| E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
| E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
| metastatic prostate cancer |
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| E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
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| E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Cancer [C04] |
| MedDRA Classification |
| E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
| E.1.2 | Version | 18.0 |
| E.1.2 | Level | PT |
| E.1.2 | Classification code | 10036909 |
| E.1.2 | Term | Prostate cancer metastatic |
| E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10029104 - Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) |
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| E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
| E.2 Objective of the trial |
| E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
| To study the effects of budesonide on the incidence of cabazitaxel induced diarrhea |
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| E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
• To study the effects of budesonide on other side effects of cabazitaxel (e.g. myelotoxicity)
• To study the pharmacogenetics of cabazitaxel
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| E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
| E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
• Metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients with documented disease progression
- If measureable disease: documented disease progression as defined in RECIST criteria v 1.1
- If non-measurable disease: documented rising PSA levels (at least 2 consecutive rises in PSA over a reference value taken at least 1 week apart) or appearance of new lesions
• Previous treatment with a docetaxel-containing regimen
• Age 18 years;
• WHO performance status 1 (see appendix B);
• Adequate renal and hepatic functions defined as (serum creatinin <150µmol/l (<1.7mg/dl), total bilirubin < 1.0 xULN; alanine aminotransferase (ALAT) and aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT) <1.5x ULN, in case of liver metastasis < 5 ULN; alkaline phosphatase (AF) < 5x ULN) In case of bone metastasis, AF < 10x ULN is accepted;
• Adequate hematological blood counts defined as (absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 1.5 x 109/L and platelets > 100 x 109/L);
• Castration, either surgically or by continued LHRH agonist therapy
• Written informed consent according to ICH-GCP
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| E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
• Impossibility or unwillingness to take oral drugs;
• Serious illness or medical unstable condition requiring treatment, symptomatic CNS-metastases or history of psychiatric disorder that would prohibit the understanding and giving of informed consent;
• Use of medications or dietary supplements known to induce or inhibit CYP3A (see section 5.11)
• Use of hormonal agents other than Gn-RH agonists
• Chemotherapy within the last 4 weeks before randomization
• Radiotherapy within the last 4 weeks before randomization
• Known hypersensitiveness to corticosteroids
• Systemic or local bacterial, viral, fungal - or yeast infection.
• Hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh score B-C)
• Portal hypertension (grade 1-4 CTC-NCI criteria)
• Ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease or celiac disease
• Simultaneous yellow fever vaccine
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| E.5 End points |
| E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
| The incidence of cabazitaxel induced diarrhea |
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| E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
| Daily during cycle 1 and 2 |
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| E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
| Incidence of other side effects of cabazitaxel |
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| E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
| Daily during cycle 1 and 2 |
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| E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
| E.6 | Scope of the trial |
| E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
| E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | Yes |
| E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
| E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
| E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
| E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
| E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
| E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
| E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
| E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | Yes |
| E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
| E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
| E.6.13 | Others | No |
| E.7 | Trial type and phase |
| E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
| E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
| E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
| E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
| E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
| E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
| E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
| E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
| E.8 Design of the trial |
| E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
| E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
| E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
| E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
| E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
| E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes |
| E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
| E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
| E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
| E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
| E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
| E.8.2.3 | Other | Yes |
| E.8.2.3.1 | Comparator description |
| no prophylactic treatment |
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| E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
| E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
| No |
| E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
| E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 40 |
| E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
| E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
| E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
| E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
| E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
| E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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| E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 3 |
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 0 |
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 3 |
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 0 |
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |