Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate CancerPhase 3Himalayas-1NCT07723248
A Study to Learn About the Investigational Drug Rinzimetostat (ORIC-944) in Patients With mCRPC Who Were Previously Treated With Abiraterone Acetate (Himalayas-1)
A Phase 3 study testing Rinzimetostat, Darolutamide and Enzalutamide in people with Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer, run by ORIC Pharmaceuticals at 12 sites in 2 countries.
Trial summary
Himalayas-1 is a randomized, open-label, global, multicenter phase 3 study evaluating whether the combination of rinzimetostat with darolutamide is more effective compared to physician's choice of control; ARPI (darolutamide or enzalutamide) or docetaxel for treating patients with metastatic castration resistant… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, men only
- Conditions the study is for
- Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer
- What is being tested?
- Rinzimetostat, Darolutamide and Enzalutamide
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 600 participants
- Where
- 12 sitesin 2 countries
- Study dates
- 3 Aug 2026to Sep 2030
- Phase
- Phase 3
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- Men only
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate without small cell features
- Progressive disease in the setting of surgical or medical castration with evidence of disease progression on treatment with abiraterone acetate in the mCSPC setting or first line mCRPC setting is required
- Metastatic disease in bone documented on bone scan, or in soft tissue documented on CT/MRI scan
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
- Adequate organ function
Who cannot join
- Prior treatment for prostate cancer at any stage with cytotoxic chemotherapy, radioligand therapy (ie, 177Lu -PSMA-617, radium-223), ARPIs including apalutamide, darolutamide, and enzalutamide, PARP monotherapy or other systemic anticancer treatment (approved drugs or experimental compounds such as, antibody therapy, immunotherapy, gene or cell therapy, angiogenesis inhibitors, CDK4/6 inhibitors, PRC2 inhibitors) with the following exceptions:
- Treatment with first-generation antiandrogen agents (eg, bicalutamide, flutamide, nilutamide), but must be discontinued prior to the first dose of study medication
- Docetaxel treatment is allowed for mCSPC, as long as no signs of failure or disease progression occurred during treatment or within 3 months of treatment completion
- Any other anticancer therapy (drug or vaccine which does not meet exclusion criterion 1 above) within 28 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to randomization
- Known or suspected brain metastasis or active leptomeningeal disease
- Clinically significant cardiovascular disease defined as:
- Any medical (including active or clinically significant bacterial, fungal, or viral infection) or psychiatric condition including recent (within the past year) or active suicidal ideation/behavior or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk of study participation or, in the investigator's judgment, make the patient inappropriate for the study
- Active inflammatory gastrointestinal disease, chronic diarrhea, or previous gastric resection or lap-band surgery are excluded
Trial locations and contacts
12 sites in 2 countries. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
ORIC Clinical Call Center contact
12 sites in 2 countries
United States11 sites, 11 recruiting
- Recruiting
Gabrail Cancer Center Research
Canton, Ohio, 44718
- Recruiting
Urology Specialists of the Carolinas - University Place
Charlotte, North Carolina, 29464
- Recruiting
SSAK Partners, LLC
Coral Springs, Florida, 33065
- Recruiting
Urology Clinics Of North Texas
Dallas, Texas, 75231
- Recruiting
Urology Partners of North Texas (UPNT)
Fort Worth, Texas, 76132
- Recruiting
Cancer And Hematology Centers Of Western Michigan
Holland, Michigan, 49424
- Recruiting
Houston Metro Urology (HMU)
Houston, Texas, 77027
- Recruiting
First Urology PSC
Jeffersonville, Indiana, 40207
- Recruiting
Summit Urology
Murray, Utah, 84107
- Recruiting
Carolina Urologic Research Center
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 29572
- Recruiting
Urology Associates
Nashville, Tennessee, 37209
Puerto Rico1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
BRCR Global (Network)
San Juan, 00917
About this study
Official title: A Phase 3, Randomized, Open-Label Study of Rinzimetostat (ORIC-944) in Combination With Darolutamide Compared With ARPI or Docetaxel in Patients With Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Previously Treated With Abiraterone Acetate (Himalayas-1)
Himalayas-1 is a randomized, open-label, global, multicenter phase 3 study evaluating whether the combination of rinzimetostat with darolutamide is more effective compared to physician's choice of control; ARPI (darolutamide or enzalutamide) or docetaxel for treating patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who were previously treated with abiraterone acetate.
