TulmiSTAR-02: A Phase I/II Open-label Study of Tulmimetostat in Combination With Darolutamide vs. Darolutamide, and Tulmimetostat With Abiraterone in Patients With Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer (mHSPC)
TulmiSTAR-02: A Two-part Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Tulmimetostat (DZR123) in Combination With Darolutamide or Abiraterone Followed by Open-label, Randomized, Phase II Dose Expansion Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Tulmimetostat in Combination With Darolutamide Versus Darolutamide Alone in Patients With Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer
- Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer (mHSPC)
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- Enrolment target
- 181
- Started
- 13 January 2026
- Main results due
- 2 August 2032
- Study sites
- 31
- Registry updated
- 29 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Aged 18 years and over.
- Men only.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
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Read the full eligibility criteria
Key Inclusion Criteria:
* Adult men ≥ 18 years old with de novo or recurrent mHSPC (without neuroendocrine or small cell features). The tumor lesion(s) may be located in the bone, soft tissue/visceral region, or both.
* Participants must have castrate levels of testosterone, i.e., ≤ 50 ng/dL (≤ 1.7 nM).
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 to 2
* Adequate bone marrow and organ function
* Prior ADT: Participants must have started ADT at least 1 month (at least 28 days) but no more than 12 months before study entry and be willing to continue ADT during treatment
* Prior taxane use for mHSPC is permitted:
* Phase I and II: Participants may have received, but not progressed on, one prior taxane-based therapy.
* Phase II: Limited to 25% participants with prior taxane use.
* Prior ARPI is allowed in both Phase I and Phase II:
* Prior ARPI use in biochemical recurrence (BCR) or curative treatment is allowed for any duration, provided therapy was discontinued and participant had no evidence of conventional imaging positive metastatic disease at that time
* Prior ARPI use in mHSPC is permitted but not mandated. If participants meet all study eligibility criteria, they are required to stop their prior ARPI after providing informed consent and remain off ARPI until Cycle 1 Day 1, when study treatment is initiated.
* Phase I: Allowed for any duration.
* Phase II: Allowed prior exposure to ARPI is ≤4 months. Participants with ongoing use of darolutamide are not eligible.
Participants with ongoing ARPI are eligible for a switch from their ongoing ARPI therapy if they have not progressed to CRPC disease, and meet any of the criteria, indicative of suboptimal biochemical response, or intolerability, as assessed by the Investigator:
* Evidence of insufficient PSA control or suboptimal PSA response, defined as PSA ≥ 0.2 ng/mL after 6-12 months ADT and no more than 4 months of current ARPI therapy in mHSPC with declining or stable PSA trend. Eligibility based on biochemical progression should be supported by objective evidence (e.g. PSA results).
* Intolerance and non-compliance: Participant's inability to tolerate or comply with the prescribed ARPI. The site should maintain documentation to support the appropriateness of therapy changes resulting from intolerance or non-compliance.
• Other permitted prior local therapy for mHSPC:
* Phase I and II: Prior prostate-directed radiation or surgical intervention. Radiation must be completed before study entry; surgery at least 2 weeks prior.
Key Exclusion Criteria:
* Participants with evidence of mCRPC or biochemical recurrence / PSA only disease or asymptomatic prostate cancer without known metastatic disease and with no requirement for therapy and with normal PSA for ≥ 1 year prior to the start of study treatment.
* Participants who have not received ARPI treatment for mHSPC and present with PSA levels of ≤0.5 ng/mL or those with prior/ongoing ARPI treatment presenting with PSA levels of ≤ 0.2 ng/mL prior to treatment assignment/randomization.
* Participants with CNS metastases are excluded unless:
* they have received prior therapy (e.g. surgery, radiotherapy, gamma knife), are neurologically stable and asymptomatic.
* they are not receiving corticosteroid for the purpose of maintaining neurologic integrity and have baseline and subsequent radiological imaging of the brain.
* Concurrent use of first-generation anti-androgens (like bicalutamide). Prior use of a first-generation anti-androgen drug in the context of ADT initiation with a GNRH analog is allowed, provided it was administered for ≤14 days and the last dose was administered ≥7 days from the study entry.
* Systemic ketoconazole is used as antineoplastic treatment for prostate cancer.
* Previous exposure to radioligand therapy.
* Treatment with any investigational agent within 28 days (or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer) prior to study entry.
* Previous treatment with any Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) inhibitor, including but not limited to Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2) inhibitors, EZH2/1 inhibitors, or embryonic ectoderm development (EED) inhibitors.
* Herbal products that may decrease PSA levels within 4 weeks prior to the start of study drug treatment and while on study.
* Participants taking prohibited medication(s) (e.g., strong CYP3A4 inducers or strong or moderate CYP3A4 inhibitors that cannot be stopped within 7 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to study treatment and for the duration of the study treatment or prohibited herbal product(s) that cannot be stopped 7 days prior to study treatment.
* Have a history of a concurrent or second malignancy except for adequately treated local basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, cervical carcinoma in situ, superficial bladder cancer, adequately treated Stage 1 or 2 cancer currently in complete remission, or any other cancer that has been in complete remission for ≥ 3 years. Participants with a history of leukemia/lymphoma and/or MDS are not eligible.
Other inclusion/exclusion criteria may applyWhat this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of two different treatment combinations of tulmimetostat in participants with de novo or recurrent metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). Phase I aims to determine the recommended dose(s) for expansion (RDE) of tulmimetostat in combination with darolutamide or abiraterone. Phase II is designed to further evaluate the efficacy and safety of tulmimetostat in combination with darolutamide compared with darolutamide alone in participants with mHSPC.
Study sites(31)
Univ of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Recruiting
Uni Of Iowa Hospitals And Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Recruiting
University of Kansas Cancer Center
Westwood, Kansas, United States
Recruiting
Wichita Urology Group PA
Wichita, Kansas, United States
Recruiting
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Recruiting
Medical University of South Carolina MUSC
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Recruiting
Carolina Urologic Research Center
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
Recruiting
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Withdrawn
Novartis Investigative Site
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Guangzhou, China
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Créteil, France
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Lille, France
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Nantes, France
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Jena, Thuringia, Germany
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Essen, Germany
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Budapest, Hungary
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Budapest, Hungary
Recruiting
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Szeged, Hungary
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Rozzano, MI, Italy
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Verona, VR, Italy
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Seoul, South Korea
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Seoul, South Korea
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Madrid, Spain
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Madrid, Spain
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Novartis Investigative Site
Madrid, Spain
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
Ankara, Sihhiye Altindag, Turkey (Türkiye)
Recruiting
Novartis Investigative Site
London, United Kingdom
Recruiting
Showing 31 of 31 sites. 30 of the 31 sites on this study are recruiting right now — a site can stop enrolling while the study as a whole is still open.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07190300. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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