Medical Food for the Dietary Management of Advanced/Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Last updated: March 17, 2025
Sponsor: Faeth Therapeutics
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Adenocarcinoma

Treatment

NEAAR Medical Food

Clinical Study ID

NCT05078775
NEAAR-001
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This is a single arm study evaluating the tolerability and markers of pancreatic cancer with a specially designed medical food restricted in specific amino acids for the dietary management of subjects with locally advanced and unresectable or metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Subjects who are eligible to receive two FDA approved first line drug therapies, gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel (gem+nabP), routinely prescribed in combination for pancreatic cancer may be included in this study.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Signed informed consent form (ICF) by subject.

  2. Histologically or cytologically confirmed pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

  3. Locally advanced and unresectable or metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

  4. Eligible for standard of care treatment with the gem+nabP regimen.

  5. 18 years of age or older.

  6. Measurable disease as determined by RECIST 1.1 (at least one measurable lesion mustnot have been irradiated in the past).

  7. ECOG Performance Status of ≤ 1.

  8. Adequate organ function during screening evaluation

  9. Available pancreatic adenocarcinoma tissue samples from a primary or metastatic sitethat has been biopsied within the last 12 months and provide consent for them to beobtained and analyzed by the study sponsor to assist in determining finaleligibility. A minimum of five (ten preferred) formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) archival or fresh tumor tissue slides are required.

Exclusion

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Any prior neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer within 6 months ofscreening.

  2. Any prior therapy for metastatic pancreatic cancer or locally advanced andunresectable pancreatic cancer (except for neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy as notedabove in exclusion criteria 1)

  3. Known cerebral metastasis.

  4. Diagnosis of another malignancy within the past 2 years (excluding a history ofcarcinoma in situ of the cervix, superficial non-melanoma skin cancer, orsuperficial bladder cancer that has been adequately treated, or stage 1 prostatecancer that does not require treatment or requires only treatment with luteinizinghormone-releasing hormone agonists or antagonists if initiated at least 30 daysprior to beginning the NEAAR medical food).

  5. Body mass index (BMI) <18.5 kg/m2 or >40 kg/m2 or serious or refractive cachexia oranorexia that, in the investigator's judgment, prohibits subjects from having energyor appetite sufficient to reliably engage in a strict medical food regimen for anextended time.

  6. Presence of any significant comorbidity including clinically significant cardiacdisease (e.g., congestive heart failure, symptomatic coronary artery disease andcardiac arrhythmias not well controlled with medication), myocardial infarction orunstable angina within the 12 months prior to screening, or any major organ failure.

  7. Known hypersensitivity, allergy, or religious restrictions regarding pork orpork-derived products; or known allergy to any of the major food allergens asdefined by U.S. law (milk, eggs, fish, Crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts,wheat, soybeans and sesame); or known allergy or hypersensitivity to , gemcitabineor nab-paclitaxel, PERT products (e.g., Pancreaze), or formulary excipients in theseproducts (refer to the FDA-approved package insert).

  8. Major surgery or significant traumatic injury within 14 days of planned start ofNEAAR medical food or the anticipation of the need for a major surgical procedureduring the study.

  9. Unwillingness to consume small quantities of meat products and byproducts (e.g.,fish sauce, bone marrow, chicken broth).

  10. Diagnosed with an eating disorder, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn's disease,ulcerative colitis, or gluten-sensitive enteropathy.

Study Design

Total Participants: 60
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: NEAAR Medical Food
Phase:
Study Start date:
December 21, 2021
Estimated Completion Date:
August 31, 2025

Connect with a study center

  • University of Arizona Cancer Center

    Tucson, Arizona 85724
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Oncology Physicians Network

    Glendale, California 91203
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cedars-Sinai

    Los Angeles, California 900481804
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

    Newport Beach, California 92663
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Florida Cancer Specialists

    Fort Myers, Florida 33901
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

    Shreveport, Louisiana 71103
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Atlantic Health

    Morristown, New Jersey 07962
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • xCures - Virtual Site

    Raleigh, North Carolina 27612
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • OU Health - Stephenson Cancer Center

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Sarah Cannon

    Nashville, Tennessee 37203
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas

    Beaumont, Texas 77701
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Baylor Scott & White Health

    Temple, Texas 76508
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
    United States

    Site Not Available

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