Abiraterone Acetate, Niclosamide, and Prednisone in Treating Patients With Hormone-Resistant Prostate Cancer

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response that is a 50% or more reduction
from the baseline.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the overall response as determined by the Prostate Cancer Working Group 2
criteria (PCWG2).

II. To evaluate the progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival of CRPC patients
treated with PDMX1001/niclosamide (niclosamide), abiraterone (abiraterone acetate) and
prednisone.

III. To assess the toxicity of PDMX1001/niclosamide, abiraterone and prednisone given in
combination.

IV. To evaluate molecular correlatives for patient response and outcomes through the analysis
of patient baseline tumor specimens (diagnostic biopsy) along with serial blood specimens.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive abiraterone acetate orally (PO) once a day (QD), niclosamide PO twice a day
(BID) and prednisone PO BID. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease
progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 3 months.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed cancer of prostate (CaP);
CaP can be recurrent disease after definitive therapy (radical prostatectomy or
radiation therapy) for localized CaP, or metastatic CaP

- Patients must have CaP deemed to be castration-resistant by one or more of the
following criteria (despite androgen deprivation when applicable):

- Progression of unidimensionally measurable disease assessed within 42 days prior
to initial administration of drug

- Progression of evaluable but not measurable disease assessed within 42 days prior
to initial administration of drug for PSA evaluation and for imaging studies
(e.g, bone scans)

- Rising PSA, defined as at least two consecutive rises in PSA to be documented
over a reference value (measure 1); the first rising PSA (measure 2) should be
taken at least 7 days after the reference value; a third confirmatory PSA measure
(second [2nd] beyond the reference level) should be greater than the second
measure, and it must be obtained at least 7 days after the 2nd measure; if this
is not the case, a fourth PSA measurement is required to be taken and be greater
than the second measure

- Measurable disease is not required

- Patients who have measurable disease must have had X-rays, scans or physical
examinations used for tumor measurement completed within 28 days prior to initial
administration of drug

- Patients must have non-measurable disease (such as nuclear medicine bone scans)
and non-target lesions (such as PSA level) assessed within 28 days prior to
initial administration of drug

- Soft tissue disease that has been radiated within two months prior to
registration is not assessable as measurable disease; soft tissue disease that
has been radiated two or more months prior to registration is assessable as
measurable disease provided that the lesion has progressed following radiation;
as the biology of previously irradiated tumors may be different from
non-irradiated tumors, patients must have at least one measurable lesion outside
the previously irradiated region in order to be considered to have measurable
disease

- If PSA is the only indicator of disease and patients do not have any metastatic
disease, PSA value must be 5.0 or higher

- Patients must have been surgically or medically castrated; if the method of castration
was luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists (leuprolide or goserelin) or
antagonists (degarelix), then the patient must be willing to continue the use of LHRH
agonists or antagonists; serum testosterone must be at castration levels (< 50 ng/dL)
within 3 months prior to registration

- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2 (Karnofsky >= 60%)

- Life expectancy of greater than 6 months

- Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL

- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL

- Platelets >= 100,000/mcL

- Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits

- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase
[SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT])
=< 1.5 × institutional upper limit of normal

- Creatinine =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal

- Men treated or enrolled on this protocol must also agree to use adequate contraception
prior to the study, for the duration of study participation, and 4 months after
completion of abiraterone and PDMX1001/niclosamide administration

- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks prior to entering
the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents
administered more than 4 weeks earlier

- Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents within the preceding 4
weeks

- Patients on herbs or other alternative medicines for the treatment of prostate cancer,
including but not limited to saw palmetto, PC-SPES

- Patient has received abiraterone or ketoconazole for the treatment of prostate cancer;
however, previous treatment with other hormonal therapy (bicalutamide, enzalutamide,
flutamide and nilutamide) or chemotherapy (docetaxel, cabazitaxel or mitoxantrone) is
allowed

- Other malignancies within the past 3 years except for adequately treated basal or
squamous cell carcinomas of the skin or other stage 0 or I cancers

- Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded

- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic
composition to abiraterone or PDMX1001/niclosamide

- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active
infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac
arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with
study requirements

- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients on combination antiretroviral
therapy are ineligible

- Impairment of gastrointestinal function or gastrointestinal disease that may
significantly alter the absorption of drugs (e.g., ulcerative disease, uncontrolled
nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome or small bowel resection)

- Patients with an active bleeding diathesis

- History of noncompliance to medical regimens

- Patients unwilling to or unable to comply with the protocol

- Patients with symptomatic metastatic prostate cancer such as moderate to severe pain,
impaired organ function or spinal cord compression will be excluded from this study
unless these issues have been taken care of