Safety and efficacy of pasritamig (PAS) + docetaxel (DOCE) in participants with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mcrPc): Initial results of a phase 1b study.
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171 Background: DOCE is a standard of care for pts with mCPRC after androgen receptor pathway inhibitor (ARPI) failure, but more effective regimens are needed. PAS is a first-in-class, bispecific T-cell engaging antibody that binds to the CD3 receptor complex on T cells and to human kallikrein 2 (KLK2), which is highly and specifically expressed in prostate tissue and PC cells. PAS was well tolerated (Grade 1 cytokine release syndrome [CRS] <10%) with Q6W outpatient dosing and promising single-agent activity in a first-in-human phase 1 study in heavily pretreated mCRPC (Stein, J Clin Oncol 2025;43:2515-26). Methods: The primary objective of this open-label, Phase 1b study in mCRPC (NCT05818683) was to determine the recommended phase 2 regimen of PAS + DOCE based on safety. PAS was administered at RP2R (300 mg IV Q6W, with step-up doses of 3.5 mg on day 1 and 18 mg on day 8) in combination with DOCE (fixed dose 75 mg/m 2 IV Q3W starting on day 15) in an outpatient setting. Corticosteroids were not administered except as premedication for DOCE. Hematopoietic growth factor support was allowed. Results: As of 28 August 2025, 51 pts (median [range] age 70y [55–84], visceral metastases 33.0%) had received ≥1 dose of PAS + DOCE (median duration to date: combo, 3.5 months, PAS, 4.9 months); 31/51 pts remain on therapy (20 on combo, 11 on PAS only). Pts were heavily pretreated with a median of 3 (range 1–9) prior therapies, including ARPI (100%), DOCE (43.1%), cabazitaxel (21.6%), Lutetium-177 vipivotide tetraxetan (19.6%). PAS and DOCE were readily combinable at their full monotherapy doses with no observed dose-limiting toxicities. Treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) were consistent with DOCE in mCRPC (Table); frequent (>20%) TRAEs included fatigue (58.8%), alopecia (41.2%), diarrhea and nausea (31.4% each), peripheral edema (25.5%), dysgeusia (21.6%). 58.8% of pts had PAS-related TRAEs. PAS TRAEs (>10%) included fatigue (29.4%) and diarrhea (11.8%). No pts had CRS of any grade. Grade ≥3 TRAEs occurred in 27.5% of pts, related serious AE in 13.7%, and TRAE leading to treatment discontinuation in 13.7% (PAS-related, n=1 each). There were no fatal TRAEs. Confirmed PSA50 was 64.7% (75.0% in taxane-naïve). Confirmed PSA90 was 35.3% (46.4% in taxane-naïve). Conclusions: PAS was readily combinable with DOCE, demonstrating a safety profile consistent with DOCE alone, no CRS, and promising anti-tumor activity in heavily pretreated patients post-ARPI/taxanes. A confirmatory phase 3 trial is planned. Clinical trial information: NCT05818683 . SAFETY Overall (N=51) PAS-related DOCE-related ≥1 TRAE, n (%) 50 (98.0) 30 (58.8) 49 (96.1) Grade ≥3 TRAE, n (%) 14 (27.5) 1 (2.0) 14 (27.5) TEAE leading to discontinuation, n (%) 7 (13.7) 1 (2.0) 7 (13.7) CRS, n (%) 0 0 0 EFFICACY Overall (N=51) Taxane-naïve pts (n=28) Confirmed PSA50, n (%) 33 (64.7) 21 (75.0) Confirmed PSA90, n (%) 18 (35.3) 13 (46.4)
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Journal of Clinical Oncology
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Authors (20)
Manish R. Patel
Russell Kent Pachynski
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Shahneen Sandhu
From the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center (J.D.W.) and the Department of Medicine (J.D.W., M.A.P.), Weill Cornell Medicine, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (M.A.P.) — both in New York; Istituto Oncologico Veneto, IRCCS, Padua (V.C.-S.), European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan (P.Q.), Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, IRCCS, Meldola (M.G.), University of Siena and the Center for Immuno-Oncology, University Hospital of Siena, Siena (M.M.), and Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Naples (P.A.A.) — all in Italy; Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland (P.R.); Texas Oncology–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas (C.L.C.); University Hospital Essen, the German Cancer Consortium, the National Center for Tumor Diseases–West, the Research Alliance Ruhr, Research Center One Health, and University Duisburg-Essen — all in Essen, Germany (D.S.); the College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea (J.W.), Brist...
Aaron Richard Hansen
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Kevin Kayvan Zarrabi
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Craig Gedye
Calvary Mater Newcastle, Waratah, Australia
Nehal J. Lakhani
The START Center for Cancer Research, Grand Rapids, MI
Howard Gurney
Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Justin M. Lebenthal
Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone, New York, NY
Mary Kathleen O'Keeffe
NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island, Mineola, NY
Samantha Hopkins
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Nancy Huang
Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Debopriya Ghosh
Johnson & Johnson, Raritan, NJ
Ligi Mathews
Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA
Regina Jeanise Brown
Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA
Vincent Lin
Josh David Lauring
Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA
Sherry Chia-E Wang
Johnson & Johnson, San Francisco, CA
Victor Manuel Villalobos
Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA
David R. Wise
Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone, New York, NY