Double Blind, Multicenter, Parallel-group, Phase III Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of DCVAC/PCa Versus Placebo in Men With Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Eligible for 1st Line Chemotherapy |
Actual Study Start Date : | April 2014 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 19, 2019 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | January 28, 2020 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: DCVAC with Standard of Care Chemotherapy
Combination therapy with Dendritic Cells DCVAC and Standard of Care Chemotherapy (Docetaxel and prednisone)
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Biological: Dendritic Cells DCVAC
DCVAC is the experimental therapy Drug: Docetaxel Docetaxel and prednisone is Standard of Care First Line Chemotherapy
Other Name: Taxotere Drug: Taxotere |
Active Comparator: Standard of Care Chemo and Placebo
Blinded combination therapy of Placebo and Standard of Care Chemotherapy (Docetaxel and prednisone) as Comparator
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Biological: Placebo
DCVAC placebo is experimental vaccine placebo Drug: Docetaxel Docetaxel and prednisone is Standard of Care First Line Chemotherapy
Other Name: Taxotere Drug: Taxotere |
- Overall survival (all cause mortality) [ Time Frame: 124 Weeks ]
- Radiographic Progression Free Survival [ Time Frame: 0, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108, 120 weeks ]
- Duration to Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Progression [ Time Frame: 0, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108, 120 weeks ]
- Duration to Skeletal Related Events [ Time Frame: 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 66, 78, 90, 102, 124 weeks ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male 18 years and older
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed prostate adenocarcinoma
- Presence of skeletal, and/or soft-tissue/visceral/nodal metastasis
- Disease progression despite Androgen Deprivation Therapy
- Maintenance of castrate conditions
- Life expectancy of at least 6 months based on Investigator´s judgment.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance status 0-2
- At least 4 weeks after surgery or radiotherapy
- A minimum of 28 days beyond initiation of bisphosphonate or denosumab therapy
- Recovery from primary local surgical treatment, radiotherapy or orchiectomy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Confirmed brain and/or leptomeningeal metastases
- Current symptomatic cord compression requiring surgery or radiation therapy
- Prior chemotherapy for prostate cancer
- Subjects who are not indicated for chemotherapy treatment with first line Standard of Care chemotherapy (docetaxel and prednisone)
- Systemic corticosteroids at doses greater than 40mg hydrocortisone daily or equivalent for any reason other than treatment of prostate cancer (PCa) within the previous 6 months
- Systemic immunosuppressive therapy for any reason
- Treatment with immunotherapy against PCa within the previous 6 months prior to randomization
- Clinically significant cardiovascular disease
- Active autoimmune disease requiring treatment
- Uncontrolled co-morbidities
- Participation in a clinical trial using experimental therapy within the last 4 weeks prior to randomization
- Participation in a clinical trial using immunological experimental therapy (e.g. monoclonal antibodies, cytokines or active cellular immunotherapies) within the last 6 months prior to randomization

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02111577

Study Director: | Andrea Viktorinova, MD | Sotio a.s. |
Responsible Party: | Sotio a.s. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02111577 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SP005 2012-002814-38 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | April 11, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 26, 2020 |
Last Verified: | March 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Immunotherapy Metastatic Castrate Resistant |
Prostate Cancer Biological Vaccine |
Prostatic Neoplasms Genital Neoplasms, Male Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Prostatic Diseases |
Docetaxel Antineoplastic Agents Tubulin Modulators Antimitotic Agents Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |