Combined Nabpaclitaxel Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy With Systemic Nabpaclitaxel-Gemcitabine Chemotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer Peritoneal Metastases

Last updated: February 23, 2024
Sponsor: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Peritoneal Cancer

Abdominal Cancer

Carcinoma

Treatment

Combined Nabpaclitaxel Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy With Systemic Nabpaclitaxel-Gemcitabine

Clinical Study ID

NCT05371223
4368
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

Combined chemotherapy consisting of endovenous Nabpaclitaxel-Gemcitabine and Nabpaclitaxel-PIPAC may be a promising treatment for patients affected by pancreatic cancer PM who are in need of curative options.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the antitumoral activity of combined Nabpaclitaxel-PIPAC and systemic Nabpaclitaxel-Gemcitabine chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer peritoneal metastases.

Secondary objectives include the evaluation of the feasibility, the safety, further assessment of the antitumoral activity, the overall and progression free survival, the QoL, the pharmacokinetics of Nabpaclitaxel PIPAC.

Furthermore, the study aims to evaluate the patients' nutritional status and the molecular evolution of PM along treatment with a time-course translational research.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age ≥ 18 years;
  • Willing and able to provide written and informed consent;
  • Histological or cytological proof of pancreatic cancer;
  • Metastatic disease with peritoneal carcinomatosis determined by the treatingphysician, based on abdominal CT or MR and/or diagnostic laparotomy or laparoscopy;
  • Evaluable disease defined by RECIST 1.1 criteria
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1;
  • Life expectancy of at least 3 months;
  • No contraindication for laparoscopy;
  • No contraindication for drugs used in the study;
  • Adequate bone marrow function: Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1500 cell./mm3; Platelets ≥ 100000 cell./mm3;
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dl
  • Adequate renal function (serum creatinine up to 1.5 times the maximal limit of thelocal laboratory) or else based upon clinical evaluation;

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Advanced metastatic systemic disease with clinical deterioration;
  • Patients with extraabdominal tumor spread;
  • Patients with a germline or somatic pathogenic variant involving an (HomologousRecombination Repair) HRR-related gene;
  • Symptoms of gastrointestinal occlusion and total parenteral nutritional support;
  • Patients defined as "refractory" to previous systemic treatment with Nab-paclitaxeland Gemcitabine administered for locally advanced pancreatic cancer (patients treatedwith Nabpaclitaxel-Gemcitabine for a locally advanced disease may be included if PMdeveloped after at least 6 months from the end of previous chemotherapy);
  • History of severe and unexpected reactions to Nabpaclitaxel or Gemcitabine derivates
  • Known hypersensitivity reaction to drugs chemically related to Nabpaclitaxel,Gemcitabine and their excipients;
  • Severe cardiac disease (recent myocardial ischemia, severe cardiac arrhythmias, severecardiac failure);
  • Clinical disease progression after first 2 months of systemic NabpaclitaxelGemcitabine chemotherapy;
  • Any concurrent severe, acute, or chronic medical or psychiatric condition orlaboratory abnormality that may increase the risk of associated with studyparticipation or investigational product administration or may interfere withcompliance with study procedures or the interpretation of study results and, in thejudgment of the investigator, would make the subject inappropriate for entry into thestudy;

Study Design

Total Participants: 38
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Combined Nabpaclitaxel Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy With Systemic Nabpaclitaxel-Gemcitabine
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
March 01, 2022
Estimated Completion Date:
July 30, 2025

Study Description

Pancreatic carcinoma (PC) is an aggressive neoplasm carrying a high metastatic potential with a 5-year survival rate of 7%. The vast majority of cases already developed locally advanced disease, and distant metastases are present at the time of diagnosis. Furthermore, the recurrence rate is nearly 80% within the first two years after surgery, and about half of these patients show peritoneal relapse. Palliative systemic chemotherapy represents the standard treatment option in case of peritoneal metastases (PM) from PC but roughly reaches a median overall survival of 6-11 months with more than 5% of serious adverse events.

Based on the available data, Nabpaclitaxel is indicated in combination with Gemcitabine for the first-line systemic treatment of patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.

Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC) is a novel intraperitoneal drug-delivery system of low-dose chemotherapy as a pressurized aerosol. Until now, the combination cisplatin/doxorubicin or oxaliplatin has been administered by PIPAC. Recently, a phase I study (NCT03304210) was conducted to explore the use of intraperitoneal Nabpaclitaxel administered by PIPAC, confirming its safety and preliminary efficacy. The recommended dose to safely start a phase-II study was 112.5 mg/m2.

Connect with a study center

  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

    Rome, 00168
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

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