The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate superiority in radiographic progression free survival (rPFS) of the investigational arm of rinzimetostat + darolutamide combination versus physician's choice of control: ARPI (darolutamide or enzalutamide) or docetaxel.
- Being tested
- Rinzimetostat, Darolutamide, Enzalutamide, Docetaxel
- Keywords
- prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, hormone dependent malignancy, hormone resistant, relapsed, refractory, androgen receptor (AR) signaling, metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), androgen pathway modulator-resistant (APMR), metastatic castration sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC), androgen pathway modulator-naïve/sensitive (APMN/S), polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2)-controlled dysregulation, embryonic ectoderm development (EED), enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), ORIC-944, rinzimetostat, mevrometostat, darolutamide, enzalutamide, docetaxel
- Medical subject headings
- Prostatic Neoplasms, Recurrence, Bulbo-Spinal Atrophy, X-Linked
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
RinzimetostatDrug
Also called ORIC-944
400 mg once daily (QD)
DarolutamideDrug
Also called Nubeqa
600 mg twice daily (BID)
EnzalutamideDrug
Also called Xtandi
160 mg once daily (QD)
DocetaxelDrug
Also called Taxotere
75 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) every 21 days for up to 10 cycles
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Investigational Arm | Active comparator | Rinzimetostat + darolutamide Receives: Drug: Rinzimetostat; Drug: Darolutamide |
| Physician's Choice | Active comparator | Control Arm Receives: Drug: Darolutamide; Drug: Enzalutamide; Drug: Docetaxel |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Radiographic Progression Free Survival assessed by blinded independent central review (BICR) per RECIST v1.1 and Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Working Group 3 (PCWG3)
Radiographic Progression Free Survival is defined as the time from the date of randomization to first evidence of radiographic progression as assessed in soft tissue by RECIST 1.1 or in bone per PCWG3 guideline by BICR, or death, whichever occurs first
Measured: Randomization up to ~2 years
Secondary outcomes (21)
Overall Survival (OS)
OS is defined as time from date of randomization to date of death due to any cause
Measured: 5 years
Objective response rate (ORR)
ORR is defined as proportion of patients with measurable soft tissue disease at baseline who have a confirmed objective response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR)
Measured: Randomization up to ~2 years
Duration of Response (DoR)
DOR is defined as time of first response to first documentation of radiographic progression or death, whichever occurs first
Measured: Randomization up to ~2 years
Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) response
Defined as the proportion of patients with a confirmed ≥50% and ≥90% decline in PSA from baseline as per the PCWG3 criteria, along with the maximum decline in PSA occurring at any point on study
Measured: Randomization up to ~2 years
Time to PSA progression
Measured from the start of treatment until criteria for PSA progression are met as per PCWG3
Measured: Randomization up to ~2 years
Time to initiation of antineoplastic therapy
Time from randomization to first symptomatic skeletal event (symptomatic bone fractures, spinal cord compression, surgery or radiation to the bone whichever is first)
Measured: Randomization up to ~4 years
Time to first symptomatic skeletal event
Time from randomization to first symptomatic skeletal event (symptomatic bone fractures, spinal cord compression, surgery or radiation to the bone whichever is first) Compare patient reported outcomes (PROs) between the investigational treatment and control arms
Measured: Randomization up to ~4 years
Change from baseline in patient reported pain symptoms per Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF)
Analysis of Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF) will be based on the pain severity score (mean of individual BPI-SF items 3, 4, 5 and 6), the pain interference score (the mean of items 9A-9G), and the single BPI-SF Item 3 which asks the patient to rate pain at its worst in the last 24 hours
Measured: Randomization up to ~4 years
Change from baseline in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) per Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Prostate (FACT-P)
Change from baseline in HRQoL (FACT-P total score) will be presented. The FACT-P total score will be calculated based on the participant responses to the 39 items in the FACT-P questionnaire. Each item is rated on a 0 to 4 Likert-type scale and then combined to produce the FACT-P total score (0-156), with higher scores representing better health-related quality of life
Measured: Randomization up to ~4 years
Change from baseline in social/family well-being per Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Prostate (FACT-P)
