Another Phase 1/2 Trial With SX-682, Combined With Docetaxel This Time

SX-682 is moving into a new clinical context. After an ongoing trial in prostate cancer with androgen receptor pathway inhibitors such as apalutamide and enzalutamide, the CXCR1/2 inhibitor is now being studied with docetaxel in recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, salivary gland carcinoma, and advanced prostate cancer. That matters because docetaxel is not […]

Phase 1 Trial for a New PSMA Radioligand 177Lu‑PSMA‑VG01

177Lu‑PSMA‑VG01 is a next‑generation, small‑molecule PSMA‑targeting radiopharmaceutical designed to refine what 177Lu‑PSMA‑617 (Pluvicto) has already achieved. It uses a high‑affinity ligand to deliver the beta‑emitter lutetium‑177 directly to PSMA‑expressing tumor cells, aiming for greater tumor dosing with less exposure of healthy tissue. A new phase 1 trial is testing its dosimetry and side effects on […]

Dual-Targeting PSMA And FRα Drug Conjugate Advances to U.S. Trial for Prostate Cancer

MVB-101 (aka CBP-1018) is a new clinical-stage drug conjugate for prostate cancer simultaneously targets PSMA and folate receptor alpha (FRα) to overcome tumor heterogeneity. The drug is a bivalent peptide-like drug conjugate roughly one-fiftieth the size of a traditional antibody drug conjugate, designed to diffuse more rapidly into solid tumors. It delivers monomethyl auristatin E […]

Phase 1 RIALTO Trial: Radiotherapy for Metastatic Prostate Cancer With Incomplete Hormone Response

The RIALTO trial challenges decades of oncology dogma that treating the prostate becomes irrelevant once cancer spreads. For patients with de novo metastasized prostate cancer who show incomplete PSA-response (PSA >0.2 ng/ml after six months of combined ADT+ARPI), the prostate may function as a persistent tumor reservoir continuously seeding metastases. Local radiotherapy to the prostate […]

Phase 2 Trial for 61Cu-NU101 vs 18F-Piflufolastat in Metastatic Prostate Cancer

61Cu-NU101 is a new PSMA-targeted PET/SPECT tracer for prostate cancer that showed promise in phase 1, detecting more lesions than 18F-piflufolastat (Pylarify) in half of the 8 patients studied, with lower background uptake and no side effects. The key advantage is its 3.3-hour half-life, compared to 68 minutes for 68Ga-PSMA-11 and 109 minutes for 18F-piflufolastat. […]

UPDATE: Memantine for Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer, Early Efficacy Signals

Prostate cancer can become harder to treat when it changes from the usual adenocarcinoma form into neuroendocrine prostate cancer, or NEPC. A recent study suggests that this transition may begin earlier than expected, during an intermediate phase when the cells are still partly prostate-like but are already starting to acquire neuroendocrine features. A central finding […]

Confirmed Efficacy of Rucaparib in BRCA-Mutated mCRPC

Rucaparib continues to strengthen its position in BRCA-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), an advanced form of prostate cancer that progresses despite hormonal therapy, with TRITON3 trial confirming not only its efficacy but also a predictable and manageable safety profile. In this phase 3 study of chemotherapy-naïve patients progressing after one prior androgen receptor pathway […]

Early Phase 1 Trial of GRPR-Targeted Theranostic DOTA-STR-17126

A first-in-human imaging trial of DOTA-STR-17126 just started in Australia. It is an open-label, single-arm early phase 1 study enrolling up to 20 adults with advanced or metastatic prostate or breast cancer who have exhausted standard treatments. The trial uses a theranostic approach. Participants receive gallium-68 DOTA-STR-17126 for PET imaging to detect tumors expressing the […]

Phase 2 Trial of GV20-0251 With Anti-PD-1 Therapy in mCRPC

GV20-0251 is an experimental antibody that blocks a new immune brake called IGSF8, and this phase 2 study tests it together with anti-PD-1 drugs in people with advanced solid tumors that no longer respond to standard treatment. The goal is to restore early innate immune signaling so checkpoint therapy works better in resistant cancers. From […]

Zanzalintinib After Pluvicto in Chemo‑Naïve mCRPC

Zanzalintinib is being tested after Pluvicto (177Lu-PSMA-617) in metastatic castration‑resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) because it targets several escape routes tumors use once they have survived PSMA‑directed radioligand therapy and prolonged AR pathway blockade. Pluvicto delivers beta radiation to PSMA‑expressing cells, inducing DNA damage and tumor cell death, but progression still occurs and is often driven […]