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Trial reportClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2024

Evaluating Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancers with Deleterious CDK12 Alterations in the Phase 2 IMPACT Trial.

Charles B Nguyen, Melissa A Reimers, Chamila Perera, Wassim Abida, Jonathan Chou, Felix Y Feng, Emmanuel S Antonarakis, Rana R McKay, Russell K Pachynski, Jingsong Zhang and 12 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIMulticenter Study
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Trial report in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. CDK12 and CDK13 in oncology: from RNA regulation to therapeutic targeting.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2026
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  14. Association of Homologous Recombination Repair Alterations with Outcomes in Patients with Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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  15. Battlegrounds of treatment resistance: decoding the tumor microenvironment.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Charles B NguyenRogel Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0002-1898-5501
Melissa A ReimersSiteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.ORCID 0000-0002-5167-3630
Chamila PereraDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0002-7115-618X
Wassim AbidaGenitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.ORCID 0000-0002-9006-7043
Jonathan ChouDiller Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California.ORCID 0000-0003-1258-0391
Felix Y FengDiller Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California.ORCID 0000-0002-0963-7687
Emmanuel S AntonarakisThe University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.ORCID 0000-0003-0031-9655
Rana R McKayMoores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California.ORCID 0000-0002-0581-7963
Russell K PachynskiSiteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.ORCID 0000-0002-8966-7631
Jingsong ZhangH. Lee Moffit Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida.ORCID 0000-0003-1192-5116
Zachery R ReichertRogel Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0003-0356-8796
Phillip L PalmbosRogel Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0002-3134-2965
Megan E V CaramRogel Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0003-1597-5428
Ulka N VaishampayanRogel Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0001-5800-4571
Elisabeth I HeathKarmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0003-1381-2713
Alexander C HopkinsMichigan Center for Translational Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0002-0817-1889
Marcin P CieslikMichigan Center for Translational Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0002-5467-1040
Yi-Mi WuMichigan Center for Translational Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0002-3789-4445
Dan R RobinsonMichigan Center for Translational Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0002-2337-7439
Veerabhadran BaladandayuthapaniDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0001-9107-3157
Arul M ChinnaiyanMichigan Center for Translational Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0001-9282-3415
Ajjai S AlvaRogel Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.ORCID 0000-0002-1898-3522

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
XenograftP30CA046592 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Eric R. Fearon · 1988 to 2026
$178.2M
Tissue/InformaticsP50CA186786 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Ganesh S Palapattu · 2014 to 2026
$27.6M
Michigan-VUMC Biomarker Characterization CenterU2CCA271854 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Jeffrey John Tosoian · 2022 to 2026
$5.4M
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco (HDFCCC, UCSF) Benioff Initiative for Prostate CancerNational Cancer Institute (NCI) Early Detection Research Network Biomarker Characterization Network (U2C CA271854)National Institutes of Health (NIH) Prostate SPORE grant (5P50CA186786-07)NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046592NCI NIH HHS P50 CA186786NCI NIH HHS U2C CA271854Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) 2020 Challenge AwardU.S. Department of Defense (DOD) W81XWH-20-1-0136
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeCDK12 inactivation in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) may predict immunotherapy responses. This phase 2 trial evaluated the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy in patients with CDK12-altered mCRPC. PATIENTS AND

methodsEligible patients had mCRPC with deleterious CDK12 alterations and any prior therapies except ICI. Cohort A received ipilimumab (1 mg/kg) with nivolumab (3 mg/kg) every 3 weeks for up to four cycles, followed by nivolumab 480 mg every 4 weeks. Cohort C received nivolumab alone 480 mg every 4 weeks. Patients with CDK12-altered nonprostate tumors were enrolled in cohort B and not reported. The primary endpoint was a 50% reduction in PSA (PSA50). Key secondary endpoints included PSA progression-free survival, overall survival, objective response rate, and safety.

resultsPSA was evaluable in 23 patients in cohort A and 14 in cohort C. Median lines of prior therapy were two in cohorts A and C, including any prior novel hormonal agent (74% and 79%) and chemotherapy (57% and 36%). The PSA50 rate was 9% [95% confidence interval (CI), 1%-28%] in cohort A with two responders; neither had microsatellite instability or a tumor mutational burden >10 mutations/megabase. No PSA50 responses occurred in cohort C. Median PSA progression-free survival was 7.0 months (95% CI, 3.6-11.4) in cohort A and 4.5 months (95% CI, 3.4-13.8) in cohort C. Median overall survival was 9.0 months (95% CI, 6.2-12.3) in cohort A and 13.8 months (95% CI, 3.6-not reached) in cohort C.

conclusionsThere was minimal activity with ICI therapy in patients with CDK12-altered mCRPC.

Indexed as

Cyclin-Dependent KinasesImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsProstatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorHumansIpilimumabMaleMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm MetastasisNivolumabProgression-Free SurvivalProstate-Specific AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCDK12 protein, humanCyclin-Dependent KinasesImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsIpilimumabNivolumabProstate-Specific Antigen

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PMID38787530
PMCPMC11293970

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