Modified FOLFIRINOX Alternated With Biweekly Gemcitabine Plus Nab-Paclitaxel Untreated Pancreatic Cancer

Last updated: May 13, 2024
Sponsor: Lyudmyla Berim
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Digestive System Neoplasms

Metastatic Cancer

Treatment

Folfirinox alternating with Gemcitabine-nab-Paclitaxel

Clinical Study ID

NCT04672005
Pro2020002395
072011
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The main objective of the clinical trial is to determine if modified FOLFIRINOX (mFFX) alternated with biweekly Gemcitabine plus Nab-Paclitaxel (mGnabP) administered as a combined, front-line therapy will result in longer time to treatment failure (TTF) compared to the current standard of care with mFFX alone in treatment-naive patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Histologically and/or cytologically confirmed pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

  2. Stage IV disease. The definitive diagnosis of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinomawill be made by integrating the histopathological data within the context of theclinical and radiographic data.

  3. Subject must have received no prior therapy for the treatment of metastatic disease.Prior treatment with 5-FU or gemcitabine administered as a radiation sensitizerduring and up to 4 weeks after radiation therapy is allowed. If a subject receivedprior neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy, tumor recurrence must have occurred morethan 6 months after completing the last dose of chemotherapy.

  4. ECOG performance status of 0-1.

  5. At least 18 years of age.

  6. Evidence of measurable or non-measurable but evaluable disease as defined by theResponse Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST 1.1). Tumors within apreviously irradiated field will be designated as "nontarget" lesions unlessprogression is documented or a biopsy is obtained to confirm persistence at least 90days following completion of radiotherapy.

  7. Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test (serumor urine) prior to enrollment. Male and female patients must agree to use effectivebarrier contraception during the period of therapy.

  8. Adequate bone marrow function:

8a. ANC ≥ 1500/uL 8b.platelet count ≥ 100,000/uL 8c. hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL 9. Adequate hepatic function: 9a. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 X ULN 9b. AST (SGOT) ≤ 5 X ULN 9c. ALT (SGPT) ≤ 5 X ULN Patients with biliary obstruction must have restored biliary flow by placement of an endoscopic common bile duct stent or a percutaneous drainage.

  1. Adequate renal function, Creatinine < 1.5x institutional ULN or calculatedcreatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min as estimated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula.

  2. Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) < 1.2 x ULN and INR ≤ 1.5 x ULN, if not receivinganticoagulation therapy. For patients receiving anticoagulants, exceptions to thesecoagulation parameters are allowed if they are within the intended or expected rangefor their therapeutic use.

  3. Subject must have no clinically significant abnormalities in urinalysis results (obtained ≤ 14 days prior to starting Cycle 1 Day 1).

  4. Ability to understand the nature of this study protocol and give written informedconsent. 14. Willingness and ability to comply with scheduled visits, treatmentplans, laboratory tests, and other study procedures.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients who meet any one of the following criteria will be excluded from this study.

  1. Ineligible histology including non-adenocarcinomas, adenosquamous carcinoma, isletcell carcinomas, cystadenomas, cystadenocarcinomas, carcinoid tumors, duodenalcarcinomas, distal bile duct and ampullary carcinomas.

  2. Any condition including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, which, in theopinion of the investigator places the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she wereto participate in the study.

  3. Presence of central nervous system metastases.

  4. Life expectancy < 12 weeks.

  5. Pregnancy (positive pregnancy test) or lactation.

  6. Pre-existing sensory neuropathy > grade 1.

  7. Clinically significant cardiac disease (e.g. congestive heart failure, symptomaticcoronary artery disease and cardiac arrhythmias not well controlled with medication)or myocardial infarction within the last 6 months.

  8. Major surgery without complete recovery in the past 4 weeks prior to screening.

  9. Prior malignancy except for adequately treated basal cell skin cancer, in situcervical cancer, adequately treated Stage I or II cancer from which the patient iscurrently in complete remission, or any other form of cancer from which the patienthas been disease-free for 5 years.

  10. Concurrent active infection.

  11. Patient with uncontrolled and/ or active infection with HIV, Hepatitis B orHepatitis C.

  12. Patient who has a history of allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs.

  13. Patients with a history of interstitial lung disease, history of slowly progressivedyspnea and unproductive cough, sarcoidosis, silicosis, interstitial pulmonaryfibrosis, pulmonary hypersensitivity pneumonitis.

  14. Any significant medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illnessthat would prevent the subject from participating in the study.

Study Design

Total Participants: 30
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Folfirinox alternating with Gemcitabine-nab-Paclitaxel
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
January 06, 2021
Estimated Completion Date:
June 01, 2025

Study Description

  1. Primary objective:

    To determine whether mFFX and mGnabP administered as a combined, alternating, front-line therapy can provide longer first line treatment for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer, with the primary metric of time to treatment failure (TTF), including progression of disease (PD), death or treatment discontinuation due to toxicity.

    • Primary endpoint: TTF (treatment discontinuation due to toxicity, disease progression, or death).

  2. Secondary objectives:

  1. To determine objective response rate (ORR) of the regimen. 2) To determine progression-free survival (PFS) rate of the regimen. 3) To determine overall survival (OS) rate of the regimen. 4) To assess biomarker response (CA-19.9) to the regimen. 5) To examine safety and tolerability of the new regimen. 6) To examine health-related quality of life in patients receiving this regimen.

• Secondary endpoints:

  1. ORR as determined by the proportion of subjects with either complete response (CR) or partial response (PR), as defined by RECIST 1.1.

  2. PFS as determined by the time interval from the date of first dose of study regimen to first documented PD or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.

  3. Overall survival (OS) as defined as the time interval from the date of the first dose of study regimen to date of death from any cause.

  4. Biomarker response, measured by serum CA 19-9 levels every 4 weeks.

  5. Safety and tolerability of the mFFX alternating with mGnabP regimen; Grade 3 and 4 toxicities will be assessed according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v5.0. Follow up for toxicity will be recorded for the first 30 days following the last chemotherapy cycle, and any long-term toxicity will be followed for up to 2 years after completion of study therapy.

  6. Exploratory objectives:

  7. To determine the tumor molecular profile prior to initiation of chemotherapy and correlate with treatment response.

  8. To analyze ct-DNA as a biomarker of response to therapy and early detection of disease progression.

Connect with a study center

  • RWJBarnabas Health - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton

    Hamilton, New Jersey 08690
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • RWJBarnabas Health - Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City

    Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • RWJBarnabas Health - Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston

    Livingston, New Jersey 07039
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Monmouth Medical Center

    Long Branch, New Jersey 07740
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • RWJBarnabas Health - Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

    Newark, New Jersey 07112
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • RWJBarnabas Health - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Somerset

    Somerset, New Jersey 08873
    United States

    Site Not Available

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