Change from baseline in social/family well-being score will be presented. The social/family well-being score will be calculated based on 7 items in the FACT-P questionnaire; score range 0-28. Each item is rated on a 0 to 4 Likert-type scale
Measured: Randomization up to ~4 years
Change from baseline in functioning well-being per Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Prostate (FACT-P)
Change from baseline in functioning well-being score will be presented. The functioning well-being score will be calculated based on 7 items in the FACT-P questionnaire; score range 0-28. Each item is rated on a 0 to 4 Likert-type scale
Measured: Randomization up to ~4 years
Change from baseline in physical well-being per Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Prostate (FACT-P)
Change from baseline in physical well-being score will be presented. The physical well-being score will be calculated based on 7 items in the FACT-P questionnaire; score range 0-28. Each item is rated on a 0 to 4 Likert-type scale
Measured: Randomization up to ~4 years
Change from baseline in symptoms per Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Prostate (FACT-P)
Change from baseline prostate cancer symptoms (PCS) score will be presented. The PCS score will be calculated based on 12 items in the FACT-P questionnaire; score range 0-48. Each item is rated on a 0 to 4 Likert-type scale
Measured: Randomization up to ~4 years
Change from baseline in patient reported health status per European Quality of Life 5-Dimension 5 Level (EQ-5D-5L)
Participants will self-rate their current state of mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression by choosing 1 of 5 possible responses that record the level of severity (no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems, or extreme problems) within each dimension. The questionnaire also includes a visual analog scale to self-rate general health state on a scale from "the worst health you can imagine" to "the best health you can imagine."
Measured: Randomization up to ~4 years
Symptomatic toxicity as measured by items from the Patient-Reported Outcome CTCAE (PRO-CTCAE)
Each selected PRO-CTCAE items will be assessed related to one or more attributes that include counts for the frequency, severity, and/or interference with usual or daily activities
Measured: Randomization up to ~2 years
Overall side effect burden as measured by the FACT- GP5
The FACT-GP5 question assesses overall side effect burden with the following response options "I am bothered by side effects of treatment," is rated on a 5-point scale ranging from "not at all" (0) to "very much" (4) and counts will be presented
Measured: Randomization up to ~2 years
Time to confirmatory deterioration in patient-reported pain symptoms per BPI-SF Item 3 "worst pain in 24 hours"
Defined as the time from randomization to onset of pain progression, which is defined as > 2-point increase from baseline in the score from the BPI-SF Question 3 that is confirmed at the next consecutive assessment > 4 weeks apart or an initial deterioration followed by death before the next assessment
Measured: Randomization up to ~4 years
Time to definitive deterioration in patient-reported health related quality of life (HRQoL) per FACT-P
Defined as the time from randomization to onset of definitive deterioration in FACT-P total score, which is defined as >10 point decrease from baseline and no subsequent observations with a <10 point decrease from baseline FACT-P total score
Measured: Randomization up to ~4 years
Time to definitive deterioration in patient-reported physical well-being per FACT-P
Time to definitive deterioration in physical well-being (PWB) per FACT-P is defined as the time from randomization to onset of definitive deterioration in physical well-being, which is defined as ≥3-point
Measured: Randomization up to ~4 years
Incidence of Adverse Events (AEs)
Type, incidence, relationship to study treatments, severity, and seriousness of AEs [as graded by National Cancer Institute (NCI) common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) v6.0] and other clinical assessments
Measured: Randomization up to ~2 years
Evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of rinzimetostat in combination with darolutamide
Rinzimetostat characterized by predose and postdose plasma concentrations at selected time points
Measured: Randomization up to ~1 year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted23 Jul 2026
- Study start3 Aug 2026
- Primary completionMar 2028 (estimated)
- Study completionSep 2030 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate CancerStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 600 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- ORIC Pharmaceuticals
- Sponsor type
- Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Collaborators
- Bayer
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07723248
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- ORIC-944-05
- Other IDs
- 2026-525340-15-00
- Acronym
- Himalayas-1
- Status last verified
- Oct 2026
- First submitted
- 18 Jun 2026
- Last updated
- 5 Oct 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- Yes
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No